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What Does Lent Have to Do With Crispy Fish Sandwiches?

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And a 2015 poll says that of practicing Catholics, only 47 percent gave up something for Lent. I think after 1700 years of cultural hegemony Christians could do with taking the back seat for a few millennia, says Popham. About 7 percent of Americans identify as all other religions, including Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist.

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Falling in Love with Chicken Salad

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First-time Chicken Salad Chick (CSC) franchise owner Claibourne (Clay) Rogers was introduced to the fast-casual concept in 2015 when she served as an account director at the brand’s public relations firm, Fish Consulting. If a guest is wary to come inside to order, we happily take their order outside.

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Sun, Sand, and Spaghetti

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She grabs it from the stovetop, hops in the passenger seat, slams the door, and off they go, 45 minutes north into the woods. Twenty years ago Ronald Zorrilla was making a similar trip to the beach, but over dirt roads in the Dominican Republic while seated in the bed of his uncle’s pickup truck. Zorrilla couldn’t agree more.

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Top 10 Features A Successful Website for Restaurants Should Have

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First and foremost, it is an almost guaranteed seating. In 2015, Google announced that a mobile friendly website would be a factor in their search results. Allow Customers to Make Reservations Online. Adding a simple widget like Open Table’s Make a Reservation for customers brings several advantages.

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Simple Customer Retention Strategy for Restaurants

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trying to put new people in seats, a customer retention strategy seeks to spend time bringing existing customers back. A 2015 study found that nearly 70% of customers don’t return to a restaurant after their first visit, putting the average restaurant customer retention rate at about 30%. Rather than spend all of your time (and money!)

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NLRB Joint Employer Final Rule and America’s Classics

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The final rule restores the joint-employer standard that the Board applied for several decades prior to the 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris, but with the greater precision, clarity, and detail that rulemaking allows. This comes on the heels of the company closing out 2019 by growing diners seated by more than 150 percent YoY and seating 3.3

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The Soul of Saugus

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Occupying 50,000 interior square feet and enough exterior square footage to seat, say, 500 people in the parking lot on a summer evening while screening a movie during COVID , Wong has prime real estate, should he and family choose to sell. In the Tiki Lagoon Room, guests are seated around a massive water feature.

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