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Mastering the Art of Restaurant Procurement: Best Practices and Strategies

Feb 16, 2024
Mastering the Art of Restaurant Procurement: Best Practices and Strategies

Want to improve your restaurant procurement process? Discover powerful strategies for streamlining and simplifying the process, and ultimately generating more revenue.

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Mastering Restaurant Payroll: A Restaurant Owner’s Guide

Dec 21, 2023
Mastering Restaurant Payroll: A Restaurant Owner’s Guide

Struggling with your restaurant payroll? In this guide, Fourth’s experts take you through everything you need to know to nail your payroll services.

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Master of Workforce: Thai Leisure on how Fourth helped them achieve 15% sales boost

Dec 12, 2023
Master of Workforce: Thai Leisure on how Fourth helped them achieve 15% sales boost

In our latest Masters of Workforce webinar, Thai Leisure’s Louis Kinsey and Richard Simpson join Fourth’s Dave Ellmer and Lucy Young to discuss the chain’s results a year into their partnership with Fourth.

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Managing Inventory And Your Time

Oct 4, 2019
Managing Inventory And Your Time

While there are many ways manage stock counts, there are some ways that work better for certain concepts than others.

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Make Data Work For You And Your Business

Aug 31, 2021
Make Data Work For You And Your Business

Metrics matter. Understanding which ones you need to care about can have a big effect on your bottom line. It’s up to operational leadership to measure them, monitor them, and make them not only the focus of their annual initiatives – but to make those metrics important for restaurant managers too.

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Key considerations hospitality operators should know in 2023

Feb 1, 2023
Key considerations hospitality operators should know in 2023

Insights into the UK hospitality Christmas trading and workforce, including key considerations for pub and restaurant operators for 2023.

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Intelligent Scheduling — a new era of scheduling.

Nov 18, 2023
Intelligent Scheduling — a new era of scheduling.

Wondering what Intelligent Scheduling is all about? In this blog, we give you the rundown on Fourth’s latest release, what it is and why it matters.

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In bloom and heading for a boom: why workforce management has never been more critical for UK garden centres

Sep 18, 2023
In bloom and heading for a boom: why workforce management has never been more critical for UK garden centres

Evolution of garden centers: From retail to vibrant destinations, powered by innovation and diverse offerings. Tech solutions streamline operations, benefiting both staff and customer experience.

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How To Use Restaurant Analytics To Boost Your Restaurant’s Performance

Oct 12, 2023
How To Use Restaurant Analytics To Boost Your Restaurant’s Performance

As demand volatility increases and costs soar, restaurant analytics is rapidly becoming a must have for restaurants. Learn how restaurant analytics tools can help your business to optimise efficiency, enhance performance and conserve margins.

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How to reduce food waste in your restaurant

Aug 11, 2023
How to reduce food waste in your restaurant

Restaurant food waste is an ongoing issue. Customising your menu and offering different portion sizes are just two ways to reduce food waste.

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How to create an effective restaurant schedule

Sep 8, 2023
How to create an effective restaurant schedule

Are you struggling to create a schedule for your restaurant? In this guide, we walk you through the process of creating an effective restaurant schedule.

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How To Calculate and Reduce Restaurant Food Cost

Feb 9, 2024
How To Calculate and Reduce Restaurant Food Cost

Understanding your restaurant’s food costs is essential to running a successful restaurant. Read our in-depth guide to master your food costs.

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How the 2024 minimum wage changes impact hospitality payroll teams

Dec 15, 2023
How the 2024 minimum wage changes impact hospitality payroll teams

The 2024 minimum wage changes were recently announced by the UK Government. Kathryn Wright, Fourth’s Director of UK Payroll, discusses the impact on hospitality payroll teams.

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How retailers stay competitive with Workforce Management

Feb 28, 2023
How retailers stay competitive with Workforce Management

The retail industry is highly competitive, and retailers need to constantly innovate to stay ahead. Workforce management can be a critical tool for retailers looking to optimize their operations, control labor costs, and improve the customer experience.

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How AI will transform restaurants

Apr 5, 2024
How AI will transform restaurants

Fourth’s CTO, Christian Berthelsen, discusses how the first AI platform purpose-built for restaurants can change the game.

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Have a holly, jolly…January

Dec 1, 2023
Have a holly, jolly…January

We’re knee deep in Christmas, which can only mean one thing – time to start thinking about 2024. Fourth’s Su Edgley shares her take on how restaurant operators can make the most of January.

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Garden Centres remain resilient despite washout weather, according to latest GCA figures

Aug 25, 2023
Garden Centres remain resilient despite washout weather, according to latest GCA figures

Despite erratic UK weather, garden centers bloom. July sales up 1.03% YTD, cafes & gifts shine. Tech solutions vital for optimal ops & staff engagement.

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Garden centres kick off Christmas… in September

Oct 30, 2023
Garden centres kick off Christmas… in September

Fourth’s Barry Lane shares his take on September’s Barometer of Trade stats, released last week by the Garden Center Association, highlighting the parallels with the wider retail sector – and where garden centres outperform. 

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Garden Centres enjoy a blooming good August

Sep 25, 2023
Garden Centres enjoy a blooming good August

The latest GCA barometer of trade shows garden centres are weathering a challenging economic climate well, helped by diversification. Fourth's Barry Lane explores the highs and lows of August's data, sharing expert insight into how garden centres can supercharge their growth with data and analytics.

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Fourth’s Top Takeaways from The Caterer Tipping and Payments Summit

Apr 19, 2024
Fourth’s Top Takeaways from The Caterer Tipping and Payments Summit

The Caterer’s Tipping and Payments Summit, held April 2024, aimed to provide hospitality operators with actionable insight into how to handle incoming tronc legislation. For those that missed it, Fourth's article gives a brief rundown of the key points covered during the Summit.

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