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To Tip or Not to Tip

Modern Restaurant Management

Even most servers don’t want to do away with tipping. The federal minimum wage at present is $7.25 If the server was exceptional, they received a tip of 15 percent or more. However, if service was below expectations or just bad, then the server would receive a tip between five and ten percent. Most have backtracked.

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Why You Must Change Your Approach to Loyalty by 2021 

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Brands should be in contact with customers to let them know how much they appreciate and care about them — even if present circumstances mean they’re spending less than in the past. By reducing server contact, they give customers confidence that the business has care for their health and safety.

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The End of the Breakfast Buffet

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Because though a bountiful platter of muffins or an artfully arranged display of cold cuts are alluring, such communal food presentations are also the perfect setting for spreading viruses. Now, as the lodging industry strives to find more long-term COVID-conscious solutions, the buffet seems to be first on the chopping block.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

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” This agreement marks a continuation of Popeyes expansion plans in Europe, where the restaurant brand is already present in Spain and Switzerland, and is scheduled to open later this year in the U.K. After moving to Maquoketa in 2011, Radtke began creating special moments for Happy Joe’s guests as a server a year later.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

The product can be deployed in a variety of restaurant settings including drive-thrus, line busters, kiosks, pay-at-table systems, and server handhelds to streamline the guest experience while increasing the guest-to-staff ratio. Presto launched Presto Voice to automate speech recognition for restaurants. All existing P.F.

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