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Restaurant Staffing for Today and Tomorrow

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Since quarantine lockdowns began mid-March of 2020, restaurants faced unprecedented turmoil. With the median profit margin between 3-5 percent , capacity maximums , and a net industry loss estimated at around $240B by the end of 2020 , every dollar counts. Before global lockdowns, the U.S. restaurant industry suffered from a 74.9

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5 Reasons You need Platform Restaurant Management Software (Sponsored)

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From guest management software to kitchen display systems and even finding the right point of sale (POS), these are the digital tools that simplify life for staff and guests alike. Despite the difficulties we faced in 2020, new restaurants continue to open and existing restaurants have eyed coming back after facing bankruptcy.

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Three Ways Technology Can Help Restaurants Navigate the Challenges of Inflation

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A point-of-sale (POS) system can streamline the ordering and preparation processes, making it easier to improve service even during peak service. By using a POS system, customers, waiters and cashiers reduce their chances of errors when entering orders. Many restaurants adopted delivery services out of necessity in 2020.

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How AI Can Work for You

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Where once that was handled by runners who would communicate information by hand or word-of-mouth between areas of the restaurant, now that’s taken care of through a centralized communications hub that connects everything from your guest management platform to your kitchen display system. Reading Your Mind.

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Ghost Kitchens to Open Up New Avenues for Restaurateurs

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The reasons for the accelerated growth of this idea, the contribution of POS to these kitchens, the display systems to make the operations easier, and the automated operations used in the inventory as well in the kitchen for easy food management- are some of the ideas that will be discussed in the following paragraphs.

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

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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. There are plenty of kitchen display systems that allow staff to observe how quickly food is prepared.

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From Shutdown to Stardom: How Cranes, D.C. Stayed Open and Increased Daily Sales by 1,000 Percent During a Global Pandemic

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When chef and partner Pepe Moncayo opened his Spanish kaiseki in early February 2020, it was unlikely that he knew how aptly named his first U.S. Finally, during a lull in the fall in 2020, Pepe had time to pause and reflect on the last seven months, realizing what he had for restaurant management tools were not working.

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