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Is Making Your Own Tomato Sauce Worth It?

EATER

Lily Fossett Jarred tomato sauce just can’t compete with homemade The first time I tasted anything close to a Sunday sauce — that Italian-American icon, a meaty tomato sauce that simmers on the hob all day — I was 14 years old, and it was in a lasagna cooked by my friend’s sister-in-law. Neither she nor I are Italian: We lived in Karachi at the time, and the recipe in question was from a well-loved stained photocopied page that likely came from an old Australian cookbook, given the quick-mix lam

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THE TOURIST TOWN RESTAURANT

Culinary Cues

So, you’re the chef or a cook at a hot spot tourism destination restaurant. You know, the type of place that is crazy busy for five -six months a year, people line up out the door, vendors try to find a place to unload with all the traffic clogging streets and parking lots, there’s never enough help and almost none who have worked for you before this season.

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Ensure Optimal Operational Efficiency in QSRs

Modern Restaurant Management

The appeal of quick service restaurants (QSRs) lies in the name – quick. With 59 percent of customers valuing an "outstanding" experience over product quality and price, QSRs’ success lies in rapid service. If this were to falter, it stands to reason that their popularity and demand would decline. However, maintaining speed of service whilst managing costs and ensuring compliance poses significant challenges for QSRs.

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Shake Shack reinvents the labor deployment model

Restaurant Business

The burger chain joins a growing number of fast-casual chains using AI-driven technology to better manage staffing.

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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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10 Ways to Innovate and Adapt to Market Trends in the Restaurant Industry

TastyIgniter

Discover ten innovative strategies for restaurants to thrive in today's dynamic market. From menu innovation and enhanced customer experiences to embracing automation and sustainability, learn how to adapt your operations, leverage technology, and prioritize efficiency to stay ahead of industry trends.

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From Concept to Reality: How TRG Helps You Launch a Successful Restaurant

The Restaurant Group

A New Restaurant Concept Development Can Transform Your Restaurant Vision Into a Successful Reality Many aspiring restauranteurs might have heard the horrifying statistic that 90% of all new restaurants fail in their first year. That’s a gruesome figure that can put you off the idea of operating a restaurant entirely. But that horror story is just that, a story.

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Pumpkin Spice Season is Here: What Restaurants Need to Know

SpotOn

Fall is just around the corner, and that means one thing—pumpkin spice season is back. This year, restaurants are getting ahead of the game. Data from SpotOn restaurant POS users shows that between May 15 and July 15, 2024, restaurants across the country added 482 “pumpkin” items to menus. After Starbucks announced its fall launch on August 22, SpotOn saw an additional 1,462 pumpkin items added between August 18 and September 4, 2024.

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10 Reasons Why Scheduling Software is Essential for Restaurants & Hotels

Bizimply

Managing the increasingly stringent demands of the hospitality industry can be challenging, and often overwhelming, specifically in the context of […] The post 10 Reasons Why Scheduling Software is Essential for Restaurants & Hotels appeared first on Bizimply.

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Exotic + Familiar

Sante

The joy of wine varietals we know and of those we've barely met. The post Exotic + Familiar appeared first on Santé Food Wine Spirits.

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Restaurant buyers have little interest in actual restaurants

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: There is a clear line in what restaurant chain buyers want right now. They want franchisors, not the restaurants themselves.

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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 Reposado Tequilas Under $50

EATER

The 5 best reposado tequila brands for cocktails and sipping that are affordable and additive-free, all under $50.

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How a summer of bold marketing fueled a comeback at Chili's

Restaurant Business

An attack on the Big Mac and a pair of viral TikTok trends helped make Chili’s cool again. Now the challenge will be keeping it that way.

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Labor Laws Made Easy for Restaurants: Introducing Compliance Reporting

Crunchtime

New report tracks 1,000+ labor laws to help keep you covered. Today, we’re excited to release a new report that will help restaurants take control of labor law compliance and get ahead of changing laws nationwide.

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Pinstripes warns of staff cutbacks after a challenging quarter

Restaurant Business

The bocce-and-bowling concept is aiming to reduce overhead by another $4 million, after cutting unit-level expenses by $10 million in the first quarter.

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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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Restaurant Sales - DC - August 2024

Margin Edge

August 2024 Sales for DMV Restaurants Are In! It's time to dive into the DMV restaurant sales for August 2024! On a seven-day moving average, Fast Casual sales ended down by -3%, whereas Full Service bounced back slightly with a 1% increase in sales compared to last year's same period.

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Red Lobster set to exit bankruptcy after court approval

Restaurant Business

A judge cleared the way for the seafood chain to be acquired by Fortress Investment Group, which has a plan to revitalize the chain.

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Kamala Harris pledges to help more restaurants and other small businesses get off the ground

Restaurant Business

In a campaign speech Wednesday, the Democratic candidate promised to raise the tax credit for startups to $50,000, from the current $5,000. She also vowed to cut the red tape new ventures face.