Mon.Nov 11, 2024

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What Does FOH Mean? Understanding Front of House in Restaurants

The Eat Restaurant

Discover the importance of the Front of House (FOH) in restaurants and its key roles in creating exceptional dining experiences.

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AI and Robotic Revolution: A Glimpse into the Future of the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Imagine this: It’s the year 2035. You walk into your favorite restaurant, but there’s no human host to greet you at the door. Instead, you're welcomed by Tao, a sleek robot host programmed to seat you efficiently based on your preferences, even remembering your favorite booth from past visits. You take your seat at a table embedded with a touchscreen menu.

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Why Michael Mina likes to open restaurants in hotels, and more takeaways from the celebrated chef

Restaurant Business

The MINA Group successfully operates over 30 restaurants in hotels, with Orla, the newest, the first to reflect the chef’s Egyptian culinary roots and his new cookbook.

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How Organic Ingredients Can Enhance Your Restaurant’s Sustainability Initiatives

The Rail

By Julia Nikolaus, Contributor Sustainability has become crucial to the success of restaurants. Consumers prefer to dine in establishments that prioritize eco-friendly practices. One of the pivotal factors they consider is whether a restaurant uses organic ingredients. Today, we will explore the advantages of organic products and Paleo pantry essentials to show you how to source these ingredients to foster a greener dining experience.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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California Pizza Kitchen begins franchising in the U.S.

Restaurant Business

The casual-dining pizza chain hopes to add about 75 domestic locations via franchising over the next five years starting with an operator in Nevada.

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259. Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast Ep. 259 – Revolutionizing Restaurant Financing: How InKind is Changing the Game

Restaurant Technology Guys

Introduction In the ever-evolving restaurant industry, securing capital is a significant hurdle for many aspiring and established restaurateurs. Traditional financing methods often fail to cater to the unique needs of these entrepreneurs, which is where InKind steps in with a novel approach.

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A New Hip-Hop Album Explores the Creative Intersection of Fine Dining and Music

EATER

Artist Blvck Svm’s new album "michelinman" — out now — was inspired by meals at fine dining restaurants around the country.

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Scott Boatwright named Chipotle's CEO

Restaurant Business

The operations specialist was named interim chief executive in August, replacing Brian Niccol at the fast-casual chain after his departure to Starbucks.

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The Best Food Gifts Under $100 (That Aren’t Necessarily Food)

EATER

Lille Allen/Jordan Moss Air fryers, fancy teas, kitchen clogs, and other gift-worthy luxuries for the VIP food lover One of the trickier aspects of gift shopping is not only staying in-budget, but remaining truthful to the desires of your giftee. You also don’t have to spend one-third of your paycheck to sweep someone off their feet; throwing more money at a present that lacks direction does not a solution make (although we would gladly accept this rhinestone Judith Lieber sandwich purse for no

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Advisors side with Cracker Barrel in its struggle with Sardar Biglari

Restaurant Business

ISS and Glass Lewis both advised shareholders in the family-dining chain to opt for the 10-director slate put forth by management.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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The Best Food Gifts Under $50 (That Aren’t Necessarily Food)

EATER

Asparagus candles, tea sets, olive napkins, and more utterly delightful gifts for everyone. Holiday gifting has a sweet spot: where you’re not pinching pennies to fit within the White Elephant’s meager spending limit, but also not splurging so much that the shopping becomes stressful (i.e., the pressure to get someone their very first stand mixer ).

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Red Lobster is bringing back a fan favorite as part of menu revamp

Restaurant Business

Hush puppies are returning to the casual-dining seafood chain along with new items such as bacon-wrapped scallops and mahi. But overall the new menu will be 20% smaller.

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October 2024 National Restaurant Sales Metrics

Margin Edge

MarginEdge | We took data from thousands of restaurants across the country and compiled a report to show sales trends for the month of October 2024.

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Life is tough for pizza chains right now

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Major pizza brands like Domino’s, Papa Johns and Pizza Hut are trading share with independents. And fast-casual brands are in decline. The sector has a smaller market, thanks to third-party delivery.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Fermentation is behind a lot of the food you eat

The Salt

In this episode, you're invited to the fermentation party! Join us as we learn about the funk-filled process behind making sauerkraut, sourdough and sour beer. Plus, no fermentation episode is complete without a lil history of our boy, yeast.

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The year of restaurant loyalty programs ends with a whimper

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: Loyalty programs are a great tool, but restaurants need to appeal to more than just their most frequent customers to bring back traffic.

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The Best Food Gifts Under $25 (that Aren’t Necessarily Food)

EATER

Lille Allen/Jordan Moss Twenty five of our favorite things — from fancy ice molds, to celebrity cheese, to a single chicken slipper — without sweating the budget. I find gift giving extremely stressful because I am constantly overthinking it. I want to find things that my friends and family will cherish forever, that they realize they’ve needed all along, that will make them gush to their friends about what an amazing person I am.

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First Watch buys more franchised stores

Restaurant Business

The breakfast-and-lunch chain is acquiring 15 units, and a 16th under construction, for $49 million. The seller was not identified.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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With menu additions, Flight Club hopes to draw customers who aren't there to play darts

Restaurant Business

As the social darts eatertainment concept expands, it’s also expanding the menu to include more entrees and drinks.

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Donald Trump's dream setup may prove nightmarish for restaurants

Restaurant Business

Working Lunch: With the White House and Congress both controlled by Republicans, operators could see a runaway train occasionally bearing down on them.