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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

He opened the first Ruth’s Chris franchise in 1975 and became one of the company’s largest U.S. Hiring and training new management is difficult on top of reopening restaurants once a crisis passes. I grew up learning the business from the best restaurateur I know — my father, T.J. franchisees. Get Better.

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Get Inspired by These 2 Restaurant Success Stories

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It’s important to take care of your staff, hire right the first time, and retain your staff. In 1998, McDonald’s saw the rise of Chipotle and by 2001 was its largest investor. Recognizing a need for change, in December 2010, Chipotle hired a Rising Star Chef from the James Beard Foundation to develop a new cuisine.

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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. Today, Janny’s Eis is the largest ice cream franchise in Germany. And pasta is cooked on a gas stove.

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40 Iconic Restaurants That No Longer Exist

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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. Founder John Jay Hooker set up a copy cat model of the restaurant and hired popular comedic actress, Minnie Pearl, as the spokesperson. and Canada.

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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

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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. She recounts, for example, in Burn the Place , one instance where she was directly told, “We don’t hire females.”