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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

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Now as we enter a recovery stage, the biggest challenge that's emerged has become finding enough staff to fit the demand. Do you need a host to seat guests or someone to hello pack up delivery orders? Benefits like health insurance, pet insurance, or retirement plans. Ace Onboarding and Training.

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The Not So Great Resignation: Unseen Risks and Mitigation of Costs

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While we see national economic recovery in numbers such as the aforementioned jobs report; yet, I’m still sitting here, waiting for my pizza. There are a few reasons: New employees often lack training; ill-equipped and inexperienced workers sustain more injuries trying to use machinery or tools with which they are not familiar.

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Top 10 Focus Areas for Restaurants During COVID

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Look at your list of suppliers and local vendors for inspiration – you may find a new revenue source that can help in our eventual recovery. ServSafe is offering a free Food Handler course and some additional training for take-out and delivery best practices.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2021 Edition

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restaurant recovery is underway, but it will take time for it to return to pre-pandemic levels fully,” said David Portalatin, NPD food industry advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America. The restaurant industry has made progress restaffing, but job recovery for the industry is lagging the overall economy. “The U.S.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2020 Edition

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Hotel guests said they feel “extremely safe” knowing a hotel room is cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants compared to leading consumer brands1. Check clean through periodic on-demand training, auditing and verification that procedures have been followed.

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Digital Dining and ‘Restaurant Recovery’ Show

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Visa is expanding its partnership with IFundWomen providing grants and digital training to U.S.-based Key projects in the next six months will address topics including post-crisis recovery and resilience, urban mobility, closing equality opportunity gaps and insights into the gig economy. 'Travel In the U.S.,

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Easter Eat-In, Potbelly Pantry and #ThePlateFund

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Ensuring business interruption insurance covers COVID-19. Right now, restaurants aren’t receiving the benefits they deserve from insurance companies. The fund is also intended to assist restaurant workers who will not qualify for unemployment insurance or the federal stimulus payment because of immigration status or other issues.