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Zaza Cuban Comfort Food goes for an all-day-diner vibe, but with great coffee

Restaurant Business

But when the economic crash of 2008 hit, Perez started to think about “tightening the box,” he said. “I By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 11, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The classic Cubano at Zaza. Photo courtesy of Zaza Cuban Comfort Food. Ruben Perez’s father was a chef from Cuba, and he was a good one. That was [my father’s] vision of success.”

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Naya positions to bring fast-casual flavors of Lebanon to the growing Mediterranean category

Restaurant Business

Then Kfoury plans to look to new markets, including possibly Florida, Texas, Chicago and the Washington, D.C. By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 07, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Naya is the Chipotle of Lebanese food. By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 07, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Naya is the Chipotle of Lebanese food. Photo courtesy of Naya.

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MRM Research Roundup: Delivery Fraud, the Playground Effect, and Top 100 Places to Eat

Modern Restaurant Management

SpotOn worked with Penta to conduct a nationwide survey of 200 independent and chain restaurant operators to better understand the state of financial literacy among US operators in major markets including including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, St. On a year-over-year basis, small business sales (+2.1 percent) also grew.

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High Volume Recruiting Strategy with Paul Norman

Go Hire- Restaurants

Instead, they looked at lead times by location and role, turnover rates, and regional labor market dynamics, then opened roles before occupancy demand hit. Instead, they looked at lead times by location and role, turnover rates, and regional labor market dynamics, then opened roles before occupancy demand hit.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

These include marketing, website development, omnichannel payments and point-of-sale (POS) solutions. "We're “We will continue to create innovative products and further our go-to-market approach to ensure merchants nationwide have access to the tools they need to run their businesses. SpotOn Transact, Inc.

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Why Cali BBQ is a Digital-First Restaurant

7 Shifts

We started our restaurant in 2008, during what is now known as The Great Recession. When we started our restaurant, marketing meant the Yellow Pages and billboards. Now marketing is Yelp and TikTok. And we transformed it into a media company during a global pandemic in 2020. We became a global media company. Before my “Oh S**t!”

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SpotOn Named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List 2024

SpotOn

The innovation continues with the company’s release of SpotOn Marketing Assist , its first automated, AI-enabled marketing tool for restaurants. The innovation continues with the company’s release of SpotOn Marketing Assist , its first automated, AI-enabled marketing tool for restaurants.