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With low profit margins leaving little room to raise pay, restaurants are offering incentives, including flexible schedules and faster advancement up the ranks, to keep workers in an increasingly tight labor market. Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/dining/labor-shortage-restaurants-employment.html Restaurant sales rebounded in March, offsetting disappointing results from January and February. Read more here: […]
Restaurants take lead in using mobile technologies to boost business. Read more here: https://www.modernrestaurantmanagement.com/restaurants-outpace-other-industries-investing-in-mobile-technologies-in-2018/ How restaurant owners can avoid privacy breaches of their employees. Read more here: https://www.fastcasual.com/blogs/how-to-avoid-5-restaurant-employee-privacy-breaches/ Restaurant Brands International, parent company of Burger King among others, is a hot stock to hold for dividends. Read more […]
Texas Roadhouse, Darden Restaurants and McDonald’s are growing despite the two-year downturn of negative same-store sales that has affected other eateries. Find out why here: https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/3-chains-that-are-defying-the-restaurant-recession Thinking of opening a restaurant? Check out this list of non-so-obvious pitfalls to avoid: https://www.modernrestaurantmanagement.com/some-not-so-obvious-mistakes-restaurants-make/ Grubhub launches map of women-led restaurants across the US […]
The data is ready! We analyzed hundreds of our clients and tens of thousands of search queries / web visits from all sizes of restaurants (employers) that utilize RestaurantZone. All from a variety users in the restaurant industry that use our software / website, to also clients that work with […]
The Labor Department is considering a proposal giving restaurant owners more control over their workers’ tips to be used for essentially any purpose. Critics say it’s a bad idea. Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/business/economy/tips-rule.html Restaurant deliveries, once dominated by a booming new source of revenue for eateries, but there’s a dark […]
As Mark Cuban says, “Sales cures all”. In today’s post hear from the experts and what clients have been doing to increase their restaurants sales. 1) Customer Service & Customer Retention: Need more customers? Do you have a lot customers come in the door of your restaurant, but few returning customers? […]
Calls mount to keep the tip credit for restaurants following plans by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to hold hearings to eliminate it. The argument to keep the credit: it helps restaurants reduce their direct labor costs and survive in a very competitive environment. Read more here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewrigie/2018/01/15/why-nyc-restaurants-need-the-tip-credit/#507504277b09 CEO […]
Employee turnover problems? You’re not alone. Don’t worry, it’s inevitable in the restaurant industry. The good news is with every problem, arises an opportunity to shine. Here are three bulletproof strategies to reduce turnover today. Beat your competition and in the long-run have a healthier more profitable business. Let’s get started! 1) […]
Subway reported to be in serious trouble as over 900 of its sandwich stores close in 2017 because of changing consumer tastes. Read more here: http://www.businessinsider.com/subways-closes-stores-spirals-downwards-2017-12 Papa John’s stock price continues to drop despite the outspoken founder’s decision to step down in the wake of the NFL controversy. Read […]
People enjoy gathering to eat, especially over the holidays or while out shopping for friends and family. You want to encourage as many guests as possible to stop in your restaurant as they are visiting with friends or out and about running errands for the holiday season. Text messaging can […]
Fast food eateries use LTO’s (Limited Time Offers) on gimmicky foods, like Mac n’ Cheetos, to boost profits. Read more here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/30/5-items-fast-food-restaurants-secretly-want-you-buy/806366001/ Eatsa, the Fully-automated restaurant, shuts down some of its key locations, including New York & Washington. Despite much fanfare, the eatery did not catch on with diners. Read […]
So You’re Thinking About Selling Your Restaurant? You’ve worked hard for years running your restaurant. Now it is time to cash in the chips and take some time off and go on some of those tropical vacations you always hear about from your customers! But exactly what do you do […]
For many operators of independent restaurants, retaining the services of a restaurant consultant becomes a necessity. Independent restaurant entrepreneur’s often focus on finding the capital to develop the venture, finding the ideal location, creating the perfect concept, putting together a great team, and marketing the business. However, after all that is done, most restaurant […]
Chili’s, Cheesecake Factory and other mid-priced restaurant chains are struggling to find their way back to growth. Read more here: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-agenda-casual-dining-20170918-story.html The food delivery business is expanding rapidly, especially with the advent of delivery apps like Seamless, UberEats and Caviar, forcing many restaurants that rely on delivery orders to […]
Finding an excellent external recruiter for your restaurant can be challenging. Having a good partner who can help you hire in this tough industry, can be a real deal breaker. The right type of employees, can be priceless to a business. The right staff will positively impact restaurants operations and growth potential. […]
When you engage your restaurant customers through text messaging, you will see your profits increase. 90% of customers will open your text messages within three minutes. When you want to run a successful SMS texting campaign, you have to provide your customers with value. By sharing great deals and useful […]
Applebee’s may close over 130 restaurants that have performed poorly in coming months, though the chain’s parent company also says it plans to open several dozen new eateries across the globe. Read more here. With the news of Applebee’s closing restaurants comes a change in strategy as the restaurant chain […]
Let's face it. Hiring can be really tough! Especially in the restaurant/hospitality industry. High turnover rates. Tough to fill roles. New ...
Updated as of October 3rd, 2016 Let's face it we all know recruiting can be challenging. You need all the help and resources you can get. That's why I...
This article outlines 12 recruiting tools for restaurants and hospitality professionals. This is based on research and what some of our clients/partners (who ...
I’ve wanted to write about the topic of job advertisements for some time now. It’s played such a HUGE role at RZ with achieving BIG TIME candidate results. I’...
Many times I hear questions from recruiters, how can I get job seekers to reply? I had several interesting conversations last week with various clients - a co...
Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Augusta, Maine, have filed a petition to hold a union election - becoming the ...
Restaurant and bars added just over 46,000 jobs in May, according to the U.S. Labor Department, continuing a run of steady hir...
The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the most important industries in the United States, employing over 7.6 million ...
Big chains like Chipotle are faring much better than small restaurants or independents in the wake of the pandemic's fallout. ...
Chipotle has formed a new venture to invest in restaurant startups. The venture, Cultivate Next, will have $50 million to inve...
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