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Michelin Rating Overview: Expansion into New Markets

Goliath Consulting

Today, the Michelin Guide continues to explore new markets and broaden its global influence. In the 2010s, Michelin continued to strengthen its presence in Asia, entering Singapore and Seoul in 2016 and Bangkok in 2017. Challenges in New Markets Despite its success, the Michelin Guide faces challenges when entering new markets.

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Week in Review: Fast casual’s good year, Dave's gets sold, El Pollo Loco’s potential buyer and more

Restaurant Business

It caps a meteoric rise for the fast-casual chicken chain, which launched as a popup in a Los Angeles parking lot in 2017 and opened its first "real" restaurant a year later. Daves Hot Chicken was sold to Roark Capital in a deal valued at $1 billion. The chain had 245 units and systemwide sales of nearly $617 million as of last year.

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Explaining Crumbl's franchise profitability

Restaurant Business

The chain was established in 2017 and grew rapidly through franchising. It also spent a lot of time marketing and added new types of desserts such as pies and cakes to its lineup. That report clearly caused confusion, which Crumbl acknowledged, and led the company to update the figure. It’s now experimenting with dirty sodas.

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So, You Want to Write a Cookbook?

EATER

Here, she discusses the current cookbook market, what shes looking for in a proposal, and why people in hospitality are already well-poised to write a book. Let us know by emailing preshift@voxmedia.com. At Potter, theres not a one-size-fits-all or cookie-cutter approach for our cookbooks. Those sources have changed so much.

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Michelin-starred chef and owner of Konro arrested on domestic battery charges

Restaurant Business

In 2017, he was arrested in Chicago on charges of assaulting his ex-wife and a business partner, according to Eater Chicago. He was arrested on Monday, according to The Palm Beach Post, and is accused of repeatedly punching and kicking the woman, leaving her with two black eyes, swelling and bruising on her face.

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Meet Robert Ancill – Canvasrebel

Robert Ancill Restaurant Consulting

June 25, 2025 Robots and AI in the Restaurant Industry June 5, 2025 Maximize Restaurant Profits with Menu Engineering February 24, 2025 Dive into 2025’s trend report to uncover the next big shifts in the food and restaurant sectors.

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For Restaurant Owners, Cybersecurity is a People Problem 

Modern Restaurant Management

We’re not alone — market research company Frost & Sullivan projects that online/mobile ordering will be a $200 billion dollar industry by 2025. Following suspicious email links and attachments, for example, falls precisely into that definition. In fact, global research and advisory firm Gartner Inc.