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Restaurant Workforce Research: Reflecting on 2024 and Optimizing for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

To help restaurant operators better understand what employees want and need, close to 1,000 restaurant managers were surveyed regarding compensation, technology use, retention tactics, and more. Growth and Leadership While the restaurant industry grew by 1.7 percent in 2024 and added 210,300 jobs, a standout category led the pack.

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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. Technology: The Double-Edged Sword Technological innovation continues to redefine the restaurant industry, offering tools to enhance efficiency and improve the customer experience.

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THE NEXT GENERATION OF COOKS & CHEFS

Culinary Cues

These cooks and chefs will not only accept technology in the kitchen, but they will also actively look for ways to make it their critical component. [] KNOW THAT DIVERSITY HAPPENS NATURALLY IN KITCHENS: Diversity in the kitchen need not be mandated or a concern.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

– Ilson Goncalves, Chef/Owner, Samba Montclair Two ways the pandemic changed the restaurant industry are around employees and technology. Technology continues to transform restaurant operations. Technology has become a solution in staffing as well. That's never going to change. They seek brands they believe in.

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To Mitigate ‘The Great Resignation’ Refocus on the Employee Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

From recruiting to retention, if the employee experience is positive and fulfilling, loyalty is fostered, and staff is more likely to stay put. By providing training focused on life skills that extend beyond the restaurant environment, such as communication, goal setting, and leadership, this demonstrates holistic investment in the workforce.

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The Downfall of a Restaurant: A Leadership Deficit

Embrace the Suck

As such, it's a tragedy when these establishments falter, collapse, or disappear, not due to a lack of talent, vision, or culinary prowess but because of a deficiency in leadership. I've distilled this undeniable truth: The success or failure of any restaurant is invariably linked to the quality of its leadership.

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How Restaurants Can Utilize a Small Business Loan to Fuel Growth

The Rail

Whether for operations expansion, equipment upgrades, staff recruiting, or more marketing activity, growth calls for resources. Service-based companies, like restaurants, often flourish by growing their workforce or modernizing technology. Restaurants that use automation solutions save money on labor and minimize human error.