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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. Foggers and electrostatic sprayers were implemented […].

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The Importance of Flexibility in Restaurant Hiring

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked Mark Heymann, a labor expert and CEO of UniFocus, for his insights on navigating post-pandemic restaurant recovery through effective hiring and training. Have hand sanitizer available upon entering the restaurant for customers and employees alike.

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Lessening Employee Anxiety as Restaurant Doors Open

Modern Restaurant Management

As more restaurants in the United States receive the go-ahead to open their doors for indoor dining, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to industry experts on ways to calm employee anxiety. That includes social distancing, sanitation, masks, partitions and contactless payment and menus (or throwaways).

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Coronavirus: Restaurants Respond

Modern Restaurant Management

In response to Coronavirus concerns: Danny Meyer tweeted that The Modern would be closed for a day and every inch sanitized after a guest tested positive for COVID-19, despite being told by the NYS Health Commissioner says no risk of transmission; “Team & guests come first,” the hospitality leader concluded.

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Is Everything F ed Right Now? 

Modern Restaurant Management

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Gain knowledge in terms of how sanitation measures moving forward will impact your business, understand current pandemic curves both locally and nationally, and then make plans accordingly.

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Don’t Be Chicken – How to Win the Chicken Wing Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. A : It’s been a year since the pandemic started and the world witnessed a shortage in toilet paper, hand sanitizers and grocery store staples.

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Investing In Digital Technology Is Investing in Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

Chi Chi’s had been at the top of its game, being named Mexican restaurant chain of the year by Restaurants and Institutions Magazine three times from 1993 to 1995. It could mean the closure of your business as evidenced by Chi Chi’s, which was once ranked the number one fast-casual Mexican restaurant in the US.