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Restaurant Turnover and Recruitment Challenges are Here to Stay!

I have been in the hospitality recruitment business for 30 years (and will now stop counting!) and every year I hear that hospitality recruiting agencies will no longer be needed. The goal has always been for restaurants to find their own staff and as Staffing Partner to my clients we help with that goal. But the stark reality that restaurant turnover and recruitment challenges are here to stay!

Pizza Hut Starts Delivering BEER with your pizza!

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Consumers are more and more all about convenience and speed of service. Restaurants that don't offer in-home delivery on their own or through GrubHub, UberEats and others are losing market share. The Pizza industry is #1 for "dine at home" options and now Pizza Hut steps out to be the leader once again.

Top 10 Restaurant Trends in 2018

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Each year it seems like the restaurant industry reinvents itself on some level. It's been interesting to watch this year.

Buffalo Wild Wings Promotes Jammin’ Jalepeno with a funny ad

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Funny ad - even the way restaurants are advertising these days is changing.

Q3 Workforce Index reveals sustained recruiting, turnover challenges in restaurants

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Recruiting remains a challenge for restaurants, and the third-quarter People Report Workforce Index registers how wide and deep the difficulty is.

Teens have been the focus for decades

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If you think Baby Boomers are square, think again. The generation that came of age in the 1960s and ’70s were self-aware enough to work en masse to effect change, and they were arguably the first group of teenagers that were directly marketed to.

How Organizations Are Harnessing The Wisdom Of Baby Boomers To Combat Skills Shortages

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Some organizations are attempting to retain access to this knowledge and experience by setting up alumni networks. One of the most well-known alumni networks is YourEncore, which was set up in 2003 by Procter & Gamble and Eli Lilly to enable them to tap into the wisdom of older employees who still wanted to offer their experience without working full-time hours.

Is your restaurant ‘all in’ on hospitality?

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Hospitality can mean many things, but it does not have to mean expensive. It does not have to mean white tablecloths or a fancy wine list. Those things can be great, sure, but they aren’t hospitality.

How your brand can tackle unconscious bias

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Starbucks. Papa John’s. The Spotted Pig. In the last year, restaurants large and small have made headlines over race and harassment issues, leaving operators to grapple with how to create inclusive company cultures while also preparing themselves to respond if an incident occurs.

5 emerging brands reveal secrets to success

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Instagrammable merchandising. Hyper-focused menu. Sexy vegetables. Gorgeous food. Authenticity. These are the individual attributes of this year’s Hot Concepts Award winners, who were recognized during this week’s MUFSO conference. Leaders from each emerging brand told industry executives why their concepts have resonated with consumers. These are the individual attributes of this year’s Hot Concepts Award winners, who were recognized during this week’s MUFSO conference. Leaders from each emerging brand told industry executives why their concepts have resonated with consumers.