Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For this reason, restaurants must make severe weather preparedness a key component of their operation strategy and staff training. Safeguard Staff with Comprehensive Emergency Training A key component to severe weather preparedness for restaurants is the cooperation and safety of staff members.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Applying new technology to your restaurants operations is exciting, but integrating it always comes with one immediate hurdle: getting your staff up to speed. In this article, youll discover how training your restaurant staff on new systems doesnt have to be a big ordeal, slowing down service for guests and costing you money.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Most notably, persistent hiring challenges, rising costs, and uncertain supply chains have made profitability more precarious. But, everyone from inspiring entrepreneurs to established eateries can increase revenue and reduce costs by turning to automation technologies. Streamline Employee Onboarding and Training.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2025

The seasonal surge in foot traffic can drive significant business, but without proper preparation and training, teams can quickly become overwhelmed. Preparing Your Team Before the Rush Many restaurants make the common mistake of hiring once they’re overwhelmed, rather than staffing ahead of the rush.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Technology innovations offer the potential to bridge the gap between the need to keep their business running and deliver quality products and experiences to their guests. More realistically, technology advancements can eliminate superfluous tasks and automate components of complex ones. Loyalty Technology to Drive Daypart Engagement.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When using the right technology, however, operators can begin to address common concerns like understaffing, employee burnout and common wage concerns. Further, this technology can help organizations apply different staffing standards to various day parts, taking advantage of a wider variety of skill levels to meet service demand needs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 23, 2025

Adopt technology : Use tech solutions to simplify operations, such as automated scheduling or inventory tracking systems. Designate experienced staff to mentor new hires, handle onboarding, or run training sessions. Streamlined processes mean fewer last-minute crises for everyone.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2025

Early adopters of this technology are already seeing higher ticket averages and improved customer satisfaction. This not only ensures consistency across locations but also simplifies in-store operations and training. This operational simplicity makes training new hires faster and allows teams to deliver a consistent product every time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Second, in the kitchen, training is a critical component of a safe workplace. Owners and operators should ensure team members are trained to safely use all equipment. Safety training should take place upon hire for all new employees, but that should not be a one-time event.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2023

Technology Is an ISO Game-Changer Organizations no longer need to sift through piles of paperwork, desperately trying to find the right documents to prove they’re compliant. Augmented reality tools are improving compliance training and helping employees better understand ISO standards and procedures. Train your employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

.” The $15 minimum wage is a myth – most restaurants are having to pay close to that now, Her longer-term predictions include: Operators are leaving “small” menus developed for delivery in place in order to cut down on the complexity of orders and training required. Two-thirds of new hires signing up for DailyPay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2025

Rather than just another hiring season, or a lull, labor-intensive industries such as restaurants face a permanent labor shortage. However, by spearheading innovative programs to retain some of the experienced workers retiring from the labor pool they can improve the training, recruitment, and retention of young workers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As we continue to move past the fallout from the pandemic there will be a growing reliance on technology within every aspect of the operation and companies can be ready to take advantage, but they must start now or be left behind.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

They would need to be able to lean on their technology partners to offer tools that help create efficiencies, and better manage costs. " In what ways is technology changing the Canadian hospitality industry and what impact do you see AI having? AI is also boosting staff productivity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 9, 2025

What are guests’ expectations for outdoor dining, particularly as it relates to technology? In what ways can technology be used to elevate the outdoor experience? How quickly can an operator ramp up a hand-held program and what kind of investment in dollars and training time does it involve?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The right POS technology and the data it captures can be an invaluable asset in helping analyze and improve a business as market trends and consumer behaviors change. With the right POS technology, restaurant owners can also analyze profit margins, supply chain costs and customer buying trends to properly price future items and promotions.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 19, 2020

As you ramp up hiring again, there’ll be a huge influx of applications, so it’s essential you get your post-COVID recruitment right. The more staff you have to replace, the more money you have to spend on recruitment, and the more time you have to spend interviewing and training. Even your most seasoned staff can forget things.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, productivity is more easily trained than managed. Staff productivity plays the largest role in restaurant revenue, which is why it’s so important to invest in your recruiting and hiring strategies, finding like-minded individuals to move your restaurant forward while minimizing time waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

A recent survey of restaurant operators by the University of South Florida School of Hospitality found that hiring and turnover was their number one challenge. But there are tangible ways to mitigate these hiring and retention challenges, and they all start with putting the restaurant’s team first and foremost.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2025

From there, you’re forced to vet and hire more employees on a revolving-door basis, and according to CareerBuilder, “introducing the new cost of hiring someone to replace the employee who left.” Cross-training staff has emerged as the most widely implemented and effective labor management strategy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 15, 2024

Invest in Technology The simplest way to reduce labor needs in any business is to use technology to streamline and automate processes. These expenses include money spent on recruiting, hiring, and training new staff, and lost productivity. percent compared to other industries’ rate of 4.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

– Ilson Goncalves, Chef/Owner, Samba Montclair Two ways the pandemic changed the restaurant industry are around employees and technology. Technology continues to transform restaurant operations. Technology has become a solution in staffing as well. That's never going to change. They seek brands they believe in.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Jobs are posted, a few apply, many of the applicants dont show for an interview and others after being hired never return after the first week (or sometimes the first day). The knee jerk reaction is to rely on technology to save us. Wages have gone up still no one is biting. Where are the workers? Are we missing something here?

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 18, 2025

Hiring for personality, providing empathy-based training, and empowering staff to go the extra mile all contribute to a strong hospitality culture. A warm welcome at the door, personalized follow-ups via email , and even thoughtful social media interactions can bridge the gap between technology and connection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2024

In these discussions, leaders should stress the importance of technology in making compliance easier and more directly intertwined with the employee experience. This will give them an informed perspective on how the technology can best benefit their business. AI can also soothe headaches of the legal sort.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Technology can boost business operations in a variety of ways. In the coming year, operators should rely on restaurant technology (ResTech) to help them: 1. Train Differently (and Better) than Ever Before. Historically, food businesses trained employees by explaining how things should be done.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 24, 2021

According to a survey conducted by the James Beard Foundation, 16 percent of restaurateurs consider re-hiring their staff to be a more significant obstacle to re-opening than getting their customers to come back or paying their vendors. Training can be expensive, but hiring new talent because of poor retention is a far higher cost.

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7 Shifts

JULY 14, 2021

How do the world's best restaurateurs hire their teams? Among many other stories, Danny dove into his hiring process from the very beginning at Union Square Cafe, how it evolved into the process they use now at all of his restaurants. We don't want to hire finished products. for a fireside chat with 7shifts CEO, Jordan Boesch.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

However, trained chefs don’t need to worry about losing their jobs to a restaurant AI yet, but we cannot dismiss this scenario entirely either. Recent technology advancements, mobile devices, and the pandemic all shifted the way restaurants need to operate. And, restaurants need to adapt. Role of AI in Front of House.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

It’s so easy to use, there’s no need to spend a lot of time training employees, something that’s also useful if you have a lot of turnover. This post is sponsored by RATIONAL technology operations Restaurant Business Want breaking news at your fingertips? In addition to saving you time, the iCareSystem AutoDose also saves money.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2023

Summer hiring is in full swing, and many restaurants are struggling to navigate one of their busiest seasons of the year while dealing with ongoing labor shortages and a volatile economy. Don’t skimp on onboarding and training. Poorly trained employees are more likely to make mistakes and can also become frustrated and leave.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With slow seasons also comes the need to navigate seasonal layoffs and the task of hiring all the best people back the next season. Use this time to invest in training, develop relationships with potential clients and referral sources, explore possible acquisitions or new markets, and upgrade outdated technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

AI Will Shorten and Reinforce Customer Service Training Every interaction with a customer is a chance to create loyalty. With AI, restaurants can offer dynamic, tailored training programs that get junior employees up to speed quickly and reinforce trained behavior.

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Lavu

JUNE 20, 2025

The restaurant industry is evolving fast—and at the heart of this transformation is new restaurant technology. Chefs are experimenting with unique flavors and there are some wonderful technologies to look into. Thankfully, one of the newest restaurant technologies available was designed specifically to tackle this problem.

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Goliath Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

Technological advances have been rapidly transforming in the past few years. However, the problem with the rapid technological advances is that people haven’t been able to catch up to the most recent updates. Why is digital training necessary? Why is digital training necessary?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A mobile employee experience has now become table stakes in seamlessly recruiting, onboarding, training and managing staff. People have grown more accustomed to quickly engaging across virtual divides through the use of technology. Once an employee has been hired, the focus turns to onboarding. Meeting New Expectations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2023

AI-based technology can be an incredibly valuable resource for the restaurant industry when utilized properly. and Canada said they planned to utilize some form of automation technology. It can make customer experiences more consistent and predictable, minimize human error, and reduce operating costs.

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