February, 2020

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Entrepreneurial Hospitality: How Fourth-Generation Restaurateur Alex Canter Became a Tech Mogul

Modern Restaurant Management

Sometimes it’s easy to pinpoint where the entrepreneurial spark catches fire. For Alex Canter, it was at a spot in his family-run restaurant nicknamed “The War Zone.” The space earned that moniker because staff used it to handle delivery orders from a multitude of online platforms. For them, it had become a logistical nightmare. For Canter, it was a problem to be solved.

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What can we learn from "Waitmares"?

7 Shifts

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 50-85% of adults have nightmares from time to time. What’s behind these sleep-disturbing dreams? Anxiety and stress are the usual suspects. With work being one of the biggest contributors to stress, it’s not surprising that four in five people have had work-related dreams at some point in their lives.

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How This Gala Put Its Honorees Front and Center at a Milestone Event

BizBash

For the 20th anniversary of Wine Enthusiast 's Wine Star Awards, the magazine highlighted past winners in visually appealing ways.

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PosterMyWall Review: How to Promote Your Restaurant with Branded Graphics

Restaurant Den

In the current age of marketing, it is no longer enough to have the finest eating establishment in the area with the best ambience, top chefs and mouth watering dishes. For your restaurant to be truly successful, people have to get to know about it and be fascinated enough by your offering to decide to […]. The post PosterMyWall Review: How to Promote Your Restaurant with Branded Graphics appeared first on Restaurant Den.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Innisfree Hotels Appoints New Leadership in Development

Innisfree

GULF BREEZE, Fla., Feb. 26 –Innisfree Hotels, a hotel management, development and marketing company out of Gulf Breeze, has kicked off 2020 with a pair of leadership appointments in its development department. Rich Chism has been elevated to Vice President of Development and Asset Management, while Kevin Warwick has been promoted to Director of Construction.

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The Future of Search Engine Results

Blue Magnet Interactive

Google’s goal is to bring users more relevant results quickly. Google AI is constantly analyzing how users are searching and the way searches are phrased might invoke a different result. As Google gets smarter, algorithms like Hummingbird and BERT are implemented to efficiently understand what users need. Around August of 2013, Google introduced Hummingbird to its search engine.

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Restaurant Labor Laws Cheat Sheet: Seattle

7 Shifts

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is general in nature and businesses should consider whether the information is appropriate to their needs. Legal and other matters referred to in this article are based on 7shifts' interpretation of laws existing at the time and should not be relied on in place of professional legal advice. 7shifts is not responsible for the content of any site owned by a third party that may be linked to this article and no warranty is made by 7shifts concer

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7 Inspiring Design Trends From Award Season's Most Glamorous Parties

BizBash

From attention-grabbing ceiling decor to standout floral design, here are the best event design ideas from the Academy Awards, the Grammys, the Golden Globes, and the Emmys.

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What is Beverage Management and Why Is It’s Important To Your Restaurant’s Bottom Line

MBB Hospitality

It is common knowledge that restaurant management consists of many different moving parts, but not everyone thinks about what role beverage management plays in this industry. With recent trends showing a major rise in beverage purchases, customers are looking for unique and interesting ways to consume a mid-morning or afternoon indulgence. With this rise in beverage importance, customers are demanding a larger variety of choices with more distinct flavors and styles available.

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What are bed bugs and how to get rid of them

Omland Hospitality

Listen to the audio version of this post In this post, we will teach you what are bed bugs, how to get rid of them and preventive actions you may take to avoid future problems again. This is a real and big problem across all types of facilities in Canada and US, whether it is a shelter, hotel or university dorm, therefore, it has to be handled carefully.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Mismanaging Your Social Channels Could Be Hurting Your Hotel

Blue Magnet Interactive

It is vital to keep your social media accounts healthy to ensure maximum visibility as well as drive revenue for your hotel. When a channel is mismanaged, it not only hurts your brand, but can also deter guests from booking. Imagine you are planning a vacation to the beach. You have chosen a few hotels, but when you look at one of their Facebook Pages, you see negative reviews that have gone unanswered, low quality pictures of the hotel, and the most “recent” post is dated several months ago.

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Pivoting to Video: Easy Video Marketing Ideas for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Producing and sharing videos has never been easier. Advances in phone camera technology and the ease of uploading to the internet have made video marketing not only a possibility for most businesses, but a necessity. In 2017, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed the importance of video to the future of internet marketing. He claimed that video is a “mega-trend on par with mobile” and that by 2019, most of Facebook would in fact be video.

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How Hyperion Public Stays Profitable and Labor Compliant with 7shifts

7 Shifts

Hyperion Public started as the dream of two dads—John Speaks and Paddy Aubrey. As their children went off to the same preschool, Speaks and Aubrey looked for a place that they felt comfortable hanging out, watching the game, and having meetings for work—but there was nowhere in Silver Lake, Los Angeles that fit the bill. So they decided to open their own restaurant hangout spot.

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Oscars 2020: Steal-Worthy Event Design Ideas From the Week's Most Stylish Parties

BizBash

See how Vanity Fair , Warner Bros., Elton John, ABC, and more celebrated the 92nd Academy Awards.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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What is Beverage Management and Why Is It’s Important To Your Restaurant’s Bottom Line

MBB Hospitality

It is common knowledge that restaurant management consists of many different moving parts, but not everyone thinks about what role beverage management plays in this industry. With recent trends showing a major rise in beverage purchases, customers are looking for unique and interesting ways to consume a mid-morning or afternoon indulgence. With this rise in beverage importance, customers are demanding a larger variety of choices with more distinct flavors and styles available.

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Effective Promotional Ingredients for Going Green

Modern Restaurant Management

Consumers are prioritizing sustainability when it comes to dining choices, driving a trend for going green in the restaurant industry. Concerned about climate change and the environment, these consumers are increasingly spending their dining dollars with restaurants demonstrating sustainability initiatives. This preference for environmentally conscious brands makes it critical for restaurants to find ways to integrate sustainability into operations and develop a plan to promote these sustainabil

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How to Create a Successful Visual Brand for Your Restaurant in 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurateurs put great passion into their food, their concept, and their decor. But, a restaurant’s brand identity – and visual brand design – is equally important and not to be forgotten. A restaurant’s brand identity is the cumulative effect of what your guests see, taste, smell, feel and hear at your restaurant, online, and in the world at large.

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Your Restaurant Business Could Be Liable if Workers Bring Coronavirus to the Table

Modern Restaurant Management

Whether a worker contracted coronavirus from another employee or gave it to a customer, restaurant owners/operators can be held liable. Find out what you can do to reduce your risk of workers’ compensation claims associated with coronavirus. As the deadly coronavirus spreads its wings globally, many local businesses are asking themselves: What if one of our workers tests positive for coronavirus?

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery.

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Effectively Targeting and Marketing to Gen Z

Modern Restaurant Management

This new year is a perfect time to begin shaping a long-term vision and identifying opportunities for growing your restaurant or food services business over the next ten years. Marketing trends, mobile data insights show that Gen Z has a considerable appetite for restaurants, clean eating, fast-casual, and exciting twists on healthy dining options. And wow, does this young generation have some incredible spending power!

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Defining Healthy Menus – What Restaurants Need to Know

Modern Restaurant Management

Healthy, local, fresh … these are the ubiquitous terms on menus, but what do they mean? When it comes to the term “healthy,” which is a nutrient content claim, the FDA defined it more than 25 years ago in 1993 with a focus on total fats, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. Manufacturers of foods generally considered to be healthy but not low in fat (e.g., nuts, avocados, eggs, salmon) found it hard to meet that definition.

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Make Your Restaurant a Social Media Hotspot

Modern Restaurant Management

Love it or hate it, Instagram is affecting your business. With more than one billion accounts worldwide, it is time to accept that it is not going away soon; therefore it is time to embrace it. The best part is that, when used correctly, your customers will start to do the work for you by liking, tagging, and interacting with your account. In talking to restaurants who have a strong social media presence, we see how interacting with guests and prospects can really give restaurants a competitive

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Business Automation in Hospitality: A New World

Dive into the transformative potential of business automation within the hospitality sector. This comprehensive overview showcases how innovative technologies can streamline operations, reduce costs, and elevate guest satisfaction. Discover the advantages of integrating systems like automated check-ins, CRM, and energy management to not only save on expenses but also to provide a seamless and personalized guest experience.

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Restaurants: The New Battlefield for Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

You get home from a long day at work, don't feel like cooking and want to treat yourself to some great food. Until recently, you probably settled for mediocre pizza or Chinese. But with the rise of services like DoorDash, GrubHub and Caviar, good food — some of it from Michelin-starred chefs — is only a click away. Home meal kits have surged in popularity, with sales expected to double over the next five years , and grocery stores like Whole Foods are selling higher quality prepa

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7shifts Survey: Top Trends in Restaurant Labor Management (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

Sixty percent of restaurants saw their labor costs increase in 2019 and 50 percent of respondents expect their labor costs to rise in 2020 and beyond, according to a survey of more than 1,000 restaurant managers, owners, and executives across North America conducted by 7shifts. Other key statistics from the study include: The largest percentage of respondents (nearly 46 percent) said they would be investing in team building activities in 2020 in order to engage and retain employees, compared to

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Succession Planning You Can Count On

Modern Restaurant Management

For franchise restaurant owners who devote their time, resources and effort contributing to the success of their business, the thought of passing the torch to the next owner can be challenging. In fact, 69 percent of business owners who plan to retire within the next three years lack a formal succession plan, according to a survey from Bank of America Private Bank.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry. The National Restaurant Association released its 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry Report which examines key factors impacting the restaurant industry including the curre

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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Skip the Straw: How Restaurants Can Make an Impact

Modern Restaurant Management

Plastic waste is no longer a “problem”: it is a full-blown epidemic. Every year, roughly eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations. That’s the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every coastline around the world. At current rates of production, plastic pollution in the ocean will outweigh fish pound-for-pound by 2050.

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Five Ways to Use Instagram Stories to Grab Attention for Events

Modern Restaurant Management

Event management companies must always be on the lookout for ways to promote their events and increase brand recognition within their audience. And today, social media needs to be at the very centre of any comprehensive strategy – the majority of audiences hang out on social media, and platforms such as Instagram provide the perfect opportunity to raise awareness about your event and drive attendance.

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How To Calculate Restaurant Food Costs (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

We all know it- the restaurant industry is tough. In fact, most restaurants never reach profitability. This may be due to the fact that 52 percent of restaurant owners say that food cost control is one of the most difficult parts of running a restaurant. It’s easy to see why this is the case. Food costs are always changing, and the price of produce fluctuates with seasonal changes.

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Event Planning: Step by Step Guide & Checklist (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

Hosting an event is one of the most effective ways of gaining new customers, increasing brand awareness and gaining invaluable feedback on your business. The main priority of your event should always be customer satisfaction – this is a great way to establish new partnerships and loyal customers, so why waste that opportunity? If you’re in charge of planning an upcoming event, there’s lots for you to think about and the only way to succeed is through thorough planning.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.