Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Nowhere is this more clear than in restaurants; many wonder if parts of the workforce left the industry for good and how they will fill that gap. With a critically shrunken talent pool, restaurants are racing to fill positions in every part of the business — front of house, back of house, and corporate teams.

Server 225

Server Marketing Front of House Back of House 225

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2023

Is your restaurant up to speed with the latest best practices for back of house (BOH) management? Those areas of your restaurant that aren’t typically seen by customers but directly impact your business. So, which back of office trends should restaurant ownership and management be concerned with heading into 2023?

Back of House 171

Back of House Front of House Accounting Budgeting 171

Lithos POS

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Running a successful restaurant involves managing multiple tasks simultaneously taking customer orders, tracking inventory, processing payments, and ensuring top-notch service. One of the biggest challenges faced by restaurant owners is minimizing human error in day-to-day operations.

Server 52

Server POS Systems Communication Blog 52

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders to give us their insights into how the industry has been doing so far this year and where they feel it's going. " – Paul Westra, Managing Director of Restaurants Investments Research at Capital One Commercial Bank. Everything matters."

Health & Safety 180

Health & Safety Pricing Accounting Server 180

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. To capture their attention and loyalty, businesses, including restaurants, must prioritise easy access and convenience. Read the first part, here.

Pricing 215

Pricing Catering Training Marketing 215

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. It's the expectation and an essential part of how restaurant workers earn a living. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers. History of Tipping: How did gratuity become integral to our restaurant culture? an hour ($4.03

Presentation 194

Presentation Server Front of House Back of House 194

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2021

The restaurant industry has seen some major shifts lately. Just a few short years ago, customers paid for their meals in cash or credit cards, orders were totaled on analog cash registers, and customers called restaurants to place orders over the landline phone. The digital transformation is leaving no industry untouched.

Server 180

Server Communication Information Accounting 180

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Until now, restaurants have primarily focused on customer experience when considering payments technology, but the emergence of new and developing worker payment programs can impact and improve the restaurant worker experience. Restaurant workers have to interact with a POS system countless times in a day.

POS Systems 123

POS Systems Server Accounting Reservations 123

EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lille Allen Six chefs and restaurant owners from across the country explain why restaurants feel so expensive right now, and how they’re coping with high prices and customer complaints Dining out involves calculating the intangible: What is hospitality worth to you? Lately, the calculus is becoming more complicated.

Pricing 145

Pricing Definition Front of House Server 145

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As our world becomes increasingly digitized- with the rise of food delivery services, QR Code Menus and online orders- it's more important than ever for restaurant owners and employees to become familiar with the latest threats to their business. Why are restaurants particularly vulnerable?

Information 189

Information Accounting Download Server 189

7 Shifts

AUGUST 5, 2021

Employee scheduling for your restaurant can be the most stressful part of your job. After tracking sales, calculating inventory, and just trying to keep your head above water, restaurant scheduling can take up a chunk out of your week. Let's take a look at these 11 best practices for restaurant scheduling.

Scheduling 148

Scheduling Server Front of House Accounting 148

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Restaurant technology is no longer a nice-to-have: it’s an absolute necessity for building a modern, resilient restaurant that can become and stay competitive. The first technologies that restaurants often invest in are cloud-based point of sale (POS) systems and payroll processing.

POS Systems 125

POS Systems Scheduling Front of House Accounting 125

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

All tasks in a restaurant are interconnected. The list goes on and on, but the point is that if something goes wrong in a restaurant's plan, it might only be a matter of time before the domino effect kicks in and has an impact on your guests, your staff, and your bottom line. That's why restaurateurs rely on restaurant operations.

Server 145

Server Scheduling Portion Control Customer Service 145

Restaurant Engine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As a restaurant owner or manager, it can be hard to know when to hire help, especially when it comes to digital marketing. When considering the question, “Should your restaurant have a social media manager,” many people in the restaurant business might automatically answer no. Do you have time for regular posting? tweet this).

Accounting 119

Accounting Server Budgeting Marketing 119

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was critical to reduce frequent touch points in brick-and-mortar stores, including restaurants, bars and cafes. Another touchless feature many restaurants are adding to their operations is payment methods. This helps build loyalty within your restaurant and keeps people coming back for more.

POS Systems 186

POS Systems Download Accounting Communication 186

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 19, 2022

Widespread adoption of branded apps, online ordering and delivery, accelerated by the Covid crisis, has forced restaurants to deal with an issue that they’ve mostly avoided until now: chargebacks. Instead of calling the restaurant, the customer called the bank and had the payment reversed. So, what changed?

Server 194

Server Presentation Customer Service Accounting 194

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2020

With every online order, millions of customers are entrusting restaurant owner/operators with their most essential information. While beneficial in many ways, housing mass amounts of data leaves restaurants wide open to potential breaches — and hackers aren’t always the culprit.

Server 216

Server Training Definition Information 216

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Running a restaurant comes with a unique set of risks, especially when serving alcohol. Many states have dram shop laws that hold businesses accountable for serving alcohol to minors or intoxicated patrons who cause harm. These legal challenges are expected to continue affecting the market in the coming years.

Procurement 100

Procurement Training Document Server 100

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Texas tip laws are less complex than most other large states, but no less important to get right: Just ask one Texas barbecue restaurant, which the Department of Labor fined $867,000 , after they improperly withheld tips from employees and paid them out to managers instead. In other words, a server keeps the first $5.12

Server 88

Server POS Systems Definition Accounting 88

Lithos POS

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the fast-paced restaurant world, efficiency is key. However, not all POS systems are built to handle the unique challenges of restaurants. At LithosPOS , we understand these pain points and have developed a solution that addresses the most common problems in restaurants.

POS Systems 52

POS Systems Server Blog Information 52

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your restaurant is open and customers are back. Restaurants are struggling to find people in a tight market. The National Restaurant Association reports that while eating and drinking places are gaining more than a million jobs post-pandemic, the industry is still one million jobs short of reaching its pre-pandemic level of 12.3

Training 201

Training Server Accounting Marketing 201

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Working in a restaurant is something more than 11 million people in the United States do. It's one of the most hands-on jobs you can have - and equips employees with an abundance of restaurant skills as a result. Plus tips for writing a killer restaurant resume to get the position in the first place. Table of Contents.

Back of House 148

Back of House Front of House Server Download 148

7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Opening a restaurant is a big challenge that requires a huge investment of time and money. But the challenges don’t stop there—once open you have to focus on improving processes, managing labor schedules, and controlling restaurant costs. Indeed, controlling restaurant costs is one of your biggest challenges.

POS Systems 148

POS Systems Scheduling Budgeting Pricing 148

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Texas tip laws are less complex than most other large states, but no less important to get right: Just ask one Texas barbecue restaurant, which the Department of Labor fined $867,000 , after they improperly withheld tips from employees and paid them out to managers instead. In other words, a server keeps the first $5.12

Server 78

Server POS Systems Definition Accounting 78

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 13, 2020

The business of running a restaurant is no longer limited to exceptional recipes, gorgeous plating, and advertisements. In an age of online ordering, customers demanding Wi-Fi, and the need for websites to dazzle just as much as the food, countering cybercrime has to be a factor in the day-to-day work of restaurant management.

POS Systems 212

POS Systems Server Download Budgeting 212

7 Shifts

APRIL 3, 2023

The restaurant industry has a wage problem. Restaurants can operate while paying staff a sub-minimum wage of just $2.13 Restaurants can operate while paying staff a sub-minimum wage of just $2.13 This is the base of wage inequality in the restaurant business. And arguably sometimes the most under-compensated.

Back of House 148

Back of House Front of House Server Budgeting 148

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Whether you’re handling marketing for a chain restaurant, or just trying to heighten the visibility of your own local mom and pop diner, here are seven pro tips for restaurant marketing that will give your eating establishment a much-needed boost. This is true for any type of business, but especially for restaurants.

Marketing 189

Marketing Blog Server Information 189

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Did you know that payroll/labor makes up almost one-third of a restaurant's operating costs ? This restaurant payroll guide will teach you: What payroll is. Restaurant payroll guide: What is payroll? Restaurant payroll guide: What is payroll? How to create a payroll schedule. All the paperwork you’ll need to run payroll.

Scheduling 148

Scheduling Server Information Accounting 148

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Restaurant managers do it all. Our detailed restaurant management templates cover everything from work schedules to time tracking and closing checklist. But we’re going to focus on the templates that simplify your job as a restaurant manager and help you automate tasks to focus on the bigger picture, and become a better boss.

Download 78

Download Server Training Scheduling 78

EATER

DECEMBER 21, 2020

But as an employee on the receiving end of that rage, the book fails to account for trauma he caused me. After 15 years spent in the public eye, Chang has transcended his place in the so-called “bad boy” chef generation, and is now a leader in the restaurant industry. “He David Chang changed the way America eats.

Accounting 145

Accounting Book Front of House Server 145

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 2, 2021

The reality is that the real next-generation of dining will be about enhancing the restaurants we all visit and love to feel more customized, efficient, and more connected with their guests – in every way. The past year has created many challenges for the restaurant industry. But not in the way you might think.

Server 197

Server Concierge Front of House Back of House 197

7 Shifts

JULY 29, 2020

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has impacted the restaurant workforce. According to data from 350,000+ restaurants that use 7shifts, while overall shifts being scheduled are still sitting 24% below pre-COVID levels, shifts for delivery-related roles have increased 38%. If you were able to support employees, what did that look like?"

Training 117

Training Server Scheduling Accounting 117

7 Shifts

JULY 5, 2024

Running a restaurant is not just about serving great food; it’s also about managing finances. With 50% of restaurant owners reporting inventory costs as the top concern last year, you must leverage reporting tools to see how much profit your restaurant is making and where your money is going.

Scheduling 97

Scheduling Portion Control Cost Reduction Accounting 97

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2023

This year could be a tough one for many restaurant operators. In its 2023 State of the Industry report, the National Restaurant Association found that exactly half of all operators expect to be less profitable as compared with the previous year. This creates a full picture of operational performance.

Pricing 110

Pricing Guest Satisfaction Server Information 110

Lithos POS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

One of the significant changes that happened in the restaurant industry is the technology revolution. The restaurant point of sale system is an effective innovation in the restaurant industry. A restaurant’s point of sale system consists of hardware and software specific to the restaurant industry.

POS Systems 69

POS Systems Accounting Front of House Server 69

7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2022

A restaurant earns its reputation primarily from two things: its food and its service. In order to deliver on both these accounts, it's critical to cultivate an environment where people — customers and staff alike — want to be. That's why it is important to learn how to motivate your restaurant employees. Be Flexible.

Scheduling 148

Scheduling Server Communication Sanitation 148

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2020

If running a restaurant wasn’t already expensive, running one under new distancing regulations means less capacity and investment in safety infrastructure that will take a toll on costs. The restaurant dining experience has changed forever and menu items must also adapt to these times. Re-engineer Menus. Optimize Inventory.

Front of House 212

Front of House Back of House Server Scheduling 212