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Why the Shift Experience Is 2022’s Answer to Staff Retention

Modern Restaurant Management

After a tumultuous few years, hourly workers across industries, including hospitality, continue to feel the strain of the pandemic. From unpredictable schedules to being denied time off, shift workers are frustrated and exhausted. Worldwide, 40 percent of job candidates rank schedule flexibility as one of their top factors in career decisions. Now more than ever, business owners must actively support their employees to increase morale, job satisfaction, and staff retention.

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Intego Hotel Door Lock - 7 Variations To Choose

Soft Inn

Intego Technologies Sdn Bhd is a reputable company that provides Electronic Hotel Door Lock for hotels in Malaysia with 16 years of experience. They are trusted by many big hotels in Malaysia including Four Points By Sheraton Sandakan, Rangkaian Hotel Seri Malaysia, Swiss Garden Hotel KL, The Legoland Malaysia Resort, Trinidad Suites Puteri Harbour, Marriott Kota Kinabalu, and more.

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How to Develop a Successful Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)

7 Shifts

What do site visits, paperwork, and meetings have in common? They all prevent franchisors from seeing the day-to-day pains and successes that their franchisees experience. Throw in dozens of locations to manage, and visibility becomes foggy. That's why many franchisors rely on a franchise advisory council (FAC). These groups provide actionable insights and recommendations from those who spend their days in the thick of it.

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Here Is the Full List of James Beard Awards 2022 Winners

EATER

Victor Spinelli/Getty. Congratulations to all the chef and restaurant winners For the first time since 2019, the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony is back in Chicago. Weeks after the James Beard Foundation announced the year’s slate of chef and restaurant finalists , the results are in, and chefs, restaurateurs, and other hospitality world insiders have gathered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the splashy, red carpet event, with chef Kwame Onwuachi as host.

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Planning Your Restaurants Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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Five Casual Dining Design Trends Worth Replicating

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurants saw sales plummet during the height of the pandemic, Americans proved how much they were looking forward to dining out again once vaccination rates rose and positive COVID cases started to fall. By July 2021, OpenTable reported that reservations had returned to normal after plunging by two-thirds during the pandemic. And things are only looking up for the industry.

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At The James Beard Awards, Diverse Winners Stood Proudly

The Restaurant Manifesto

One year can’t undo the past, but the 2022 event felt like an important step in the right direction. The post At The James Beard Awards, Diverse Winners Stood Proudly appeared first on The Restaurant Manifesto.

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These Jerk Cauliflower Wings Are a Supremely Easy Vegetarian Snack

EATER

David Loftus/Countryman Press. Paired with blue cheese dip, Rukmini Iyer’s spin on a party classic takes less than 10 minutes to throw together Cookbook author and food stylist Rukmini Iyer’s new book, The Green Barbecue: Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes to Cook Outdoors & In , arrives this month, just in time for grilling season. Over the course of 75 recipes, Iyer amply demonstrates that outdoor cooking doesn’t have to be synonymous with meat — and that throwing a few slabs of eggplant on the

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Best Practices to Prevent Theft in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant theft is expensive. One study found that internal employee theft is responsible for 75 percent of inventory shortages and about 4 percent of restaurant sales. That totals between $3 and $6 billion annually. There are all kinds of different types of restaurant theft, ranging from food and inventory, theft at the register and checkout counter, external grease theft, time theft and employee product theft.

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Rest and Relaxation: Enhancing the Guestroom Sleep Environment

Guest Experience: Lodging Magazine

Getting a good night’s sleep is important to our well-being. It recharges us and provides us with energy to face the new day. But sometimes getting the quality sleep needed to face a day of business meetings or chasing the kids at the beach can be a challenge in a hotel guestroom. Getting a good night’s sleep at a hotel is not just about a pillow-top mattress and high thread-count sheets.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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Redefining Indian Street Food Culture, One Food Walk At A Time – a Conversation with Anubhav Sapra

The Restaurant Times

When it comes to eating out, we often rely on recommendations shared by friends and family. So it happens that sometimes even the locals don’t know much about the best places to eat, and end up missing out on many good places. . However, the internet changed it for all of us. The search has answers to everything you want to know about. Along with this change, there has been a cultural evolution in the importance of food.

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Cheese Is an Underrated Grilling Move

EATER

Shutterstock. Cheese grilled on skewers is a common street food snack all over the world. Here’s how to do it at home. Brazil’s idyllic beaches, including the country’s most popular destination, Rio de Janeiro, are known for their lively street food vendors selling ice cream, coconut water, sandwiches, the iconic snack biscoito globo (a puffed snack made from manioc flour), and increasingly, queijo coalho, a local treasure hailing from the Northeast.

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Like Father, Like Son: Four Tips for Bringing Your Kids into Your Restaurant Business

Modern Restaurant Management

When it comes to operating a restaurant, a strong team can make or break your success. You want to make sure you can count on every one of your employees- and who better to count on than your kids? As a father of four and a multi-unit owner of three Angry Crab Shack locations in Arizona, I know all about what it’s like to run a business with family.

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The Grantham Arms optimises revenue and sales channels with SiteMinder and MavREV

SiteMinder

The Grantham Arms, located in the heart of Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire (England), is known for its distinct vision of bringing a rustic feel and authentically-yorkshire hospitality to guests. Whether travellers are visiting for leisure purposes, or on business, the Grantham Arms is the ideal base for exploring the towns of Harrogate, Ripon and York or for those that want to take-in the stunning scenery in the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales.

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Win More in 2024: Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success

Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success Start maximizing ROI and doing more with less with Olo’s ultimate guide to restaurant marketing. In this guide: Strategies to level up in 4 key areas: data, audiences, content distribution, and loyalty Interactive checklists to help you track your progress throughout the year Tips for leveraging guest data across your entire business What you’ll learn: Level 1 | Beginner: Learn how to collect guest data, build a healthy subscriber list, launch personali

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9 Maneras de maximizar los beneficios de tu bar

The Restaurant Times

El alcohol ha tenido y sigue teniendo su importancia en la vinculación y el compromiso social. Con los cambios en el estilo de vida, cada vez más gente se siente atraída por reunirse los fines de semana. La primera cosa es que un gran número de jóvenes es ir a un bar para tomar unas copas y pasar un buen rato con los amigos y la familia. Esta es una de las mayores razones por las que los bares y pubs son populares entre la generación actual. .

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A Recipe for the Perfect Veggie Burger (That Actually Holds Up on the Grill)

EATER

Dina Ávila/Eater. Cookbook author Lukas Volger’s veggie burger is a true, expertly constructed expression of vegetables When I create a veggie burger, I start with a starring vegetable and add supporting ingredients from there. For me, this approach creates an endless variety of veggie burgers. They’re not meat analogues; there’s no need to mimic meat’s texture or flavor or to even think of meat at all.

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Riding on the Vegan Flow, Restaurants Must Innovate and Compete

Modern Restaurant Management

When it comes to culinary preferences, veganism has exploded in popularity over the last decade, and even more so in past few years. Vegan principles, vegan cooking, as well as dining in vegan restaurants have become more and more popular than ever, especially amongst health-conscious customers and animal rights activists throughout the world. Plant-based foods have hit restaurants worldwide and they are coming up with a wide range of options.

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How B&Bs Can Add At Least 25%

Bed and Breakfast Coach

3 Simple Steps to Add at least 25% to your revenue this season without more work. ?. Question – what would an extra 25% mean to you personally? What does that amount bring up for you? A much-needed holiday away? Help your children out in some way. Allow some renovations you’ve been meaning to do? Or does it bring up some negative stuff? If you’re in the UK, will it take you over the VAT threshold and you don’t really want to be dealing with that?

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Unlock Restaurant Success: Mastering 7 Vital Employment Laws

As a restaurant leader, your plate is full with responsibilities, from staff management to serving up delicious dishes. But amidst the hustle, there's a crucial area you can't afford to overlook – employment laws. In this comprehensive eBook, we'll unveil the seven essential employment laws every restaurant leader must master. We'll break down the intricacies of each law, showing you how it directly impacts your business.

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Have you met Heidi Skarr?

NV Hotels

Heidi is the Senior Manager – Group Hospitality Services at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas. We had a chance to speak with Heidi and learn more about her. Heidi, how long have you been with the Venetian? I’ve been at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas for more than 15 years. I’ve been in my current role as Senior Manager of Group Hospitality Services for almost 6 months.

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This Restaurant Is Trash

EATER

A technicolor feast at Shuggie’s Trash Pie. | Erin Ng. Shuggie’s Trash Pie in San Francisco serves bruised fruit rosé slushies, salmon belly pizza, and Buffalo chicken gizzards in an explosively colorful space Twice a week, Kayla Abe and David Murphy go to the farmers market to pick up produce. But while other shoppers are selecting photo-worthy peaches, Abe and Murphy are picking up special orders — entire cauliflower plants from stem to full leaves, wilted greens, ugly mushrooms, bruised fruit

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Lessons Learned From Two Years of Socially Distanced Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management

As the restaurant industry has been one of the hardest hit throughout the pandemic, restaurants have quickly adapted to the changing landscape. Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. On top of that, nearly half of all restaurants offered delivery services during the pandemic.

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Formula for Takeout and Quick Service Success: SHAQ

Service that Sells

If yours is a quick-service or takeout restaurant churning guests through a cookie-cutter experience, you can’t expect to survive, let alone thrive. Forget being 1% better at 100 things — it’s time to step out. Be unique, be great, and be different. How? To out-serve the competition , you must out-train them. Crush the competition by training your restaurant staff to provide a service experience that can’t be found anywhere else.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Thailand’s hotel booking volumes reach 28-month high, led by Koh Samui

SiteMinder

Bangkok, Thailand – According to new data from SiteMinder, the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, hotels in Thailand are now accepting their highest volume of bookings, compared to 2019 levels, since February 2020. SiteMinder’s World Hotel Index, the leading indicator of hotel reservation and guest arrival trends globally, displays that local hotels are receiving 84% of the bookings they were in June 2019 — a figure driven by the stability of the domestic market and the return o

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Why Did Patagonia Get Into the Grocery Game?

EATER

Tinned fish was one of the first food offerings from Patagonia Provisions. | Patagonia Provisions. The co-founder and head of Patagonia Provisions explains why the outdoorsy apparel brand wants to change the way we eat Over the past few years, previously uncool and markedly dorky technical gear emerged from the tent and trail-ran into the mainstream.

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Restaurants Aren’t Raising Employee Medical Premiums, But Costs Are Going Up

Modern Restaurant Management

Last month, our article summarized the “state of the market” for employee benefits in the restaurant sector. We warned that medical trend (the rate of increase in medical plans) would be increasing in 2022 and in 2023. Since that publication, there’s even more disturbing news: a recent Wall Street Journal article noted that due to the high cost of labor, hospitals are considering significant cost increases—even considering breaking current PPO contracts.

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7 Features To Look For In A Restaurant Menu Management System

The Restaurant Times

If you are a restaurant owner, you will know that a menu is a restaurant’s heart and soul. It is one of the touchpoints through which customers interact with your restaurant, and based on their perception, decide whether or not they want to dine there. Although the look and feel of a menu may attract customers, it is much more than that. A smartly designed restaurant menu can result in high profits as it can influence customers’ choices and tempt them to order more.

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Diving into Diversity: Decoding the Foundations of Inclusion in Hospitality Talent Acquisition

Speaker: Lauren Fernandez - CEO & Founder, Full Course

Companies all over the world, including Marriot International and Hilton Worldwide, are aware of the value of including DEI in their talent acquisition strategy. However, despite these initiatives, there is still plenty that the hospitality sector can do to promote DEI. When comparing the hospitality industries in India, Iraq, the UK, and the US, you will see that there is a consistent underrepresentation of persons from different ethnic, gender, and disability origins across all levels of the i