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Unique Ways Restaurants Can Use QR Codes to Drive Sales

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As the impact of the pandemic wanes, restaurant owners should evaluate the contactless service options they implemented to keep customers and staff safe to see how they can help drive sales. They hit the mainstream back in 2002 when technological advancements enabled a QR-code reading feature to be added to mobile phones. At least 63.6

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National Restaurant Association: We Need Help!

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As the National Restaurant Association is anticipating sales to decline by $225 billion during the next three months and prompt the loss of between five and seven million jobs, the organization urged the federal government to take aggressive action now to rescue the restaurant industry, the nation’s second largest employer.

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Redefining ‘Dine and Dash’ and Review Hub

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“National and multi-location brands are looking for sophisticated products to help them drive ad performance, demonstrate ROI on their campaigns, and better tell their story in an increasingly noisy digital landscape,” said Tom Foran, Yelp’s senior vice president of national sales. Toast Secures $400M Funding.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

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However, according to a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank, 37 percent of all Americans could not cover an unexpected $400 expense without going into debt. This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors.

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The Best Canned Wines to Drink on Those Particularly Warm Days

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Canned wine sales exploded in 2020, growing more than 68 percent to a market cap of around $200 million nationwide, according to Market Watch. From a peachy piquette to spritz-style rosé, these are the cans you should reach for It’s summer in North America — the temperatures are high, and with them, the need for refreshment (with alcohol).

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Who Knows Anthony Bourdain?

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Don’t get used to it,” he once told Mike Ruffino, his composer for No Reservations and Parts Unknown. He remained ambivalent and suspicious of that thunderclap for the rest of his life. It’s gonna go away.”.

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How to Cook a Direwolf

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It was April 2017, a seventh season of the show would air in a couple of months, and a friend had come to Chicago to attend this dinner with me, not because we loved Game of Thrones — neither of us had watched for years at that point — but because the idea of a fannish dinner was exciting. This version was dyed with squid ink.)