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How Caribbean Kitchen Cut Commission Fees And Set Up a Foundation for Growth with ChowNow

ChowNow

Caribbean Kitchen is a Bahamian catering company based in Hopkins, Minnesota, founded by Nicholas Hall in 2009. Without the right tools in place, scaling online orders in a sustainable way became more difficult to manage. As catering orders grew, so did the demand on his time.

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How Having A Long-Term Plan Can Help Restaurants Handle the Short-Term Crisis

Modern Restaurant Management

As the general manager of Yelp for Restaurants , my job is to help restaurants succeed. When I heard Erik talking with Josh Kopel on the Full Comp podcast about how his ten-year plan helped him navigate the 2009 financial crisis, I knew he had the right idea. Neither did mine.

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Face Pay Network, Restaurant of the Future and The Main Course

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurat Management (MRM) magazine is collaborating with the team at MarketScale on The Main Course , a podcast that aims to explore the intense and competitive modern restaurant industry. "We Barbara Castiglia , MODERATOR – Modern Restaurant Management. They both went through a management training program.

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9 Important Hospitality Sales and Marketing Tips

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

From 2009 to 2017, gross bookings in U.S. They have beautiful websites , blogs , and a well-planned social media presence. Marketing is a full-time job, which may clash with your business management tasks. Feature these testimonials on your website. hotels grew to $185 billion from $116 billion. Generate Testimonials.

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What not to miss at World of Coffee Geneva

Perfect Daily Grind

“We have participated in coffee industry events since 2009. The first session will take place from 14:00 to 15:00 on 26 June, and the second from 12:30 to 13:30 on 27 June,” says Sandra Moraes , Expocacer’s Commercial Manager of Specialty Coffees. To learn more about WoC Geneva, visit the website.

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What We Miss When Vacation Rentals Become Contactless

EATER

I tend toward homestays as a matter of preference, but a recent summer trip to Portland, Maine, where my family stayed in a remotely managed house, reminded me there are fundamental differences between sharing space and renting it outright. Airbnb declined to provide data on numbers of each listing type on their website.).

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12 Mobile Food Ordering Statistics in 2025 That Reveal Explosive Customer Demand

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Whether you run a local café or manage a multi-location restaurant, understanding these numbers can help you adapt, grow, and meet your customers where they are: on their phones. In fact, Pizza Hut started with efforts in online ordering in 1994, then introduced the Pizza Hut app in 2009.