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4 Ways to Pivot Your Restaurant’s Business Model During COVID-19

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The meal kit industry, which has been around since 2007, hit $5 billion in annual revenue in 2019—but growth in the industry was slow pre-COVID-19. Delivery: employ FOH staff to deliver the meal kits to your diners Frequency: will you offer a one-time meal kit designed to last a few meals? Offer meal kits ?? Taco meal kits! ??

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Eight Ways Restaurants Can Prepare for a New Normal 

Modern Restaurant Management

Layout tweaks and design interventions can isolate each environment depending on the kitchen’s location and potential routes from it to a take-out area. “Our design for Yank Sing featured transformable spaces using movable partitions and adaptably technology. Mixt Greens Yerba Buena ©Eric Rorer.

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Eater’s Guide to Idaho’s Snake River Valley

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Some of the first grapes planted in the Pacific Northwest were grown in Lewiston in 1864 — about three decades before statehood — but it took until 2007 for the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to approve the Snake River Valley as the state’s first American Viticultural Area (AVA). Idaho is considered a newbie on the U.S.

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P.F. Chang’s To Go and Wing Squad Delivers

Modern Restaurant Management

Under Allen’s leadership, this C-suite team has been instrumental in implementing a multi-faceted transformation plan designed to ensure long-term sustainability, enhance brand relevance, accelerate innovation, improve guest satisfaction, increase overall profitability and create a clear growth plan to propel the company forward.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Opportunity is Barking and the Spirit of BBQ

Modern Restaurant Management

The ezCater Catering Growth Platform is uniquely designed to help restaurants get incremental catering orders and manage their catering operations. The design includes dining room seating zones, dedicated third-party delivery and pickup shelving, a closed kitchen, digital menu boards and a redesigned logo. "The

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Our Favorite San Francisco Brunch Spots

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She founded this San Francisco gem in 2007, and it quickly became a city staple for brunch. When you’re finally done eating, you can explore the nearby and fashionable Design District or the several tech start-ups in the area. Check out the patio and other seating options this brunch restaurant has in store. Tartine Manufactory.

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MRM Franchise Feed: CPK’s Franchise Momentum and Rex’s Rebuilds

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2007, it was purchased by David and Camille Rutkauskas. So, when we had the chance to purchase it in 2007, we jumped on the opportunity.” ” Potbelly Debuts New Store Design and Inks Deals. Rex’s Chicken, the Tulsa.-based based chicken concept first founded in 1976, is ready for growth.