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[Data] The State of Restaurant Hiring in 2021

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According to 7shifts internal data, the top 3 jobs restaurants are hiring for include: Cooks & Line Cooks, Servers and Bartenders. 26% of restaurants are looking for cooks + line cooks, 17% looking for servers, and. 12% are for servers, and. 7% looking for bartenders. A view into restaurant job applications.

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

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We’re not talking about just surviving the pandemic—but thriving through 2021 and beyond, and setting new standards. diners prefer to view menus, order, and pay for their meal using their phones rather than interacting with servers during the pandemic. Before March of 2020, front of house shifts made up 34% of all shifts.

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[Data] How Have The Shifts Changed For Those Working in The Restaurant Industry

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To account for a large increase in permanent, pandemic-related closures, we only analyzed restaurants that have remained open from 2019 through 2021. Here's what we found: What Shifts Increased from 2019 to 2021? What Shifts Decreased/ Minimal Increases From 2019 to 2021?

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Demystifying the New 80/20 Tipping Rule: A Five-Step Plan to Ensure Compliance

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Taking effect on December 28, 2021, the rule is proving confusing to owners, operators, and tip-producing and non-tip producing employees (especially since often that employee is one and the same within any given shift). Servers wear many hats, and to stay in compliance, need many job codes. How Do You Comply? Track time. Track tasks.

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How Restaurants Are Evolving in 2021: New Business Models

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diners prefer to view menus, order, and pay for their meal using their phones rather than interacting with servers during the pandemic. A benefit of this type of concept is you can have a skeleton-crew front of house and a focus on your back-of-house operations. It’s just easier and more efficient.

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Why a Chicago Restaurant Is Taking Their Most Popular Dish Off the Menu

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They’re getting rid of the subminimum wage, the (legal) economic framework that supports tipping and cements foundational problems within hospitality like wage disparity between front and back of house and systemic bias against servers by customers. We have only lost one server in the last year.” Profit: $0.63 (4.2

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How Small Restaurant Owners Are Navigating the Labor Shortage

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Eric Sze, Eater 2021 New Guard member and chef-owner of 886 restaurant in Manhattan, says that he considers himself a “very lucky owner” and hasn’t had too much trouble bringing staff back. Currently, 886 offers back-of-house employees an hourly wage between $18 to $20, and front of house usually sees a minimum of $25.