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Tips For Restaurants to Reduce Food Waste and Save Significant Money

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry loses an astounding $162 billion each year in food waste. All restaurants should proactively work to reduce food waste, which will also help you save money, increase profits, spotlight your commitment to sustainability, and help the environment. Between a third and a half of food is wasted worldwide annually.

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How to Improve Restaurant Operations: 9 Proven Strategies

7 Shifts

Improving your restaurant operations to succeed in this highly competitive industry means serving quality food and providing excellent customer service while minimizing waste, reducing costs, and keeping your employees engaged. This is where developing a comprehensive restaurant operations plan comes in.

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10 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

7 Shifts

The first technologies that restaurants often invest in are the cloud-based point of sale (POS) systems and payroll processing. Scheduling software like 7shifts can also pull data from your POS to track labor against sales and get a more accurate picture of your labor cost—saving your restaurant money and time. POS and phones ?.

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Back of house restaurant job descriptions and duties

Clover - Restaurants

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the restaurant’s culinary offerings and ensuring the smooth operation of our kitchen. Lead and manage back-of-house kitchen staff, including sous chefs, line cooks, prep cooks, and dishwashers. Work closely with the management team to brainstorm new ideas, promotions, and special events.

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Best Practices to Prevent Theft in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Make sure the important areas of your kitchen are easily visible on surveillance such as the cooler and cabinets, register and all entrances and exits. A POS system is much more than a cash register or a checkout counter and its capabilities extend beyond that. Why is this helpful? Inventory Management System.

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How to Create a Restaurant Staff Training Manual

7 Shifts

Pandemic or otherwise, staff turnover eats into your profitability and wastes a considerable amount of managers’ time. Break down roles and responsibilities into teams, so you’ll have a server training manual , as well as one for bartenders and kitchen staff. Detailed instructions on how to use the POS system.

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How To Start A Waste-Free Bakery In The UK

The Restaurant Times

A survey conducted by Too Good To Go indicates that more than 1/3rd of the bakery output in the UK ends up being wasted. Strict health and safety guidelines, short shelf life, and weather are some of the main reasons for wastage in bakeries. This is where it is recommended to start a waste-free bakery. Source: Pinterest.

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