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Running a restaurant today is a challenging undertaking. Some challenges, like crowded and highly competitive markets and shifting consumer demands, have always been relevant to restaurant owners. Now, as restaurants embrace new technologies, there’s another threat to consider: cybercrime. Cybercriminals are a growing threat to virtually every industry.
You would think something as second nature to people as communication would be easy to manage in the workplace. After all, there are so many more pressing problems that need to be dealt with. Maybe one of your servers just called in sick at the last minute, your shipment of inventory containing all the ingredients for tonight's dinner special never showed up or the plumbing is acting up again.
Krispy Kreme’s new Xbox doughnut. | Image: Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme has created an Xbox doughnut. The fluffy doughnut is a marketing collaboration with Microsoft to celebrate 20 years of Xbox, and will be sold at Krispy Kreme stores, cabinets, and online across the UK and Ireland between August 2nd and August 22nd. The doughnuts won’t come equipped with CPUs, GPUs, or SSDs, but you might be able to win that type of hardware in the form of an Xbox Series S.
You want to price your daily dinner specials just right for repeat business. One of your diners’ favorite lines to hear from their server is, “Would you like to hear about our specials?”. You know that offering your customers specials is a terrific marketing tool. It increases customer loyalty and retention. It’s also a great way to try out new menu items to see if your diners like them.
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.
Restaurant technology adoption has accelerated throughout the pandemic, shifting digital tools from futuristic nice-to-haves into critical components of day-to-day operations. Adopting in-house technologies became necessary for restaurants to stay open throughout the pandemic, restart operations after temporary closures, and pivot services to maintain revenue while still following enhanced health and safety protocols.
With plenty of restaurants to choose from, you want to make sure yours stands out from the rest. You may have the finest ingredients, the friendliest staff, and a picture-perfect venue, but if your restaurant isn't getting noticed, all that hard work will go to waste. To help, we put together the ultimate guide to getting your restaurant noticed. From stand-out social media accounts, to good old-fashioned mail marketing, we'll walk you through 12 unique customer-driving ideas!
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Preet is an F&B brand conceptualizer, independent culinary tourism strategist & food curator for events, destinations, and food courts with more than 8 years experience of working in the hospitality industry. She has made a name for herself in the industry by creating concepts and strategies for multiple restaurants, bars, cafes, and food retail businesses.
Hiring a security firm can help protect your restaurant from disgruntled customers and crime, but which firm do you hire and what should you look for in a security team? When trusting someone else to protect your restuarant, it is important to find the right firm for the job. There are a lot of choices in security firms but not all may be the right fit.
Kaldi's Coffee was founded nearly 27 years ago in St. Louis and has been providing great coffee from all over the world to the masses ever since. And in those years, they've grown considerably, adding 12 locations across St. Louis and even into Atlanta, Georgia. Kaldi's has been with 7shifts since our founding year in 2014, one of our earliest adopters of the restaurant scheduling tools.
‘Dan Does’ host Daniel Geneen takes a tour of the company’s massive factory in Tennessee Cast iron pans are essential pieces of cookware and one of the most popular, widely available, and affordable brands comes from Lodge Cast Iron. On this episode of Dan Does, host Daniel Geneen takes a tour of the company’s massive factory in South Pittsburg, Tennessee to see how the over 100-year-old brand creates one of the most consistent and widely loved cast iron pans in American history.
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.
Restaurant professionals have a lot on our plates. But who isn’t trying to broaden their skill set in the kitchen? I often say the heart of grilling lies in the technique, and, in my estimation, what separates the master grillers from the masses is that the true experts understand how to manage their grill. Seems simple, right? You’d be surprised.
Restaurant billing software is now indispensable for every restaurant format. With the expanding restaurant industry, it has become essential to enhance and automate restaurant operations. A billing software eases billing operations by automation and improves the overall customer experience. In the times post COVID-19, all restaurants want to sustain and flourish in the industry.
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.
With changes in decision-making and purchasing power, the future of the hotel industry looks bright. However, the only way to see solid success is to embrace the inevitable changes. Looking for Hotel Management Software? Check out SoftwareSuggest’s list of the best hotel management software solutions. So, what can you expect in 2022, 2023, and beyond?
Over the last 16 months of the Covid- 19 pandemic, the industry that has arguably suffered the most is the restaurant industry. Most establishments were forced to shut down their operations intermittently or limit themselves to carry out or delivery services. As a result, consumers learned to become less dependent on outside sources for meals and became accustomed to cooking at home more often than ever before.
En la industria de restaurantes actual, la visibilidad y la capacidad de descubrimiento son los dos factores principales que deciden el negocio de su restaurante. Si sus clientes no pueden encontrar su restaurante, nunca podrán llegar allí. Y para asegurarse de que su restaurante aparezca en las búsquedas de Google de estos clientes hambrientos, debe agregar su restaurante a Google.
Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images. The highly infectious delta variant of COVID-19 is explosively spreading among the unvaccinated. Fears of breakthrough infections and efforts to stem the tide threaten to throw restaurant owners, workers, and diners alike into further uncertainty. For a few months, it seemed like the U.S. was on the path toward post-pandemic life, with constant mask-wearing and endless anxiety largely a thing of the past.
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.
Global agritourism is on the rise, in part thanks to the pandemic, which has people seeking out more secluded destinations. The market is expected to expand by $4.33 billion between now and 2025, according to Technavio, and other driving factors of the trend include interest in local food and family-oriented activities. SmartBrief TravelPro reader Terry Reagan, a Chile-based travel agent originally from California, weighed in on our survey question “what made you decide on your travel specialty?
MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise (MUFSO) landscape. KFC Foundation Launches MyChange. The KFC Foundation, an independent 501c3 non-profit organization primarily funded by KFC franchisees, in partnership with SaverLife, a national non-profit fintech company that helps working families achieve prosperity through savings, announced the launch of MyChange with SaverLife.
Una vez que se ha establecido el restaurante y el propietario del restaurante obtiene ganancias, el siguiente paso para cualquier negocio de restaurantes exitoso es su expansión. Los propietarios de restaurantes recurren principalmente a la ruta de la franquicia para la expansión de restaurantes debido a la falta de tiempo y los recursos necesarios para ejecutar la expansión de su Marca de Restaurante.
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Global agritourism is on the rise, in part thanks to the pandemic, which has people seeking out more secluded destinations. The market is expected to expand by $4.33 billion between now and 2025, according to Technavio, and other driving factors of the trend include interest in local food and family-oriented activities. SmartBrief TravelPro reader Terry Reagan, a Chile-based travel agent originally from California, weighed in on our survey question “what made you decide on your travel specialty?
The state of dining has transformed over the last year and a half and continues to rapidly evolve. According to NPD Group data, takeout and delivery orders have increased dramatically, with takeout jumping from 18 percent to 60 percent within the FSR segment from 2019 to 2020. In the U.S., the pandemic only accelerated the growing trend toward takeout and delivery. 1.
The success of cloud kitchens or virtual kitchens has peaked in Dubai ever since the lockdown happened. Even though they existed in the pre-pandemic times too, it was March 2020 when the concept of cloud kitchens really took off here. Presently, there are over 400 cloud kitchen brands in the UAE, most of them are based in Dubai. . COVID-19 has fast-forwarded a trend that was already in place.
The Saweetie Meal | McDonald’s. The rapper’s signature order features a four-piece McNuggets at a time when demand for chicken is outpacing supply McDonald’s announced it’s continuing on the limited-edition celebrity collaboration meal track, this time with rapper Saweetie. The Saweetie Meal , debuting August 9, features a Big Mac, a four-piece Chicken McNuggets, medium fries, medium Sprite, Tangy BBQ Sauce, and something called “Saweetie ‘N Sour” sauce.
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.
Before Covid19, the hospitality industry accounted for around 10% of our global economy. In 2019, no less than 15,000 hotels were in the pipeline attesting to the industry growth and place in our society (Hotel Management). In such a thriving industry implemented changes can have a global impact not only on its activities but also on other industries.
The federal minimum wage may soon be $15 an hour: Here are three ways restaurants can leverage tech to minimize the impact on revenue and employee retention. The U.S. federal minimum wage is expected to increase to $15 an hour which will put more pressure on businesses—especially in the hospitality & restaurant industries which employ 37% of workers who earned the federal minimum wage in 2019.
Food wastage is one of the core problems of UAE restaurants. As per the Food Sustainability Index, a person wastes 494 pounds of food per year in the UAE, which is way higher than in the USA and Europe. High food waste is not just bad for restaurants, it also impacts the environment and food security significantly. With the increasing world population, it has become imperative to control food wastage and ensure food security for the coming generations.
Shutterstock. Even renters with gas stoves can make meaningful changes now For decades, Americans have punted on the climate. But in 2020, as the pandemic trapped folks inside, the weather raged outdoors: fires in California, snow in Texas, hurricanes in the Gulf, the hottest year on record. Now, as many cities excitedly burst out of COVID restrictions, the weather forecast for 2021 may put a damper on that jubilation.
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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