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Effective strategies for managing staff, hiring, training, retention and more.
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Training staff to deal with diet demands

Employee education on diners’ current eating preferences is ramping up.

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Food plays increasingly important role in the workplace, survey shows

As competition for labor heats up, companies with winning foodservice programs are winning employees.

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Department of Labor proposes new overtime-pay exemption threshold of $35,308

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 08, 2019

The measure is expected to cost the foodservice industry tens if not hundreds of millions in additional overtime pay and prompt some operators to turn supervisory positions into hourly jobs.

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Industry fights back as Congress eyes a federal $15 wage

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 07, 2019

Restaurant advocates argue that more than doubling the lowest pay rate would backfire, causing a loss of jobs.

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NYC’s paid-vacation proposal drums up controversy

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 07, 2019

The call for two weeks of paid time off for virtually all employees of foodservice operations and other businesses is drawing a spotlight.

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6 hair-raising staffing trends

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 07, 2019

The latest labor dynamics may surprise operators.

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New fixation for foodservice employers: Engagement

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 07, 2019

Fostering a connection with hourlies and managers can improve everything from kitchen safety to absenteeism and sales.

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District turns to student interns to help fill open positions

By FSD Staff on Mar. 07, 2019

The nutrition team sources the interns through the district’s student internship program, which pays students to work during part of the class day.

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How one college's foodservice team handles being shortstaffed

Mar. 06, 2019

A community college FSD shares his thoughts on today's labor difficulties.

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How a college in a restaurant-heavy city thinks about foodservice hiring

By Steve Dwyer on Feb. 22, 2019

FoodService Director recently spoke with the director of operations for Vanderbilt Campus Dining to get his take on today's labor challenges.