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CHEFS – FAILURE IS NOT INEVITABLE

Culinary Cues

It seems that every time I check my email or flip through postings in social media – there is another restaurant, food business, or culinary school preparing to close their doors. Following the economic devastation of 2008 – restaurants hunkered down for months and then came back refreshed and charged up.

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The Guide to Success with Ghost Kitchens for Restaurant Owners

7 Shifts

Ghost kitchens emerged in the back half of the 2010s as delivery apps began to take hold of the dining market. And like the 2008 financial crisis showed us the necessity of food trucks , the pandemic brought ghost kitchens into the light and accelerated their growth. Testing a proven restaurant concept or idea in a new market.

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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. And we transformed it into a media company during a global pandemic in 2020. We became a global media company. Mine happened when I realized social media wasn’t about meeting new people — it was about communicating in a brand new way.

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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. social interactions, and 1.2M

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White Lily Flour Has Long Held a Near-Mythological Status in the South. Now It’s Everywhere.

EATER

The shipment of White Lily arrived at Red Apple Market just in time for Jill Lightner’s husband to replenish the flour stash that Lightner, a food writer , was quickly stress-baking her way through. From outposts in the North, Midwest, and West, they posted gleefully on social media.

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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.  SpotOn is the first point-of-sale provider to offer an automated restaurant marketing solution for email and social media campaigns.

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The Future of Dining: Industry Expert Insights

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants may compete by creating more and more elaborate experiential dining, whether it's adventuresome, like dining in the dark, or communal, where our social media habits organize dining events with like-minded individuals. Owners and marketers must bring their efforts to the next level to stay in business.