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U.K. employers try a fresh solution to the labor shortage
As of this month, about six dozen companies are transitioning to a four-day work week, without any change in hours per day or pay.
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Labor savers: Workforce innovations that are changing the game
By FSD Staff
As the COVID pandemic recedes and life returns to “normal,” the labor market remains anything but. On top of that, new technologies are stepping in to offer fresh service and free up staff for other tasks when workers are scarce. Here’s a look at the impact of ongoing labor pressures and the evolving preferences of employees and consumers.
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Fast casual tackles supply chain issues, rising costs with staff recipe contest
Au Bon Pain's “Sandwich Madness” challenged team members to create new menu items using existing SKUs.
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Senior-living operator hires local high school students as dining room servers
Tel Hai Retirement Community in Honey Brook, Pa., partnered with a nearby school to fill the labor gap.
“The whole technological end of foodservice has changed 180 degrees, especially since COVID. … The question is instead becoming: How can we make this faster and more efficient? How can we better utilize the people we would have had working registers, instead putting their time toward something else that helps move the operation along?”
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“One of the conversations we’re having with [culinary] students is, since we’re coming out of the pandemic, the food scene is changing. A lot of people are moving out of brick and mortar, so we’re looking at trends like food trucks and private cheffing.”
