Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 11, 2024

Management takes on multiple jobs throughout the restaurant including hiring, marketing, maintaining the budget, operations and keeping customers and staff happy. When working in a restaurant, management must utilize a variety of skills to run a successful business. As a manager it is your job to set the tone.

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Open for Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Restaurant training is one of the most important things an owner can put into place. Well-trained teams mean shifts run smoothly and guests are happy with service. With ongoing training, you improve your chances of talented employees growing professionally as the restaurant or restaurant group grows.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2022

At the very least, we know that the work right in front of us won’t change. Why do we sometimes treat dish washers as commodities – interchangeable and easily replaceable parts, when their role is so critical to the success of the restaurant (front and back of the house)? March 9 was National Dish Washer Day.

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7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2020

The problem of restaurant task management is not a new one. But with things picking back up after more than a 40% decline in industry sales , the prevalence of effective and timely task management has resurfaced, and when it comes to cleanliness and attentiveness, now is not the time to fall short.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Restaurant staffers clean the front and back of the house every night before closing and tidy up before opening every day. Hiring a deep cleaning professional is necessary to ensure your restaurant is being optimally cleaned by a professional, but how do you know if you are hiring the right person? Ask for references.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked Mark Heymann, a labor expert and CEO of UniFocus, for his insights on navigating post-pandemic restaurant recovery through effective hiring and training. With restaurants reopening under guidelines calling for decreased capacities, efficienct practices are top of mind.

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Ken Burgin

AUGUST 1, 2023

These are designed for training restaurant managers and head chefs in problem-solving and resource allocation. Some of the ways to use these situations for training and coaching… Let people choose the one they want to answer and give them 5 minutes to make notes and prepare their answers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

Even with this good news for restaurant operators, many challenges still remain – particularly around staffing in both the front and back of the house. A recent survey of restaurant operators by the University of South Florida School of Hospitality found that hiring and turnover was their number one challenge.

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7 Shifts

MAY 10, 2021

On the latest episode of the 7shifts Restaurant Management & Growth Podcast, we had the opportunity to sit down with Jensen Cummings. Among the great insights Jensen brought were six red flags to avoids in the hiring process on both sides. It's not enough to just go "Hey, hiring line cooks. Uninspired Job Posting.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When staff are unhappy, you lose more than just the cost of hiring and training. When staff are unhappy, you lose more than just the cost of hiring and training. We surveyed 3,700 restaurant workers and found one of the top reasons they left jobs was a lack of manager recognition. Post about them on social media.

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Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If the managers or owners doing an interview raise and answer these job applicant questions, they will have a better rapport with applicants. Applicants may wonder about support systems, stress management practices, and policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance. What is the kitchen’s work culture like?

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7 Shifts

MARCH 31, 2023

Some of us know that we should - but in between dealing with maintenance issues and hiring new employees, it can be hard enough to take care of yourself, let alone your staff. Because I don't wanna hire the wrong people. The most crucial area this applies to is with management. “Take better care of your staff.”

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 5, 2020

Keep reading to get answers to questions like: How do you manage staff to boost off-site dining revenue? Are there any tips for food delivery and takeout inventory management? Food delivery ideas: How to manage staff to boost off-site dining revenue It’s important to have a protocol in place for managing delivery and takeout orders.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 26, 2022

Hiring restaurant employees and retaining them is no longer just an issue for the HR team. As the staffing shortage continues to negatively impact profitability, you as a CFO must play a critical role in your restaurant group’s hiring and retention strategy. Addressing the hiring crunch. The high cost of employee turnover.

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Sling

APRIL 27, 2023

Restaurant operations management is essential for the long-term health of your business. In this article, we examine the specific goals of restaurant operations management and discuss a number of ways to help you improve the program in your own business. Table of contents What is restaurant operations management?

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In order for new hires to perform well and stay happy in their roles, hiring managers need to pay more attention to the restaurant onboarding process. The purpose of the onboarding process is to teach new hires how to do their jobs successfully, and to catch them up on the company's culture and procedures.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Hasty hiring is at the root of the problem. When you hire someone who doesn’t share your team’s values , no amount of training or tips will make them engaged in their work. Orientation and training ($820.96): Onboarding are training are costly and time consuming. So what’s to blame for the high turnover?

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Notable increases in shifts schedules for Back of House Manager (125%) , Dish/Prep (117%), Cook (111%) and notably, Driver (85%) are indicative of the shift towards off-premise dining brought upon by the pandemic. For restaurant staffing , a lot of talk has been centered around the labor shortage—and who isn't working.

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Lavu

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

million, while the number of hires was 1.3 million, while the number of hires was 1.3 This means that there were 600,000 more job openings than hires in the food services and drinking places industry in July 2023. This statistic is based on a survey of restaurant operators conducted in January 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

However, trained chefs don’t need to worry about losing their jobs to a restaurant AI yet, but we cannot dismiss this scenario entirely either. You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2020

While most people would say it’s choosing a concept or picking the perfect location, we argue that it’s hiring the right people. Who you hire to execute your vision can make or break your business. But how can you know if a new hire will be engaged in their role before you hire them?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Miso Robotics provides intelligent automation solutions for foodservice that solve some critical back-of-house kitchen operations. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked Jake Brewer, Miso's Chief Strategy Officer for his views on the present and future of increased robotics and automation use in restaurants.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Once upon a time, most restaurants operated on a patchwork of paper systems involving notebooks and back-of-the-napkin calculations, not to mention information owners and managers kept in their heads, hunches, and habits. Streamline the front of house. Run a smooth back of house. Manage your team and costs.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 21, 2023

By being reliable and great with customers, Bhushan moved up to assistant manager and then store manager. Bhushan eventually moved on to become a district manager at Taco Bell, and then a market manager. In that leadership position, he created classes for managers on skills like leadership and cost control.

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The Eat Restaurant

OCTOBER 31, 2019

So, you’ve finally managed to expand your kitchen and front of house teams – the next step is to get new servers up to speed on their roles. An effective way to do this is to use a restaurant training manual.

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7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2023

Team management is a top concern for restaurants these days. As part of our Serving What's Next webinar series, four restaurant managers shared their approach to hiring, training, and retaining. Ellesse Piper is the Operations Manager at 7 Leaves Cafe , a QSR franchise with 40+ locations in 4 states.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Ironically, there is always room to be great and there is plenty of room to be mediocre. With more than one million restaurants in the US we can flip a coin and hope for the great, will likely step through the doors of good, and far too often settle into the mediocre. I wonder why this is the case. Plain and simple. What are they thinking?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Back-of-House and Front-of-House. What about managers? Track and manage employee workload. Back-of-House and Front-of-House are an even split. 7shifts data shows no large discrepancy between turnover rates in the front- and back-of-house. Back of House Positions 43% turnover rate.

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EATER

APRIL 8, 2021

It is also a nonprofit that has spent 30 years training at-risk youth exiting the juvenile detention system to work in hospitality. So the staff and the 15 young people working that night spent most of the evening doing extra training and cleaning to keep busy. Café Momentum is more than just a restaurant, though. Several U.S.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 7, 2024

Here are a few sample back-of-house job descriptions you can use to jumpstart your own job descriptions to help attract top notch BOH staff. Work closely with the management team to brainstorm new ideas, promotions, and special events. Provide guidance, training, and support to foster a positive and productive work environment.

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7 Shifts

JULY 8, 2023

And the driving principle behind it was to be the type of place he would work at forever given the opportunity. He joined us on The Pre-Shift Podcast, along with Chris Artinian, President and CEO of Condado Tacos. Kahn: "It was kind of a no-brainer. We're just a number. And however it happened, it happened. 10 years later, he's in the COO seat.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 14, 2020

Employee engagement measures an employee’s willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty, positive feelings about their employer, and desire to stay with their employer, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. When staff are engaged in their work, they perform better and generate more revenue for their employers.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2020

The people you hire to run your restaurant can make or break the business. According to the Society for Human Resource Management , employee engagement is a measure of a staff member’s volition to go the extra mile, positive sentiments about their employer, and intention to stay with their employer. Why Care About Employee Engagement?

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Sling

MAY 13, 2023

Whether you’re looking to hire employees for a fine dining establishment, a food truck, or a fast food business, you’ll need any number of restaurant positions to make up the foundation of your team. In this article, we discuss the most common restaurant positions so you’ll have a better idea of who you need to hire for your business.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Maybe it’s organizing the walk-in, folding the napkins for the front of the house, or reworking the menus. As a restaurant owner or manager, sometimes you may need to jump in to help keep business running smoothly. What is restaurant operations management? How to improve restaurant operations management.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 30, 2021

A manager is responsible for the general administration of the staff and the smooth functioning of any organization. A restaurant manager, however, has multifaceted responsibilities. In addition to managing internal operations, he is also the interface between customers and the staff. Managing Finance .

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Restaurant Engine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Hiring good staff is integral to your overall customer dining experience. With more than two and a quarter million waitstaff in the United States, competition is fierce, and hiring just the right team members can be crucial to your restaurant’s success. This is why hiring correctly and for longevity is crucial for your restaurant.

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