Restaurant operators are attending the NRA Show in Chicago this year with a growing concern: Labor costs. Hourly earnings in the restaurant industry are up 3.9 percent this year, Hudson Riehle, senior ...

Juggling restaurant staff schedules can be a stressful and time consuming process. Even the best managers sometimes rely on a combination of sticky notes, bulletin boards and spreadsheets containing ...

Harri, a front employee experience technology for restaurants, released its first ever 2025 Wage & Labor Cost Index. The report looked at the growing disparity in restaurant labor costs and its impact ...

Nothing eats into a quick-service restaurant’s profits faster than labor and food expenses, each accounting for up to 33 percent of a restaurant’s sales, according to the National Restaurant ...

Labor costs rose for 90 percent of respondents, a 10 percent jump from six months ago. As quick-service restaurant operators navigate an increasingly competitive and ever-evolving market, ...

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Higher food and labor costs, lower margins and fewer people dining out — and drinking — are all weighing on restaurants in greater Portland, three business owners said during a panel discussion on the ...

Operating a restaurant in Southern California continues to be a difficult endeavor, with many establishments still struggling from pandemic losses. Food and labor costs increased in 2024, remaining by ...

You count your stock infrequently You have no portion control on the make line You do not keep track of waste You carry inventory for more than a week Your prep plan is not based on a sales forecast ...

When Dave’s Hot Chicken needed to figure out how to pay its workers an additional $2 an hour, the chain called in the dishwashers. That is, dishwashing machines. Automating the chore with ...

Micheline Maynard has focused on the business world for much of her career. Also known as Micki, she has been a writer and editor at news organizations including The New York Times and NPR, and is the ...