Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2024

There are many cases of restaurateurs being charged with violations of labor laws, such as the owner of a DC fine-dining restaurant having to pay more than $500,000 following allegations of wage theft, or two Massachusetts eatery owners having to pay around $475,00 in restitution and civil penalties for violations including failing to pay minimum wage, failure to make timely payments to employees, violations of the state’s tips laws, and failure to keep accurate payroll records.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Nowadays, running a successful restaurant takes more than great food and good service. With 90% of diners checking a restaurant online before visiting, you also need a strong online presence to attract and boost reservations. To do so, you must have an optimized website and engaging social media profiles. Let’s explore 26 proven online marketing strategies to help your restaurant thrive.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Management informed Wall Street that the weakest one-fifth of the system is dragging down the healthier performers, who'll be encouraged with a grant offer and loan accessibility to enhance the brand's consistency.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

If you feel that digital marketing isn’t giving your local restaurant the results you need, then it's time to explore more targeted strategies. 89% of people do dining research on their phones, so if you’re not making the most of your online presence, you're missing out on a huge opportunity. Local restaurant marketing can help you reach your target audience more effectively.

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Crunchtime

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Introducing AI Forecasting: A new way to predict and plan restaurant operations with accuracy Crunchtime's industry-leading forecasting engine is now even more powerful with the addition of a new machine learning algorithm that predicts customer demand with accuracy. Accurate demand planning is essential to any restaurant brand’s success. To meet this challenge head-on, we are excited to introduce our new AI forecasting capabilities, designed to improve forecast accuracy and help our customers b

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The CDC said 49 people have been sickened, and one died, after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounders, mostly in Colorado and Nebraska. The outbreak appears to be linked to fresh, slivered onions.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Hoping to cut hiring time by as much as 75%, the fast-casual chain is rolling out an AI-fueled hiring bot in partnership with tech platform Paradox.

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Margin Edge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Read the best ways for restaurant operators to use credit card points to slash costs and boost benefits, bolstering their financial health and operational efficiency.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Once a notable Northwestern power, the brand had been declining for at least 14 months. Yet it's still not clear how many units remain in operation.

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QSR Automations

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Innovative Partnership Aims to Streamline Kitchen Operations Nationwide LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 22, 2024 — Today, QSR Automations, a global leader in kitchen automation and guest management services, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Mellow Mushroom , a standout brand recognized for its atmosphere and coveted stone-baked pizzas.

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PathSpot

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The pandemic has reshaped our lives, including how we experience dining out. Today, one thing is sure: customer expectations around cleanliness and food safety have dramatically shifted. Cleanliness is a matter of safety, trust, and confidence. The silver lining is that restaurants embrace cutting-edge technologies like PathSpot to meet and surpass these elevated standards.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

An “ever-changing and uncertain business environment” led to the mass closures at the family-dining chain, said Sam Borgese, head of Shari’s parent company.

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EATER

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The iconic 24-hour family restaurant chain, Shari’s Cafe & Pie, suddenly closed all of its Oregon locations on Sunday, October 20, leaving its home state without midnight pie and pancakes.

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The Salt

OCTOBER 22, 2024

E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died, federal health officials said. (Image credit: Gene J.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Traffic fell 10% during the fourth quarter, according to preliminary earnings released Tuesday by the coffee shop giant.

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EATER

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Shopping cart voyeurs, rejoice. Here’s what Eater readers are scooping up this week. Listen, shopping from home rocks. I will always love browsing in a brick-and-mortar cookware store, but I also don’t need to carry a 64-quart lobster pot or a flight of Sichuan chili crisps on the subway. What I do miss, however, is quietly clocking what other shoppers have in their carts, both out of sheer curiosity and in the hopes that I, too, might be enlightened about some glorious item my life is missing (

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret chat about the latest food and drink trends and share an interview with chef and sustainable seafood advocate Sammy Monsour.

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EATER

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Lille Allen The Halloween season is full of macabre cemetery scenes and creepy foods, but a meal among the dead can be a surprisingly lighthearted way to embrace mortality Halloween is my holiday. It’s like my Super Bowl and Christmas all rolled into one. Our home is the talk of the neighborhood. We hand out full-sized candy bars and decorate with all manner of ghoulish, spooky things: dead bodies, monsters, whatever animatronic my 3-year-old daughter selects from Spirit Halloween (this year, it

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Former majority owner Savory Fund retains its minority stake as the fast-casual Hawaiian barbecue concept enters its next stage of growth.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

A handful of top tables have opted to stick with pen-and-ink reservations

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The Salt

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Denny’s says it’s closing 150 of its lowest-performing restaurants in an effort to turn around the brand’s flagging sales. About half of the closures will happen this year and the rest in 2025.

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EATER

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Santhosh Varghese/Shutterstock This refreshing 3-minute dish has endless variations and is popular all throughout India “The sound of curds falling on a heap of rice is the loveliest sound in the world,” wrote the Indian author R.K. Narayan of curd rice, a dish so simple that its name doubles as the recipe. Narayan, a staunch vegetarian, called his favorite dish a “cleansing food,” and in 1956 made himself a bowl after accidentally eating pepperoni, which he mistook for tomatoes.

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