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MRM Franchise Feed: Franchising for Heroes and Shaq-a-Roni for Charity

Modern Restaurant Management

MRM's Franchise Feed provides the latest news in restaurant and MUFSO franchising. Apple American Group LLC (AAG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Flynn Restaurant Group LP (FRG), was named the 2021 Abe Gustin Franchisee of the Year by Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar. AAG Named Franchisee of the Year.

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An Inside Look at Union Organizing in the Fast-Food Industry

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A Chipotle employee eats inside a SF restaurant in 2020. Striking McDonald’s employees at a 2016 protest in Los Angeles. Current bids owe a lot to a broader, non-union “Fight for $15” campaign that launched in Chicago in 2012 among restaurant and retail workers, Han says. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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How To Become a Badass Leader

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Originally posted on Foodable TV Network on November 22, 2016. But leadership is not a title. This bears repeating: Everyone can be a leader in your restaurant. Leadership is, at its core, about taking personal accountability. While we talk about being a true leader at our restaurants and businesses, few actually are.

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El Pollo Loco’s Pledge and techtown Refresh

Modern Restaurant Management

" The Big Kahuna Burger theme will be part of the Interior where staff will be in costume and exterior of the restaurant with Big Kahuna Burger signage. “We are proud to make this pledge and we invite other restaurant and QSR companies to do the same.” ” Green Rabbit Secures Funding. headquartered A&G.

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Tops in Global Cuisine and Tips for Tots

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM News Bites features The American Food Association, Branch and Delaget, Restaurant Revolution Technologies, Popmenu, The Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grille, ParTech, Casio America, Radobank, Koomi and Helios, Cudos, Postmates and TGI Fridays and Catania Oils. Best Chinese Restaurant: Café China. New York, NY.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. Located on a working farm that was once part of a sprawling Rockefeller estate, the restaurant is a beacon of the sustainable food movement.

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