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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce. Serving Up a Side of Democracy. ” With 42 locations in the US, Nando’s will serve as a COVID-safe voter-registration resource hub in every community it serves.

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Maximize Takeout Profitability With These Six Steps

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According to Morgan Stanley estimates, online delivery is set to grow from $260 billion in 2017 to $325 billion in 2020 – and possibly $470 billion by 2025. Off-premise dining was already on-trend in the restaurant industry well before COVID-19. But now there’s something coming on stronger than even delivery: takeout.

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Latinx-Owned Bakeries Are Revamping the Concha

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That’s what inspired Mariela Camacho when she began baking conchas in Seattle in 2017 after completing baking stints in French and New American kitchens. “I No longer do you have to work your way through a professional kitchen — likely in a restaurant that isn’t representative of your culture — before you get a shot at doing your own thing.

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To Mitigate ‘The Great Resignation’ Refocus on the Employee Experience

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89% of operators cited employee retention as a top concern in 2021, up from 69 percent in 2017. With artificial intelligence surfacing just-in-time learning resources exactly when they need it, team members can quickly learn how to solve a specific problem and return to serving the guest. And according to Technomic, Inc.,

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How Family-Run Bobe’s Pizza Grew their Five Locations with 7shifts

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Only Bobes are allowed to learn the secret recipe for Bobe’s Pizza dough, which Billy Bobe cooked up in 1954 after serving as a chef in the army. But when the Bobes opened their fourth location in 2017, they reached a breaking point. He brought in his teen brother, Larry, to manage their first location in Vincennes, IN.

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Your Super Bowl Party Does Need a Snack Stadium, Actually

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Debuting in 2017, the Infladium was a vision of sports-themed snack organization. Fortunately, an idea thats that good cant be discontinued, and various products have stepped up to fill in the gap, so this year, Ill be treating myself to one of these Infladium-inspired serving coliseums instead.

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Second Time’s the Charm

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In that context, avoiding the cost and risk of expensive buildouts in favor of the plug-and-play potential of spaces already designed to prepare and serve food (where something as simple as a hood and ventilation system can save tens of thousands of dollars) is a natural next step. A Win-Win-Win Scenario.

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