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Building Resilient and Less-Stress Restaurant Operations

Modern Restaurant Management

Energy-saving practices, such as shutting down non-essential equipment during off-hours or scheduling regular maintenance, can significantly cut energy costs. Implement stress-relief activitie s: Offer stress-reducing initiatives like on-site yoga sessions, mindfulness workshops, or even access to mental health apps.

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Serve Your Employees with Holistic Well-Being Benefits

Modern Restaurant Management

This can include financial planning workshops, retirement savings programs,an employer 401(k) matchandaccess to financial counseling services.Encourage them to take advantage of free benefit plans for tuition counseling and assistance, if available. Encouragetheuse of freefederal andstate programs.

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Planning Year-Round Training to Improve Restaurant Operations

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Regular staff training ensures your employees are equipped to handle a fast-paced restaurant environment and the challenges that come with it, deliver exceptional service, and adapt to evolving industry trends to stay competitive. Workplace safety : Teach staff how to report hazards, use equipment properly, and execute emergency procedures.

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Why Culinary Programs Fail

Culinary Cues

If your teaching kitchens are filled with every cool piece of kitchen equipment on the market how will graduates function in a real kitchen when there are not limitless supplies of combi-ovens, sheet pans, Robot Coupes, Vitamix blenders, and sous vide circulators? How will they be able to function when faced with that first job?

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Scaling Smarter: Five Ways to Build Sustainable Leadership

Modern Restaurant Management

Continuous Learning : Encourage participation in industry conferences, workshops, and networking events to stay abreast of best practices. Benefits include: Increased Agility : Leaders equipped to make informed decisions can respond quickly to market changes.

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Restaurants Save Money with the Right Recycling Practices 

Modern Restaurant Management

Sending regional managers to a workshop on recycling practices can be an affordable way to initiate training. Training staff on recycling procedures is another important step that will ensure every employee, from managers to fry cooks, understands how to execute source separation correctly and efficiently.

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Restaurant Conferences to Attend in 2022

7 Shifts

Advertised as a place for “uninterrupted private meetings between decision-makers and solution providers,” BITAC allows for several in-depth conversations between attendees and suppliers of equipment , furnishings, and technology needed to scale and sustain a restaurant business. Topics: Restaurant Equipment and Technology.

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