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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

By mid-2024, 82 percent of food and beverage operators were still actively recruiting, with chefs and cooks comprising 30 percent of open roles. According to recent surveys, over half of hotels have adopted flexible scheduling , and restaurants are beginning to follow suit. Flexibility has become a key driver of job satisfaction.

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Staffing Issues Every Restaurant Owner Should Focus on Post-Pandemic

Modern Restaurant Management

As business owners begin the process of hiring (or, in some cases, re-hiring) employees for their restaurants, bars, hotels, resorts and food services companies, here are five things to focus on: All Hands on Deck. Be creative when it comes to how to recruit, hire and retain employees. The Rule of Two. Get Creative.

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WILL THE RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE BECOME IMPERSONAL

Culinary Cues

Chefs and restaurateurs invested in recruiting students at regional culinary colleges for internship and permanent positions after graduation, but those schools are struggling to find students to enroll whats going on?

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THE BEST PATH TO CHEFDOM

Culinary Cues

My money is placed on working in a quality hotel, resort, or club. Of course, restaurants are great places to build your bag of tricks, ones where the chef has very high standards and is willing to share, but dollar for dollar, a club, hotel, or resort provides the package with the best value.

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Why the Restaurant Industry Must Adapt its Hourly Hiring Practices

Modern Restaurant Management

Remember, it’s not just restaurants reopening and looking for talent – it’s hotels, sports and entertainment venues. Recruiting is a human process and the tools businesses use should assist in humanizing the experience. ” But how exactly can they find these workers? The Problem with Hourly Hiring.

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What the Joint Employer Rule Will Mean for Franchise Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Franchisors will need to show franchisees and their managers how to recruit, conduct interviews (including what can and can’t be asked), train, motivate, build culture, discipline, and all the other skills needed to manage hourly personnel and keep them happy.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

Modern Restaurant Management

Feb 2024, My Place Hotels of America has collaborated with Grubhub to enhance guest experience through online food ordering and delivery. Nineteen percent (19 percent) of SMBs are using AI for recruitment and talent sourcing, and 56 percent believe AI can help their business offset any pain points caused by reduced or frozen headcount.