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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Can Technology Help Solve the Restaurant Labor Shortage?

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Restaurants that once employed full front of house operations, quickly turned into crews of kitchen and expeditor staff only, employing sometimes 25-50 percent of their original staff. Managers, servers, kitchen staff all filled in on roles to handle the increasing volume of online orders as the country embraced digital dining.

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I’m Through Being Silent About the Restaurant Industry’s Racism

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As a Black server and diner, I’ve seen how racism in the restaurant industry plays out on both sides of the table This is Eater Voices , where chefs, restaurateurs, writers, and industry insiders share their perspectives about the food world, tackling a range of topics through the lens of personal experience. Alexandra Bowman.

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How Chulita saves time and grows their business with 7shifts

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Chulita has been serving Venice, California locals their brand of Oaxacan food since 2018. Chulita doesn't have traditional managers, but lead servers with different managerial responsibilities. Tara Edie, for example, is a Lead Server who also runs PR and Marketing for the brand.

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Our Wage Models are Broken

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The Tip Pooling Model After the FLSA updated its guidance in 2018, it became legal to share tips across hourly employees, as long as they’re all paid the state’s full minimum wage. We see professional servers and bartenders who respect the whole of the restaurant and the culture that is created by being more inclusive.

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10 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

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After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (52%, up from 31% in 2018) and payroll software (50%, up from 28% in 2018), according to a study from Toast. Your POS system reduces ordering errors, increases front-of-house and back-of-house efficiency, and helps you control inventory.

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How I Got My Job: Creating a New Vision for Vegan Cooking at a Top NYC Restaurant

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In her early 20s, Freeman worked as a front-of-house manager at a popular bar and restaurant in Washington D.C. But I don’t think I realized I was fully interested in food until 2017 or 2018, when I became a bit more serious about being a chef. It was half back-of-house, half front-of-house. It was too much.

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How Andolini’s Uses 7shifts To Help Schedule With Empathy: Case Study

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So in 2018, Mike Bausch and his team at Andolini's made the switch to 7shifts. Bausch adds that he may have a team member working as a server in one store, help out making pizza in another, and even be on the road making some deliveries on a different day. a manager, to a front of house manager, to a shift note, to the end person.