7 Shifts

DECEMBER 13, 2023

California has some of the strongest, most employee-friendly tip laws in the country. Some of them even reverse the standard rule or pattern, threatening to catch multi-state operators by surprise. California’s law differences make it almost like another country unto itself, and can trip up even established restaurateurs.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 13, 2023

California has some of the strongest, most employee-friendly tip laws in the country. Some of them even reverse the standard rule or pattern, threatening to catch multi-state operators by surprise. California’s law differences make it almost like another country unto itself, and can trip up even established restaurateurs.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 29, 2024

We have labored over the effects of this change but have been very slow to reinvent the way that we do business – to once again, create an environment where individuals relish the opportunity to learn and grow as cooks, exhibit passion about the craft, wear their uniforms with pride, and feel great about saying: “I’m a cook!”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2023

The law requires employers with 15 or more workers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an “undue hardship.”

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 26, 2022

Are you thinking about owning a restaurant? You are not alone if the thought of putting your name on a restaurant awning has crossed your mind. One of the most tempting forays into entrepreneurship is the restaurant business. Instead, let’s look at some of the common reasons why restaurants fail (this is only a sampling).

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2023

Why were these changes made and what are the key impacts on restaurants? These concerns reflect FDA’s increasing commitment to ensuring that Americans with allergies are aware of the potential allergens in their foods and impose commensurate duties on restaurants and food producers in order to further that commitment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 5, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, restaurant workers of all types need time off to rest, recharge, and hopefully return reinvigorated to serve your customers. Employers are encouraged to review applicable federal, state and local leave law provisions. Pre-Travel Inquiries May Be Allowed.

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Focus POS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Restaurants that gain a significant portion of their revenue from alcohol sales have been hit the hardest, with many social distancing regulations calling for a ban on alcohol sales indoors. Now, many restaurants that offer alcohol are jumping on this trend. Whereas in Hawaii, laws are a little different. Enter: Alcohol to-go.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

The competition in the restaurant industry is getting tighter. In fact, 45% of restaurant operators expect their competition to be much more intense in 2024 than last year. That said, we've compiled some of the best techniques for increasing restaurant sales and taking your business to new heights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Restaurants are filling up again, but hiring and retaining employees in the midst of a national workforce shake-up remains an uphill battle. With staff in short supply as millions of Americans continue to quit their jobs, restaurants looking to ramp up hiring for the busy season are faced with an ultra-competitive hiring market.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Respect for the place where you work, those who own and operate the business and the physical property for which you are responsible is paramount. Let them know about sales, food cost, labor cost, changes in vendor prices, increases in utilities, mortgage or lease arrangements, and how profitable or unprofitable the restaurant is.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

A well-developed employee handbook is the foundation for streamlined operations at any restaurant. Basic restaurant standards, like restaurant safety, dress code, and code of conduct. . Complex restaurant processes, like how to report tips or request vacation days. . Labor Laws. Customer Service Standards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

Our previous articles in MRM have centered on medical plan strategies for restaurants, how to build plans that are attractive to the workforce and manage those inherent costs. As a result, many restaurants have not seen the value of adding such programs. Time-Away Benefits. Wellbeing. ” Today’s workforce is burned out.

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Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

If you are reading this article, you probably know that restaurants are facing turmoil as the most severe labor crisis ever experienced is hitting the industry. A lack of workforce could easily derail many restaurants’ reopening plans, particularly small and independent establishments. Reading Time: 9 minutes. Table of Contents.

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Restaurant365

MAY 7, 2020

In adapting your restaurant business for a new short-term normal, keep the following guidelines in mind. Thoroughly sanitize your entire restaurant, especially if you were completely shut down. Thoroughly sanitize your entire restaurant, especially if you were completely shut down. Clean and sanitize restaurants daily.

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

By the end of 2021, dine-in visits to fast food chains had fallen to just 14 percent of restaurant traffic, compared to 28 percent pre-pandemic, according to the market research firm NPD Group. The big transformation taking place inside restaurants also threatens to change how the industry looks at labor.

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Restaurant Law

AUGUST 17, 2016

Beware: If you own more than one restaurant which operates under the same name, you may have created an illegal and unintended franchise. The New York Franchise Act is unquestionably the nation's harshest franchise law, because its definition of a franchise (discussed below) is so all-encompassing that it borders on absurd.

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EATER

MAY 20, 2020

As a result, private organizations like the National Restaurant Association, José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen , and others have stepped up to lay out their own logistical advice. Our goal is to tell chefs, managers, and restaurant owners how their procedures need to change in the era of COVID-19.”. Update: May 20, 2020, 11:07 a.m.:

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EATER

MAY 14, 2020

As a result, private organizations like the National Restaurant Association, José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen , and others have stepped up to lay out their own logistical advice. Our goal is to tell chefs, managers, and restaurant owners how their procedures need to change in the era of COVID-19.”.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The Restaurant Rescue Plan establishes a $25 billion grant program for restaurants hurt by the pandemic and was based on the RESTAURANTS Act.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 23, 2022

After you have gained access to the licenses and permits that pertain to you, you will need to finalize the location from where the business will operate. This will depend on the local laws concerning the catering businesses and zoning regulations. . This will, however, help you save on some operating costs. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. GroupRaise is inviting restaurants across the country to join their Takeout For Good initiative happening on June 2. Takeout For Good.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 20, 2020

It is difficult to think of anything other than the Coronavirus and the devastating effects it has already had on the restaurant industry. Pollo Campero announced that anyone in uniform will get a free meal, to support health workers, law enforcement and first responders. The generosity goes both ways. Get the Latest Updates.

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Sling

OCTOBER 1, 2023

How to start a catering business: Lay the groundwork 7) Write out your business strategy Writing out your business strategy is a great way to motivate yourself to keep thinking about the overall process of starting a catering business and what you want your particular operation to look like. Consider starting with a website.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

This guidance implements the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA), signed into law by President Trump on June 5, 2020, and expands eligibility for businesses with owners who have past felony convictions. Like so many other entrepreneurs, we started modestly – restaurant by restaurant in our Chicago neighbourhood.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Therefore, you need to carve out a business plan for all your bakery operations including managing finances, engineering the menu, incorporating marketing strategies, etc. This is one of the major reasons why the majority of restaurant businesses fail within a year or two even after having efficient operations and good quality food. .

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EATER

AUGUST 2, 2023

And of course, there are also the celebrity restaurants — Guy Fieri’s Branson Kitchen and Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen — that offer their own distinct connection to the world of entertainment. Now, most of those artist-owned theaters have shuttered or been sold to new operators.

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Restaurant365

JULY 17, 2020

Most multi-unit restaurant groups run each of their locations as a separate legal entity. The challenge for restaurant groups is that most accounting software is not set up to handle these multiple entities in a single database. Standardize Restaurant Accounting Procedures. Use AP automation Across All Your Restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more. Bill directs all operational and strategic planning and execution for the Applebee’s, Del Taco, MOD Pizza, Wendy’s and Olga’s Kitchen brands.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2021

I had spent weeks hyping him up about the “train restaurant,” and knew he’d be impressed by the bustle of the cooks maneuvering in the galley kitchen, searing steaks on the griddle, and shouting orders as pots and pans rattled overhead. By 1965 only 10,000 passenger cars were in operation, 85 percent fewer than in 1929.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

YEA uncovers longer term trends, including a correlation between increased interest in restaurants, bars and nightlife, and gyms to a spike in COVID-19 cases across hotspot states. In mid-to-late March , Yelp reported a swift and uniform drop in consumer activity across the nation.

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Touch Bistro

APRIL 27, 2021

The startup costs are lower than what you’d have to shell out to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant, and as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, food trucks offer both a safe dining option for your guests and a reliable income source for you. You should also consider the cost of uniforms, which can run you about $1,000.

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Touch Bistro

MARCH 25, 2021

A new hire checklist for restaurant employees can make the onboarding process easy and painless for all parties involved. After all, employees are the heart of your restaurant, and setting them up for success starts with the onboarding process. What Is Restaurant Employee Onboarding? Let’s get started! Download Now.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The Local Culinary, a virtual restaurant group specializing in chef-driven, delivery-only concepts – the first of its kind in Florida – signed a letter of interest to open new commissary-style kitchens in Boca Raton and Aventura. Local Culinary Expanding. markets including New York City.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's People & Places column features news of company hires and promotions, charitable efforts and product introductions. Nominees for more than 50 awards categories, including Restaurant and Chef, Restaurant Design, and Media will be announced. ET and will be streamed live online.

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