Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Look around you and try to dissect those businesses and individuals who are successful at what they do. Chances are, these are the players who refuse to lock themselves into the groove of always playing it safe. Playing conservative may win an occasional baseball or football game, but it rarely inspires the players, coaches, or spectators. Everyone enjoys winning, but that exhilarating feeling that comes from pushing the envelope is even more thrilling.

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Crunchtime

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What’s the value of all the store-level work—tasks, audits, SOPs, and more—happening in each restaurant every day? All of the work done across every store is an opportunity to drive a great customer experience and impression about your brand. This is operations execution—ensuring that every task completed by every employee is done correctly and on time across every location to keep the business moving and growing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In today’s tech-driven world, customers and workers alike expect a seamless payments experience wherever they go. Until now, restaurants have primarily focused on customer experience when considering payments technology, but the emergence of new and developing worker payment programs can impact and improve the restaurant worker experience. With the restaurant industry facing an ongoing labor shortage , it’s more crucial than ever to offer your staff the best experience possible, whic

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It’s no secret that websites are the one tool that every restaurant needs in its arsenal. In fact, 77% of diners visit a restaurant’s website before dining in or ordering out. But not all sites are created equal. To really bring in sales, you’ll need one that’s optimized for orders. ChowNow recently partnered with Squarespace to build premium websites designed for restaurants.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The chef-led initiative underscores climate impact on independent restaurants based on research from José Andrés’ Global Food Institute at The George Washington University.

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Sculpture Hospitality

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Are you ready to dive into one of the secrets of our trade: nailing your restaurant inventory ? Trust us, getting your inventory right is like having a superpower in the restaurant industry, saving you cash, cutting down waste and keeping your customers coming back for more.

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Buzztime Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This season, give guests a reason to spring into your bar or restaurant. Just bring a little fresh air to your drink list! Use these 32 spring cocktail recipes for inspiration. On-Trend Spring Cocktail Recipes Get the “it” factor. Infuse the National Restaurant Association’s alcohol trends into your spring cocktail recipes. Culinary Cocktails This year, bartenders are taking a cue from the kitchen.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Discover how mastering food cost variance can significantly enhance your restaurant's profitability and operational efficiency, ensuring you stay ahead in the competitive culinary industry.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Simply having a domain name isn’t enough. The ticket to getting diners to order more often is a dynamic, engaging website. But where do you start? Well, here. Dive in to see all the ways that a better website can level up your restaurant.

 1. MAKE IT EASY FOR DINERS TO FIND YOU Search engines are one of the first places diners go to find new restaurants.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Event and catering professionals gathered in Austin, Texas, last week for Catersource + The Special Event to discuss industry challenges, trends and more.

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SpotOn

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Saige Hyde didn’t expect to start her week staring down freshly butchered lamb shanks. Despite years of kitchen experience, she was in new culinary territory. One wrong trim would make for an expensive mistake. But under the tutelage of an expert team, Saige powered through. She left six hours later, a good deed for the day notched, with an expanded set of cooking skills and a new pair of closed-toe shoes.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: A once-celebrated New York City chef confirmed the rumors when he revealed his double life as a mob wise guy. Here's his story.

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Restaurant Den

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Unlocking the Path to Financial Success Through Streamlined Payroll Operations In the competitive landscape of the restaurant industry, where profit margins are notoriously slim, the imperative to optimize every aspect of operations cannot be overstated. Among these, payroll management emerges as a critical area where efficiency can significantly impact the bottom line.

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Revel Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When you’re an entrepreneur, you often never have enough time. Balancing every aspect of building, maintaining, and marketing your business can be exhausting.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The struggling seafood chain lost more than $22 million last year, said Thai Union Group, which is looking to offload the brand.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Officials of Starbucks Workers United say the one-day record signals an acceleration of the union drive. Yet the assertion comes amid indications the movement may be losing momentum.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Nick Tilsen during the Mount Rushmore Land Back Protest. | Willi White When Native peoples’ land was stolen, they lost important hunting and fishing grounds and myriad places to gather and prepare food. Now, the Land Back movement is helping communities regain access to both food and land. This story was originally published on Civil Eats. In 2020, just months after George Floyd’s murder , then-President Donald Trump visited South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore as part of an Independence Day celebratio

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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.

Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Bottom Line: Snow and cold in January kept customers from visiting restaurants. Here's why this might be a bigger influence in the future.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The famed Southern chef is ready to grow his fast-casual concept, saying it’s “a great privilege for somebody to make something as simple as a burger and fries and see how happy it makes people.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The agency has sent a “Wells Notice” to the chairman of Fat Brands, along with one current and one former employee. It signals a likely upcoming civil action.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The bacon adds a sweet-salty layer of flavor to a BLT, Roast Beef and Turkey sandwich.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The downtown Philadelphia facility also features an innovation center, but no offices. It's been designed to foster collaboration.

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