7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2024

Bookkeeping is one of the most essential aspects of any restaurant business. After all, a small, honest mistake can accumulate over time and turn into bigger operational problems— 17% of restaurants even fail in their first year due to mismanagement of finances. For instance, you can record your food and beverage sales separately.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

A restaurant’s schedule is its framework for success. Effective employee scheduling means finding the right mix of shifts and shift types for your business. Effective employee scheduling means finding the right mix of shifts and shift types for your business. Table of Contents: What makes a great employee schedule?

Restaurant Law 195

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7 Shifts

APRIL 14, 2022

In the wake of the great resignation , restaurants have been raising labor costs to both attract and retain all-star employees. These raises have certainly helped employee standard of living, but they also require more accurate multi location scheduling and team management to keep menu costs low and the restaurant profitable.

Small Business 370

Small Business Restaurant Law Customer Experience Management 370

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Problem: Compliance headaches and high labor costs Doing business in California is not without adherence to strict labor laws, where mistakes on margins as small as a minute can cost a restaurant thousands of dollars in fines. “We One massive solution: scheduled breaks. “We That adds up.

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Restaurant Law Fine Dining 2014 Food Safety 195

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Perfectly staffed, and you're under target with productivity through the roof—a perfect schedule. But without the right tools, it'll take long nights and countless cups of coffee to organize the moving pieces of multi-location employee scheduling for your restaurant. Challenges of Scheduling Teams Across Locations.

Restaurant Law 370

Restaurant Law Point of Sale Communication Hiring 370

Restaurant Technology Guys

JULY 18, 2021

Check them out at Easy Employee Scheduling Software for Restaurants | 7shifts. 122 – Maximize your Schedule and labor management with 7 Shifts appeared first on Restaurant Technology Guys. The post 122. Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast Ep.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Schedules are made, payroll is run, and employees checked-in with—but it's tough to know if you're working as efficiently or as profitably as possible. With 7shifts restaurant reporting and analytics, you can analyze your restaurant labor performance and make strategic decisions that reduce costs & increase profits.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 24, 2021

Here's just some of how the 7shifts team management platform along with Qu POS can help with smarter scheduling and a more efficiently run enterprise. Labor budgets are impossible to keep in check. You can't keep up with local labor laws. Labor budgets are impossible to keep in check. Table of Contents.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 19, 2022

Discover how a few are using 7shifts to manage scheduling and communication. Here's how: Easy to use scheduling that save managers time and money. During those days, she would make her store's schedule on an iPad—a step above the pen and paper many still use. I began to ask myself, “Are [store managers] scheduling effectively ?

Point of Sale 370

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Crunchtime

MARCH 19, 2024

Is your restaurant operation positioned for successful adherence to labor laws? Keeping up with evolving labor laws is a never-ending challenge for many restaurants across the US. For restaurant brands on the fast track for growth, this can be a serious roadblock when it comes to scheduling and labor management.

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7 Shifts

JULY 22, 2022

Once you find your ideal candidate, their information is automatically filled into 7shifts so you can get your new hires on the schedule instantly, without the extra work. Get your new summer hires scheduled fast by digitizing your employee onboarding process. Vacation & Summer Schedules. Reduce that cost with 7shifts.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. This part of the job is arguably the most multi-faceted.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Predictive Scheduling has become a hot topic in the restaurant industry. As a growing number of municipalities propose and approve legislative changes around scheduling practices, many restaurateurs are wondering: how will predictive scheduling impact my business? What is Predictive Scheduling? Table of Contents.

Restaurant Law 370

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Crunchtime

APRIL 9, 2024

With the added challenges of complicated labor laws and minimum wage hikes, it’s no wonder that more than half indicated they plan to invest in labor scheduling technology in the coming year.

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Innovation 2024 Restaurant Law 2023 145

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When it comes to employee scheduling, timesheets, and performance reviews, maybe you've got someone who's handled things so long no one else knows exactly how to do what they do (tribal knowledge is risky!). Monthly Work Schedule Excel Template Does your restaurant create the schedule once per month as opposed to once per week?

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 3, 2023

Hugo's was looking for a tool that would work with their newly adopted Toast POS, as well as give them more power to track labor and schedule their expanding team. And not only do those schedules take less time—they're also more efficient. Problem Hugo's opened when bookkeeping was done in physical books. It's wonderful.

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Crunchtime

JANUARY 30, 2024

Work jointly with your team to create schedules more efficiently. Collaborative schedule editing from Crunchtime Labor & Scheduling makes it easy for managers to work together and get more done in less time. Read this article to learn how you can leverage this feature for your restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Scheduling employees is one of the most time-intensive tasks for restaurant managers. Additionally, they have to remember how this demand aligns with employee skills and availability, before they begin creating shift schedules – often using pen and paper or an Excel spreadsheet.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 23, 2022

Problem : Manual scheduling processes that took too much time, siloed operations, and didn't resonate with a younger, tech-saavy workforce. Solution: Cloud-based scheduling software that brings together operations across 16 locations, keeps staff accountable, and gives them tools to increase efficiency. Complicated, manual scheduling.

Front of House 369

Front of House Back of House Communication Employee Relations 369

7 Shifts

JULY 31, 2020

This rapid growth left Hengam and Matthew searching for a better way to use systems and technology to alleviate the labor management burden and save more time for family life. How Mattenga’s Uses Technology to Optimize Labor & Simplify Scheduling From spreadsheets to 7shifts Mattenga’s reduced their scheduling time 7 ?

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Management Management Document Communication 370

7 Shifts

MAY 13, 2021

On the surface, the natural organization of an Excel or Google Sheets spreadsheet makes sense for creating shift schedules. But once you put that schedule out into the world, it tends to break down. Your once perfectly organized Excel schedule is unrecognizable from when you first made it—and you have to do it all over again next week.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 29, 2024

For nearly two years now I have been offering thoughts on the labor challenges that restaurants continue to face while providing some observations and thoughts. The industry expects that people will work unhealthy hours and accept schedules that constantly change.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 16, 2023

7shifts set out to solve this industry challenge by building a true all-in-one app that serves the entire restaurant employee lifecycle from hiring, training, and scheduling to paying and retaining. With our most recent product expansions into the pay sector, we’re thrilled our vision has now become a reality.

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Tip Distribution Document Hiring Training 221

Crunchtime

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Improve your restaurant's scheduling and labor management with these 9 tips from operational leaders in the food service industry.

Management 121

Management Management Operations Food 121

7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Labor costs and labor cost percentage. Sales per labor hour. Labor costs and labor cost percentage. What is restaurant labor cost? Labor cost includes all labor-related categories: Employees, both hourly wages and salaries. Business is often a game of numbers, and restaurants are no exception.

Point of Sale 416

Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Customer Service 416

7 Shifts

JULY 27, 2022

Every location had their own version of the truth when it came to labor costs and productivity. Solution : Cloud-based scheduling software. It helped franchisees lower labor costs as much as 13%. It helped franchisees lower labor costs as much as 13%. Improved forecasts = smarter schedules. Table of Contents.

Point of Sale 195

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2024

The restaurant industry has always been dynamic and challenging, but the labor shortage has pushed it to a critical juncture. Understanding the Drought The labor shortage has hit hard, with many restaurants operating below capacity despite a rebound in customer demand.

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Loyalty Program Customer Service Customer Experience 2024 197

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The right concept is crucial when opening your restaurant , a new location, or refreshing your brand. Get your concept right and you'll be on your way to rave reviews, recommendations, and loyal clientele. It's easier said than done, and even the most experienced restaurateurs don;t always get it right. Table of Contents. Menu design.

Fast Casual 370

Fast Casual Food Truck Casual Customer Service 370

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

From paper schedules and lineups around the block, to 7shifts and delivery-only doughnuts, it’s safe to say that Beechwood has evolved a lot in recent years—mostly thanks to COVID. A paper scheduling nightmare to a digital dream ?? Beechwood Doughnuts, like many small restaurants, started out by scheduling with pen and paper.

Operations 370

Operations Book Communication Small Business 370

7 Shifts

MAY 27, 2021

Restaurant schedules shuffle all the time. While some managers dread the thought of a seasonal, monthly, or weekly schedule adjustment, others rely on it. This practice of planned changes to employee schedules is known as rotating scheduling – and about 5% of hospitality employees work this way. Table of Contents.

Front of House 370

Front of House Employee Relations Back of House Take-out 370

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The restaurant workforce is largely back to pre-pandemic levels, signaling a much-needed reprieve amidst the larger, ongoing hospitality labor crisis. These compounding variables make it impossible for managers to rely on gut instinct alone when creating employee schedules.

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Management Management Hiring Customer Experience 202

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Those are your food costs and your labor costs , and together they make up your prime costs. Labor and Payroll. Prime cost is the sum of direct labor costs and the cost of goods sold (CoGS). They can be controlled by implementing labor and F&B cost control measures—and by using the right tech tools. Table of Contents.

Seasonal Menu 195

Seasonal Menu Consumer Goods Food Supply Inventory 195

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It's called the 9/80 work schedule , and it rewards employees with an additional, full day off from work in exchange for working slightly longer shifts without affecting full-time status. So, what exactly is the 9/80 schedule, what are its benefits, and how can it work in your restaurant? What is a 9/80 Work Schedule?

Employee Relations 397

Employee Relations Tip Distribution Front of House Mobile Ordering 397

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 4, 2023

The labor shortage that began in 2020 has not slowed, with restaurants continuing to struggle to fill open positions and keep employees long-term. As a result, they are looking for ways to better optimize their labor operations while also maximizing business opportunities.

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2023 Customer Experience Restaurant Law Communication 167

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Labor is one of the largest expenses in the industry, and mistakes can irreparably damage a restaurant's reputation and bottom line. On the subject of employment, the term “exempt” refers to whether or not a person qualifies for benefits such as overtime pay mandated by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Table of Contents.

Restaurant Law 370

Restaurant Law Hiring Communication Demo 370

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The shrunken labor pool inflation, turnover, and technology, all make up the stew that operating a restaurant is in 2023. The restaurant labor pool shrank during the pandemic when unemployed workers left the industry for good. The pandemic, for all its devastation, granted many restaurants a silver lining: a chance to reset.

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2023 Leadership Hiring Fast Casual 397

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Little technology was being used in the management of Hyperion at all—things were being done the way "the always had been," with printed tickets and schedules, emailed time-off requests printed and stuck on the wall—inefficiencies and paper abound. Hyperion Public started as the dream of two dads—John Speaks and Paddy Aubrey.

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