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5 ways foodservice managers are doing more with less staff

Short on staff, time and money? Check out how other operators are making it work with a shrinking workforce, tighter budgets and rising labor costs.

Alaina Lancaster

May 9, 2017

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About the Author

Alaina Lancaster

Alaina Lancaster is the assistant editor at Restaurant Business/FoodService Director, specializing in legislation, labor and human resources. Prior to joining Restaurant Business, she interned for the Washington Monthly, The Riveter and The German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Alaina studied magazine journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism and currently lives in Chicago. She never backs down from a triple-dog-dare to try eccentric foods.

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