Culinary Cues

JANUARY 6, 2020

White tower decisions without a grasp on the systemic impact of those decisions is a common flaw of leaders who are out of touch with reality. It happens in business, it happens in education, and it happens most often in government. Tariffs on China resulted in China cutting off the purchase of American soybeans.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

It takes effort, planning, and following scheduling best practices. Reflective of team availability Don’t just schedule people blindly — take availability into account. Take the time to learn every employee’s preferences and non-negotiables, and then build a schedule that respects them as much as possible.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 9, 2024

If the restaurant management chooses to pay some or all of the service charge out to staff, that money counts as taxable wages, not tipped income. The basics of New Jersey tip laws The federal law governing tipped employees is the FLSA, but some states’ tip laws differ from federal ones. The main difference is the word “mandatory.”

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7 Shifts

JUNE 29, 2022

Put simply, franchise compliance refers to the actions that corporations, their franchisors, and their franchisees take in order to stay compliant with any applicable federal, state, and/or regional laws. Simply Google “Who Regulates Franchise Compliance In [Your State/City]” to learn who's best to reach out to regarding compliance.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 31, 2022

For the Restaurateur: Are you willing to take a hard look at your business model and change how you attract, train, invest in, compensate, and evaluate your staff? Are you willing to take a hard look at your pricing model and how you approach profitability? We all need to listen, analyze and change – are you willing?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2021

It’s no secret that people love eating out, with data from YouGov showing that in January 2020, 65 percent of people bought food from a restaurant at least once a fortnight. So, if you are thinking of investing in a restaurant franchise, you should be buoyed by the fact that there will be pent-up demand for eating out.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2021

We're not out of the weeds just yet. Texas and Iowa have similar laws, but only for businesses that receive government grants or funding (such as PPP loans). Eileen Gregg-Garcia, the owner of Buona Terra and Hearth and Crust in Chicago, is taking a slower approach. “I In the other 44 states, however, it is legal.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 23, 2023

We created Tip Payouts because we felt there should be an easier, faster way to pay out hard-earned tips. By automating tip calculations and instantly paying out tips to employees digitally, managers save precious time from eliminating cash runs and counting. Tip Payouts is less than half the cost of our previous vendor.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 20, 2020

The government of Canada recently released the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which is just the most-recent addition to the robust relief programs Canada is offering to help support individuals and business owners during the time of crisis brought on by COVID-19. Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS). Why is this important?

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 9, 2024

If the restaurant management chooses to pay some or all of the service charge out to staff, that money counts as taxable wages, not tipped income. The basics of New Jersey tip laws The federal law governing tipped employees is the FLSA, but some states’ tip laws differ from federal ones. The main difference is the word “mandatory.”

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Culinary Cues

MAY 9, 2021

But is America filled with a generation of lazy people, sitting at home playing video games and waiting for a government bailout? We have, in many cases, taught current generations that asking for something can take the place of working to earn it. Is throwing government money at every individual in the country the answer?

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It also requires money to open a restaurant and build it out, buy equipment and finance the operation until it reaches break-even. Competitive Analysis : document local competitors and show how you will be able to carve out a niche in your market. Starting a successful restaurant requires passion, hard work and persistence.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2022

So be it, I walked in a few minutes early on day one, was given an apron, given the five -minute tour through the dish pit, introduced to the head cook (Millie), presented with a timecard, and left to my own common sense to figure the rest out. Dishes were backed up as servers barked out orders: “We need silverware.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We also wanted to see if the inflation concerns many are expressing are showing in restaurants as large flows of government stimulus are distributed. Some restaurants are taking a direct approach to fight inflation by doing small, “ surgical ” price increases. Has the price of going to a restaurant increased?

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 30, 2022

So, is there a way for Tanzania’s coffee producers to bridge the age gap and encourage younger generations to take up coffee farming? Bahati Mlwilo is an agronomist who works with Starbucks Farmer Support Centres and operates out of Tanzania. Some are even locked out of these roles because of laws concerning farm ownership.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2023

For the longest time, there has been an idea that automation would take away jobs. The key is to not be afraid of what automation might take away but to instead imagine what automation can enable you to do. It takes up much time when you think of the number of things you must label. Those require labeling as well.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2021

Restaurants that have reopened have had to navigate this socially distanced new world, juggling employee and customer safety, adhering to shifting government regulations, and maintaining the public’s confidence. An ISO 18013-5-compliant mDL is an actual government-issued ID on the patron’s phone. As ID issuers (i.e.,

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Chef Hui has prepared more than 100,000 meals out of Maui’s culinary school kitchen. The wind was up, and the power was out. It looked like a tornado came out of Kaua‘ula Valley and picked up the flames and threw them over the highway,” he says. “I The fire became one of the most devastating in U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2021

This is no surprise—we saw the impact every day with many of our favorite restaurants completely shutting down or having to substantially cut back on both workforce and patron capacity due to government-mandated closures. Restaurant industry employees in 2020 were down 3.1 million from expected levels.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Yet, within this calm there are lights on in kitchens across the country and the smell of sourdough breads, breakfast pastries, and bacon waft through the air, even making those dedicated runners slow down and take it in. It was 1am before the dishwashers finally turned out the lights and locked the kitchen door behind them.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 21, 2022

Oakland’s very own Home of Chicken and Waffles and its incredibly dynamic team utilize local resources to overcome challenges like slow periods, ineffective local government regulation, and labor shortages. In this design, employees take personal accountability for the restaurant’s performance, directly rewarding high-quality work.

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The Restaurant Group

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Government policies and an increase in the supply of money can cause inflation. Take-Out Please”. While take-out has been around for a while, its popularity is growing due to its convenience and speed. The Effects of Inflation on the Food Industry. Inflation is an increase in the prices of goods and services.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 25, 2021

In general, the pandemic has changed leasing structures to address the inability of restaurants, bars, and nightclubs to conduct business in the event of government regulations that prohibit or limit the ability of the tenant to conduct business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2020

With decreased traffic and high demand from consumers who have been under restrictive stay at home orders, it is the perfect time for local governments to get creative in assisting local businesses and revitalizing their communities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2020

This article addresses some of the most common concerns arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of an employment lawyer and a restaurateur. Let your patrons feel that they are a part of the future of their favorite hangout, and they will take an interest in the restaurant's success now and for years to come.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2023

Out-of-network ATM fees are considerably more. Many cards don’t allow ‘portability’ — accepting payments from sources other than their primary employer (second employer, government benefits, tax refunds, etc.) and cards typically become void when they leave their primary employer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2023

If rewards aren’t motivating, restaurants lose out on upsell opps (e.g. While many of the show’s elements are over the top for cinematic effect, the issues of hiring, making ends meet and meeting government regulations reflect true to restaurant owners. Value problems. No personalization.

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Cheetah

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever your stance on government, that has got to be a record. After May 24 th applications will be funded on a first-come, first-served basis until funds run out. We know that government paperwork isn’t everyone’s cup-of-tea. Applications opened on May 3 rd 2021 and $2.7 Who Manages the Restaurant Revitalization Fund?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The nature of restaurant management is a pendulum; each year operators swing back and forth to prepare for challenges and take advantage of new opportunities. The predictions around Omicron are saying the peak will occur in January and begin to even out t, but that’s a minor comfort. Key 2022 Trends. Tech Advancements.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Read on to find out what they had to share with me. Every Tuesday, an auction takes place, unless the volumes of coffee brought to auction are too low. The co-operative then sends the coffee to a dry mill where it is assigned a unique tracking number – known as an “out-turn number” in Kenya. The NCE system works in a unique way.

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Hot Schedules

JANUARY 12, 2022

From time and attendance advancements tracking the employee from clock-in to punch-out to POS analytics feeding corporate monthly location performance trends, there’s no doubt innovation will give restaurant groups insights and efficiency undreamed of just a decade ago – but how do IT teams go about orchestrating a great reinvention?

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Sculpture Hospitality

APRIL 9, 2020

Governments across the globe are either recommending or enforcing, social distancing. You can either temporarily close your business until this pandemic is over, or you can stay open and pivot your restaurant into another type of service model, such as a take-out service. As a restaurant owner , you now have two options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2020

When the COVID-19 pandemic started to take effect, Elisia Flores, CEO of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue and company executives embarked on a listening tour with franchisees in 15 states and Japan that resulted in more than 95 percent of the 200 locations to not only remain open, but stay profitable. Elisia Flores.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

To help operators move forward, let’s take a look at some of the challenges the industry has experienced in 2021 and how they can come out on top in 2022 and beyond. Looking ahead : According to Nasdaq , food processors and government agencies are taking steps to prevent many of these issues from occurring in the New Year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Drivers for implementing carbon reduction efforts come from customers, our supply chain, the government and investors. Let’s take food first. Consider, too, how long your ovens take to heat up and minimize the amount of time your ovens are at temperature, but still empty before use. Restaurant management is no exception.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 21, 2023

After a successful first edition in 2022, Expo Café Uruguay will once again take place in Montevideo. Re:co Specialty Coffee Symposium 2023 takes place in Portland, Oregon. Nominations are open until 26 April, and voting will take place from 10 to 24 May. Australian chain Coffee Hit rolls out new branding.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2023

In addition, with the current economic uncertainty, now is a great time to take advantage of this credit as tax season is quickly approaching. After all, not doing so could mean your business is missing out on tens of thousands of dollars, so it is well worth looking into. Here are five things to know about the FICA tip credit: 1.

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