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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

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Recommended Reading: Ultimate Restaurant Website Design Guide for Beginners To keep yourself accountable, Walchef implores owners and managers to download the apps on their phones and devices. The traditional lineup of front of house and back of house is shifting, and will likely not go back to how it was before.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

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With safety being top of mind, venues will start offering optional safety packages at an additional fee – think PPE, deep cleaning and sanitizing stations. Next year, we will see even greater adoption of technologies that lend to operational efficiencies – in both the back- and front-of-house. For example, BOHA!

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2020 Edition

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The biggest drops in staffing compared with the pre-pandemic period occurred in the front-of-house, which is not surprising given the limited dine-in operation capacity still experienced by many restaurants. ” “Brand Loyalty 2020: The Need for Hyper-Individualization” is available for download. Key Findings.

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Four Ways to Streamline Reopening Procedures for Restaurants

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Restaurants owners across the country are cleaning, sanitizing, and organizing in preparation for reopening in the post-COVID-19 era. Common sanitation precautions being taken include lowered occupancy limits, mask requirements, and in-house social distancing. Cleaning/sanitizing/disinfecting. We’re open.

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Restaurants Reopen: What Are They Doing?

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Silverware that is sanitized and sealed. Hand sanitizer located throughout the restaurant. The restaurants are also implementing enhanced cleaning and sanitation procedures: There will be dedicated team members whose sole job is to constantly clean countertops, tables, chairs, door handles and more.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Three Ways to Bring Your ‘A’ Game to Accessibility 

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PDFs can be viewed on guests’ smartphones and other personal devices or on sanitized tablets provided by the restaurant (although awkwardly, plus they can quickly go out of date and don’t do much for your brand). Beyond safety, this saves on printing costs and keeps all those disposable menus out of landfills.

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Server Duties: 4 Restaurant Server Side Work Tasks and Best Practices for Managing Them

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However, those with experience on the front-of-house (FOH) side of restaurants know there's more to server duties than meets the eye. Sanitizing surfaces often has become extremely important during the COVID-19 pandemic. Server side work duties are just as crucial as primary duties.

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