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The Leftovers

EATER

Can an app promising discount, end-of-day goods make a dent in America’s food waste problem? Now, in a bid to reduce food waste, an app is using the appeal of cheap, unexpected food to motivate consumers to buy items restaurants would otherwise throw away. Too Good To Go, which launched in 2015 in the U.K.

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Sun, Sand, and Spaghetti

EATER

Twenty years ago Ronald Zorrilla was making a similar trip to the beach, but over dirt roads in the Dominican Republic while seated in the bed of his uncle’s pickup truck. A 2017 article in Remezcla reports that the Dominican tradition of empaguetadas now mostly survives at house parties and other indoor gatherings.

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German Restaurants Are Expanding: 57 Concepts You Should Know

Apicbase

Aspiring franchisees will find different types of locations for all settings: food stalls and mobile food trucks for areas with high foot traffic, and mini counters and larger bars for train stations, supermarkets, and petrol stations. Eventually he remains with nothing, but he’s happier than ever. Nordsee is one of them.

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The Best Takeout in Durham

KaTom

To say the food scene in the Bull City is hot is like saying Duke has had some decent men’s basketball teams or “Bull Durham” is a nice baseball movie. includes places we love for their foods, their attitudes, and their drinks, as well as some locals recommend to any visitor who asks where they should eat. Vegetarian.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Opportunity is Barking and the Spirit of BBQ

Modern Restaurant Management

PJ's Hopes to Open 187 Locations Throughout Florida in Next 10 Years. PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans plans for rapid expansion throughout Florida with hopes to bring 187 new locations within the next 10 years. “For many Floridians, their weekend getaways to New Orleans are the only time they get to enjoy PJ’s Coffee. .

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp. TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

When TSFR sold the Burger King busi­ness in 2015, Laura transitioned to the Director of Learning & Development for Del Taco and MOD Pizza. New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. Cynthia (Cyndi) Barnes: Director of Accounting | 35 years.

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