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Get Ready for the Post-COVID Economy Now!

Embrace the Suck

Look back to a black swan event you might have already been through the events on September 11, 2001. Events like this are what economists call a “ black swan ,” catastrophic occurrences that basically cause a global shift in mindset and behavior. The coronavirus will change the way restaurants do business as well.

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Menu Redesign Avoids Confusion and Promotes Optimization

Modern Restaurant Management

" Originating in Las Vegas in 2001, Ori’Zaba’s multiple locations can be found throughout Nevada and the chain is expanding into Michigan, Texas and across the United States.

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Creating a Celebrated Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

When she started there in 2001, she admits they followed more traditional Human Resources approaches: 360-degree feedback reviews, training managers on performance reviews, and creating manuals that no one would even open. ” Schatz has seen the evolution of the culture at Sonny’s BBQ firsthand.

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Chambers Wine

A Wine Story

Lillie Wolff 2001: The Beginning Chambers Wine and Spirits. David Lille founded Chambers Street Wines with partner Jamie Wolff in 2001. Often shortened to Chambers Wine, this old street wine shop focuses on European wines from small, mostly family owned wineries.

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National Restaurant Association: We Need Help!

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3.483 billion in 2001 and 2002 appropriated via three different supplemental bills for assistance to Lower Manhattan and the State of New York. After 9/11, the CDBG-DR Business Recovery Grant program provided grants to businesses with fewer than 500 employees with compensation based on days of lost gross revenue.

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The Pandemic’s Effect on Restaurant Supplies

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In 2001, Tim was wrapping up work on one of the very first online operations in our industry and preparing to launch our website when he died suddenly. What is the history of KaTom? KaTom is really the classic family-owned American business success story. That shook us to our core, but we picked ourselves up and kept going, kept growing.

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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

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My wife and I founded Rib & Chop House in Livingston, Montana, in 2001, just months prior to the heartbreaking events of 9/11. ” Sometimes world events deal those of us in the restaurant business a really difficult hand, but it gives us the opportunity to find success in unexpected ways.