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Olive Garden Parent to Boost Wages as Sales Pick Up [Video]

Restaurant workers for the Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse dining chains will soon be guaranteed a higher minimum wage.

Starting Monday, hourly restaurant workers at both chains will earn at least $10 an hour in wages and tips combined, with further increases to $12 an hour to be phased in through 2023.

The raise makes Darden Restaurants Inc., the brands’ Orlando, Fla.-based parent company, the latest business to institute a wage floor higher than the federally mandated minimum as legislators, business leaders and activists debate better compensation for low-skilled workers.

On average, hourly restaurant workers at Darden already earned more than $17 an hour in combined wages and tips, the company said. As of May 31, the company employed 167,000 hourly restaurant workers. During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Darden temporarily furloughed 150,000 people from its total workforce of 177,000, although a significant portion had been brought back before the start …

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How to Effectively Understand and Leverage Your Data with Jon Torrey of Searchlight Advertising [Video]

Even when you’re utilizing a high-level CRM system, there’s a lot of manual data entry that service businesses do every day, whether it be through your technicians or your administrative team… and in reality, that data isn’t always correct!If you can’t properly attribute revenue to your marketing efforts, you’re making decisions based on inaccurate data, leading to mistakes and potential loss of leads and revenue.But have no fear! Jonathan Torrey is here. Jon is the Director of Marketing and Partnerships at Searchlight Advertising, a company that’s connecting data to help contractors and other service businesses improve their revenue flow.Join us as we talk with Jonathan about the importance of understanding your business’s data and knowing your exact ROI from digital marketing. In this episode we discuss:● Most common data problems and opportunities for service businesses ● How to effectively and efficiently understand and leverage your data to increase your profits and maximize your lead conversion.● The best marketing solution for contractorsTo view the full episode, click here: https://www.servicebusinessmastery.com/Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0MVtXdF...Listen on Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...Listen on iheart radio - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-se...Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/show/service...Listen on Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26c...Listen on Deezer - https://www.deezer.com/us/show/766302#Marketing #digitalmarketing #hvac