August, 2021

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Self-Ordering Kiosks: One Solution to the Current Labor Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

The food and beverage industry is on a hiring frenzy. With pandemic-related restrictions being eased and dine-in being allowed again, restaurant owners are in need of a lot of staff. The April 2021 Job Openings and Labor Turnover summary issued by The Department of Labor showed that restaurants added almost 350,000 new job openings since March, bringing the sector’s total number of job openings as of April to 1.34 million.

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How To Run an Effective Pre-Shift Meeting

7 Shifts

When it comes to running a restaurant, every shift counts. A bad shift can lead to unhappy customers and disgruntled staff. But it's the good shifts, when the front of house and back of house are flowing like a symphony, when customers are delighted, and the restaurant atmosphere feels effortless—that's the best part about restaurants. The way to run great shifts is to get out ahead and schedule pre-shift meetings.

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Margaritaville and the Myth of American Leisure

EATER

The 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar at Margaritaville Resort Times Square. Margaritaville, as Parrotheads will tell you, is a state of mind. But it’s also — delightfully, sometimes inexplicably — a real place now open in Times Square. The 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar does not open until 5 o’ Clock, which puts a crimp in trying to live out the metaphor of its name.

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Restaurants Requiring Vaccinations Isn’t Controversial, It’s Hospitable

The Restaurant Manifesto

Protecting the welfare of our guests is a fundamental responsibility of the service industry. The post Restaurants Requiring Vaccinations Isn’t Controversial, It’s Hospitable appeared first on The Restaurant Manifesto.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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.

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What is Slow Tourism? The next big hospitality trend

EHL Insights

The trend of “Slow Travel” has become increasingly popular over recent years, however through COVID19 it has accelerated immensely and has almost become a new norm without people even realising. Slow tourism is forecasted to continue to grow in popularity, becoming an alternative to more traditional holidays and is estimat ed to grow at a 10% compound annual growth rate.

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How QR Code Technology Can Help Restaurants Beyond Menus and Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants across the country are returning to pre-pandemic operations. Dining rooms are open, and tables are at 100 percent capacity in most states. However, based on the spread of the delta variant, shifting mask guidance from the CDC, differing local government regulations (such as Los Angeles County’s current indoor mask requirement regardless of vaccination status) and low vaccination rates in various states , restaurant operations are still far from normal.

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11 Restaurant Marketing Strategies That Work in 2021 & 2022

7 Shifts

In today's highly competitive environment, restaurant marketing requires precise, dependable, and complete consumer data. Data acquired about your actual consumers can be used in both online and offline marketing campaigns. As technology evolves and client tastes change, successful marketing techniques must be examined and updated accordingly. Every stage of the client's journey should be examined.

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Why Are the World’s Greatest Mangoes Almost Impossible to Buy in the U.S.?

EATER

Isip Xin. Customs restrictions, high transport costs, and a short shelf life have made the world’s greatest mangoes — grown in Pakistan — difficult to come by in the U.S. It was almost midnight when I pulled up to the drop site in a borrowed car, the rear seats pushed down to make room for the product. My cousin knew a Pakistani guy who had acquired the best stuff money could buy, rare varietals that were spoken of in hushed, reverent tones at parties.

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How to Write a Restaurant Business Plan (Step by Step Guide with Samples)

Eat Restaurant Management

Have you decided to open a restaurant? Has it been something you've thought of doing for years and are finally in a position to make it happen? Regardless of how much time you've spent conceptualizing your idea and researching the industry, without proper planning, your restaurant is doomed for failure. That's where a restaurant business plan comes in.

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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 Slow Tourism? The next big hospitality trend

EHL Insights

The trend of “Slow Travel” has become increasingly popular over recent years, however through COVID19 it has accelerated immensely and has almost become a new norm without people even realising. Slow tourism is forecasted to continue to grow in popularity, becoming an alternative to more traditional holidays and is estimat ed to grow at a 10% compound annual growth rate.

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Why Adopting Digital Menus Is Easy And Better With Restaurant POS System

The Restaurant Times

Digital menus are the menus that are presented to customers as soft-copy. They are visible on a screen and generally give them the option to order online. They can be accessed via QR codes, websites, or mobile apps directly by the customers without any assistance from the restaurant staff. The orders are instantly accepted and sent to the kitchen. With such simplicity, you would not need waiters to manually take orders and direct them to the kitchen.

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What to Know About PPP Forgiveness Before Applying Through the SBA Portal

Modern Restaurant Management

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) program provided the relief many companies needed to stabilize their financial position and see them through the pandemic-created economic crisis. The capital was intended to help business owners pay employees, pay outstanding rent and other bills, and invest in reopening and getting back to business. The PPP program offered 5-year loans carrying a 1% interest rate making it some of the lowest cost financing small businesses were able to find.

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Restaurant Vaccine Requirements & Policies: What You Need to Know

7 Shifts

We're not out of the weeds just yet. Even as the availability of vaccines has allowed many restaurants to reopen fully, we are still far away from a world where restaurants can operate in a “post-COVID” mentality without some degree of restrictions. Just over half of all Americans are fully vaccinated (51.4%), The more contagious Delta variant has spread rapidly over the summer and makes up more than 80% of all COVID-19 cases, according to the latest data from the Center for Disease Control.

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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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So, You Want to Get Into the Weed Edibles Business

EATER

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images. “Gastropod” hosts Nicky Twilley and Cynthia Graber explore where the marijuana industry is heading, for better and for worse On the previous episode of Gastropod , hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicky Twilley bit into the history of pot brownies. Now, on the second episode in their two-part series on edibles, the pair is exploring where the marijuana industry is possibly heading now that weed is legal — or in the process of becoming legal — in

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5 Tips for Financing a Second Restaurant Location

Restaurant Engine

When your first restaurant is highly successful, it’s time to think about opening another. Your restaurant is highly successful, and the time has come for you to think about opening another location. If your customers are asking for another location across town, and your wait times are so excessive you’re turning people away, a new restaurant can be in your sights.

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What does a Hotel Manager do?

EHL Insights

Hotel operations, strategy, human resources, marketing, finance - a hotel manager’s remit is as diverse as it is challenging. If you want to be a hotel manager, you will need excellent people skills and a calm, trustworthy, professional demeanor. This multi-faceted role demands leadership abilities, communication prowess and a good eye for numbers and emerging trends.

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The Belgian Waffle Co. Scales Operations To Over 200 Outlets With POSist

The Restaurant Times

Owned and operated by Bloombay Enterprise Ltd, The Belgian Waffle Co. is India’s first waffle-centric QSR that offers on-the-go waffle sandwiches. Founded in 2015, the brand chose franchising as the apparent route to scale the business. Being a large franchising business, BWC has been on the lookout for a technology partner that could enable them to manage their supply chain efficiently, give them complete control over the entire business and provide avenues to increase overall revenue. .

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry took the brunt of the pandemic’s economic and societal impact and is now being asked to respond to the permanently changed consumer landscape. As the world grapples with the next wave of COVID-19, businesses are confronted with product and labor shortages, a sudden increase in ecommerce and a variety of shifting consumption patterns.

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

7 Shifts

Andolini's is a unique restaurant group, comprised of 9 locations spanning multiple concepts, all in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mike Bausch and his brother Jim opened their first location, Andolini's Pizzeria , in 2005, and have since expanded the business to include multiple locations of Andolini's as well as other restaurant concepts including pizzerias, slice shops, food trucks, and fine dining restaurants.

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‘It’s Not Just Sustenance. Salmon Equals Life.’

EATER

Two women cut salmon into strips at the fish camp on a stretch of the Yukon River called the Rapids, in 2007. | Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. For Indigenous Alaskans, recent declines in the local salmon population pose an existential crisis This story was originally published on Civil Eats. In St. Mary’s, Alaska, the people of the Yupiit of Andreafski look to the south wind, the budding tree leaves, and even the formations of migrating birds to discern whether the pulse of salm

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Saving Money With Square for Your Restaurant

Restaurant Engine

You can save money using Square to take money at your restaurant. Every day across the United States, people are using Square to run and grow their businesses. The same holds true for restaurants as many are using Square as their POS (point of sale) system and payment processor. Why are so many people using Square? It’s simply because Square saves them time and money.

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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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What does a Hotel Manager do?

EHL Insights

Hotel operations, strategy, human resources, marketing, finance - a hotel manager’s remit is as diverse as it is challenging. If you want to be a hotel manager, you will need excellent people skills and a calm, trustworthy, professional demeanor. This multi-faceted role demands leadership abilities, communication prowess and a good eye for numbers and emerging trends.

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Why Your Restaurant Needs A Mobile POS System

The Restaurant Times

A mobile POS or an mPOS (mobile point-of-sale) system is any internet-enabled smartphone or a tablet dedicated to performing the functions of an electronic point-of-sale terminal. . For the vast F&B market in the UAE, mobile POS systems are an asset. Whether it’s delivery and takeaway or dine-in services for food and beverages, the fast-paced environment of the restaurant industry demands speed and portability.

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Returning to Restaurant Expansion

Modern Restaurant Management

If you’re operating a thriving restaurant business on the other side of the pandemic, that might mean you have a concept with legs to expand beyond your current location(s). Consider that around 60 percent of new restaurants fail within the first year. And nearly 80 percent shutter before their fifth anniversary. There is good reason to be optimistic about restarting restaurant expansion: restaurant sales continue to set records, the federal stimulus has added billions of dollars to compan

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Restaurant Forecasting: How To, Formulas, Methods, and More

7 Shifts

Staff scheduling, inventory management, menu analysis , guest satisfaction, profitability, and so much more rest on the shoulders of accurate restaurant forecasting. Faultless restaurant forecasts, however, are dependent on navigating predictable trends like holidays and seasonality alongside unpredictable ones such as weather and major world events.

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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.