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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. During the peak of the pandemic, the number of diners seated across Yelp Reservations and Waitlist dropped essentially to zero. Check clean through periodic on-demand training, auditing and verification that procedures have been followed.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2001, Bill was promoted to Vice President of Operations overseeing TSFR’s 60 Burger King restaurants; in 2003 he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations, Training & Development and Human Resources; in 2006, Bill was promoted to Chief Operating Officer adding the Del Taco brand to his responsibilities.

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How to Cook a Direwolf

EATER

Regan ended up in jail at age 16 after a drunken car crash in Indiana, and then again in 2001 following a coke-and-tequila-fueled arrest in front of a Mexican restaurant in Lincoln Park, one of the city’s bougiest neighborhoods. In 2016, Regan had told me that one reason she kept doing theme menus was a need to simply fill seats.