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The Six Most Common Franchise Problems (And How to Solve Them)

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Nearly 200,000 quick-serve restaurant establishments in the United States are not owned by the company whose name is on the building. At a glance, opening and operating a restaurant franchise seems like a near-perfect business decision. Less Brand Control In late 2015, more than 40 people fell ill with E.

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5 Ways to Develop Your Restaurant's Tip Strategy, According to Experts

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If you walked down Valencia Street in San Francisco and polled ten restaurants on how they managed tips , there's a good chance they would each say something different. There are 101 ways to dole out restaurant tips - from percentages to points to whether kitchen staff gets a share. Everything was built into the menu price.

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A Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Be Bad for Almost Everyone

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Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images Earlier this week, the FTC filed a lawsuit alleging that the deal would eliminate competition and raise grocery prices It’s likely that the place you shop for groceries every week is owned by one of two companies — Kroger, or Albertsons. Kroger and Albertsons own more than 5,000 supermarkets across the country.

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A Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Be Bad for Almost Everyone

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In order to actually happen, though, the merger needs approval from federal officials, who will determine whether or not such a merger is a violation of the country’s antitrust laws. The coalition insists that this merger is an obvious monopoly that will lead to “store closures, thousands of lost jobs, and higher food prices.”

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Trash or Treasure? Used Cooking Oil’s Golden Allure Isn’t Just About its Color

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” Who could imagine the same could be said of smelly, dirty, used-up restaurant grease? billion pounds of used cooking oil is generated annually from restaurants and other foodservice businesses. A garage sale’s success depends on the saying, “one person’s trash is another’s treasure.”

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Will Tipping at Restaurants Make Sense in a COVID-19 World?

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Tipping at restaurants has always been a contreversial issue. Since the US government and state authorities started shutting down restaurants, millions of workers were laid off. Tipping Laws. Tipping laws vary across different states. But rarely, the arbitrariness of tipping may surprise restaurant workers.

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Grubhub Hit With Lawsuit for Listing Restaurants Without Permission

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Business owners say the criticized practice causes “significant damage to their hard-earned reputations” Two restaurants have initiated a potential class-action lawsuit against GrubHub for allegedly listing 150,000 restaurants to its site without the businesses’ permission.