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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. Keeping in Sync with Communication Tools.

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How Chatime Canada Conquered Spreadsheet Mountain: Case Study

7 Shifts

Founded in 2005, the company has grown substantially through franchising to 2500 locations across the globe. Chatime's corporate team only had access to schedules from site visits or direct communication with franchise partners. It helped franchisees lower labor costs as much as 13%. It was just a spreadsheet mountain.

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

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Thomas Keller nixed tipping at Per Se in 2005. Rather than leaving it up to individual restaurants or states to ensure equitable pay, experts have communicated that federal laws are a fair and efficient way to ensure that service workers are paid fairly. Even since restaurants have gone back and forth between tipping and no-tipping.

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THE KITCHEN MAGIC OF CHEF PHIL LEARNED

Culinary Cues

From purchasing to plating there was a commitment to communication and doing your job well. 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.

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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. I started a technology company, sold it, and then went into the restaurant business.

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The Return of the American Rail Dining Car

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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. I would never have been sharing a table with disparate souls, like I did in 2005.

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How Rotel Became an Essential Part of Any Queso

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says Rotel brand communications manager Dan Skinner. In 2005, Rotel and Velveeta, that other essential queso ingredient, became partners , allowing Rotel to reach the Northeast and Midwest. Recognizing the penchant for tomatoes and chiles in Texas, as well as the frustration with preparing them, Roettele came up with a grand idea. “He

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