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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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20 Cost Saving Strategies for Restaurants to Reduce Expenses

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There are dozens of cost saving strategies in restaurants that can save thousands every year. Some are simple to implement, and others require planning. Today, … 20 Cost Saving Strategies for Restaurants to Reduce Expenses Read More ». The post 20 Cost Saving Strategies for Restaurants to Reduce Expenses appeared first on iPad Point of Sale System for Restaurants, Bars & More.

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Case study: The salmonella outbreak in chocolate products explained

Agroknow

Food recalls are the most critical situation that could befall you as a food safety professional. Among the many consequences of recalls, I could highlight putting people’s health in jeopardy , lowering consumer trust in the food industry, and making the food supply chain look unreliable and untrustworthy. And yet, one question arises: Can AI help us in preventing food recalls?

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FDA Active Investigations: Listeria, E. coli, Hepatitis A and Salmonella

Bill Marler

The FDA has identified a Hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries and a Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter. However, two Listeria outbreaks and an E. coli outbreak links remain elusive. And, the dry cereal outbreak, well, that one is a mystery.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the 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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How Much Inventory Should A Restaurant Carry?

Sculpture Hospitality

There’s nothing worse than having to eighty-six a popular menu item. Not only is it frustrating for chefs and kitchen managers, but it can also have a huge effect on customer satisfaction, leading to lost customers and negative reviews.

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The last four FSIS outbreaks – two Salmonella and 2 E. coli – unsolved – Why?

Bill Marler

Why no recall? Why no manufacturer named? How many sickened?

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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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5 Steps to Creating an Effective Standard Operating Procedure

Food Safe Limited

Home / Blog An SOP is a Standard Operating Procedure that describes how an organization should operate in order to achieve its goals. An SOP is usually written down and distributed among all employees so everyone knows exactly what to expect. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are step-by-step instructions documented by an organisation to make sure that services and products are delivered to a set standard, every time.

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142: Texas Food & Beverage as Eaten by Chet Garner The Day Tripper

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I first heard The Day Tripper Chet Garner speak in early 2022 at the Southwest Showcase and immediately fell in love with his love of Texas and how through his show he is sharing and teaching us all about the culture, community, people, history, and food of the Lone Star state. As the creator, host, and executive producer of the 12-time Emmy-award-winning Texas travel show which airs on PBS stations across the country, Chet explores the HUGE state to show that it only takes a day to find new exp

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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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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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Innovation, Cup by Cup: The Starbucks Sustainability Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

Starbucks recently announced that it aims to have every customer either use their own personal mug or cup or borrow a reusable cup from their local Starbucks — by 2025. The company is testing a variety of programs to determine what will most effectively reduce waste while keeping customers satisfied. This change will directly contribute to the coffee chain’s 2030 sustainability goals to conserve water usage by 50 percent and achieve carbon neutral green coffee.

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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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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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Many Restaurants Are Unaware of this Tax Credit

Modern Restaurant Management

The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable tax credit that was created during the pandemic for employers who experienced difficulties in 2020 and 2021 as a result of COVID shutdown orders and related economic disruptions. Dominion wanted to get the word out to restaurant owners and to ensure they are taking advantage of this little-known tax credit because they may be eligible for up to $26,000 per employee.

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142: Texas Food & Beverage as Eaten by Chet Garner The Day Tripper

Eating at a Meeting

I first heard The Day Tripper Chet Garner speak in early 2022 at the Southwest Showcase and immediately fell in love with his love of Texas and how through his show he is sharing and teaching us all about the culture, community, people, history, and food of the Lone Star state. As the creator, host, and executive producer of the 12-time Emmy-award-winning Texas travel show which airs on PBS stations across the country, Chet explores the HUGE state to show that it only takes a day to find new exp