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Become the Best Manager You Can for Your Staff and Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Management takes on multiple jobs throughout the restaurant including hiring, marketing, maintaining the budget, operations and keeping customers and staff happy. A customer will complain, the expo line will get backed up, a server may fall and drop an order. Having a large menu puts added pressure on the kitchen and servers.

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Beyond Transactions: How to Use Data to Drive Meaningful Connections and Customer Loyalty

Modern Restaurant Management

When a server or drive-thru attendant greets you by name and asks, “Would you care for your usual chicken sandwich meal with a large fry?,” With the right consumer marketing solution, your restaurant can focus its efforts and budget on high-value customers, instead of those who’ve already churned. No Marketing Staff?

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How to Schedule Employees Effectively in 9 Steps

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For example, you can look at how many covers a server typically completes during service. Sales reports, for instance, can tell restaurateurs: How many covers they're doing each day When busy times happen Which months are quieter than others This information can help you pinpoint which shifts require more staff and vice versa.

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Getting Through COVID-19: Financial, Physical, and Mental Health Tips for Restaurant Employees

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Staying informed While the news may be overrun with COVID-19 updates 24/7, staying informed about the situation can help keep you safe. Understanding the financial relief programs available to you, as well as getting a handle on budgeting, can help you better navigate your new financial situation.

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Hire and Retain Better Restaurant Workers in 2023

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Servers and dishwashers are in the highest demand, and one-third of restaurants report that they are short on both positions.” Traditional job advertising allows you to have a fixed budget while using old job data to inform decisions as to where to post your jobs. Positioning is key to job advertising.

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Need a Consultant? Look Around

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If you’re thinking you’d never have the budget for that sort of thing, you’re not alone. Restaurant employees — from your star server to your brand new host to your veteran line cook — have insight into your operation that no consultant could ever have. And you’re also not out of luck. Listen openly and without judgement.

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How Technology Tools Help Restaurateurs Do More With Less

Modern Restaurant Management

Technology automates a lot of time-consuming and cumbersome tasks, improves operational efficiency, gives you the tools to stay within budget, and helps you gain visibility into expenses and costs. But it doesn’t stop there. Tech can also help your restaurant: 1. Cover more ground with fewer employees.