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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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He opened the first Ruth’s Chris franchise in 1975 and became one of the company’s largest U.S. Here are five I’ve come back to again and again. Here are five I’ve come back to again and again. I grew up learning the business from the best restaurateur I know — my father, T.J. franchisees.

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The Best Salad Chains In America

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Chopt was founded in 2001 and has been serving the freshest, and spiciest, salads since its opening. The franchise was so successful that the small food court wasn’t enough to handle this store’s popularity. I’m a big fan of salad. And when I want a good salad, I make sure I’m somewhere in the U.S. Best Salad Chains in America.

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German Restaurants Are Expanding: 57 Concepts You Should Know

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United Curry 120+ Outlets Currywurst Quick Service Germany If you ever had a currywurst in Germany, chances are it was at one of United Curry’s franchises: Wurst Teufel, Grillbar, GrillGut, or Bratwerk. Eventually he remains with nothing, but he’s happier than ever. Nordsee is one of them.

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40 Iconic Restaurants That No Longer Exist

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From swanky celebrity hot spots to local institutions, take a look back at some of the most iconic restaurants that have, sadly, gone out of business. After brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald signed over the rights to their company to franchise agent Ray Kroc in 1961, they forfeited the right to their name.

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The Trouble With Trek Food

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When I was a kid I used a Fisher Price recorder to tape the opening scenes of Star Trek: The Motion Picture as the VHS played on our big TV, so that alone in my room I could listen back to Kirk and Scotty’s terse exchange and ambient but excessively long shuttle trip to the retrofitted USS Enterprise. Kreiter/Eater.

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The Top 50 Fast Food Restaurants in America

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Whether you want an affordable cup of coffee or fresh, hot-out-of-the-oven glazed doughnuts, Krispy Kreme will have your back. Then there is their famous house-made lemonade that goes down better than anything on a hot summer’s day. Some of these fast food chains are world-famous. so you can try them out for yourself. Dairy Queen.

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

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New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

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