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11 Tips for Restaurants to Get Back to Business

Modern Restaurant Management

” Restaurants must elevate safety and cleanliness protocols, train employees about new processes and policies, track compliance, and implement immediate corrective actions, as needed. These procedures must be added to your current food safety policies built upon the 2017 FDA Food Code recommendation for the BIG 6 pathogens.

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Restaurant Wage and Hour Disputes Are on the Rise

Modern Restaurant Management

In fact, across the country, employers were hit with 8,261 FLSA lawsuits in 2017 – a sharp rise in the past 20 years, since only 1,597 FLSA lawsuits were filed in 1997. However, a restaurant server or bartender could be paid as little as $5.44 If the server’s tips fall short, though, the employer must pay the difference.

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Vaccine Flair Could Be the β€˜It’ Accessory in Restaurants This Summer

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But with our masks off, how are we supposed to know whether the unmasked people near us β€” say, an unmasked server approaching a table of unmasked guests β€” are vaccinated or not? Now, thanks to the incredibly effective vaccines available to everyone over the age of 12, many of those caring people no longer need masks to keep safe.

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For Restaurant Owners, Cybersecurity is a People ProblemΒ 

Modern Restaurant Management

The same can be said for their employees, who oftentimes aren’t properly trained in managing data threats. Equally devastating are failures to properly configure online servers. In fact, global research and advisory firm Gartner Inc.

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How DoorDash and Postmates Make an Already Dangerous Job Worse

EATER

With each chapter, she highlights the ways the tipped minimum wage exploits workers from a particular job category, including restaurant servers, delivery drivers, nail technicians, and more. She sees 2017 as a make-or-break experience, β€œone of the worst years of my life. Monica Burton. Vianne recalled using DoorDash first.

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Cyber Security in the Hospitality Industry

SiteMinder

Today’s cyber-criminals are devising newer, more sophisticated methods to infiltrate and extract sensitive customer information from hotel websites, internal systems, servers, and even mobile platforms – your front desk is not exempt from these threats. Usually solutions depend on countermeasures once the attack has been noticed.

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The Ultimate Guide to Restaurant Costs

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Labor Cost Percentage Averages Below is a breakdown of average labor cost percentages in Q4 of 2017: Quick service: 29.4% Train Staff Proper training improves efficiency, which means you can have a leaner workforce without sacrificing customer service. After all, training new hires is an investment of time, resources, and money.