EATER

APRIL 7, 2023

Mimi Sheraton in 2017. Sheraton, who grew up in New York, had a profound influence on modern food criticism, pioneering making reservations under false names and wearing wigs to dinner, in order to see how restaurants would treat “real” patrons. For all practical purposes, they might as well be in different restaurants.”

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Buzztime Business

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Resolution #2 – Bring in More Customers Attracting more patrons is one of your 2024 bar and restaurant goals…right? One of the easiest ways to enhance the guest experience? Get more ideas to up your Instagramability from the Brooklyn-based Ford Media Lab. Try these simple crowd-building tactics. Put fun on the menu.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a flagship 1,800-seat location in the city of Erbil and a second 800-seat location in Sulaimani (also spelled Sulaymaniyah), ABC is one of Iraq’s most popular restaurant brands, with often busy dining rooms, large social media followings, and billboards all over. The restaurant finally opened in December 2017.

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Bingage

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The rapid change in nature…it can be anything in the form of technology, customer preferences, marketing trends or anything. 73% of diners agree that restaurant technology improves their guest experience. 35% of diners said they are influenced by online reviews when choosing a restaurant. 2019, is about to end!

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Lavu

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Watson helped neighboring communities develop their own local, county, and state fairs, and the influence grew like wildfire. Fairs are offering payment solutions to customers to allow card payments and mobile wallets, and your foodservice business needs to keep with the times in order to process payments for customers.

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Perfect Daily Grind

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Between 2017 and 2018 their revenue almost doubled, and it’s estimated that a new Starbucks store opens every 15 hours in the country. Between 2008 and 2018 , Chinese coffee consumption increased by 1032%, thanks to the growing influence of Chinese millennials. Guatemalan coffee ready to be sampled at Ocean Grounds Coffee in Beijing.

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EATER

MAY 3, 2024

When my first novel was released in 2017, I found myself depleted and exhausted. On TikTok and Instagram, influencers blended adaptogens and powdered algae or collagen into smoothies. In contrast to AG1, brands like Erewhon, Moon Juice, and Sun Potion give herbs a celebrity- and influencer- approved sheen.

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Gourmet Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many restaurants adapted to dining restrictions by offering customers options like patio service, takeout, and delivery. Unfortunately, using delivery apps usually means fees for the restaurant, which can run up to 30% of the customer’s total bill. In fact, a 2017 Forbes study found that 6.6

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Izettle

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Larah opened her first site in Portobello back in August 2017, and just two and a half years later there are now six Bross Bagels sites – and they’re showing no signs of slowing down. I do a lot of fun social media adverts and things like that,” Larah says. We always have a special, a bagel that is unique to each shop.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2020

percent growth over the fourth quarter of 2017. “From a bigger-picture perspective, what we continue to see is an industry crippled by declining traffic but continues to experience guest check growth large enough to drive some small positive sales movement. percent since Q3 of 2017. percentage points over Q3.

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Indoor Media

JULY 27, 2017

It’s an exciting time to be a restaurant owner, as industry sales are expected to reach $799 billion in 2017 , the eighth consecutive year of growth. Not only does marketing help create a positive public image, but it increases your reach and targets new customers—which, in turn, increases revenues. Assuming a Customer Is for Life.

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EATER

APRIL 21, 2021

Where the older kopitiams serve takeaway drinks in clear plastic bags, Coffee Break offers customers disposable cups, not unlike what they’d find at a Starbucks. Some customers complain about the store leaning into what they see as cheap gimmicks and novelty menu items, rather than good, honest cups of kopi.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Here, we round up ten factors influencing how leaders are evolving their views and approach. guest experience initiatives that may be an investment in the near-term that pays returns in years ahead) will be ultimately rewarded. After re-franchising (to only 8% corporate stores), CKE Restaurants consolidated Carl’s Jr.

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Single Platform

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Total US food sales also increased year after year, with 2017 total retail and food services sales reaching 5.75 According to the National Restaurant Association , as of 2017 there are over 1 million restaurant locations in the United States employing 14.7 Social Media Impacts Where and What We Eat. trillion.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 17, 2020

They also withhold critical marketing data from the restaurants they work with , which will prevent you from building a solid customer base. Gather valuable marketing data to grow your budding customer base. When Tsolakis opened the doors of GreCo’s first location in 2017, he made sure to already have online ordering in place.

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Single Platform

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Total US food sales also increased year after year, with 2017 total retail and food services sales reaching 5.75 According to the National Restaurant Association , as of 2017 there are over 1 million restaurant locations in the United States employing 14.7 Social Media Impacts Where and What We Eat. trillion.

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RGU

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

If you’re ready to build relationships, increase your authority, and educate customers with awesome content, incorporate a little marketing into your business model. Some even argue that the entire practice is dead and shifting towards different strategies, like influencer marketing. Why is it so important?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

With summer around the corner, and an imminent surge of demand for experiences and events in the months ahead, Tripleseat and SevenRooms partnered to survey 1,000 U.S. The most popular COVID-related safety offerings people look for when booking a venue included outdoor spaces (47 percent) and socially-distanced floor plans (40 percent).

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

My managers also used code names based on menu items to “rate” female customers. Your next step is to signal to your staff (and customers) what you stand for. Speaking of behaviors you won't tolerate, make it clear to your staff, vendors, and customers that any harassment won't be tolerated. Set core values.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The family-owned business has thrown star-studded virtual parties and showered customers with giveaways galore. “My great-grandfather, Billy, believed that happy employees make happy customers, and that has remained our core focus for 100 years,” said Lisa Ingram. Chicken Salad Chick Gets Aggressive.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2021

The US restaurant industry is experiencing increased labor cost and inflationary pressure exiting the pandemic, but pent-up demand and fiscal stimulus have supported a strong recovery in restaurant sales, enabling companies to pass rising costs through to customers, says Fitch Ratings. percent of 2019 sales by year-end.

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EATER

AUGUST 22, 2022

It was April 2017, a seventh season of the show would air in a couple of months, and a friend had come to Chicago to attend this dinner with me, not because we loved Game of Thrones — neither of us had watched for years at that point — but because the idea of a fannish dinner was exciting. Vaneda Vireak. Ciar O’Mahony.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features interesting and insightful trends from Upserve, order for pickup guest experience study results, the Fraud Aftershock Index and the importance of foot traffic. Among grocery experiences, H-E-B and Whole Foods made it into the top rankings.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Soul food and Southern food are undeniably rooted in the African-American experience, but Black food in America can’t be defined by just these two categories. Do you think food of the northward migration can be distilled in a similar way, or is it solely based on your lived experience? That’s Honeysuckle in a nutshell.”.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

A unique partnership with the James Beard Foundation (JBF) complements the launch of the film through a custom mentorship program, presented by KitchenAid, developed to advance women in culinary arts and support the industry at large as it rebuilds.?. “You watch it and you walk away from it and it feels honest and real.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

We believe we will continue to see improvements in business models and technology that will advance the delivery experience for target audiences including logistics, restaurants and especially the consumer. 2020 will see investment increases in restaurants that operate without an onsite diner experience. Enter dark kitchens.

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EATER

JULY 6, 2022

Given the pervasive influence of Stone Barns, Blue Hill, Dan Barber, and the Rockefeller family, numerous sources for this story have requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation. In 2017, David Rockefeller died, and his estate began making a series of generous gifts to Stone Barns. In 2017 , Stone Barns received about $33.5

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