Tue.Nov 12, 2024

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How to Safeguard Your Restaurant in the Face of Severe Weather 

Modern Restaurant Management

In a time where restaurants are challenged by rising costs and labor constraints, the rise in severe weather adds another challenge that owners and managers must plan and solve for to protect people and assets. 2024 disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Milton are strong examples of how catastrophic weather can be, leaving businesses devastated and communities with billions in damages.

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A New Initiative Hopes to Make Restaurants More Welcoming for Breastfeeding Parents

EATER

The Lactation Network set out to establish a set of standards for restaurants to implement to ensure that they’re being welcoming to breastfeeding parents. | Courtesy of the Lactation Network The Lactation Network’s new program will offer training to restaurant staff across the nation Restaurants are, famously, for eating. They are spaces in which consuming food is not only welcomed, but is expected.

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Check out Subway's new prototype

Restaurant Business

The sandwich chain debuted “Fresh Forward 2.0,” a new iteration of its restaurant image designed to improve convenience and ambiance and pave the way for more digital efforts.

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Rethinking your role in the food delivery industry: How QSRs can overcome common challenges and improve customer satisfaction

Rocket Fuel

In theory, food delivery seems like an ideal way for restaurants to expand their reach and increase revenues by serving people who have already decided not to dine in. In practice, delivery has become a persistent source of customer dissatisfaction. The reasons for customer dissatisfaction are easy to understand. We’ve all had the experience of treating ourselves or our families to ordering in — only to wait forever, receive the wrong food, or both.

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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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Working to slow climate change through regenerative agriculture, one field at a time

Restaurant Business

Farmers in New York State’s Hudson Valley are using techniques that return carbon to the earth and restore soil health. Restaurants are beginning to embrace the movement as the next step in local sourcing, but is it a silver bullet for the climate crisis?

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Avoid getting paused: Why it is critical to maintain the correct store hours in food delivery apps

Rocket Fuel

In just over four years, delivery service providers (DSPs) have evolved into vital revenue generators for nearly all QSR franchises. According to a recent DoorDash report , 70% of U.S. consumers have ordered food delivery in the past month, and 51% of consumers surveyed listed third-party apps as their preferred way to place the orders. This prominence brings a critical new requirement that no restaurant can ignore: maintaining accurate buffer times and operating hours consistently across all de

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Cava remains industry outlier with double-digit traffic gains

Restaurant Business

The rollout of a new loyalty program and addictive Garlic Ranch Pita Chips helped boost traffic nearly 13% at the Mediterranean fast casual.

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Alsace in America

Sante

Fragrant wines from Alsace/German varietals blossom in U.S. The post Alsace in America appeared first on Santé.Food.Wine.Spirits.

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The Best Way to Test a Cookbook? Try It at a Restaurant

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater Cookbook authors are collaborating with chefs to turn their recipes into restaurant experiences After seeing posts from Agi’s Counter in New York City pop onto his Instagram Explore page, chef Jeremy Fox felt compelled to message its chef, Jeremy Salamon. “I was like, I think we’re soulmates or something ,” recalls Fox, the chef and owner of Los Angeles’s Birdie G’s and Rustic Canyon.

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Burger King goes back to the Whopper well with its newest campaign

Restaurant Business

The fast-food chain is giving away $1 million to one of three customers who came up with unique flavor ideas for its signature burger and customers will get to vote on it. The company believes it does well when it focuses on the Whopper.

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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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What is the Average Restaurant Food Cost Per Month?

Sculpture Hospitality

Learn how to calculate your average restaurant food cost per month, improve your food cost percentage, and boost profitability with effective strategies.

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Applebee's joins meal deal trend with $10 Really Big Meal Deal

Restaurant Business

The meal features a bacon cheeseburger or chicken sandwich, fries and a fountain drink. It’s part of a new approach to value at the casual-dining chain.

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The Best New Restaurants in America

EATER

Scott Suchman This year, we found ourselves blissfully forgetting about the world outside the dining room, and settling into meals that felt exciting, confident, and joyful Dining out should be a lot of things — nourishing, thought-provoking, less than a week’s rent — but one that can be easy to forget about is fun. Over the last several years, dining out has been (more than occasionally) somewhat un-fun.

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KFC sues Church's Texas Chicken over the term 'original recipe'

Restaurant Business

Church’s recently shifted back to its original fried chicken recipe. But KFC has taken issue with its rival’s use of the term “original recipe” in its marketing.

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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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Worlds of Flavor, pastrami with horseradish and Cambodian food

Restaurant Business

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret chat about the latest food and drink trends and share an interview with chef Cheng Lin of Shota Omakase in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Remembering Technomic founder and longtime leader Ron Paul

Restaurant Business

The industry icon died last week at age 90. Here's the mark he left on the restaurant business and those who worked with him.