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Four Tips to Attract Seasonal Talent While Controlling Labor Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Constant change — that has been the theme of the past several years, especially for restaurant businesses. When it comes to finding ways to stay afloat, many businesses have become exceptionally creative. However, right now many companies that need to hire seasonal employees are struggling with the clash of a tight jobs market and the rising costs of doing business.

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So How Are Things Going for the ‘South Park’ Creators at Casa Bonita?

EATER

Casa Bonita in June 2022. | Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images. Turns out, running a restaurant is hard Last summer was a simpler, more innocent time. It was, like, four COVID variants ago, some of us were awash in mac and cheese ice cream , and if you said the words “bear” and “Chicago” to me in the same sentence, what instantly came to mind was wandering into the Lincoln Park Zoo on my high school lunch break, or maybe my seventh-grade boyfriend.

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What is the food service industry? All your questions answered

EHL Insights

From humble beginnings of guilds and roadside inns in the early middle ages over the first à la carte restaurant opening in France in the 18th century up until today’s multi-trillion dollar industry, food and beverage service industry has grown to become a major factor in shaping the world we live in. Influential restaurateurs and bar owners have a huge impact on consumption trends and can help shape the future of food.

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Bar Inventory Checklist: Top 5 Things You Need For Success

Sculpture Hospitality

Inventory control is a key component of managing a successful bar. It ensures service runs smoothly, reduces waste, improves forecasting and purchasing, and increases the bottom line.

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Business Automation in Hospitality: A New World

Dive into the transformative potential of business automation within the hospitality sector. This comprehensive overview showcases how innovative technologies can streamline operations, reduce costs, and elevate guest satisfaction. Discover the advantages of integrating systems like automated check-ins, CRM, and energy management to not only save on expenses but also to provide a seamless and personalized guest experience.

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Restaurants Can Optimize Revenue with Pay By Text

Modern Restaurant Management

Today’s Happy Hour Special: Paying By Text Message. Restaurants have been making a comeback while a global pandemic still clutches owners, staff, and customers. Now is a critical time for restaurants to embrace the contactless, digital tools that earn revenue. Luckily, those tools already exist, enabling restaurant owners to save money, expedite contactless set-up and payments, and even fulfill customer orders directly (no outside delivery app necessary) on platforms that stay in-line with

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What Web Accessibility Upgrades Every Restaurant Should Consider

Restaurant Engine

An accessible website is a user-friendly website that works for all people. You know all about making your brick-and-mortar restaurant accessible to all people. But have you thought about your restaurant website? If you haven’t thought about website accessibility lately, it’s time to put it at the top of your list. Why? Because it’s the law. In this article, we look at web accessibility upgrades every restaurant should consider this year.

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The Road Back: Ensuring Housekeeping Operations Meet Renewed Expectations

Lodging Magazine Operations

Among the pandemic’s more manageable impacts on hotel operations was the immediate need to retrain housekeeping staff on sanitation practices. Dan Paola, VP of operations at Raines, recalls, “It started with cleaning practices and the chemicals we used to sanitize surfaces. We had to retrain our teams to ensure they were sanitizing all of the high-touch surfaces with greater frequency and put in practices to track and ensure compliance.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Restaurants’ Lockdown Lessons Are Key to Coping with Soaring Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants must keep innovating to elevate the diner experience. It’s a tough time to be in the restaurant business. Food prices are soaring amidst supply chain disruptions, increasing labor costs, and processing plant shutdowns. Poultry prices are up 15 percent to 18 percent ; the cost of eggs has risen 73 percent. The food service industry is scrambling to keep up with these new costs, pushing the price of a restaurant meal to a 40-year high.

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Making Arancine, a Sicilian Street Food Staple That’s Gooey, Crunchy, and Cheesy, All at the Same Time

EATER

The deep fried rice balls are “the queen of Sicilian street food” says Guiseppe Di Forti, the chef of Ke Palle Arancine d’Autore, which specializes in the classic snack At the cafe Ke Palle Arancine d’Autore, chef Guiseppe Di Forti rolls and deep-fried balls of gooey, cheesy, parboiled rice to make arancine, a street food favorite in Sicily. It is “perhaps the queen of Sicilian street food,” says Di Forti.

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Planning Your Restaurant's 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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How to manage a hotel

Les Roches

A career in hotel management can be one of the most diverse and rewarding hospitality careers. You could have a career as a revenue manager for a luxury global hotel brand, or a restaurant manager for an independent beach resort – with hotel management there are endless opportunities. The possibilities for exciting travel, professional growth and varied management opportunities make working in hotel management a flexible and enticing option.

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Three Ways Hoteliers Can Capitalize on Pre-Arrival Revenue Opportunities

Guest Experience: Lodging Magazine

As the hotel industry continues to grapple with labor shortage challenges, teams are forced to do more with fewer resources. Many hotel teams are turning to automation as a solution. Automation can enhance both the guest and employee experience by streamlining operations that previously had a high cost in time and resources. Automation not only saves time and money but also opens an opportunity for hoteliers to drive additional revenue.

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Five Ways to Utilize a WiFi Hotspot to Generate Immediate Restaurant Revenue

Modern Restaurant Management

Building and maintaining a successful restaurant business isn’t easy. There are a thousand tasks in every day, and very few are planned. But one thing is a universal truth: Without customers at your tables you will fail. Customers come in many forms, so often the focus is on new customers, but the reality is that repeat, loyal customers are really the starting point.

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How California’s Two-Michelin-Starred Harbor House Makes a 60-Day-Aged Pork Shoulder

EATER

Chef Matthew Kammerer wants to show how a two-star restaurant can be still serve humble ingredients At two-Michelin-starred restaurant Harbor House in Elk, California, chef Matthew Kammerer sources fresh ingredients from within 20 miles to create dishes like barbecued kohlrabi, Devil’s Gulch squab, and more. One particular dish Kammerer and the restaurant is proud of is a 60-day aged pork shoulder, served in cuts grilled like a steak.

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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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Leadership in the hospitality industry

Les Roches

Every successful hospitality manager knows that providing great customer experience is a critical part of the job. But if you want to be a great hospitality leader, you’ll need more than just good customer service skills. In hospitality management , you’ll need to be able to create a great team who can help your organization perform at the highest level.

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IDeaS Announces a Global Collaboration With Hyatt

Lodging Magazine Operations

MINNEAPOLIS—IDeaS announced a global collaboration with Hyatt to power the company’s commercial revenue platform. Hyatt will deploy IDeaS’ products globally as a component of its commercial stack. Hyatt will leverage IDeaS’ products for profit optimization, developing strategic workflows and modular-based personas to drive adoption across its global portfolio.

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Chef On Call: Bringing a Brand’s Ethos to Life

Modern Restaurant Management

When Chef On Call, secured a London, Ontario site for a third location, they turned to Sansa Interiors, who had designed their second location to create something authentic to the brand’s ethos. “This is one of the benefits of continuing to work with an interior designer on consecutive projects, particularly for restaurant interior design: you develop a strong relationship and can work together to create something unique, functional, and beautiful,” said Sansa Founder Jude Kama

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Going to Medieval Times Is Even Better as an Adult

EATER

Facebook. The uniquely grown-up joys (and surprisingly good food) of over-the-top Middle Ages dinner theater Often drenched in ’90s nostalgia, there is no place on earth quite like Medieval Times. I had been to Medieval Times — essentially Middle Ages dinner theater with horses, sword fights, and a simple meal that you eat with your hands — a few times in the ’90s, at least once on a school field trip and another time with my family.

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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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What Useful Things Should Hotels Provide to Their Guests?

Are Morch

The hospitality business is booming yet again thanks to the dizzying pandemic havoc of the. The post What Useful Things Should Hotels Provide to Their Guests? appeared first on Are Morch, Digital Transformation Coach.

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Tune In to WII-FM to Increase Server Tips

Service that Sells

How do you raise guest checks and increase server tips? Tune in to WII-FM! WII-FM is the number one most popular station in the world. Why? Because it means: What’s In It For Me? Adult learners are more likely to listen, and hopefully learn new skills, only after the trainer shows them what they stand to gain by listening and learning. How will they benefit?

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Why Is Summer an Increased Time for Restaurant Injuries?

Modern Restaurant Management

There is usually a spike in workplace injuries during the summer months due to new and temporary workers, including a large group of younger workers. Learn why it is important to implement restaurant safety tips to help reduce the risk of injury for these seasonal workers and throughout the entire year. For most teenagers and young adults, summertime means a break from the books and long hours of studying.

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The Best Pasta Shape Is Fusilli Corti Bucati

EATER

Bettina Makalintal/Eater. I’ve forsaken all pasta shapes in favor of this one I’m not sure I ever wondered, back when they existed, what it would feel like to chew on the coils of a telephone cord. But in this mostly wireless world, I can now say I don’t think it would have been that bad: My new favorite pasta shape is essentially a telephone cord, or maybe those no-tie elastic shoelaces, except extruded from gluten.

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No-Code Technology: The Key to Unlock the Future of Your Business

Global economies are reeling from recent upheavals—pandemic aftershocks, geopolitical conflicts, and a tech sector crunch. Mark Zuckerberg's 2023 "Year of Efficiency" ethos extends into 2024, with leaders seeking cost reductions without stunting growth. No-code technology emerges as a beacon of hope, fostering resilience and adaptability. Platforms like Make.com and Zapier empower even non-technical staff to automate and innovate, freeing IT for strategic tasks.

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Hotel and Innovation Expo 2022

Bed and Breakfast Coach

Are you planning to attend the Hotel & Resort Innovation Expo? It’s running from 19 th – 20 th October 2022 at the Excel Centre in London, UK and I’m delighted to be supporting this important event for the hotel industry This year’s Expo offers unparalleled coverage to hoteliers that are looking to enhance their hotel offering through the latest innovative solutions.

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Cómo elegir un software ERP para restaurantes para gestionar una cadena de restaurantes

The Restaurant Times

Dirigir un restaurante independiente es una tarea bastante tediosa y que requiere mucho tiempo en sí misma, y gestionar múltiples puntos de venta de una gran cadena de restaurantes se vuelve aún más difícil. El reto más destacado al que se enfrentan los restauradores cuando dirigen cadenas de restaurantes es la supervisión del negocio de cada punto de venta.

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The Hottest Trends in Robotics in the Hospitality Industry

Metasphere

The hospitality industry is constantly evolving and adapting to the changing needs of its customers. And one change that is coming rapidly is the way we interact with guests. Hotel robots have created a new way of interactions. They allow for a more cost-effective experience, which resonates in today’s complex environment where hoteliers are facing labor shortages.

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An Arepa Recipe That Blooms With Creativity

EATER

Celeste Noche/Eater. Mercedes Golip’s floral arepas are as beautiful as they are easy to make I have a lifelong relationship with arepas: I was born and raised in Venezuela, where arepas are not just a nutritious and comforting dish, but also one of the most important culinary legacies of the pre-Hispanic era. One of the arepa’s many regional varieties is the arepa pelada; “pelar,” which means peeled, alludes to nixtamalization, the chemical process that results from cooking corn in water and ha

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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.