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Federal Grants Programs for Shared Use Commercial Kitchens Supporting Local Food Systems

The Food Corridor

In the organizations final performance report for the grant program , the showed significant progress in expanding the number of market events, improving consumer attendance per market event, and recruiting additional vendors, bolstering entrepreneurial activity among local farmers and cottage foods producers. . Register with www.grants.gov.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

The Humane Society of the United States, Oldways, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Health Care Without Harm and Meatless Monday are five nonprofits providing support, resources and hands-on trainings to hospital culinary teams to help them provide more plant-based meals. Meatless Monday. Brian Miller.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Steve Snower, CEO of Parts Town for the past 15 years, has led the team that grew Parts Town from five employees and less than $3 million in revenue in 2003 to more than 1,800 global team members and over $650 million revenue today. Most chefs, however, have not been trained in cooking a plant-based diet, at least not on a heightened level.

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The Restaurant World Still Has a Child Care Problem

EATER

Doing the math, it’s much cheaper than continuously hiring and training new people for serving and kitchen positions,” says Benca. Between paying for external recruiting fees, job ads, HR software, interviews, administration time and training, the average cost of a new hire is estimated between $500 and $15,000 , with an average of $4,700.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

Modern Restaurant Management

It started with an overhaul of existing branding, packaging and restaurant design for its national franchise stores and then followed with the recruitment of a seasoned senior leadership team. The company is helping all Owner/Operators with personalized bar menus, training and tech support for beverage service.

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3 Reasons Not To Open a Restaurant, and the 1 Reason You Should

Bevspot

A 2003 study by Ohio State University found that 60% of restaurants fail within their first 3 years of operation, and 80% fail before the 5th year. This grind makes it near impossible for managers and owners to retain good talent, thus leading to constant recruiting and training of new personnel that will likely leave as well.

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3 Reasons Not To Open a Restaurant, and the 1 Reason You Should

Bevspot

A 2003 study by Ohio State University found that 60% of restaurants fail within their first 3 years of operation, and 80% fail before the 5th year. This grind makes it near impossible for managers and owners to retain good talent, thus leading to constant recruiting and training of new personnel that will likely leave as well.

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