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Role

AI for Restaurant Managers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

Food Service Managers · O*NET 11-9051.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

18 of 37tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

41 matched to the tools food service managers use. Showing 24.

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Google Drive MCP or direct API to search files, upload documents, share folders, and manage permissions through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Google Docs MCP or direct API to create, edit, search, summarize, and share documents through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Google Drive

    MCP server

    Google Drive is Google's file sync app that lets you store all of your files online alongside your Google Docs documents, and keep them synced with all of your devices.

    Google Drive

  • Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

    Microsoft Outlook

  • Make (make.com)

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Facebook MCP or direct API to post updates, fetch messages, manage comments, and gather page analytics through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Google Docs

    MCP server

    Google Docs is an online word processor that lets you create and format text documents. Collaboratively edit documents with other people in real time. We also support Google Sheets!

    Google Docs

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server
  • Office Word

    MCP server
  • PHP Point Of Sale is an easy to use Web Based Point Of Sale System for Retail. Helps with inventory tracking, sales tax, and managing all aspects of your retail business.

    PHP Point Of Sale

  • Make (make.com)

  • Powerpoint

    MCP server
  • Make (make.com)

  • Delphi Compiler

    MCP server
  • Easy Project

    MCP server

    Easy Project is a professional project management software for you, your team and the whole company. Based on WBS, Gantt, Agile and other best PM practices. It is compatible with modules for Resources, Finances, Help Desk and CRM.

    Easy Project

  • Evernote

    MCP server

    Evernote is a powerful note taking application that makes it easy to capture ideas, images, contacts, and anything else you need to remember. Bring your life's work together in one digital workspace—available on all major mobile platforms and devices. Using Evernote for work?

    Evernote

  • Excel

    MCP server
  • Excel

    Skill
  • Final POS

    MCP server

    Final POS is a point of sale system that helps you manage your inventory and sales.

    Final POS

  • Google Drive

    Connector

    Search and read your Docs, Sheets, and Slides in Claude

    Google Drive

The tools this job actually uses

37 documented for this occupation. Showing 37, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Facebookhot
  • Google Docshot
  • Intuit QuickBookshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Projecthot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Aestiva Employee Time Clock
  • Apache Groovy
  • Army Food Management Information System
  • Aurora FoodPro
  • ChefDesk Chef's Calculators
  • ClubSoft Food & Beverage Point of Sale
  • Culinary Software Services ChefTec
  • Database software
  • DataTeam Lunch Express
  • Delphi Technology
  • Dinerware Intuitive Restaurant
  • espSoftware Employee Schedule Partner
  • Evernote
  • Food Service Solutions FoodCo
  • Food Service Solutions POSitive ID System
  • Food Services Solutions DayCap
  • Gift Certificates Plus Giftworks
  • Google Drive
  • IBM Domino
  • iMagic Restaurant Reservation
  • IPro Restaurant Inventory, Recipe & Menu Software
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Oracle Taleo
  • ReServe Interactive
  • Restaurant Manager
  • SoftCafe MenuPro
  • SweetWARE nutraCoster
  • ValuSoft MasterCook

What this job involves

28 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Monitor employee and patron activities to ensure liquor regulations are obeyed.
  2. Greet guests, escort them to their seats, and present them with menus and wine lists.
  3. Count money and make bank deposits.
  4. Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.
  5. Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation or food subsidies.
  6. Schedule staff hours and assign duties.
  7. Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
  8. Maintain food and equipment inventories, and keep inventory records.
  9. Perform some food preparation or service tasks, such as cooking, clearing tables, and serving food and drinks when necessary.
  10. Monitor budgets and payroll records, and review financial transactions to ensure that expenditures are authorized and budgeted.
  11. Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
  12. Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.
  13. Organize and direct worker training programs, resolve personnel problems, hire new staff, and evaluate employee performance in dining and lodging facilities.
  14. Assess staffing needs and recruit staff, using methods such as newspaper advertisements or attendance at job fairs.
  15. Estimate food, liquor, wine, and other beverage consumption to anticipate amounts to be purchased or requisitioned.
  16. Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, and garnishing and presentation of food to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner.
  17. Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving, and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities.
  18. Test cooked food by tasting and smelling it to ensure palatability and flavor conformity.
  19. Order and purchase equipment and supplies.
  20. Review work procedures and operational problems to determine ways to improve service, performance, or safety.
  21. Arrange for equipment maintenance and repairs, and coordinate a variety of services, such as waste removal and pest control.
  22. Record the number, type, and cost of items sold to determine which items may be unpopular or less profitable.
  23. Plan menus and food utilization, based on anticipated number of guests, nutritional value, palatability, popularity, and costs.
  24. Review menus and analyze recipes to determine labor and overhead costs, and assign prices to menu items.