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Why Inventory Management is Key to a Successful Craft Brewery or Distillery

Sculpture Hospitality

In 2005, when the American craft distilling movement began, there were fewer than 100 active craft distillers. Did you know that as of 2019, there were 8,275 craft breweries operating in the United States?

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The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future

7 Shifts

Thomas Keller nixed tipping at Per Se in 2005. When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. It's the expectation and an essential part of how restaurant workers earn a living. A guest's tip subsidizes wages for most of America's restaurant workers.

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[Podcast] Staying Ahead of the Curve of What Customers Want

7 Shifts

Mijo Alanis opened the first Beyond Juicery + Eatery in 2005 alongside his wife, Pam Vivio, after working in the restaurant industry for many years. Episode Summary. How do you stay on the pulse of what customers want? By paying close attention.

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five Ways To Spot An Online

RanceLab

It’s developed that OKC has been perfecting and innovating since their release in 2005. If something like smoking cigarettes [link] is a deal breaker, you can reveal that, too. Long-term interactions are the technique at Match.

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THE KITCHEN MAGIC OF CHEF PHIL LEARNED

Culinary Cues

He served as Executive Chef (the first chef to be certified at that level in the State of New Hampshire) until 1977 when he became the Director of Food Services where he stayed until 2005. Our industry recently lost a giant of the professional kitchen.

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How Andolini’s Uses 7shifts To Help Schedule With Empathy: Case Study

7 Shifts

Mike Bausch and his brother Jim opened their first location, Andolini's Pizzeria , in 2005, and have since expanded the business to include multiple locations of Andolini's as well as other restaurant concepts including pizzerias, slice shops, food trucks, and fine dining restaurants.

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157. Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast Ep. 157 – The Famous Toastery Founder Robert M

Restaurant Technology Guys

based Famous Toastery began in 2005 in a small house-turned-restaurant where best friends Brian Burchill and Robert Maynard opened their first breakfast spot. Charlotte, N.C.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

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The Evolution of Restaurant Technology: What’s Next?

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2005 when I started, we had OpenTable for reservations and a POS, but that's about it. Between 2005 – 2015, there was a lot of technology being brought into restaurants and it was a lot of young, early-stage companies.

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Consumer Dining Survey: Sales Inching Up; Basket Size Trending Down

Modern Restaurant Management

percent, the highest it's been since November 1981, not to mention the sharpest monthly increase the country has seen since 2005. QSR net sales for the quarter are up 1.4 percent compared to Q2 2021, according to the Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) Q2 Industry Trends Report.

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City Hope Provides Food, Support, and Normalcy for the Under-Housed and Homeless in San Francisco’s Tenderloin

Cheetah

City Hope was founded by Paul Trudeau in 2005 as a place for the Tenderloin’s under-housed and homeless to get together and share a meal and, more importantly, share the moment. Reading Time: 3 minutes. I walked into City Hope with a job and walked out with a mission.

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Why are YouTube coffee brands becoming more popular?

Perfect Daily Grind

Since it was launched in 2005, YouTube has become a popular platform for social media influencers – which Cambridge Dictionary defines as “someone who affects or changes the way that other people behave”.

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New Mover Marketing Helps Eateries Reach Potential Guests

Modern Restaurant Management

Experts predict home sales will continue to skyrocket in 2021 as Zillow forecasts this year to be the best year for home sales since 2005, with 6.9

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??Willamette Valley Pinot Noir: Sokol-Blosser

A Wine Story

Sokol Blosser Winery has been Certified Organic by the Oregon Department of Agriculture since 2005. Willamette Pinot Noir from Sokol-Blosser Winery. In 1966, most Stanford graduates would prepare for exciting professional careers in cities like San Francisco, Manhattan, or Chicago.

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Julie Powell, Writer Behind Beloved Early Food Blog the Julie/Julia Project, Has Died

EATER

The blog was eventually turned into a book, initially titled Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen , which published in 2005. WireImage.

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Does GMO coffee exist?

Perfect Daily Grind

While there isn’t any genetically modified coffee available on the market, Christophe tells me that in 2005, he managed a project organised by the French agricultural research institute CIRAD.

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What is the Weiss Distribution Technique & should you use it before tamping coffee?

Perfect Daily Grind

The WDT was developed by John Weiss in 2005 after he found that some home grinders caused coffee to clump particularly badly. There are many variables to consider when pulling espresso shots, which include dose, yield, extraction time, and grind size.

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33 Unique & Fun Food Truck Ideas + Tips For Choosing The Perfect Concept

7 Shifts

A perfect example of this is The Ultimate Food Truck , a Toronto-based food truck serving classic Canadian comfort foods at some of the city's biggest festivals since 2005. The cost of rent is rising.

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Fred Sauceman on Writing

KaTom

” Sauceman stresses these precepts in the “Appalachian Foodways” course he’s been teaching at ETSU since 2005. “They are becoming much more common now than they were in 2005 when I created the ‘Foodways of Appalachia’ course,” says Sauceman.

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The Return of the American Rail Dining Car

EATER

Changes at Amtrak may revive the beloved tradition of enjoying chicken cordon bleu and Moroccan beef with chickpea salad with fellow travelers In August 2005, I rode an Amtrak overnight train from Chicago to Schenectady, New York: the Lake Shore Limited.

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How to Fast Track International Restaurant Expansion

Aaron Allen & Associates

Since 2005 we have advised dozens of multi-national operators and industry suppliers on growth strategy related to cross-border expansion, brand translation and adaptation to foreign markets, and where to play and how to win.

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How to Fast Track Global Restaurant Expansion

Aaron Allen & Associates

Since 2005 we have advised dozens of multi-national operators and industry suppliers on growth strategy related to cross-border expansion, brand translation and adaptation to foreign markets, and where to play and how to win.

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La Cocina: A Food Business Incubator For Immigrant Women

Earth Eats

Since 2005, San Francisco's La Cocina has helped low-income entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Some went on to recognition from the prestigious James Beard awards. A new book tells their stories. Articles Blog Posts Content Type Earth Eats Homepage News Updates NPR Story Subfeatured Top Story food incubator women in restaurant industry

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A Guide to Yelp for Restaurant Owners

Indoor Media

” It wasn’t until 2005 that Yelp launched the first website version that looked somewhat like the Yelp of today. Yelp is a great tool and a major annoyance for modern business owners, especially for restaurateurs.

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Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

Sante

This area of the cellar is referred to as “the library” Chianti Classico DOCG Riserva di Fizzano 1995, 1999 and 2005 are made with 85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot. The 2005 vintage is remarkably ripe with red berries, spice and hints of espresso.

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What Are Crytpo Restaurants Serving Up?

Modern Restaurant Management

Bee, the celebrity chef who opened Miami’s Oishi Thai restaurant back in 2005 is preparing to launch Miami’s first NFT restaurant.

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The best POS systems for restaurants offering delivery

Deliverect

Founded in 2005 with headquarters in Canada, Lightspeed is a cloud-based point of sale system for restaurants and bars of all sizes. Integrated with Deliverect. When you’re running a restaurant, choosing a point-of-sale (POS) system can make or break the business. Pick the right one and you can streamline all your restaurant operations, from orders and payments to staff and inventory management. But with so many providers out there, how do you decide?

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Free EMV Credit Card Reader for Restaurants and Bars – Ingenico iPP320

Harbor Touch

Our parent company, Shift4 Payments, actually invented tokenization in 2005 and has processed billions of tokenized transactions since introducing this technology. Get a Free Ingenico iPP320 Chip Card Reader With Every New Hospitality POS System. 4/5/2018 – Harbortouch’s CEO Jared Isaacman announced today that every new Elite Hospitality or Bar & Restaurant POS system would come with a free Ingenico iPP320 EMV chip credit card reader !

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How Chef Hitoshi Umamichi Makes His Michelin-Approved Gyoza Dough

EATER

Before chef Hitoshi Umamichi bought Japan’s Gyozanomise Okei in 2005, he was a regular at the gyoza restaurant. The chef was a patron of the restaurant prior to owning it. Since then, he has landed the restaurant in the Michelin guide.

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Taylor Rothchild, Wine Industry's One to Watch in 2020

Sante

Taylor and his father began producing wine in 2005 as a hobby initially to give to friends. His mission is simple: Create Wines and Champagnes worth sharing. Joyce Sevilla.

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Fort Greene Pizza Restaurants You Have to Try

Restaurant Clicks

Olea is a Mediterranean Taverna and tapas bar in the heart of Fort Greene that has won the hearts of surrounding residents since its opening in 2005. Located in the heart of Brooklyn, Fort Greene is one of Brooklyn’s most culturally diverse, family-friendly neighborhoods.

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The Lure Of The Land

The Wine Knitter

” After finding the perfect setting, the winery was established in 2005. Join me on a road trip to visit four unique wineries along the southeastern stretch of Sicily.

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Taking Care of Your Family

Black Box Intelligence

In 2005, Texas Roadhouse created their own 501 C3 called Andy’s Outreach. ?Everywhere you turn there is another story. There is simply no escaping the sadness overtaken the restaurant industry and the staggering number of jobs, careers and lives impacted.

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How can the coffee industry help to rehabilitate ex-offenders?

Perfect Daily Grind

One example is the Crossroads Prison and Rehab Ministry Trust in Kenya, first established in 2005. Across the world, it is sadly all too common for ex-offenders to reoffend and find themselves back in prison. In the US, over 76% of prisoners are rearrested within five years of release.

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What Is a Cortado?

Perfect Daily Grind

A famous variation of the cortado is the Gibraltar, which Time Out USA says was invented by the Blue Bottle Coffee Company in San Francisco in 2005. A customer walks into your coffee shop and orders a cortado.

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Did Someone Say "Frizzante"?

The Wine Knitter

In 2005, they sold a large proportion of their shares to their management team, and in 2013, the company became part of the Mondodelvi S.p.A. There are many styles of sparkling wine on the market, one of which is Frizzante.

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Coffee News Recap, 14 Oct: Early bird tickets now on sale for PRF El Salvador, 13-year-old wins 2022 Colombian AeroPress Championship & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Teruel first joined Starbucks in 2005. Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 10 Oct.

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