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The Connection Between Used Cooking Oil and Climate Change

Modern Restaurant Management

In the heart of every restaurant’s bustling kitchen lies an unexpected treasure: used cooking oil. Every crunchy french fry, mozzarella stick, and piece of crispy chicken generates cooking oil. But this oil’s journey doesn’t have to end when it leaves the fryer. Recycling your restaurant’s used cooking oil isn’t just a way to address your waste problems – it can help fight climate change.

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In His First Cookbook, Comedian Matteo Lane Wants You to Take Pasta Seriously

EATER

Lille Allen, Jesse Sparks The stand-up comedian became a social media standout for his whip-smart crowd work and casual cooking videos. Now, he’s taking over your dinner table. When Matteo Lane isn’t performing his distinct brand of scathing yet sincere stand-up, he’s busy eating pasta — and being opinionated about pasta. The Chicago-born, New York City-based comedian describes himself as an “Italian, Irish, Mexican homosexual,” and brings all of that cultural experience, plus a whole lot of hum

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Restaurant Safety: How Restaurateurs Can Improve their Risk Profiles

Modern Restaurant Management

The outlook for restaurants is complicated. The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) demonstrates that a combination of inflation, consumers with less disposable income and rising labor costs have created a difficult market for restaurant owners. These issues have translated to the industry’s insurers as well – causing even more headaches for restaurant owners.

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Robot-run restaurants are coming to Walmart

Restaurant Business

Digital food court Ghost Kitchen Brands has tapped RichTech Robotics to operate 20 of its Walmart outlets, which will include a beverage-making robot.

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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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Is scheduling on paper killing your business? How scheduling software helps

ChowNow

At first glance, the natural organization of a paper calendar or spreadsheet makes sense for creating shift schedules. Once you take the time to make it, it looks nice and clean. You may even have it color-coded to make it easier to read. But once you put that schedule out into the world, it tends to break down. You don’t know the best way to share it with your staff.

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How Confident Are You in Your Restaurant’s Growth Strategies? 4 Ways to Take Action

Crunchtime

With leading brands like Jersey Mike’s, CAVA, and sweetgreen frequently making headlines for confidently crushing their location growth goals, it’s helpful to wonder:

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Predictive Analytics for Reducing Food Waste in Restaurant Supply Chains

The Rail

By Ellie Gabel, Contributor Since the profit margins in the restaurant sector are so slim, you should seek to save wherever possible. While the cost of food waste isn’t a secret , you probably overlook it, considering it a part of doing business in this industry. In reality, it’s easily solvable with the right tools. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has enhanced predictive analytics, enabling you to anticipate changes and predict which strategies will work best.

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5 Reasons Why Your Kitchen Needs a ‘Smart’ Upgrade Now

Qu

In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive restaurant industry, staying ahead means more than just offering great food; it requires delivering delightful guest experiences every time! And the biggest bottleneck in fulfilling that promise— outdated kitchen technology resulting in sub-optimized kitchen operations. Upgrading your kitchen is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a necessity.

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Deputy Alternatives: Restaurant Shift Management with Bizimply

Bizimply

In the competitive and ever-changing world of hospitality, effective shift management can be the difference between a smooth-running service and […] The post Deputy Alternatives: Restaurant Shift Management with Bizimply appeared first on Bizimply.

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What Is the Point of Austin’s Fake AI Restaurant?

EATER

Ethos is a fake AI restaurant Instagram account in Austin sharing computer-generated images of and text about food and chefs, but it’s unclear who is behind the account and why the account exists or what it’s trying to say.

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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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Restaurant sales accelerated last month

Restaurant Business

Sales at restaurants and bars increased 1% in September, according to new federal retail sales data. And they’ve been outpacing other industries all year despite consumer concern about menu prices.

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The Home Cook Gadget Starter Pack

EATER

From fish spatulas to paring knives to bench scrapers, these are the must-have kitchen tools recommended by culinary school teachers across the country Every time I see a meat tenderizer, I think of my mother. Specifically of the way in which she, as someone wary of emotional vulnerability yet full of affection (classic boomer combo), decided to make Austrian pork schnitzel her love language — and the meat tenderizer her translator.

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Customers shift away from fast food, but they are flocking to delivery

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: The bifurcation of the restaurant industry can be seen even within brands as some customers slow their visits while others flock to higher-priced delivery.

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Is Making Your Own Curry Paste Worth It?

EATER

Lily Fossett It’s hard to beat the fragrance of freshly pounded lemongrass, galangal, and makrut lime when you’re making curry paste from scratch The rhythmic pounding of my late grandma’s century-old mortar and pestle is as familiar to me as any lullaby. The sound of stone against stone, reducing shallots, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, and Thai chilies into a paste and releasing the pungent fragrance of shrimp paste is almost a Proustian memory, something I can taste.

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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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Don't be surprised if your kids may follow you into the restaurant business

Restaurant Business

Restaurant Rewind: Plenty of second and third generations have opted for the career paths their elders took, undercutting the popular perception that the field is the last place a sane person would want to work.

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The New Cola Wars

EATER

Eater/Lille Allen As activists call to boycott Coca-Cola, Salaam Cola offers an alternative. Is the solution another soda? How do you make a better Coca-Cola? I thought of the impossibility of recreating the distinct flavor of cola as I sipped a Salaam Cola , which my local falafel shop had just begun stocking. It is a flavor I almost completely associate with the color brown, though I don’t know what creates its brownness.

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Here's what's at stake for restaurants this election

Restaurant Business

The 2024 presidential contest has hardly been politics as usual, with the bizarre often overshadowing statements of policy and matters of substance. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty in the balance that could help or hurt restaurants. Here’s a review.

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Chick-fil-A is now taking on Singapore

Restaurant Business

The fast-food chicken sandwich chain plans to open a restaurant in the country late next year, its first in Asia. It plans to invest $75 million on expansion there.

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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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Biden administration issues guidelines for employers' use of AI

Restaurant Business

The "high-road" practices are recommendations rather than enforceable rules, with an emphasis on protecting workers above all else.