Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 5, 2023

There are films that become representative of a generation and sometimes of a life lesson – occasionally both. We remember a line or two that is always there to remind us, to give us pause, or inspire us to reconnect with something or someone. Those from my generation will remember lines like: “Who are Those Guys” from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; “You Can’t Handle the Truth” from A Few Good Men; and “Play it Again, Sam” from Casablanca, but it was Mr.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Colorado isn’t making life easy on restaurateurs. Tip laws differ from national standards in some areas, and staying on top of potential changes as bills make their way through the legislative process takes time and energy. Restaurant owners can breathe a sigh of relief that the complex and potentially expensive “fair workweek bill” didn’t pass. But other changes are coming soon that will likely affect every restaurant and restaurant group operating in the state.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The pandemic dealt a mighty blow to the bar and restaurant industry, where social distancing replaced friends and families gathering together to share stories, celebrate milestones, and create lasting memories. As the doors began to reopen, slowly and cautiously, restaurants and bars, still coping with labor shortages and inflation, had one new challenge to overcome — higher expectations.

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Crunchtime

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For more than two decades, Tupelo Honey Cafe has stuck (pun intended) firm to its roots—simply crafted recipes made from scratch with responsibly sourced ingredients. Few high-growth, successful restaurant brands can commit to cooking fresh, farm-to-fork meals every day in every location. But Tupelo Honey is breaking the mold.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Restaurant CEOs find themselves under immense pressure to enhance sales and sustain margins. On top of that, boards of directors, rightfully so, are asking questions that require agility and muscle flex. For public companies, activist investors are calling out for answers to sluggish responses to emerging challenges that characterize the modern foodservice era.

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Sculpture Hospitality

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Keeping track of inventory is paramount to ensuring smooth operations of your bar and maximizing profitability. The days of manual inventory management are long gone, replaced by advanced bar inventory management software that can streamline processes, minimize losses, and enhance overall efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Not much sours a customer’s perception of a restaurant as fast as unwieldy lines and long waits. Especially for fast-paced establishments, managing wait time expectations is a significant challenge and can cause patrons to leave — or, worse, never return. Although management can’t always eliminate the wait for service entirely, they can use modern technology to set reliable wait time expectations from the start.

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Bottleneck Management

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wine and Food Pairings Meet Christina Blanco, Bottleneck’s Vice President of Human Resources, who just so happens to boast a level 2 sommelier expertise. Christina let us in on a treasure trove of her top-notch wine pairings, along with handpicked recommendations that will elevate your wine game. So, if the thought of randomly choosing a bottle feels like throwing a dart at a board, fear not – Christina’s got your back.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In today’s environmentally conscious world, consumers increasingly prefer businesses that prioritize sustainability. For restaurants, adopting eco-friendly practices aligns with this global shift and presents an opportunity to save on electricity costs. With industry leaders like McDonald’s making these steps and regulatory agencies focusing more on the environmental impact of food service, Green Places says, “ Restaurants must prepare for the transition to electrification, loc

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Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A subsidiary of Jean-Georges Restaurant Holding Co., the group manages the restaurant portfolio of New York City's South Street Seaport neighborhood.

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These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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EATER

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Asian Americans have claimed the phrase “not too sweet” as a defiant shorthand and a cheeky rallying cry. But is that maxim really true? The finale of every childhood family function was the same. Aunties would unveil a tray of gulab jamun and start to circulate the house, or the servers at whatever restaurant was hosting would plop a bowl on the table in front of us.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How is A.I. being utilized currently in the restaurant industry? From a front-of-house perspective, the restaurant industry is an early adopter of A.I. Many restaurants have announced initiatives to use A.I. for voice ordering applications in drive-thrus, kiosks, and other points of customer interaction. The goals of these use cases include efficiency in ordering processes, both for restaurants and customers, enhanced customer experiences, and an ability to enhance revenue by making customer- sp

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Crunchtime

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Undeniably a lot has changed since Crunchtime was founded in 1995—not only in the world around us, but also within our own company. We've grown into a relatively large community over the course of our nearly 30-year tenure, with 500+ brands that manage over 125,000+ locations in 100+ countries around the globe. We’ve continued to extend our global presence and expand platform capabilities through both continued investment in product development and recent acquisitions that include Zenput , Squad

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Restaurant Technology Guys

DECEMBER 3, 2023

In this episode, we have a special guest: Matteo, CEO of Voodoo Brewing. Title: “Craft Beer with Community Spirit: Exploring the Voodoo Brewing Co Story” Craft brewing has become a popular sector within the beverage industry, often attracting passionate and community-oriented entrepreneurs. One remarkable example is the Voodoo Brewing Co, a thriving brewing company based in Pennsylvania.

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Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The burger giant plans to rapidly speed its unit growth in the coming years while it uses Google Cloud technology to connect restaurants and improve operations.

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EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Drum roll! | Lille Allen/Eater Raise a glass to the year’s best bars, restaurants, pop-ups, and roving trucks across 21 Eater cities The Eater Awards is the culmination of a year of intensive dining and drinking research led by intrepid editors in 21 U.S. cities. It’s the moment when Eater editors select those places that served the finest meals, the most noteworthy desserts, and impeccable vibes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2023

So, you’ve made it to December – great! That means you’re almost done for the year, but it also means the holiday season is here. This is a very busy time for restaurants. In fact, the National Restaurant Association survey notes that 77 percent of consumers cope with holiday demands by letting restaurants do some of their cooking during the holiday weeks.

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Apicbase

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Apicbase software meets the highest standards of data security, privacy, reliability, and operational excellence. Maintaining data security across numerous locations is a significant concern for IT leaders in multi-unit restaurants and large-scale catering. Apicbase’s SOC II, Type 2 Compliance, directly tackles this issue. The compliance report assures that Apicbase has effective, proven systems for data protection, providing our customers with a reliable and secure data management solutio

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Open for Business

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The post Scams targeting the hospitality industry are on the rise – here’s how to protect yourself appeared first on OpenTable Resources.

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Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The pizza chain is regaining delivery customers as profitability improves, thanks to better operations, staffing and higher prices. It is now focused on accelerating growth worldwide.

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EATER

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In my family, like many Mexican American families, the communal act of making tamales leaves us with a lot more than a Ziploc full of dinner I’m a Detroit resident now, but when I lived close to my family in California, we tried our best every year to make time for a tamalada, a holiday tamale-making gathering and culinary ritual that reconnected us to our ancestral ways of communing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More than three years and six million jobs later, the restaurant industry reached a milestone this fall. Employment, after having plummeted into the pandemic pit, completed its climb back to the surface. This is a breakthrough, for sure. The picture could not have been bleaker in 2020, as we all recall. Facing COVID-induced restrictions and worried customers, tens of thousands of restaurants closed within the first year of the pandemic.

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Apicbase

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“It’s easy to build a nice dish, but can you also reproduce it 400 times?” Scaling up a casual dining concept is a challenge. So many things can go horribly wrong. Consistency, profitability and brand identity are constantly on the line. Not if you are Kristjan Longar. The COO of Urban Italian Group eats these challenges for breakfast. In The Food Service Growth Show, he unpacks how the company grew ‘Basta!

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Sante

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the world of beverages, alcohol often takes center stage, whether it’s a refreshing beer after a long day or Continue Reading The post What is the Most Sustainable Alcohol Choice – and Why? appeared first on Santé Magazine.

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Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Planning to double in unit count, the fast-casual chain needs its suppliers to grow too. A unique partnership with digital platform Bridge is designed to open doors for potential financing.

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EATER

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Tilda Rose One Christmas, on a windswept Greek peninsula, my grandparents bought me a fuzzy pink piglet. As a kid, I spent all my summer and winter holidays in my parents’ hometown of Methana, a small Greek peninsula with an active volcano, beautiful beaches, and a wild, windswept sort of nature. It’s just a couple hours from Athens, where I lived with my family the rest of the year, accessible either by car or by boat from the bustling Piraeus port.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 7, 2023

One fundamental principle in the pursuit of business success is to understand the various external factors that can impact operation. In the world of commercial refrigeration and ice production, one such influential factor is seasonality, particularly pronounced during the holiday periods. The Demand Surge During festive seasons, an uptick in production demand is observed in the food and hospitality industries – holiday banquets, community feasts, family gatherings, and festive promotions

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The Salt

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The beverage-first McDonald's spinoff, named for a six-handed extraterrestrial, seems to be a grab at markets currently served by the likes of Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.

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Sante

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Should we actually depend on the Safety Shot to reduce blood alcohol content? The post Innovations That Reduce Hangovers, Drunkenness, and Now, BAC appeared first on Santé Magazine.

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Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Because the fast-casual chain had already invested in increasing pay, they were ahead of the game when the labor crisis hit. As a result, Cava hasn't raised menu prices as much as peers, giving guests a strong perception of value.

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On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.

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