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EasyHotel appoints new finance director

Hotel Owner

He joins from YuMove, a pet supplements company, where he was group finance director from March 2022 to January 2023 and he managed and trained a UK and US finance team, supported M&A activity, and was a key member of the senior leadership team.

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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Modern Restaurant Management

However, limited budgets and resources necessitate thoughtful hiring decisions in order to reduce wasted time and costs on advertising positions or training new hires. Training and onboarding for a new role is no small task and it can take time to learn before they can begin meeting needs. How to avoid.

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Behind The Table, Gauri Devidayal’s Journey in the Indian Restaurant Industry

The Restaurant Times

With a law degree and fellowship from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Gauri worked as a tax consultant with PWC in London and Mumbai for eight years. In 2008, she returned to Mumbai without prior experience in the hospitality industry or aspirations of becoming an entrepreneur.

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International Women’s Day Special: Here’s What Our Industry Leaders Have to Say  

The Restaurant Times

Chiquita Gulati Co-founder Paschion Restaurants Chiquita is a celebrated chef and co-founder of Paschion Restaurants, a company that has been running Spice Market , an Indian regional food specialty restaurant in New Delhi since 2008. We have our eggs in different baskets and we know how to cook them all with ease, joy and poise.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

Modern Restaurant Management

Together, they are launching the Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership program, an innovative personal development training initiative that equips potential business owners to operate high-performing businesses. Off-premise sales now account for 81% of the business, including digital, marketplace and to-go orders.

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How The Chocolate Room created a chocolate culture for accelerating growth

The Restaurant Times

By 2008, we figured out that franchising was the way to scale The Chocolate Room brand. Therefore, we started franchising towards the end of 2008. . Since menu engineering is a decisive factor in client engagement and retention, what were the key factors that you took into account while designing the menu?

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

7 Shifts

These accounts may not shock you. I have been serving plant based charcuterie since 2008.Broccoli Alison Edginton is the Manager of Training & New Can Openings at Smalls Sliders , an American burger QSR in Louisiana. At Smalls Sliders, they combat this by training every hire on every position. She promptly quit.