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Insights from an Alabama Restaurant Operator

Restaurant Engine

She quickly focused on training her staff to prioritize printed tickets the same as hand-delivered tickets from in-person diners. “Seeing tickets that somebody else made, not that I had literally put together when in-house. The Peterson family started Yo’ Mama’s in 2014.

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It’s ADA with a twist—provide superior service to your guests with disabilities

AHLEI

From 2014-2016, 26 million Americans with physical disabilities took 73 million trips, spending $17.3 Elements of Service training builds confidence. The newly revised online program, Elements of Service: Serving Guests with Disabilities , is ADA training with a twist, according to its co-designers, Slatin and Jason Willensky.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

To tackle this pressing issue effectively, businesses must invest in staff training and development, vital for retaining and upskilling their existing workforce. We’re seeing strong and growing interest in IoT connectivity and automation in the back-of-house – especially for multi-site operators. The first gusto!

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

The Humane Society of the United States, Oldways, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Health Care Without Harm and Meatless Monday are five nonprofits providing support, resources and hands-on trainings to hospital culinary teams to help them provide more plant-based meals. ” JUST Partners with Sodexo. billion by 2024.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Most chefs, however, have not been trained in cooking a plant-based diet, at least not on a heightened level. ” There is some significant data that backs up this increased need: There has been a 600-percent increase in people identifying as vegans over the past three years. . ” Presto's New Vision.

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

EATER

They’re getting rid of the subminimum wage, the (legal) economic framework that supports tipping and cements foundational problems within hospitality like wage disparity between front and back of house and systemic bias against servers by customers. We’ve inherited a broken template,” says Kim. Profit: $0.63 (4.2

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[Data] The State of Restaurant Hiring in 2021

7 Shifts

Many restaurants also opened up jobs for crew members, with descriptions saying they are responsible for helping all around the restaurant, both front of house and back of house. From hiring, onboarding, training and other employee-related expenses, it's important the new hires that are found will stay on the team.

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