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Why the Shift Experience Is 2022’s Answer to Staff Retention

Modern Restaurant Management

After a tumultuous few years, hourly workers across industries, including hospitality, continue to feel the strain of the pandemic. From unpredictable schedules to being denied time off, shift workers are frustrated and exhausted. Worldwide, 40 percent of job candidates rank schedule flexibility as one of their top factors in career decisions. Now more than ever, business owners must actively support their employees to increase morale, job satisfaction, and staff retention.

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Intego Hotel Door Lock - 7 Variations To Choose

Soft Inn

Intego Technologies Sdn Bhd is a reputable company that provides Electronic Hotel Door Lock for hotels in Malaysia with 16 years of experience. They are trusted by many big hotels in Malaysia including Four Points By Sheraton Sandakan, Rangkaian Hotel Seri Malaysia, Swiss Garden Hotel KL, The Legoland Malaysia Resort, Trinidad Suites Puteri Harbour, Marriott Kota Kinabalu, and more.

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How to Develop a Successful Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)

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What do site visits, paperwork, and meetings have in common? They all prevent franchisors from seeing the day-to-day pains and successes that their franchisees experience. Throw in dozens of locations to manage, and visibility becomes foggy. That's why many franchisors rely on a franchise advisory council (FAC). These groups provide actionable insights and recommendations from those who spend their days in the thick of it.

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Why a Chicago Restaurant Is Taking Their Most Popular Dish Off the Menu

EATER

Bing bread at Parachute. | Parachute. Breaking down the food, labor, and fixed costs of Parachute’s famous bing bread We often presume to understand restaurant economics because we know what a chicken breast costs at the supermarket. “I could make this dish at home for $5,” goes the refrain. Could we? Here, Eater looks at all the costs in a popular restaurant dish to see what goes into it, and how much profit comes out.

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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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Five Casual Dining Design Trends Worth Replicating

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurants saw sales plummet during the height of the pandemic, Americans proved how much they were looking forward to dining out again once vaccination rates rose and positive COVID cases started to fall. By July 2021, OpenTable reported that reservations had returned to normal after plunging by two-thirds during the pandemic. And things are only looking up for the industry.

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[Podcast] The new customer loyalty with Phil Crawford of CKE Restaurants

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Episode Summary. Customer loyalty has come a long way from the paper punch card. Now it seems like every restaurant has their own app, their own loyalty programs , and their own way to reward customers and keep them coming back. We're joined on this episode by Phil Crawford , the chief technology officer of CKE brands , better known as the parent of Carl's Jr.

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Here Are the 2022 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners

EATER

James Beard Foundation. Congratulations to all the winners Tonight, the James Beard Foundation announced its Media Award winners for 2022, the first awards doled out by the foundation after a two-year hiatus. Some highlights: Cookbook author Kristina Cho was a double winner, taking home the Baking and Desserts award for her debut cookbook Mooncakes and Milk Bread , in addition to earning the foundation’s Emerging Voice award in the books category.

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Best Practices to Prevent Theft in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant theft is expensive. One study found that internal employee theft is responsible for 75 percent of inventory shortages and about 4 percent of restaurant sales. That totals between $3 and $6 billion annually. There are all kinds of different types of restaurant theft, ranging from food and inventory, theft at the register and checkout counter, external grease theft, time theft and employee product theft.

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At The James Beard Awards, Diverse Winners Stood Proudly

The Restaurant Manifesto

One year can’t undo the past, but the 2022 event felt like an important step in the right direction. The post At The James Beard Awards, Diverse Winners Stood Proudly appeared first on The Restaurant Manifesto.

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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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Rest and Relaxation: Enhancing the Guestroom Sleep Environment

Guest Experience: Lodging Magazine

Getting a good night’s sleep is important to our well-being. It recharges us and provides us with energy to face the new day. But sometimes getting the quality sleep needed to face a day of business meetings or chasing the kids at the beach can be a challenge in a hotel guestroom. Getting a good night’s sleep at a hotel is not just about a pillow-top mattress and high thread-count sheets.

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The 5 Must-Have Sauces for Vegetarian-Friendly Grilling

EATER

Liliya Kandrashevich/Shutterstock. On the power of having a tub of tzatziki next to your grill Sauce is the sauce of life. It adds depth to a good meal, complements or contrasts spices, and can sometimes be a meal in itself. And when it comes to vegetarian grilling, the right sauce or condiment can rescue even the saddest, floppiest veggie skewer. If you’re grilling, here, according to the experts, are the sauces you should have around.

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Like Father, Like Son: Four Tips for Bringing Your Kids into Your Restaurant Business

Modern Restaurant Management

When it comes to operating a restaurant, a strong team can make or break your success. You want to make sure you can count on every one of your employees- and who better to count on than your kids? As a father of four and a multi-unit owner of three Angry Crab Shack locations in Arizona, I know all about what it’s like to run a business with family.

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Redefining Indian Street Food Culture, One Food Walk At A Time – a Conversation with Anubhav Sapra

The Restaurant Times

When it comes to eating out, we often rely on recommendations shared by friends and family. So it happens that sometimes even the locals don’t know much about the best places to eat, and end up missing out on many good places. . However, the internet changed it for all of us. The search has answers to everything you want to know about. Along with this change, there has been a cultural evolution in the importance of food.

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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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The Grantham Arms optimises revenue and sales channels with SiteMinder and MavREV

SiteMinder

The Grantham Arms, located in the heart of Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire (England), is known for its distinct vision of bringing a rustic feel and authentically-yorkshire hospitality to guests. Whether travellers are visiting for leisure purposes, or on business, the Grantham Arms is the ideal base for exploring the towns of Harrogate, Ripon and York or for those that want to take-in the stunning scenery in the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales.

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Here Is the Full List of James Beard Awards 2022 Winners

EATER

Victor Spinelli/Getty. Congratulations to all the chef and restaurant winners For the first time since 2019, the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony is back in Chicago. Weeks after the James Beard Foundation announced the year’s slate of chef and restaurant finalists , the results are in, and chefs, restaurateurs, and other hospitality world insiders have gathered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the splashy, red carpet event, with chef Kwame Onwuachi as host.

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Riding on the Vegan Flow, Restaurants Must Innovate and Compete

Modern Restaurant Management

When it comes to culinary preferences, veganism has exploded in popularity over the last decade, and even more so in past few years. Vegan principles, vegan cooking, as well as dining in vegan restaurants have become more and more popular than ever, especially amongst health-conscious customers and animal rights activists throughout the world. Plant-based foods have hit restaurants worldwide and they are coming up with a wide range of options.

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9 Maneras de maximizar los beneficios de tu bar

The Restaurant Times

El alcohol ha tenido y sigue teniendo su importancia en la vinculación y el compromiso social. Con los cambios en el estilo de vida, cada vez más gente se siente atraída por reunirse los fines de semana. La primera cosa es que un gran número de jóvenes es ir a un bar para tomar unas copas y pasar un buen rato con los amigos y la familia. Esta es una de las mayores razones por las que los bares y pubs son populares entre la generación actual. .

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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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How B&Bs Can Add At Least 25%

Bed and Breakfast Coach

3 Simple Steps to Add at least 25% to your revenue this season without more work. ?. Question – what would an extra 25% mean to you personally? What does that amount bring up for you? A much-needed holiday away? Help your children out in some way. Allow some renovations you’ve been meaning to do? Or does it bring up some negative stuff? If you’re in the UK, will it take you over the VAT threshold and you don’t really want to be dealing with that?

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These Jerk Cauliflower Wings Are a Supremely Easy Vegetarian Snack

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David Loftus/Countryman Press. Paired with blue cheese dip, Rukmini Iyer’s spin on a party classic takes less than 10 minutes to throw together Cookbook author and food stylist Rukmini Iyer’s new book, The Green Barbecue: Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes to Cook Outdoors & In , arrives this month, just in time for grilling season. Over the course of 75 recipes, Iyer amply demonstrates that outdoor cooking doesn’t have to be synonymous with meat — and that throwing a few slabs of eggplant on the

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Innovation, Cup by Cup: The Starbucks Sustainability Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

Starbucks recently announced that it aims to have every customer either use their own personal mug or cup or borrow a reusable cup from their local Starbucks — by 2025. The company is testing a variety of programs to determine what will most effectively reduce waste while keeping customers satisfied. This change will directly contribute to the coffee chain’s 2030 sustainability goals to conserve water usage by 50 percent and achieve carbon neutral green coffee.

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What Is Pay-At-Table Technology? Benefits- For The Customer And Restaurant Owner

The Restaurant Times

Have you ever wondered how much time and effort restaurant staff puts into collecting the payment from the customers? As per a report , the traditional payment method involves 12 steps and roughly around 9 minutes per table. That’s a lot of time to waste, especially during rush hours. A restaurant business owner can reduce it by using pay-at-table technology. .

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

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’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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Have you met Heidi Skarr?

NV Hotels

Heidi is the Senior Manager – Group Hospitality Services at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas. We had a chance to speak with Heidi and learn more about her. Heidi, how long have you been with the Venetian? I’ve been at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas for more than 15 years. I’ve been in my current role as Senior Manager of Group Hospitality Services for almost 6 months.

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Cheese Is an Underrated Grilling Move

EATER

Shutterstock. Cheese grilled on skewers is a common street food snack all over the world. Here’s how to do it at home. Brazil’s idyllic beaches, including the country’s most popular destination, Rio de Janeiro, are known for their lively street food vendors selling ice cream, coconut water, sandwiches, the iconic snack biscoito globo (a puffed snack made from manioc flour), and increasingly, queijo coalho, a local treasure hailing from the Northeast.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Lessons Learned From Two Years of Socially Distanced Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management

As the restaurant industry has been one of the hardest hit throughout the pandemic, restaurants have quickly adapted to the changing landscape. Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. On top of that, nearly half of all restaurants offered delivery services during the pandemic.

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Formula for Takeout and Quick Service Success: SHAQ

Service that Sells

If yours is a quick-service or takeout restaurant churning guests through a cookie-cutter experience, you can’t expect to survive, let alone thrive. Forget being 1% better at 100 things — it’s time to step out. Be unique, be great, and be different. How? To out-serve the competition , you must out-train them. Crush the competition by training your restaurant staff to provide a service experience that can’t be found anywhere else.

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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.