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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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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

In terms of operation, we are constantly discussing social media, both in good ways and bad. We’re continually learning about new and innovative ways to help our clients be more sustainable—whether that be choosing eco-friendly materials and fixtures or finding new products that use recycled or compostable packaging.

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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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The Guide to Success with Ghost Kitchens for Restaurant Owners

7 Shifts

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. By utilizing some of the traditional methods: pop-ups, guest dinners, and social media. “I Cali BBQ proudly showcases both of their ghost kitchens on social media. “We

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

social interactions, and 1.2M “Our technology connects the dots between billions of food data points across restaurant menus, online recipes and social media. She founded Virtus Wines International in 2008, dba Wheelhouse Libations, and The SIP Agency. online recipes. ” New Curbside Solution.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

In alliance with the MFHA, the Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership program will be conducted with 4thMVMT, a social equity organization that vets, trains, facilitates funding, and partners with individuals from underserved communities to own and operate competitive businesses. ” Delivering Jobs. .

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How Restaurant Dessert Menus Shaped Our Sweet Tooth

EATER

2008: Cereal Milk launches an empire Christina Tosi invented or popularized a number of household-name desserts — Compost Cookies, Crack Pie ( now Milk Bar Pie ), naked cakes — but her Cereal Milk, which she initially developed at Wylie Dufresne’s wd~50, reshaped the dessert world.

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