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To Tip or Not to Tip

Modern Restaurant Management

Even most servers don’t want to do away with tipping. If the server was exceptional, they received a tip of 15 percent or more. However, if service was below expectations or just bad, then the server would receive a tip between five and ten percent. To me, the tip has nothing to do with food. Most have backtracked.

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Why You Must Change Your Approach to Loyalty by 2021 

Modern Restaurant Management

Companies should focus on offering convenient, safe ways of transacting; providing technologies for customers wanting to order their food for takeout ahead of time, or order and pay at table solutions for those keen to eat/drink in-house.

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The End of the Breakfast Buffet

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But the lodging industry is in a particular bind; ceasing food operations altogether isn’t really an option when hungry guests continue to check in. The problem extends beyond hotels — earlier this month, buffet restaurant chains Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes both announced they’re closing all 97 locations for good.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

The product can be deployed in a variety of restaurant settings including drive-thrus, line busters, kiosks, pay-at-table systems, and server handhelds to streamline the guest experience while increasing the guest-to-staff ratio. Presto launched Presto Voice to automate speech recognition for restaurants.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Opportunity is Barking and the Spirit of BBQ

Modern Restaurant Management

Recognized employees include: Jessica Spinelli (Apopka, server), donating to the NICU at Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital: Jessica’s resilience doesn’t go unnoticed by her peers. Claudia Hamilton (Orange Park, server), donating to JDRF: Claudia’s daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at just six-years-old.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

Modern Restaurant Management

To qualify for the program, Happy Joe’s evaluates the quality of the location’s operation, including how it’s being run, the general manager’s level of involvement in the community, the leadership impact on the restaurant, sales growth and profitability improvement over at least a three-year period.

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