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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

7 Shifts

Now as we enter a recovery stage, the biggest challenge that's emerged has become finding enough staff to fit the demand. Unemployment benefits—augmented by federal government support—are providing security that restaurants have not been able to over the past year. That all begins at the hiring level.

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A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Culinary Cues

We need the federal government to set the tone and establish a clear strategy. Recovery will be questionable for thousands of restaurants who will find it impossible to find loans from banks, and will struggle to pay rent, re-hire employees, re-invigorate relationships with vendors, and work to bring customers back through their doors.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: IDEATION AND SCENARIO PLANNING

Culinary Cues

Possible strategy: Be proactive with a well defined, enhanced sanitation and food handling protocol for your restaurant and relay this information to your guests. If it is any consolation – numerous other industries will take time to recover to business levels of 2019 – so they will be slow to hire.

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SF Bars Demand COVID Vaccination Proof to Keep Employees Safe

Cheetah

The San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance is now recommending that bars require guests to show proof of COVID vaccination. Although this is not a government mandate, it is expected that at least half of the nearly 500 bars registered in the alliance, and many other non-members, will put this practice into play. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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21 Questions to Ask When Interviewing for Restaurant and Hospitality Jobs

EATER

As food industry professionals collectively push for structural overhaul in the service industry at large — raising the minimum wage , for example, or experimenting with new ownership models like co-ops — we can also use this recovery period to renegotiate and reimagine the relationships between restaurant workers, owners, and consumers.

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PPP Flexibility, Free Reopening Resources and HungerForce

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the latest on PPP loans and newest tech and products to help restaurants on the road to recovery. Recovery Roadmap. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirit s is offering a Hospitality Industry Recovery Strategy Roadmap for on-premise businesses. PPP Goes Flexible.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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