Recent Articles in Food & Beverage in Hotels

Online, Mobile, and Text Food Ordering in the U.S. Restaurant Industry
Feb 2, 2014

A survey of the top 326 U.S. restaurant chains in all categories finds the industry gradually adopting electronic ordering, in the form of online, mobile, and text orders.

How to Interview a Restaurant Manager
Feb 1, 2014

The following list of questions to aid hiring managers in asking the questionswas created to will leave them with something more than a good or bad feeling after an interview and the interviewer with a sense of greater understanding of the candidate

Restaurant Industry Sees Decline in Menu Pricing and Wages Along With Significant Increase in Healthy Menu Options
Feb 1, 2014

  The detailed report includes salary comparisons, insurance and benefit costs, average tipped wages and menu pricing. This year the report also included purchasing and healthy-menu trends.

Cornell Professor Publishes Updated and Expanded Techniques to Improve Restaurant Tips
Jan 30, 2014

The Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) has issued an expanded booklet of techniques that waiters and waitresses can use to improve their tips. The booklet, “Mega Tips 2: Twenty Tested Techniques to Increase Your Tips,” by Michael Lynn, is published with the intention of improving the incomes of the two million people who wait on guests at restaurants in the United States. “MegaTips 2” is available from the CHR at no charge

Fifteen Food and Dining Trends in Restaurants and Hotels
Jan 29, 2014

Fifteen Food and Dining Trends in Restaurants and Hotels

What's Hot and What's Not in for Meetings
Jan 29, 2014

What's Hot and What's Not As the New Year greets us (and we’re glad it’s here!), now is the time to review what’s hot and what’s not  in the meetings industry.   Insights gleaned from the ConventionPlanit.com Meeting Planner Advisory Council and the ConventionPlanit.com staff

New Requirements For Claiming Tip Credit in USA
Jan 29, 2014

May, 7, 2011 - Under a U.S. Department of Labor rule, which went into effect May 5, 2011, employers must comply with specific procedures if they seek to claim a tip credit for wages paid to employees who receive tips in addition to a cash wage. Every employee for whom a tip credit is applied as part of his or her wages, must be notified in certain formats as noted in the full article.

The Cure for Cranky Customers
Jan 28, 2014

When was the last time you had to deal with a cranky customer? It was probably an external customer but perhaps it was an internal customer, such as a member of your team, a colleague or even — your boss!

What are successful restaurant doing to maintain clients?
Jan 28, 2014

National Restaurant Association

A lot of people come into my restaurant but need to get them to come back more and bring their friends. What are successful restaurant doing to maintain clients?

Due to this growing demand for technological innovation, technology is fast becoming part of a successful restaurant's business structure, particularly for maintaining communication with customers.

Waiter, there's a dog in my soup ... Limited liability issues and ADA
Jan 28, 2014

Your Responsibilities when Serving Food and Beverages to Guests and Paws By Meg McDonough Class action lawsuits - device where multiple plaintiffs can join and engage in much more cost effective of mass tort litigation - can be very damaging to business as number of plaintiffs as size of awards which result from class action lawsuits.

Review Energy Management Strategies to Assist the Bottom Line
Jan 27, 2014

The strong support of management is necessary for the energy conservation efforts to succeed. It must be more than “lip service.” The following article includes points that should be understood from the start.

Freshman Recipe for Increasing Hotel F&B Revenue
Jan 27, 2014

HospitalityEducators.com Contributor Meg McDonough offers some insights on improving hotel F&B revenues if you are located near a college or university.