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18 Restaurant Manager Interview Questions to Assess Leadership and Operational Skills

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How do you prepare your team for special events or holiday rushes? As a restaurant manager, how do you prepare your team for special events or holiday rushes? For example, they could increase staff for a special event so that there are enough employees to handle larger crowds without sacrificing service quality.

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Outdoor Is the New Indoor

Modern Restaurant Management

Or maybe it’s the abundance of hand sanitizing stations or mask requirements. The investment could also pay off long-term when, after larger gatherings are once again permitted, the space can also be used for special events. Whale Harbor.

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Some Fresh Air Is Necessary to Jumpstart Restaurants Reopening

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Regulation – In addition to pandemic related sanitation and social distancing guidelines, should these outdoor seating areas be subject to the same general restrictions as pre-existing outdoor or sidewalk café regulations?

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Training for the New Restaurant Manager

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By the time your crew arrives, have complete, accurate prep sheets prepared as well as towels, knives, sanitizer, and cutting boards ready to go. Glance over schedules and sales forecasts, noting any special events that will require your attention. Better yet, be early. Plan Tomorrow Today.

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Fast Food Restaurant Management – Diving deeper

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Regularly sanitize and disinfect high-touch surfaces, such as counters, POS systems, and door handles. Personal hygiene standards are really important, tell your employees to wear clean uniforms, proper grooming, and regular handwashing. Also make sure they wear protective gear, such as gloves, when handling food.

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EZ PPP Forgiveness App and Yelp’s New COVID Help

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Health & Safety Measures : Businesses can tell consumers if they are enforcing social distancing, sanitizing between customers, mandating staff wear masks and/or gloves, providing hand sanitizer or contactless payment, and more, top photo. Ecolab Inc. Food and Drug Administration and local health department guidelines. . "Once

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2021 Edition

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A whopping 88 percent will dine inside fast casual and fast food restaurants, but there are high expectations for safety protocols including sanitized tables (70 percent), staff wearing masks (69 percent) and/or gloves (51 percent), and limited seating (52 percent). Safety and sanitation is a priority. percent), special events (31.6

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