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A Guide to Black Box Intelligence Data: How to See Current Trends Broken Down by Restaurant Category

Black Box Intelligence

Fine dining, upscale, casual family dining and casual dining restaurants fall under this category. Family dining restaurants. Family dining restaurants have average guest checks below $15. Casual dining restaurants. This segment is typically reported as the mid-range casual dining segment.

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How to Calculate and Optimize Your Restaurant Payroll Percentage

Restaurant365

Whether you are slowly scaling up operations again or moving from takeout and delivery only to limited dine-in, it is more important than ever to stay on top of your labor and payroll cost. Your payroll is the process of calculating and distributing wages to your employees. Employee insurance. Employee benefits.

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Meeting Off-Premise Demand While Rebuilding In-Restaurant Sales to Boost Profitability

Restaurant365

The rise of off-premise dining. Off-premise dining certainly accelerated during the pandemic. Dining room closures or capacity restrictions drove restaurants to increase their sales through off-premise channels. Is off-premise dining here to stay? Many guests are eager to dine in restaurants again.

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How To Hire Cooks For Full-time Overnight Operations In USA

The Restaurant Times

You can take help from recruiting agencies, professional networking sites, post an advertisement or conduct mouth advertising to hire a desired candidate. Develop and maintain positive relations with others and support the team to reach a common goal. Source: Fine Dining Lovers. Research For A Qualified Candidate.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features a gloomy start to the new year, dining trends for 2020, the importance of discounts, holiday gift card sales results, delivery frustrations, soda curiosity and a consumer culture report. Family and Upscale Dining Outperformed During the Quarter.

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P.F. Chang’s To Go and Wing Squad Delivers

Modern Restaurant Management

.” Prior to joining Boston Market, Wyatt served as Operations Partner/Vice President of Operations for Panera Bread, where he was responsible for all aspects of operations, including retail, marketing, recruiting, catering, facilities and bakery at more than 40 cafes in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. ” P.F. Chang’s.