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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

By championing Enlightened Hospitality and hiring a team of 51 percenters, you’ll improve the customer experience and employee satisfaction—which will lead to more repeat business and reduced staff turnover. This is probably the only time in your restaurant management career that you’ll be able to take actual breaks! Published: 2009 ??

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The 38 All-Time Best Food Movies

EATER

And whether it’s as a vehicle for Chaplin’s absurdist physical comedy, or it’s offering romantic depictions of Italian cuisine in Goodfellas and Big Night , or it’s the way the The Menu uses visceral horror and biting satire to critique the extravagance of luxury dining culture, food plays a crucial role in making the movies we love feel real.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

EATER

Now, its mission is linked more than ever to fine dining destination Blue Hill at Stone Barns and a famous chef’s vision for trickle-down change. On the morning of February 7, 2020, office employees at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture filed one by one into meetings with management.

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The Stages of Gentrification, as Told by Restaurant Openings

EATER

Today, Pilsen is one of the hippest areas in Chicago, with a thriving arts scene, fine dining options, and quaint cafes that continue to entice wealthier transplants to the area as working-class Mexicans who have lived there for years are displaced. On one hand, he misses the neighborhood he grew up in. In the video , S.K.Y.’s

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How the James Beard Foundation Failed the Most Prestigious Restaurant Awards in the Country

EATER

I believe that, motivated by the desire to keep sponsorship and donor money flowing, employees of the foundation violated its own longstanding ethics and procedures to avoid a possible public backlash over the award winners. A virtual ceremony had been planned. Acceptance speeches had been filmed.

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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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47 Scaling Restaurants In Scandinavia To Keep An Eye On (Because They Are Awesome)

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You may not have noticed, but some brilliant restaurant chains and franchises are shaking up the dining culture of the Nordic countries, both with new concepts and by revamping old ones. An experience that combines the high quality of fine-dining with the cosy atmosphere of sharing dishes with friends. Scandinavia. Oli Oli Poke.