by Lawrence Baker | Aug 4, 2022 | BLOG, Manage My Restaurant
By John Self What do you think when an older adult comes in to apply? Answer truthfully.“Loser?” Why is this person applying for an entry-level job?Must not be able to make it in the real worldMust not want any responsibilityI wonder what’s wrong? Those are typical...
by Dionne Wright-Bower | Jul 17, 2022 | BLOG, Classifieds, Manage My Restaurant, Member News, Toolkit
NMRA has over 1,500 members statewide. We take pride in providing our members, and all foodservice providers, with the best resources around. We direct mail this guide to restaurants all over the state, members or not. It’s also distributed at trade shows,...
by Lawrence Baker | Jul 7, 2022 | BLOG, Manage My Restaurant, Member Benefits
by: John Self, The Service Doc Labor shortage It’s here and it’s changing the restaurant industry. Normally, employees just looked at other restaurants to see if there were better jobs, but today, they’re comparing their restaurant job’s pay and benefits with entirely...
by Lawrence Baker | Jun 21, 2022 | Manage My Restaurant, Member Benefits
By: John Self Is your company trying to be OK? Of course not. But it happens every day in most restaurants in America. It is a pet peeve of mine when a manager comes to my table and asks, “Is everything OK?” “Everything.” And “OK.”...
by Dionne Wright-Bower | Jun 7, 2022 | Manage My Restaurant, Member Benefits
One of the best benefits of being a member of NMRA is your connection to other people and businesses in our industry. As an association, we talk a lot about “strength in numbers”. This is vital to our advocacy efforts to protect and strengthen the...
by Lawrence Baker | Mar 14, 2022 | Manage My Restaurant
For the final week in our sustainability series, we tackle staff training , recyling and how to take the food waste challenge. Training Staff and Ensuring Smooth Collections Locate collection containers (a 5-gallon bucket, “Slim Jim” container or 64-gallon cart) and...