Dew Smith

How Beechwood Doughnuts Streamlined Their Operations to Make 10,000+ Doughnuts A Week

From paper schedules and lineups around the block, to 7shifts and delivery-only doughnuts, Beechwood Doughnuts has evolved a lot in recent years. See how they evolved their restaurant digitally and physically to get where they are today—making thousands of doughnuts a week.

Insights

How Restaurants are Evolving Labor with Third-Party Delivery in 2021

The restaurant industry will look back on 2020 as the spark that changed how it does business. The COVID-19 pandemic left dining rooms empty and accelerated the industry’s shift to third-party delivery

Clients

How The Snug Took Control of Labor and Evolved Their Restaurant

We spoke with Zack Shwab, one of The Snug’s co-founders, to learn about how their tech-savvy business evolved during 2020 and where they see the future of restaurants heading.

Clients

How Main Squeeze Reduced Their Labor by 25% Across 10+ Locations in 9 Months

In three years, Main Squeeze has grown from a single-location juice bar to a 12+ location franchise. Learn how 7shifts helped them on their journey to reduce labor costs by 25%!

Clients

How Mattenga’s Pizzeria Simplifies Labor Management—and Gets Back to Family Life

This case study highlights how Mattenga’s Pizzeria optimized labor costs, stayed connected, and grew sales with 7shifts.

Operations

How to Plan Your Restaurant's Grand Re-Opening Event

With economies starting to reopen after COVID-19, it's time to start planning your restaurant's grand re-opening to get back to business with a bang.

Operations

How to Effectively Sanitize & Clean Your Restaurant in 8 Steps

With COVID-19, 2020 has become the year to upgrade your cleanliness and sanitization practices! Checkout our thorough list of steps to keep your restaurant hygienic and guests safe.

Operations

Health & Safety Requirements for Restaurants [COVID-19]

Many restaurants will begin reopening in the coming months, and each state has their own guidelines around ensuring your staff and diners are safe. Follow your jurisdiction’s laws to keep your team safe and healthy.

Operations

Your 7-Step Guide to Reopening Your Restaurant

There’s a lot of work that goes into reopening your restaurant after COVID-19. Let’s take a look at what you need to do to ensure your restaurant reopening is successful.

Operations

4 Ways to Pivot Your Restaurant’s Business Model During COVID-19

Pivoting your business model to takeout and delivery is not always the best—or only—option your restaurant has to boost sales through COVID-19 With dine-in officially off the menu, we’re sharing a few options for restaurants to consider to pivot their business model during COVID-19.

Hey! I'm Dew, the former Brand Strategist. I cultivated 7shifts' social and content garden, and I looked for ways to grow our network of restaurateurs, local talent, and tech companies.