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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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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

Applicants may wonder about the restaurant’s culinary direction, commitment to sustainability, sourcing ingredients, and how innovation is balanced with tradition in the kitchen. By proactively addressing these questions during the interview process or in job postings, you can create a more effective recruitment experience.

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How To Build An Effective Staffing Model For Your Business

Sling

Whatever the solution may be, once you’ve identified your business’s needs, you can then take steps to recruit, hire, and retain the employees that will get you to your goal. 7) Recruit Accordingly. This is just the tip of the iceberg, so get creative and come up with your own unique ways to prioritize retention.

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6 Expert Tips To Create An Effective Cafe Business Plan For The UK

The Restaurant Times

For example, you can include any new food innovation that you are planning to include in your cafe. At a time when competition is high, always try and bring in innovations that will compel visitors to choose your cafe over the others. Strengths: Include the USPs of your cafe.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

“We are constantly working on innovations that help merchants find new, meaningful ways to reach customers and run their businesses more efficiently,” said Fuad Hannon, Head of New Business Verticals at DoorDash. Those businesses operate separately from the core parts distribution operations and will continue to do so.

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Federal Grants Programs for Shared Use Commercial Kitchens Supporting Local Food Systems

The Food Corridor

It provides a hub of business innovation in the city by offering Pennsylvania food businesses affordable kitchen space in the pivotal early stages of their growth. The organization’s Frenchtown Farmers Market was aimed at improving the distribution of local produce to the community. . Register with www.grants.gov.

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How bartaco approaches pay equity at their restaurants

7 Shifts

I think there's been a very big change in landscape of how we're recruiting and how purpose-driven restaurants need to be versus just selling an experience.” We're ordering and paying on our devices using kiosks and tipping via tablet. And then the tips that we collect are evenly distributed to every single employee as well.