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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

Modern Restaurant Management

It is loyal customers who will stand by your restaurant through the hard times, provided you treat them with respect and always make their dining experience your top priority. I grew up learning the business from the best restaurateur I know — my father, T.J. franchisees. Here are five I’ve come back to again and again.

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National Restaurant Association: We Need Help!

Modern Restaurant Management

3.483 billion in 2001 and 2002 appropriated via three different supplemental bills for assistance to Lower Manhattan and the State of New York. “Without aggressive action from the federal government, many restaurants that are a staple of local communities will simply never resume service.”

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Get Ready for the Post-COVID Economy Now!

Embrace the Suck

Look back to a black swan event you might have already been through the events on September 11, 2001. Takeout, curbside, and delivery have become a lifeline for restaurants that had to suspend dine-in services. Some will be very apprehensive and a little scared to venture back into a crowded dining room, so have patience.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-October 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features hot fall flavor trends, pandemic dining habits, National Coffee Day winners and what Gen Z audience wants. The contradiction between people’s claimed fear about in-restaurant dining and actions is a likely result of access to outside dining options during the summer months.

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Chefs celebrating the Marriage of Food and Wine

Sante

12 Wine Wine & Dine Content Cloud Competitions Creative Cocktails First Press Food Gold Star Management May I Quote You? This moment was special, and it changed the way the individual viewed the experience of dining and the components that make it right. Can you remember that moment in time when this happened to you?

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Top 17 Restaurants with Private Dining in Jacksonville

Restaurant Clicks

The need for private dining for small to large groups is vital in a city the size of Jacksonville. Restaurants with private dining spaces are great places to hold events and celebrate special occasions or work parties. We have compiled a comprehensive list of the seventeen best private dining rooms in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Odwalla Smoothies to Be Shelved Forever by Parent Company Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola, the juice company’s parent company since 2001, announced that it’s discontinuing the brand, the Wall Street Journal reports. Coca-Cola, the juice company’s parent company since 2001, announced that it’s discontinuing the brand, the Wall Street Journal reports. Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald /Shutterstock. And in other news….

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