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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry is still dealing with pandemic-related issues, including supply chain disruptions, new COVID variants and surging cases, labor shortages, rising prices, and a shift in consumer demand. As a result, ghost kitchens, delivery-focused kitchens without a storefront or dining area, are growing in popularity.

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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

Modern Restaurant Management

Understanding Restaurant Safety Restaurants are fast-paced operations and any safety vulnerability can quickly derail business. We frequently see issues at restaurants related to slips and falls, fires and worker injuries. Open flames in the kitchen can lead to fires or burns.

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Building a Safety-First Culture in Your Restaurant Kitchen

The Rail

By Ellie Gabel, Contributor Safety is crucial in any workplace, but restaurants face a unique mix of concerns. Like others, bars and restaurants have to take care of their employees. However, they must also ensure the safety of their guests, as foodborne hazards can be dangerous and stem from many areas. Its a matter of culture.

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How AI Is Enabling Restaurant Labor Compliance

Modern Restaurant Management

But beyond its legal necessity, ensuring compliance with employment laws is critical to shaping a better experience for employees and customers alike. Restaurants should not make managers and employees fear compliance. Instead, they should see it as an opportunity to start an important conversation about the employee experience.

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Pandemic Pivots Don’t Offset Restaurants’ Need to Manage Looming Risks

Modern Restaurant Management

On the positive side, the pandemic forced any number of pivots among restaurateurs as they struggled during the pandemic shutdown to keep their doors open and kitchens cooking. Virtual kitchens, for example, were already accelerating trends when the pandemic hit. Everybody in the world is hiring at the same time.”

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Top Drive-Thru Tech for Keeping Guests – and Employees – Happy

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the National Restaurant Association, employment at eating and drinking establishments is 12 percent short of pre-pandemic levels , leaving many employees feeling stressed and burned out in the face of often unrelenting customer demand. Four Tech Solutions to Improve Guest and Employee Experiences. AI Voice Automation.

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Restaurant Recruiting During and After COVID-19

7 Shifts

According to data from 350,000+ restaurants that use 7shifts, while overall shifts being scheduled are still sitting 24% below pre-COVID levels, shifts for delivery-related roles have increased 38%. It’s important for restaurant hiring and training processes to reflect new COVID-19 safety measures. What PPE will you provide?