Fourth’s latest workforce update research report shows that UK headcount is down 2.4%, and Deloitte predicts that labour shortages will continue into 2025. Against a backdrop of ongoing uncertainty, a trained and engaged workforce is a high value asset for every operator.
While the hospitality landscape continues to be fraught with challenges related to inflation and soaring costs, consumer confidence and supply chain disruption, our latest insights uncover that the workforce is showing signs of positive development.
The current economic climate has continued to challenge hospitality operators since we shared our last Hospitality Workforce Report in August, with spiralling energy and food costs, supply chain disruption and labour shortages threatening to impact profits.
Throughout the years, the iconic Four Seasons Hotel, Park Lane, London, operated with a traditional labour model, hiring core team members on 40 hours contracts to ensure maximum coverage to deliver the five star experiences their guests had come to expect.
The Definitive Guide To Restaurant Inventory Management
The Definitive Guide To Restaurant Inventory Management
Are you struggling with restaurant inventory management? In this in-depth guide, learn best practices to successfully manage inventory and drive more profits.
Food waste is a major climate, commercial and community issue. In monetary terms, it costs the hospitality and food service sector more than £3.2bn each and every year – money that should be fed back into business and not bins.
Of UK hospitality workers, 68% feel that they require more information about allergens and almost a quarter don’t feel confident advising customers with allergies. Whilst amongst consumers, 89% believe staff need to be made more aware of allergies, with two thirds of them believing the issue was a matter of life or death.
The hospitality industry has continued to battle its way through a myriad of issues since we released our last Hospitality Workforce Report in August, with spiralling energy costs, high inflation and market instability heavily impacting trading.
Kevin Miller, Senior Director of Culinary, shares how using our Recipe and Menu Engineering solution has revolutionised recipe management at TGI Fridays
Pen and paper weren’t going to cut it for the 11-unit Texas Corral team. After piloting the HotSchedules Labor Management solution and seeing the immediate benefits of having scheduling, communication, and compliance all in one solution, they rolled it out across the entire organization.
Talent, convenience, and technology: The Retailer’s guide for 2022
Talent, convenience, and technology: The Retailer’s guide for 2022
Retailers in the UK have faced a perfect storm of challenges in 2021, with forced closures due to Covid-induced lockdowns, falls in retail sales volumes, redundancies, talent shortages and supply chain issues.
In a time fraught with operational challenges, effectively dealing with and eradicating food waste is one of the biggest issues the hospitality sector faces today. Food waste costs the hospitality and food service sectors more than £3.2bn each and every year, which works out at approximately £20,000 per venue – money that should be fed back into the business, rather than the bin.
We have partnered with the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) to bring you a webinar that takes a deep dive into the subject matter, analysing the facts and figures, looking into our innovative inventory solution, and offering up some expert guidance on how to tackle food waste within your business.
Spiraling costs and prices are seemingly impacting every market and industry right now; however, the hospitality sector, and its supply chain, seems to be one of the hardest-hit.
The hospitality industry has always faced pressure on margins. But now the squeeze is really on. Brexit and a weaker pound, and the current Global impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, mean imported food and beverage costs are rising, and limiting the availability of some supply chain lines.