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7 Women F&B Leaders That are Driving Positive Change Across The World

The Restaurant Times

Kate led the company’s multi-billion dollar businesses across seven different brands and all operating divisions, including franchising, company operations, licensing, and international divisions through global licensing, manufacturing, and e-commerce. Christine and Carine started Semson, a fine dining Lebanese restaurant, in 2008.

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How can coffee shops expand into other international markets?

Perfect Daily Grind

Customer-facing specialty coffee businesses are generally differentiated from more “commercial” brands by their focus on quality. First and foremost, coffee businesses should ensure their new location will experience a high enough level of foot traffic to remain profitable. Read on to find out what they had to say.

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Pizza Technology Growing at an Accelerated Pace?

Aaron Allen & Associates

Slice created an app and acquired a POS company (now “Slice Register”) to create a multichannel experience and help level the playing field for independents. The company is using licensing to expand from Canada to the U.S. Customers in a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, can request their pizza is delivered by R2.

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The 19 Most Funnest, Most Wildest, Most Unbelievably Extra Restaurants in America

EATER

The restaurant group was bought by Planet Hollywood in 2008.) But the main event continues to be the cliffside dining experience with table service for a revamped, yet still ridiculous, live show where you can watch a troupe of divers flip off platforms, down waterfalls, and into the once-green-now-blue lagoon below. Nobody knows!

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

Modern Restaurant Management

“Today’s customer wants a frictionless, safe experience and we’re evolving to meet that need quickly with these new formats,” said Tim Welsh, Chief Development Officer at QDOBA. “For our guests, coming to Yogurtland has always been about the experience. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind.

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More than Background Noise: 5 tips to Leverage Music into Boosting Sales in Bars and Restaurants

Web Diner

A recent study demonstrated that not only is music a critical part of the dining experience, it can also provide a massive boost to sales of food and drink – from 15.6 First, you may need to pay licensing fees to Performing Rights Organizations, like ASCAP , BMI , and SESAC. all the way up to 40 percent!

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How to Cook a Direwolf

EATER

It’s a valid interpretation, but the book also narrativizes a life so packed with experience that it defies cause-and-effect storytelling. Read against Chicago’s echelons of modernist formalism, with their custom serving pieces for blueprint dishes meant to be exactingly duplicated , Elizabeth under Regan was a puncture wound.