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

7 Shifts

Most customers don't think twice about leaving a few dollars on the table or selecting a percentage on a tablet. Tipping in Europe was born in the middle ages, a master-serf custom where servants would receive an extra gratuity for excellent performance. Thomas Keller nixed tipping at Per Se in 2005.

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Reinventing a Global Beverage Brand: Chatime Evolves in a Fast-Growing Market

Restaurant Business

The brand refresh reflects the vibrant, youthful spirit of the company in a way that speaks to evolving consumer tastes and preferences – and appeals to Gen Z consumers around the world who represent the brand’s fastest-growing customer base. Together, all brand elements work to create deeper, more emotional connections with customers.

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The Great Birria Boom

EATER

How two Mexican-American birrieros made the beloved dish a sensation in America In 2005, two Mexican-American teenagers from LA met at the fair in Coatzingo, Puebla, during Semana Santa, or Holy Week, a time when countless Mexican-American families head back to their family’s hometowns all over Mexico to visit relatives. “We

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That KitchenAid Isn’t Just Blue

EATER

Our kitchens are stages, whether it’s because they’re open to the rest of the home, or endlessly documented on social media. Other home design brands like Sherwin-Williams and Valspar followed with “color of the year” declarations; Benjamin Moore started releasing its own color of the year in 2005.

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How I Got My Job: Building an Urban Beekeeping Business

EATER

That’s why in 2005, Andrew launched Andrew’s Honey with his father and brother, selling jars of honey online and at the Union Square Greenmarket, where their customers include restaurants like Eleven Madison Park and Gramercy Tavern and food world luminaries like Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Padma Lakshmi.

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

Sante

Over a successful career in Venture Capital and Private Equity, Taylor worked on restructuring legacy organizations in media and entertainment and helped advise early-stage technology companies to go-to-market. Improved Brand Recognition: 79M+ Media Impressions. Amassed a Social Media Following: 43K and 34K respectively.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Krystal Refranchising and Pieology in China

Modern Restaurant Management

We now want to bring this elevated experience to our customers across our footprint." Das and Patel are the first new franchisees to join Krystal since 2005. Further, Coolgreens just introduced a new tagline – “Feed Your Life” – which focuses on the overall experience, not just the food.

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