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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

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Here are five I’ve come back to again and again. He opened the first Ruth’s Chris franchise in 1975 and became one of the company’s largest U.S. franchisees. Never Take Advantage of the Guest. At Finally Restaurant Group, we take pride in becoming part of the community in exceptional small towns across the country.

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How ‘Buy Nothing’ Facebook Groups Are Emerging as Sites for Mutual Aid

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Alongside gifts of Ikea furniture and outgrown toddler clothes, some groups are becoming de facto food distribution networks This story was originally published on Civil Eats. For the last 15 months, Lee has hosted a weekly food pantry out of her garage for the community of people she connects with through the online platform Buy Nothing.

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COVID-19 Resources for Restaurants

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Restaurant groups, such as the Arizona Restaurant Association, are also using this opportunity to launch and promote creative Take Out campaigns that benefit the broader food community. “The restaurant industry, along with a few others such as airlines, hotels and walk-in retail, has been hardest hit.

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What Is A Central Production Kitchen, And Why Are Restaurant Brands Increasingly Adding Them To Their Operations?  

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It helps them expand operations while keeping food quality consistent across locations and channels, and, equally important, keeping the overhead costs in balance. With these expansions, the importance of the back-of-house is growing exponentially. This blogpost covers: What is a central kitchen? Their goal?

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The Return of the American Rail Dining Car

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The magical communal breakfast I experienced back in 2005 was likely the beginning of the end of traditional rail dining service as we know it. I spent the night seated at a table in the lounge car waiting for 6:30 a.m. breakfast time — with three other lone travelers. A rose sat in a small vase by the window.

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Baton Rouge Pizza Restaurants You Have to Try

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Although Baton Rouge is known for its gumbo, oysters, crawfish, and other Creole and Cajun delicacies, many restaurants offer fantastic pizza options any food lover can enjoy. As Louisiana’s capital and second-largest city, Baton Rouge offers tourists and locals plenty to do during their free time. Best Pizza in Baton Rouge.

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‘Food Is Political. It’s a Part of Our DNA.’

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Every industry — but especially the food industry — has been impacted by these upheavals. Could a better food system be on the horizon? A native of one of the Blackest cities in America, with deep roots in activism and food sovereignty, Davison has the benefit of a long perspective on food movements and economies.

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