Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Hotel operators are struggling with three major pain points: the labor shortage, competitive expansion, and lingering lockdown restrictions. Recently, hoteliers have trended toward using gig workers to temporarily fill the hiring scarcity, a move that provides temporary stability but creates its own challenges.

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Hotels Inventory Guest Recovery Leadership 147

Restaurant365

JUNE 15, 2021

Your restaurant is constantly generating data, whether from your sales revenue, food costs, or labor hours. You may have a hunch that you are doing fewer table turns on the weekend, or that your inventory has gotten wasteful recently. Optimizing your inventory turnover rate allows you to avoid waste and maintain quality standards.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Restaurant sales in the US grew from $842.3 It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 At first glance, some stats might seem to contradict each other. Let’s dig in.

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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Hotel operators are struggling with three major pain points: the labor shortage, competitive expansion, and lingering lockdown restrictions. Recently, hoteliers have trended toward using gig workers to temporarily fill the hiring scarcity, a move that provides temporary stability but creates its own challenges.

Hotels 78

Hotels Inventory Guest Recovery Point of Sale 78

Restaurant365

MAY 13, 2020

Knowing how to reduce restaurant employee turnover and increase retention rates in your staff can save your restaurant money in the long term, with resources once wasted on constant hiring and training put to better use. What is restaurant employee turnover? Average restaurant employee turnover. Cost savings of employee retention.

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Technology Hiring Communication Tip Distribution 88

Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

Whether you’re looking to improve customer satisfaction, increase sales, or reduce costs, tracking these metrics will bring clarity to your restaurants’ performance and help you achieve your goals. In practice, however, successfully managing a group of busy restaurants is an awfully tough undertaking. Why Are Metrics Important?

Point of Sale 52

Point of Sale Inventory Waste Employee Relations 52

The Restaurant Coach University

JANUARY 29, 2017

Maybe sales have dropped off and then the turnovers start to rise. Problem When sales began to die, you became desperate and started adding items to get people to come back. You can design the menu to be not practical from a culinary execution point of view. A recipe for success. There is no shared vision or mission.

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Recruiting Coaching Point of Sale Take-out 132

Restaurant365

JUNE 4, 2021

Essentially, improving your restaurant profit margin relies on two things: your sales volume and your expenses. You can achieve a better sales margin by increasing sales revenue and decreasing expenses. ” Here are ten ways to drive long-term restaurant profitability, through increasing sales and decreasing expenses.

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Loyalty Program Point of Sale Inventory Customer Service 78

The Rail

JULY 19, 2022

To achieve all these, as a restaurant owner you need to step back and honestly reassess how you approach recruiting and employment. Outsource hiring to industry-specific recruitment agencies to help you find the best talent quickly. To succeed today, restaurants need to keep up with the evolving needs of their clientele.

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Online Ordering Front of House Food Supply Back of House 52

Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

With smart food ordering — meaning leveraging tech for inventory management and vendor selection — operators can cut down on food waste by 80%. The F&B industry grew in 2022… and it will keep growing in 2023. However, we’re seeing some major shifts around menu creation, procurement, and dining habits of guests.

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2023 Operations Management Management 52

MBB Hospitality

APRIL 25, 2018

When dealing with customers and other staff, your communication skills of course have to be on pointe. Save yourself a lot of headaches by hiring someone who has had previous hospitality experiences , especially in the niches you are hiring for. Strong Communication Skills. Must Love People. Hospitality Experience.

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Hospitality Franchise Franchising Recruiting 40

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

Inventory was ordered based on par levels, which are set based on sales forecasts, which are in turn determined by how many guests you'll serve and what they'll order. For a restaurant to operate efficiently, it needs to be stocked up with the right amount of inventory – however, it can't be so stocked up that food waste becomes an issue.

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Operations Inventory Hiring Customer Service 363

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

broadline foodservice sales of plant-based meat have grown 37 percent in the past year. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI).

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Hospitality Food Consumer Goods Point of Sale 149

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Restaurant management covers several duties and responsibilities—from hiring team members, to dealing with customer complaints, to making on-the-fly decisions to control labor costs. 7 Core Restaurant Management Responsibilities Staffing : Hire, fire, train, and manage employees. If it gets the job done, why change it, right?

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Management Management 2019 Employee Relations 284

Apicbase

APRIL 20, 2022

Instead, we embrace the dark side and look at the pain points and pitfalls. Franchising is a time-tested business model that allows restaurant owners to scale their business fast and efficiently. However, like every business model, it has a few drawbacks you should consider. Brace yourself. Here we go. 4 Signs You Are Not Ready To Franchise.

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Franchise Franchising Cash Management Kitchen Safety 52

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As a percentage of sales, restaurant labor cost percentage is the amount spent on all labor-related costs compared to your gross sales in a specific time period. Some businesses choose to calculate labor cost as a percentage of operating costs rather than a percentage of sales. What is Restaurant Labor Cost Percentage?

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Management Management Employee Relations Restaurant Law 253

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A drop in employee retention & difficulty in hiring. Managers lack the tools to properly schedule employees and plan for shifting consumer demands, and as a result, businesses are paying for redundant overworked labor, or having to manage with inadequate labor due to hiring challenges. This issue will carry into 2022 and beyond.

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2022 Food Supply Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 185

Lavu

JANUARY 2, 2020

How Do you Make Accurate Restaurant Sales Forecasts? Keeping accurate forecasts of your restaurant sales allows you to determine how well your business is performing. You get to know when to order your next month inventory, open more restaurant locations, or recruit more employees for optimal performance. of Parties.

Point of Sale 78

Point of Sale Inventory POS Waste 78

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?” Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 212

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

Food 153

Food Tip Distribution Guest Recovery Food Safety 153

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's People & Places column features news of company hires and promotions, charitable efforts and product introductions. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Baton Rouge’s very own Walk-On’s , is looking for more ways to give back.

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Back of House Hotels Leadership Design 111

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

TIPs offers training for individuals on the responsible sale, service and consumption of alcohol. This edition of MRM News Bites features tech takeovers and teamings, product introductions, the latest Fall Scoop and how much would you pay for a cup of ice? Hospitality Recovery Coalition. Unfortunately, many already have. NAB Acquires SALIDO.

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Fast Casual Casual Menu Mobile Ordering 128

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. Food Halls – the numbers for current and future growth are substantial.

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