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Top Two Trends Transforming Foodservice Operations Today

Modern Restaurant Management

The Future of Foodservice Tech Amid Pandemic Learnings. Once seen as a novelty, foodservice tech solutions are becoming a staple in restaurant kitchens and dining rooms across the country. Throughout the pandemic, operators have taken note of consumers’ changing lifestyles and the needs of their staff, and as a result, recent innovations have emerged to address these new needs.

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17 Restaurant Job Interview Questions (and How to Answer Them)

7 Shifts

Are you a restaurant owner looking for question to ask potential candidates? Check out this blog and video on the top 9 interview questions to ask as an owner. There are a lot of jobs available in the restaurant industry. But there's one thing between you and the role you want: the interview. It shows your employer that you're a good fit for the roleā€”and tells you if the restaurant is a good fit for you.

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6 Must-Have Hotel Reports That You Can Get in Your PMS

Soft Inn

It is essential for every business to have a set of reports, and so does the hotel business. No matter what size your hotel is, either budget hotel, boutique hotel, medium-sized hotel, or even luxury hotel, the reports should be helpful to keep track of the performance, incorporate with the business goals, and help you in making decisions.

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Why Do So Many Recipes Call for So Little Garlic?

EATER

Carolyn Figel/Eater. Garlic lovers poke fun at recipes that call for a single clove ā€” but maybe thereā€™s a reason for those stingy measurements As the memes go, the proper way to measure garlic is with your heart. One clove is not enough for any recipe, unless itā€™s a recipe for ā€œhow to cook one clove of garlic,ā€ in which case you should still use two.

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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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10 Tips To Make Your Franchise Feel Local

Modern Restaurant Management

Many people make the mistaken assumption that franchises are not local businesses. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to make your franchise restaurant a mainstay of your community. Local Stakeholders Create Community. Small businesses are the backbone of communities across the country. Coffee shops serve as early morning gathering places, restaurants provide a place where families reconnect, and shops selling retail goods keep lives running smoothly.

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Hospitality Industry statistics to have on your radar in 2022

EHL Insights

The hospitality industry is a vast sector with many different categories that include recreation, lodging, entertainment, food and beverage. As a result, it is essential to collect all the relevant hospitality industry statistics to fine-tune your digital and social strategies to match the rapid changes currently impacting the sector. This is especially important for hospitality because it was one of the hardest-hit industries by COVID-19, and its challenges are still ongoing.

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Mentally, Iā€™m on the ā€˜Hoagie-Wrappedā€™ Train to Wawa Station

EATER

Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. For at least the next 10 years, a new train station in Pennsylvania will be named after the beloved convenience shop The great Pennsylvania debate of Wawa versus Sheetz has a clear win in one direction, at least temporarily. Yesterday, SEPTA ā€” which handles transportation including bus, rapid transit, and commuter rail in the greater Philadelphia region ā€” announced the opening of its newest terminal: Wawa Station, named

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Overcoming the Pandemic: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities in the Restaurant Business

Modern Restaurant Management

When I read that more than half of restaurant operators said it will be a year or more before business conditions return to normal, and they expect food, labor and occupancy costs to impact profit margins in 2022, it made me think. Are my businesses back to normal? Yes and no. Yes, we found ways to pivot and stay profitable through the pandemic. And yet, no, we are not back to normal, considering how much we’ve had to change in order to survive.

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Who Ya Gonna Call? 10 Sources for Finding Tech Vendors

CHART

One of the big challenges when itā€™s time for your team to make an investment in technology is to figure out who you should be considering as a vendor (and which companies you should avoid). Here are the 10 sources I use to efficiently develop my shortlist of tech suppliers.

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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 Marketā€™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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How To Control Inventory In A Restaurant: Everything You Need To Know

Sculpture Hospitality

When you own or manage a restaurant, thereā€™s a lot that you need to do and keep track of. From scheduling and training staff to prepping for service and getting dishes out, the list can seem never ending.

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The Creemee Is the Ultimate Taste of Vermont Summer

EATER

A treat from Canteen Creemee Co. | Canteen Creemee Co. Ben & Jerryā€™s may claim to be ā€œVermontā€™s Finest,ā€ but locals know nothing beats the stateā€™s unique take on maple soft serve Ice cream kingpins Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have brought international ice cream fame to Vermont, the second-least-populated state in the U.S. Theyā€™ve slapped ā€œVermontā€™s Finestā€ on pints of Ben & Jerryā€™s before sending them around the world.

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Five Ways to Combat Restaurant Manager Burnout

Modern Restaurant Management

The majority of restaurant operators expect the restaurant staffing shortage to extend into 2023 or later, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2022 State of the Industry Report. Inevitably, the constant stress of being short-staffed and working tirelessly to fill the staffing gaps is causing many restaurant managers to suffer from job burnout.

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Corporate Training is Broken

CHART

A training revolution is required if we are to have any hope of reaching and engaging todayā€™s workforce. Employers will have to revise both the content and delivery of their training programs to adapt to this new audience. Here are a few personal observations and proven best practices to help you overhaul your company's approach to training and development.

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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. Thatā€™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. Youā€™ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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How to Start a Restaurant Franchise Business

Sculpture Hospitality

Do you love working in the restaurant industry but want to take your career to the next level? Are you an entrepreneur thatā€™s always aspired to open your own business? If so, owning a franchise might be the best career option for you.

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The 38 Essential Seoul Restaurants

EATER

Gwangjang Market. | Anthony Wallace /AFP/Getty Images. From a luxe barbecue feast at an exclusive basement counter, to fried chicken and spicy rice cakes at an old school beer bar, hereā€™s where to eat in Seoul Seoulā€™s food traditions extend back centuries, from the hearty bowls of seolleongtang (ox bone soup) found in cozy restaurants to the simple vegan fare of Buddhist temples.

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ā€˜Secrets of a Tastemakerā€™ ā€“ Delicious Recipes and Memories of Popeyeā€™s Founder

Modern Restaurant Management

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the team at Popeyes produced "Secrets of a Tastemaker: Al Copeland The Cookbook." Sharing over 100 recipes and behind-the-scenes-stories about larger-than-life Al Copeland, founder of Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken and Copeland's Restaurants of New Orleans. The book was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author Chris Rose, and Kit Wohl with the Copeland Family and foreword by Al Copeland Jr. “I’m extremely pr

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5 Ways to Compete for Talent in the Gig Economy

CHART

As the hospitality industry continues to face staffing shortages, restaurants need to find ways to compete for talent against so-called "gig work." While gig work is appealing for its flexibility, there are substantial disadvantages as well. The opportunity for restaurants, then, is to find ways to mimic the advantages of gig work while also highlighting their own advantages over the gig economy.

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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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Hotel Budget Plan: Are you Ready for 2023?

Xotels

No time to lose, next year is almost here. And a good plan isnā€™t made overnight. How far are you with your targets, budget, and plan of attack for next year? What REVPAR and GOPPAR do you need to achieve? Is your plan for next year complete, and does it describe all actions in detail? Does everyone on the team know what the objectives are and which steps to take to get there?

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The Menu at Martha Stewartā€™s New Las Vegas Restaurant Couldnā€™t Be More Perfect

EATER

Martha Stewart at the grand opening of her new restaurant. | Denise Truscello/Getty Images. Itā€™s peak ā€™90s glam and I am extremely here for it After decades of influencing food culture via her cookbooks, television show(s), and now-defunct magazine, lifestyle queen Martha Stewart is finally opening her first full-service restaurant, and the menu couldnā€™t be more perfect.

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Taking Care: Creating a Culture of Workplace Safety in the Hospitality Industry

Lodging Magazine Operations

The hospitality industry has its fair share of visitors, with guests and employees in the building 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Compared to other sectors, hospitality employees can be more vulnerable than other team members working in different industries. In hotels, for instance, housekeepers primarily work alone, putting them at risk for sexual harassment and other acts of aggression.

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How to Buy the Best Point of Sale Software for Your Restaurant

Adora POS

Our restaurant point of sales system is designed to increase efficiencies across multiple departments, from inventory to communication among the team, while streamlining payments.

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In todayā€™s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number ā€” itā€™s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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Guest Engagement vs. Guest Experience: This Is What You Must Know

eZee Absolute

The hospitality industry is full of prominent aspects. And it is completely normal for most hoteliers to get perplexed by certain terms. Thatā€™s not it. There are times when hoteliers even overlook a term while directing all their attention to another one. One such affair is ā€œguest engagement vs guest experienceā€. These two terms are highly misunderstood in the hospitality industry and I have witnessed it first-hand.

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Finally, I Can Fulfill My Fantasy of Licking a Dive Bar Wall

EATER

Miller High Life. (Said no one ever) The proper dive bar is a multisensory experience. Thereā€™s the whiff of that baked-into-the-walls bouquet of spilled beer, long-lingering cigarette smoke, and industrial cleaning products; the feeling of sliding against the upholstery of a musty banquette until you encounter some weird sticky spot (if not there, on the scratched up table or floor).

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Hotel competitor analysis: How your property can get ahead

SiteMinder

When it comes to successful revenue management strategy , itā€™s not just about tracking your own internal metrics such as RevPAR. At your hotel you also need to perform regular competitive analysis to see where you stand in the local market and how you can gain an advantage, or at least maximise your potential revenue and profit. This blog will tell you everything you need to know about hotel competitor analysis.

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How Can Restaurant Software Stop Leaks in Business Profits?

Adora POS

Most restaurants donā€™t think about how their software can eat into their profits. Here are a few ways in which the right restaurant software system can help increase profits for a business.

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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.