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164. Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast Ep. 164 – Grégoire’s Innovative Culinary Hub Kitchen Model Streamlines Technology & Operations for Franchisees

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In 2002, Grégoire opened its doors as the first fine-fast-casual restaurant concept that serves gourmet sandwich and salad dishes, its famous potato puffs and scratch daily fresh-made french fries, all served in a custom-designed take out box.

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Unique Ways Restaurants Can Use QR Codes to Drive Sales

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They hit the mainstream back in 2002 when technological advancements enabled a QR-code reading feature to be added to mobile phones. QR codes are nothing new. QR codes were invented in 1994 by Denso Wave, a Japanese-based subsidiary of Toyota, to track vehicle parts during manufacturing.

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J. LOHR VINEYARDS & WINES NAMES CO-OWNER CYNTHIA LOHR CHIEF BRAND OFFICER

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Lohr in 2002. Named director of communications in 2002 and promoted to J. , Organic Online, and Amazon-acquired Alexa Internet, among others. After concluding her last post as vice president and account services director at AlexanderOgilvy PR Worldwide, Lohr returned to J.

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Overcoming the Pandemic: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities in the Restaurant Business

Modern Restaurant Management

By 2002, my partner and I founded a second operation: Sea Dog Brewing Co., In 1994, I founded Shipyard Brewing Company, financed in part by $600,000 that I charged to eight separate credit cards. In those early days, I used my own car, a 1992 Chevy S10 Blazer, to distribute my beers to local pubs and restaurants.

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Umami: What Is It?

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However, we had to wait until 2002 for scientists to successfully identify umami taste receptors on the tongue. Despite the taste receptors responsible for umami not being discovered until 2002, cooks have always strived to increase the levels of umami in food.

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New Food Traceability Final Rule to Improve Food Safety, Expedite Recalls and Protect Public Health

Modern Restaurant Management

Until now, each company’s chain of custody record-keeping requirement has been characterized as “one up, one down,” per the 2002 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (Bioterrorism Act).

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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. After 9/11, the CDBG-DR Business Recovery Grant program provided grants to businesses with fewer than 500 employees with compensation based on days of lost gross revenue. Tax Measures.