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2024 Emergency Planning for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

In the hospitality industry, the last thing you want is a phone call from the alarm company at an early morning hour about a fire, break-in or other disaster at your business. Additionally, they can train employees on proper cleaning, frequency intervals and safety procedures. Picture this – it’s 5 a.m.

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Managing Risk: Prevent Foodborne Illness, Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Of those, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The worst part is, this type of illness is largely preventable Restaurant owners and operators need to take active steps to prevent foodborne illness from coming out of their kitchens. Be sure all your employees, from wait staff to managers to chefs, have been certified in food safety.

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Pandemic Pivots Don’t Offset Restaurants’ Need to Manage Looming Risks

Modern Restaurant Management

On the positive side, the pandemic forced any number of pivots among restaurateurs as they struggled during the pandemic shutdown to keep their doors open and kitchens cooking. Virtual kitchens, for example, were already accelerating trends when the pandemic hit. Cracker Barrel trialed a chicken and biscuit concept. Apparently.

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NCR Reveals 2022 Hospitality Trends and Predictions

Modern Restaurant Management

This is why next year, operators will offer more benefits like hiring incentives, higher hourly wages, health insurance, paid time off, earned wage access (EWA) and more to not only hire fresh labor, but retain top talent. pickup, delivery, drive-thru, ghost kitchens). pickup, delivery, drive-thru, ghost kitchens).

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

7 Shifts

The same New York Times story found that 80 to 85 percent of Crafted Hospitality group's kitchen employees have moved out of New York City. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. Online job postings are often overlooked in the hospitality industry.

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Hospo Reset’s Product of the Week

Ken Burgin

Every week in the Hospo Reset Newsletter, we share a product or service that’s caught our eye – for kitchen & beverage management, staffing, facilities management, marketing and overall productivity. Food, Menus and Kitchen Management. They’ve just shared lots of ready-made hospitality systems – try them.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

The hospitality industry took a massive hit in the height of the pandemic; while certainly not the only segment of our economy that got a smackdown, it seems the punches are never-ending. Companies within the hospitality zone cannot fix the core issue, which is a gross lack of workers wanting jobs in our industry.

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