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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Modern Restaurant Management

Despite a slowed holiday hiring season, there is still a demand to hire restaurant employees to keep up with the inevitable influx of folks who eat out more frequently around the holidays—in fact, 17 percent of restaurant leaders are still looking to hire workers. Mistake #1: Neglecting a season-specific hiring strategy. How to avoid.

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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

This may make sense in terms of distributor strategy, but BrewLogix is raising a cautionary flag for 2024 as it relates to the on-premise product mix. As it relates to technology, there’s no question more and more tap rooms, bars and restaurants are embracing technology. That may not be true.

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Optimizing Your Restaurant Staffing and Onboarding for a Successful Recovery

Restaurant365

Recruiting better candidates to re-engage your workforce. Since recruiting your staff can be such an extensive undertaking, here are a few factors for you to consider when designing an effective recruiting and onboarding process to rehire and appropriately schedule your restaurant’s workforce.

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How a Restaurant Employee Mobile App Keeps Millennial Restaurant Staff Engaged

Restaurant365

The restaurant industry knows that high turnover and unengaged employees can be costly. Operationally, unhappy employees can prevent a culture of accountability, call in late, or become no-shows, leaving you with an understaffed operation. Overview of How Employee Mobile Apps Have Improved Restaurant Management.

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What is Back-of-House at a Restaurant – Everything You Need To Know

The Restaurant Times

Additionally, most kitchens have a rigid hierarchy in the back of the house, with each employee performing a particular duty. However, here are some of the top positions in the back-of-house that you’ll need to recruit for: Kitchen Manager: Ensures other BoH staff carry out their responsibilities and follow protocols.

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How to Set Up and Run a Ghost Kitchen for Your Restaurant Business

Restaurant365

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Sometimes called a virtual restaurant, virtual kitchen or cloud kitchen, a ghost kitchen is a food-service business that serves customers exclusively through online orders.

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8 Ways CFOs Can Help Restaurant Groups Through the Restaurant Reopening/Recovery

Restaurant365

However, many CFOs are still facing uncertainty, particularly from pandemic-related complications that are still challenging operations and restaurant profitability. Use of automation and self-service for both in-store ordering and drive-thrus. Increased focus on restaurant loyalty programs or custom mobile apps.