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For Small Farmers, the Egg Shortage Has a Surprising Silver Lining

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater While major egg producers have struggled with avian flu, smaller egg farmers have found new demand Last November, Mike Trent, the owner of Trent Family Farms in Cloverdale, Oregon, started to notice that egg prices were going to get crazy. As the avian influenza crisis worsened among major egg producers across the country and prices began to trend upward, Trent knew that 2025 wasnt going to be a normal year for eggs.

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Restaurant Giants Declare War on Digital Chaos

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s no secret that restaurants with more than one location depend on standardization to thrive. A customer in Miami should bite into the same perfectly seasoned burger that delights diners in Seattle. Reliable experiences build brand loyalty, and systemic processes lead to reliable profit margins. As chain restaurants continue to integrate new technologies into their daily operations, store-to-store standardization of these technologies is often an afterthought.

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THE NEXT GENERATION OF COOKS & CHEFS

Culinary Cues

Its a question on the minds of most chefs, restaurateurs, and culinary educators: What will the next generation of cooks and chefs look like? We (those who have invested decades in the business already) may complain about the current labor environment and question the level of commitment from a younger pool of candidates but I have rarely heard anyone attempt to define how it will all wash out.

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One of the Best Chinese Restaurants in D.C. Redefines Hong Kong Cuisine

EATER

Eater Video Chef Henji Cheung mixes Chinese ingredients with European technique for earthy truffle dumplings and branzino with chili sauce What we do here is like an East meets West cuisine, says Henji Cheung, the James Beard-nominated co-owner and executive chef at Queens English in Washington D.C. The Hong Kong-influenced cuisine is created with Asian ingredients, but with European techniques, reflecting Cheungs background of growing up in the British territory and working in Italian and Frenc

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

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Restaurant Industry in Review: Trends from February 2025

Black Box Intelligence

Out of the Box: February 2025 In This Issue: The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends February 2025 Restaurant Industry Performance Trends In Detail Segment Focus QSR: Current Performance Trends -2.5% Comp Sales -5.7% Comp Traffic February 2025 Restaurant Industry Trends The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends Restaurant performance in early 2025 is shaping up to be a tale of contrast, confusion, and caution.

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Some franchising strategies are recipes for disaster

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Several struggling restaurant chains are using franchising as a key strategy to turn their brands around. But if the restaurants didnt work under a company-run operation, why would franchisees do better?

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Pickles make the move from sandwich support player to starring role at Popeyes

Restaurant Business

Pickles pop up in everything from wing glazes to lemonade on Popeyes Pickle Menu, available for a limited time at the fast-food chicken chain. But its not the only brand with pickle-mania.

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Can You Make Quiche Without Eggs? We Sure Tried.

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater; see below for full photo credits We tested four different versions of eggless quiche to see if such a thing is possible, let alone good As of this writing, what were once the cheapest eggs at my nearby, affordable grocery store are now a painful $9.99 per dozen, up from $4 not long ago. In these topsy-turvy times, Ive been increasingly curious about decreasing my egg usage.

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April brings a fresh crop of food and drinks to menus

Restaurant Business

Jimmy Johns, Moes Southwest Grill, Fuzzys, IHOP, Dunkin, Whataburger, Sonic and Chip City Cookies headline restaurant menu news.

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What’s the Difference Between Free-Range, Cage-Free, and Pasture-Raised Eggs?

EATER

Egg cartons can be surprisingly confusing This post originally appeared in an edition of Whats the Difference? , a weekly newsletter for the curious and confused by New York City writer Brette Warshaw. Eater will be publishing all editions that parse food-related differences, though those hardly scratch the surface of the worlds (and the newsletters) curiosities: Sign up to get Whats the Difference?

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

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First-party ordering gains some momentum

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: Restaurants have tried for years to get consumers to order direct. Those efforts may finally be paying off.

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Everything I Would Actually Buy From Wayfair’s Up-to-78%-Off Sale

EATER

Eater Staff Ive spotted major deals on Boos cutting boards, Staub Dutch ovens, Smeg toasters, and more name-brand heavy-hitters Listen its never not a good time to shop for deals. But, given the tariff-looming chatter of late, it feels like an especially opportune moment to find great deals while prices are low, and thats why were here to let you know that there are hundreds of name-brand-heavy kitchen and cookware deals at Wayfair right now, with some over 78 percent off.

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Sardar Biglari is trying to buy El Pollo Loco

Restaurant Business

The chairman of the owner of Steak n Shake has made an offer to buy the fast-food chicken chain and entered into a confidentiality agreement with the company as negotiations continue.

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‘Top Chef’ Winner Mei Lin’s 88 Club Is the Most Exciting New Restaurant in Beverly Hills

EATER

Five years after closing Nightshade, chef Mei Lin starts her next chapter with a Chinese fine dining restaurant

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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How Weather Affects Restaurant Traffic in Q1 of 2025

Black Box Intelligence

Monthly Second Helping: Can Spring Weather Save Traffic? This winter was cold. And the restaurant industry felt it. According to weather.com , 2025 had the coldest January in 37 years. And although February wasnt breaking any longtime records, it was 0.6 degrees colder than the 40-year average. And a whopping 6 degrees colder than last year (February 2024 was unseasonably warm.

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In ‘The White Lotus’ Finale, That Damn Blender Was a Total Cop-Out

EATER

The fateful pina coladas | Fabio Lovino/HBO The shows third season finale left a more bitter taste in our mouths than those pia coladas Spoilers for seasons 2 and 3 of The White Lotus within. On Sunday night, the third season of Mike Whites prestige HBO drama The White Lotus came to a conclusion. Now, we know exactly who died, who killed them, and who survived the week at the lush Thai resort, and the shows sleuthy fans can stop posting their deranged theories about the shows complicated symboli

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How Trump's aggressive tariff policies will impact restaurant franchising

Restaurant Business

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast features a conversation with Andy Wiederhorn, founder and chair of Fat Brands, who shares the challenges the trade war will create for franchise operators, their supply chain and plans for growth.

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WTF, Eggs?

EATER

Eggs have been having a very strange year. Lets talk about it. Eggs, in a fundamental biological sense, are life. They are also having a very strange year. In January, the cost of eggs jumped 15 percent. A month later, eggs experienced their largest price jump since 1980. This surge in prices was, of course, due to the ongoing avian flu epidemic: From December through February alone, almost 54 million chickens were slaughtered after being exposed to the virus.

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Future-Proof Your Talent Pipeline

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?