The restaurant industry has a great future but its one of the industry that has much competition, all the businesses in this sector are fighting for the same customer dollars, this then means that restaurant managers and owners need to find ways to optimize other areas of their businesses, like controlling operating cost, if they want to boost profitability and remain competitive in the long run. This industry is renowned for high turnover, fluctuating demand, and limited number of high -dollar work shifts, its very important for owners and operators to look for possible ways of balancing staff management and the same time improve profit margins. Restaurant owners are battling on two front that is they are looking for customers and also fighting for talents such as servers, kitchen crew, and managerial staff. Currently hiring and retaining the best talent for your restaurant business is very difficult, this has become a very big challenge to must operators.

One of the things that restaurant operators must do is to set up a human resource department that can aid in the establishment creating a culture of transparency, this means employees will feel safe, secure, and informed at all times. Human resources play a very vital role in making that happen. They can do that by creating and maintaining an environment of trust and transparency. The working environment must be safe for the employees to work so that they will build confidence and also understand that their work is safe. The restaurant owners must adopt a transparent and open door culture that allowed employees to feel free to contact their superiors and express their opinions concerning their job without fear. The nature of the restaurant business dictate that managers must do everything to decrease the turnover of the employees by way of hiring right the first time, this then means the person who is good enough may not be the right person for your position. Aim for the outstanding employee and you will reap the better reward. Restaurant employees need to be motivated more so that they can work to their maximum best.