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9 Tips to Maximize Profits from your Menu

Restaurant Engine

Choose your most popular dishes to live at the top of your menu. With rising food costs from inflation and your need to stay on top of your revenue, it’s never been more important to fine-tune all of your costs. One of the best ways to control costs and boost revenue is by using a bit of menu engineering. In this article, we look at nine tips to maximize profits from your restaurant’s menu.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Tip Laws in California

7 Shifts

California has some of the strongest, most employee-friendly tip laws in the country. Some of them even reverse the standard rule or pattern, threatening to catch multi-state operators by surprise. California’s law differences make it almost like another country unto itself, and can trip up even established restaurateurs. Jon & Vinny’s employees recently filed a class-action lawsuit against the Italian food restaurant, claiming that they shorted servers’ pay due to a murky service fee policy

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No One Has What It Takes to Lead Margaritaville

EATER

The exterior of the Margaritaville Resort Times Square. | Clay Williams/Eater Who among us can “work in a constant state of alertness”? Ah, Margaritaville Times Square , a land of contrasts. A beacon of beach chill in the middle of New York’s most upsettingly busy neighborhood. A place with terrible food and surprisingly good cocktails. A place that has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in an attempt to refinance $309 million in debt , raising the question, “If Margaritaville is foreclosed,

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Texas Restaurant Tip Laws: Understanding Tip Credits, Taxes, Service Charges and More

7 Shifts

Texas tip laws are less complex than most other large states, but no less important to get right: Just ask one Texas barbecue restaurant, which the Department of Labor fined $867,000 , after they improperly withheld tips from employees and paid them out to managers instead. How do Texas restaurateurs need to approach wages, tipping, and taxes to avoid becoming another cautionary tale?

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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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The Sweetest Way to Celebrate a Book Is by Putting It on a Cake

EATER

Gina Chung’s book cover cake was actually an ice cream cake. | Jemimah Wei For some authors, the book cover cake has become a publishing rite of passage In the middle of the New York City launch party this spring for Gina Chung’s debut novel, Sea Change , Chung’s friend Vanessa Chan snuck out to pick up a surprise. At Carvel, several blocks away, a sheet of ice cream cake was waiting.

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Texas Restaurant Tip Laws: Understanding Tip Credits, Taxes, Service Charges and More

7 Shifts

Texas tip laws are less complex than most other large states, but no less important to get right: Just ask one Texas barbecue restaurant, which the Department of Labor fined $867,000 , after they improperly withheld tips from employees and paid them out to managers instead. How do Texas restaurateurs need to approach wages, tipping, and taxes to avoid becoming another cautionary tale?

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A Comprehensive Guide to Tip Laws in California

7 Shifts

California has some of the strongest, most employee-friendly tip laws in the country. Some of them even reverse the standard rule or pattern, threatening to catch multi-state operators by surprise. California’s law differences make it almost like another country unto itself, and can trip up even established restaurateurs. Jon & Vinny’s employees recently filed a class-action lawsuit against the Italian food restaurant, claiming that they shorted servers’ pay due to a murky service fee policy

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Review: ‘The Taste of Things’ Tries to Capture the Magic of Cooking for Those You Love

EATER

IFC Films The languid 19th-century French romance stars Juliette Binoche as an ailing cook and Benoît Magimel as her devoted lover It is around mid-morning on a day in 1889, and just as she’s ladling pools of cloudy stock over fish, Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) loses her balance. She and her two young helpers in this French countryside kitchen have spent hours peeling cherry-red crayfish and roasting rosy loins of veal for her boss of 20 years, a gourmand named Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel), and

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TGI Fridays bolsters C-suite with two new execs

Restaurant Business

The former CEO of Via 313 Pizzeria is named U.S. president and COO; and the former COO of Papa Murphy's becomes CFO and president of international for the casual dining brand.

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Holiday season and year-round, show gratitude to employees

Rocket Fuel

A full-time employee spends about 1/3 of their waking hours on the job – in some cases, more time than they get to spend with family and friends. As we head into the holiday season, when important relationships are on everyone’s mind, it’s a perfect time for QSR owners to reflect on the relationships they share with employees and express gratitude in meaningful ways.

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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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Report offers a new narrative of how Starbucks landed in union trouble

Restaurant Business

Though commissioned by Starbucks, it faults management for its naivety and misread of the situation, but says the chain never aimed to bust the union.

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3 Must-Have Features to Consider When Choosing an LMS for Restaurants

Crunchtime

In the fast-paced and dynamic world of the restaurant industry, staying ahead of the curve requires a commitment to continuous learning and development.

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Princess Cruises charts a new culinary course with Chef Rudi Sodamin at the helm

Restaurant Business

The head of culinary arts oversees menus and concepts on 17 cruise ships, managing a “United Nations of Chefs” much like a coach does with a football team.

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Go Ahead, Spike Your Whipped Cream

EATER

These easy spiked whipped creams can accent the Espresso Martini, Irish Coffee and other winter cocktails.

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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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How high-end restaurants are becoming like Taylor Swift concerts

Restaurant Business

A Deeper Dive: Matt Tucker, head of the reservation platform Tock, explains how his company is working to avoid some of the same issues that have plagued online ticket sales.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: The Tipping Point Is Now

Modern Restaurant Management

With both restaurants and guest feeling the effects of inflation, tipping has become a topic of confusion and intrusion for diners, according to Restaurants: Consumer Trends Fall 2023/Winter 2024 , a report produced by Provoke Insights in collaboration with Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Diners are the most willing to tip consistently at fine dining establishments.

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Why McDonald's wants a bigger piece of the beverage business

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: The specialty beverage business generates $100 billion a year worldwide. It’s also profitable and its customers are loyal.

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Chipotle's latest investment: weed-cutting robots and climate-smart fertilizer

Restaurant Business

The latest investments by the chain's Cultivate Next venture fund continue a focus on technology to better the planet.

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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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What's new from Daniel Boulud, Maneet Chauhan and the 'Too Hot Tamales'

Restaurant Business

New and notable openings this month include a second concept for VCR Group, which includes serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk.

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Waffle House adds digital order-and-pay capabilities

Restaurant Business

The 24-hour diner chain expects its first major investment in digital technology to boost off-premise business. An app is scheduled to be rolled out in early 2024.

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Order cancellations cost the typical restaurant up to 3% of digital sales, new data show

Restaurant Business

A study from the tech supplier Otter found that the usual causes are a delivery taking too long or a kitchen being unable to keep up with incoming orders.

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Restaurant menu prices keep rising faster than inflation

Restaurant Business

Limited-service restaurants raised prices 0.4% last month and 6% over the past year, even as grocery inflation continued to ease.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.