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ManageFirst® Learning Resources

Since its inception more than two decades ago, RestaurantOwner.com has been a valuable resource for tools and training aimed at independent restaurateurs, their managers, and employees.

ManageFirst has partnered with RestaurantOwner.com to make these training tools available to participating instructors and academic institutions, supplementing ManageFirst courses.

ManageFirst® Student Plan

RestaurantOwner.com offers ManageFirst memberships for students for only $20 for a 180-day membership. As a student member they'll have access to the entire list of ManageFirst resources. They also get access to the complete RestaurantOwner.com library of resources and instructor designated material.

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ManageFirst® Educator Plans

RestaurantOwner.com offers individual educators for ManageFirst access to our extensive library of resources and tools in their classroom. In addition to designated ManageFirst resources, instructors have access to the entire RestaurantOwner.com library they can share with students.

To connect with a ManageFirst representative regarding Restaurant Owner, please email [email protected].

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ManageFirst® Institutional Plans

Additional hospitality management and culinary institutions benefits are also available as part of their students' course curriculum.

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ManageFirst® Resources

The tools and training material found here have been selected to supplement the following ManageFirst curriculum.
Hospitality HR Mgmt. and Supervision
Hospitality and Restaurant Management
Controlling Foodservice Costs
Food and Beverage Management
Purchasing
Customer Service

Additional Resources

The following is a listing of other recommended resources educators may find useful in the classroom.
Business/Financial Planning
Marketing
Costs & Financial Management
People and Culture
Leadership
FOH Management
BOH Management
Purchasing and Cost Control
Menu Development

Instructor Testimonials



"Students want more than textbooks – they want tools. That's why I have all my students sign up for RestaurantOwner.com. They especially like the videos that reinforce key concepts like prime cost and labor budgeting, and of course, the business planning and financial templates are a huge to help them as they develop their restaurant ideas for class.

What's great is how many of those students maintain their memberships to RestaurantOwner.com after they graduate. It has really useful material on just about everything they need to get their real-life restaurants open and to operate them profitably. That's why I like to create content for the site -- it's a great learning tool for anyone who wants to become a successful restaurateur."

Stephani Robson, Senior Lecturer Emerita
Cornell University


"University hospitality management education is as much about application as theory. I supplement my course materials with articles, videos, and more on RestaurantOwner.com so that my students can learn how to put restaurant business and management best practices into action.

RestaurantOwner.com content on restaurant accounting, finance, HR, marketing, and operations helps students conceptualize and apply key concepts in these areas better than any resource available."

H.G. Parsa, Barron Hilton Professor of Lodging Management
Daniel's College of Business, University of Denver
Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, Endowed Chair


"RestaurantOwner.com's mission is to educate independent owners and operators on restaurant business best practices in clear and practical terms and to provide systems and tools to help their managers and staff become more effective and satisfied team members.

I believe serving as editor of its magazine has made me a more effective university business school professor, particularly with the growing student interest in entrepreneurship. I've used the site's content in the finance, HR, and law courses I've taught to help students make the leap from theory to relevant real-world application.

As an affordable online course supplement, RestaurantOwner.com can be a boon to any hospitality instructor's curriculum across all restaurant management subjects — accounting, finance, HR, law, marketing, and operations."

Barry Shuster, Clinical Associate Professor
North Carolina Central University School of Business

Empower Educators with Robust Reporting

Instructors can view student course progress shown below directly from their dashboard. This unique tracking grid displays in summary and by student. Use the + next to the student's name to expand each student's detailed progress.


The student dashboard shows their learning progress for all courses taken.

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