7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Here’s how to plan your restaurant’s grand opening (or re- opening) to get back to business with a bang. Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. 1 Set goals for the event ?? Set a budget ??

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

There’s an art to scaling any small business intelligently. KPIs lose relevance if unrealistic for teams execute across the business. In addition to substantial customer research, use concept tests for new offerings with small control groups to gather feedback and assess operational readiness before full unveilings.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 11, 2021

As is the cold weather, giving way to new restrictions and challenges that make it harder for restaurants to do business. Winterize Your Patio Seating ?? Our traffic-heavy streets are now home to ad-hoc patio seating. Even with positive movements towards a Coronavirus vaccine, the pandemic is still very much a part of our lives.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 29, 2021

Business tax returns (IRS Form 1120 or IRS 1120-S). Note for businesses who opened in 2020: the Applicant's original business model should have contemplated at least 33.00% of gross receipts in onsite sales to the public.). Businesses that have filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. A business or group with more than 20 locations.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Zoom became our office (for many businesses – not all) and suddenly we had a way to function, at least at some level. In some cases, productivity improved, in many cases it went in the other direction, but at least we were open for business. How will we work if we can’t interact?” Let’s find ways to work remotely”.

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SpotOn

MARCH 19, 2024

March 19, 2024 —  SpotOn , the top-rated software and payments partner for restaurants and small businesses, has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the Most Innovative Companies for 2024. The international award is open to businesses around the world. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. Far too many times the menu takes a back seat to all other planning that will lead to serious miscalculations along the way. It is their business after all – right?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

As the world grapples with the next wave of COVID-19, businesses are confronted with product and labor shortages, a sudden increase in ecommerce and a variety of shifting consumption patterns. As for the thousands of restaurants that operate as a small business, Gen Z business owners seemed to be more poised to pivot to digital.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 4, 2022

Restaurants are busy now, much of it is pent up demand from two years of partial lockdown due to the pandemic. When I read an article the other day about BMW charging a subscription fee for heated seats in their cars, I thought: “Where are we going with this?” At some point it will all fall apart. Everything counts in a value formula.

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LevelUp

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Previously, most locations were about 2,000 square feet with 50 seats, as required by company policy. Future stores will be as small as 1,400 square feet and seat as few as 26 people. Source: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business ). Pickup shelves at Firehouse Subs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2020

In the restaurant business, this also means a dip in sales, but restaurateurs are mostly undaunted. ” No one knows for sure, but we are seeing glimpses of a trend that may be the answer for restaurant owners and operators: expanded outdoor seating. A time to recover from back-to-back holiday parties and festive gatherings.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Look around you and try to dissect those businesses and individuals who are successful at what they do. It’s the same with nearly everything in life, especially businesses that provide a product or entertainment service. Chances are, these are the players who refuse to lock themselves into the groove of always playing it safe.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2021

Small gestures like these will make your service go from good to great. Try to be as prompt as possible when it comes to seating, and provide your guests with accurate estimated seating times. Make sure your restaurant and its staff are well equipped to combat any sudden challenge they face– no matter how big or small.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 11, 2024

When working in a restaurant, management must utilize a variety of skills to run a successful business. Throughout my decades of working with restaurant and small business owners, these are four areas I always speak with clients about so they can be successful in their roles. Keep your menu small and concise.

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7 Shifts

JULY 21, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, social distancing, and business closures make it next to impossible to generate pre-coronavirus revenue numbers. From small business loans to microgrants to business credit cards, cash is available; it just takes a bit of application work and a little know-how. And no money means mo' problems.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

Throughout her career, Ellen Linardi has been driven by the passion to build products that help small businesses hold their own against big companies.That desire fueled the Global Head of Product for Clover and her team to help restaurant owners struggling during the pandemic pivot operations and compete in the now digital-first world.

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SpotOn

APRIL 24, 2024

There are bars with domestic beers, gluey nachos, and one glitchy TV that make you realize there’s a six-pack in the fridge at home (and more comfortable seats). Louisans busy all year long. It’s a small feature that becomes a huge time-saver, considering bartenders are serving over a thousand customers on peak nights. 

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Embrace the Suck

APRIL 26, 2020

Profits are sliding away a small percent at a time until you wake up one day in panic mode. All this could’ve been avoided if you had your finger constantly on the financial pulse of your business. It must drive results that improve the business. RevPash = Total revenue ÷ (available seats x opening hours).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The architects at EMPAD Architecture & Design have been designing both franchise and private owner restaurants over the past 17 years for various types of restaurateurs ranging from small quick service restaurants and drive-thrus to unique concept, full-service elegant dining establishments. With the current climate of the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2020

Listen to experts from legal, business, and marketing to join us to discuss the lasting implications of the coronavirus outbreak. I closed my own restaurant, Mezze Bistro + Bar, and it was heartbreaking,” said Bo Peabody, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Seated, and a restaurateur with more than 20 years of experience.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

You're constantly required to think on your feet, making quick and informed Decisions to keep your business running smoothly. Our team built this program to provide restaurant workers, owners, and operators with structured courses that will help expand their knowledge and grow their careers and businesses. And the best part?

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

“The Restaurant Revitalization Program is a reminder of what can be achieved when the public and private sector come together to help strengthen communities by addressing inequity with reforms and bolstering struggling businesses. Rent is the only thing that’s a constant burden on the business.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These restaurants generally have limited menus, no seating, and fewer (if any) servers compared full-service restaurants. Cons: You have higher overhead costs because you need more seating and servers. Family-style restaurants follow the full-service model with seating and dedicated servers. Cons: Small spaces to work in.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 4, 2021

In the end, the restaurant business did not have the resources or the wherewithal to weather this storm. What we are looking for is not a solution to a problem so much as it is a rethinking of how we perceive our businesses. The taxi business was re-invented. The retail business was re-invented. Restaurant Consulting.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

There were eighteen or twenty seats (mostly deuces) and in better weather maybe two more tables on the street or alleyway in front or beside these tastes of a chef. There was little waste since managing twenty seats was much easier than trying to fill expansive dining rooms with a turn or two on busy nights.

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Future Food

OCTOBER 5, 2021

However, creative food and hospitality operators have managed to innovate, stay agile, plan for the end in sight and have reinvented their business in order to prepare for the huge demand that has been building up and will let rip once the lockdowns end. Battles Continue for Hospitality Businesses Read More - Click here: www.tlnews.com.au/edition/the-local/.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2021

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has recently revealed a sample form and program guide for applicants. For some business types, at least 33 percent of 2019 gross receipts must have comprised on-site sales to the public. The requirements are a little different for businesses that started in 2020. Business supplies.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A restaurant business plan is one of the most (if not the most) essential elements in getting a new restaurant off the ground. There are a few reasons for this: A business plan is typically the first thing any lender or investor will want to look at. What is a Restaurant Business Plan? Restaurant Business Plan Sample Outline.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The past year has been a challenge for small businesses and no industry has been impacted quite like small hospitality operations. Water damage or damaged equipment can mean closing your business for repairs at a time when restaurants are already struggling with reduced income.

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Equipment Small Business Outdoor Insurance 196

Indoor Media

MARCH 29, 2021

Cartvertising, IndoorMedia’s shopping cart advertising program, places your business on the baby seat and nose portions of grocery store shopping carts. You can think of these custom-designed, full-color advertising campaigns as small-scale billboards that turn your business into a local celebrity! Repetition .

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Embrace the Suck

MAY 8, 2019

All businesses go through cycles of high and lows. We'll give you that plan customized for your business at the summit. You’re tired of playing small. Only 300 seats are available for this groundbreaking event! You want to get off the Profit & Loss Roller Coaster. You want to be here! You need to be here!

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SpotOn

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A quick service or casual restaurant will have open seating, a soda fountain, and maybe an area designated for online order pickups. A bistro is a small, simple restaurant that offers inexpensive food served in a casual and intimate setting. What is a bistro restaurant? What's the origin of the word bistro?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2022

If a QR code is already on the table when your guests are seated, you don’t have to worry about getting fresh menus to them right away. Fast casual eateries that have seat-yourself service are perfect candidates for the QR code menu. So how do you set up your code? Try an Online Form Builder.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

At this point, the story is global – businesses in communities around our country and world have shuttered, many at the direction of local, state or national governments as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve watched with fascination as many creative businesses have found ways to continue operating through a quarantine.

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Social Media Small Business Customer Service Cash Management 195

The Restaurant Group

JULY 29, 2022

How many people are you hoping to seat during peak hours and how much space have you allocated for them? A crowded seating or work area is unpleasant and may even be unsafe. Even if you have the best food in the city, people won’t come back if they have to dine on tables that are too small or seats that are too close together.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2020

As restaurants across the nation begin to reopen for business, there are many challenges that they will face for the first time. Business as usual is a thing of the past! Business Continuity is Key to Your Branding, But How do You Continue to Promote Your Brand When the Rules of Doing Business Have Changed So Drastically?

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Employee Relations Food Safety Small Business Government 197

Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

A small restaurant business plan is the roadmap you use to open a successful spot. As a first step to creating yours, ask your friends and colleagues to share restaurant business plan examples. Their restaurant business plan samples can inspire yours. Two restaurant workers discuss a business plan.

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