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18 Restaurant Manager Interview Questions to Assess Leadership and Operational Skills

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Hiring the right people can make or break your business. What interview questions do you ask when hiring new restaurant employees? Becoming a restaurant manager entails leadership and communication skills. This question also gauges a potential manager’s leadership and communication skills.

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Building Resilient and Less-Stress Restaurant Operations

Modern Restaurant Management

Effective, sustainable SOPs focus on minimizing waste and maximizing productivity. Designate experienced staff to mentor new hires, handle onboarding, or run training sessions. Doing so can also benefit your decision-making and leadership skills. Take time to recharge for your own mental health.

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How Restaurants Can Drive Profits and Growth During a Perfect Storm

Modern Restaurant Management

To maximize your existing resources: Reduce food waste. Restaurants toss a jaw-dropping 22-33 billion pounds of food each year, and food waste costs the hospitality industry an astonishing $100 billion annually. With prices skyrocketing, restaurants should focus on eliminating food waste. Train continuously.

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Preventing Burnout Culture: The Role of Effective Restaurant Managers

Modern Restaurant Management

When employees believe their managers are fair and ethical, they are more likely to reciprocate with loyalty and dedication, reducing theft and waste while improving guest experience. Leadership is not just about managing tasks; it's about inspiring and uplifting those around them.

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Changes at McDonald’s and Reducing Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM News Bites features McDonalds, the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, OpenTable, Ordermark, Hudson Group, Hakkasan Group , Waitr and Checkers, ICV Partners, Restaurant Technologies, Diebold Nixdorf and Alto-Shaam. " Reducing Food Waste. Changes at the Top for McDonald's. in January 2017.

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Perkins and Huddle House aim for revivals with boba, smash burgers and drive-thrus

Restaurant Business

The company recently hired Brian Wallunas, former CTO at Smokey Bones, as its first chief technology officer. “I The nature of the trade areas that we see growing Huddle House into, and the type of technology we’ll be using in new assets, points us to the need for more off-premise options,” O’Reilly said.

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MRM’s Most Read: Top 20 Articles of All Time

Modern Restaurant Management

"As we compiled the list, we were pleased to see how many topics addressed solutions for industry-wide problems such as hiring, staffing and marketing. MRM's thought leadership is getting stronger and more focused and look forward to grow this library in the future." Essential Leadership Skills for New Restaurant Managers.

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