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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

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Published: 2009 ?? 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. Topics: Find dining; restaurant management; finding suppliers. ?? Author: Danny Meyer ?? Goodreads: 4.09

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I’m Through Being Silent About the Restaurant Industry’s Racism

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As I wrote in my Facebook post, the restaurant industry is extremely racist: Its racism is inseparable from the history of dining out in this country. I began working in restaurants in 2009, while attending grad school. The following year, I began my career in fine dining at a popular seafood restaurant on Manhasset Bay.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more. In 1991 she was promoted to Accounting Manager and in 2009 to Director of Accounting.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. Family dining was another segment that was hit hard, which includes many buffet-based concepts. The top factor influencing the choice to buy alcoholic drinks with take out/delivery relates to ease and safety.

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The 38 All-Time Best Food Movies

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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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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-October-2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine Dining Still Winning the Sales Growth Game. Fine dining continues its dominance as the best performing segment in the industry based on same-store sales growth. Furthermore, if the trend holds through the end of the year it would be the third consecutive year of positive growth for dine dining.

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The Boundary Pusher

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Most notably in the food media world, Bon Appétit editor Adam Rapoport resigned in the wake of social media protests by employees of color over unfair treatment , sparked when Teclemariam tweeted a photo of Rapoport in brownface. In 2009, Gourmet shuttered, and Bon Appétit was relaunched under Rapoport, a straight, white male editor from GQ.