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How NYC Restaurants Can Thrive Through the Winter

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When it comes to making it through the winter, the health of your staff and guests is item number one. Keeping your staff and your guests safe and healthy is the most essential thing we can do. Accept and Approve time-off requests for sick employees, and make sure you give ample time off for recovery.

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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. Staff are now tasked with policing masking, moving heavy furniture to configure outdoor dining, and packaging to-go orders. Do you need a host to seat guests or someone to hello pack up delivery orders?

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. 43 percent plan to add an outdoor on-site dining space. "What 46 percent would love to manage their dietary preferences with their favorite establishments.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news of the expected pent-up demand from guests, the Great Restaurant Restart and delivery trends. As events of all kinds are being planned, the survey data revealed that consumers are looking to make up for lost time, especially while the weather is warmer and outdoor space is available.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features foot traffic trends, the rise of the cautious consumer and the takeout shakeout. However, growth in average spending per guest remains negative for full-service restaurants. Many guests complained of long wait times for curbside pickup orders.

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

Modern Restaurant Management

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The importance of making guests feel comfortable. 32 percent of survey takers chose outdoor seating availability as a factor in their dining-out comfort level. The importance of making guests feel comfortable. 32 percent of survey takers chose outdoor seating availability as a factor in their dining-out comfort level.

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