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Why Starbucks Doesn’t Hit Like It Used To

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chain to put matcha on the menu in 2006, introducing its verdant flavor profile to countless new drinkers. So far, announced changes are on the smaller scale: Starbucks has said that it won’t raise prices in 2025. Starbucks invented the Frappuccino in 1995, and it’s become shorthand for any kind of frozen coffee drink.

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Restaurant HR Operations Cost Audit

Modern Restaurant Management

While many establishments have tried to combat these disruptions by increasing pay, minimizing menus, raising prices, or simply cutting staff and operating hours, there are other strategies that can ease the burdens of the current operating environment without negatively impacting employees or customers. Uncover the Hidden Costs of Turnover.

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Why Your Restaurant Needs an Innovative Financial Management Solution

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Since 2006, Tender Greens had established its presence as a go-to fine-casual restaurant that offers more than a meal. From large-scale chains to family-run businesses, tight financial margins are age-old challenges restaurant operators must address, and this was no exception for Tender Greens.

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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY

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Unlike that corporate restaurant firm with dozens or hundreds of outlets offering consistent product and service, your independent operation does not have the advantage of a marketing department, human resource officer, significant lines of credit with a bank, or leverage with vendors to gain better pricing through volume.

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The Godparents of the Filipino Food Movement Say Goodbye

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Its reasonable prices for the neighborhood earned Besa and Dorotan loyal fans, both Filipino and non. The publication of Besa and Dorotan’s cookbook Memories of Philippine Kitchens in 2006 expanded the couple’s influence even further. (It “That resonated with us: We were the Cinderella of Asian food,” Besa says.

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The Best Canned Wines to Drink on Those Particularly Warm Days

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Cameron winemaker John Paul is well-regarded in the Pacific Northwest for bridging an old-school French approach to Pinot Noir with a natural wine ethos, resulting in startlingly serious and reflective red and white wines capable of fetching high prices, and aging for decades. i , and like a half a whiff of copper penny.

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A Yum! Habit, Chasing DoorDash and BellaBot

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Chase Freedom®, Freedom Unlimited®, Freedom Student® and Slate® cardmembers will receive complimentary DashPass for the first three months**, followed by a 50% discount price at the current rate for the next nine months. Under his leadership, iPayment closed an initial public offering in 2003 and then went private in 2006.