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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. Considering the inflationary and labor strains, proactive risk management and operational adjustments will be crucial to sustaining profitability in the year ahead.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022. Seventy-five percent of operators said they plan to devote more resources to recruiting and retaining employees.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurants that thrive today are those that balance innovation with human connection. Providing benefits like career development and on-the-job training is critical, especially as we continue our mission of serving thoughtful food that supports healthier, more sustainable living. The world changed, and so did restaurants.

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Using Technology to Combat the Labor Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

In the National Restaurant Association’s report, 75 percent of restaurant operators identified recruiting employees as their top challenge this summer, above all other difficulties experienced in the industry’s recovery. But not all hope is lost.

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5 Things to Consider Before Opening a Restaurant in 2025

The Rail

A significant part is also played by tech integration ; loyalty programs, app-based ordering, and QR code menus are not innovations but necessities. Modern successful restaurants create their branding to support community and purpose, usually related to local collaborations, sustainability, or cultural celebration.

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Hungry for Growth: The Restaurant Industry in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

In addition, 75 percent of restaurant operators say recruiting employees was their top challenge, the highest level ever recorded. From there, restaurants can build processes and inject innovation into this framework. While this has created many new jobs, restaurants and bars are struggling to find the talent to fill these positions.

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Restaurant Staffing Crisis Solutions: Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

He used his restaurant's Facebook business page to recruit fans who already understand and appreciate his brand, posted information on his website and at the register. Other tactics he used: reaching out to community centers, reaching back to former employees for temp help and recruiting marketing or culinary students. .