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Restaurant Workforce Research: Reflecting on 2024 and Optimizing for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

Here’s a look at some of the key findings so you can reflect on 2024 and prepare for maximum growth in 2025. Growth and Leadership While the restaurant industry grew by 1.7 percent in 2024 and added 210,300 jobs, a standout category led the pack.

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Four Lessons That Shaped My Restaurant Industry Journey

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2024, our QSR Automations team faced evolving demands from enterprise clients that required us to rethink our approach to onboarding. I make it a priority to recognize achievements, whether it’s overcoming a tough challenge, launching a successful project, or seeing a team member step into a new leadership role.

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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

Navigating Emerging Challenges in Profitability In 2024, U.S. trillion in 2024. By mid-2024, 82 percent of food and beverage operators were still actively recruiting, with chefs and cooks comprising 30 percent of open roles. By adopting forward-thinking approaches, restaurants can thrive amid this challenging landscape.

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Waffle House lifts 50-cent egg surcharge as prices fall

Restaurant Business

Continue to Site >>> Menu Waffle House lifts 50-cent egg surcharge as prices fall Newsletter Search Restaurant Business Search Login Subscribe Newsletter Login Subscribe Topics Consumer Trends Food Beverage Emerging Brands Operations Technology Marketing Workforce Leadership Financing Data Top 500 Chains Top 100 Independents Future 50: Emerging Brands (..)

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How to Navigate Revenue and Expense Management: Competitive Insights for Financial Success

Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global

Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach to revenue optimization and take your financial leadership to the next level. 📆 August 20th, 2024 at 9:30 AM PDT, 12:30 PM EDT, 5:30 PM BST Register now to secure your spot!

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What consumers want from restaurants at breakfast

Restaurant Business

Premium Food White Castles iconic chicken slider gets a makeover Behind the Menu: To play harder in the fast-food chicken sandwich space, the chain created a crisper, bigger, tastier slider, complete with a new sauce.

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Olive Garden sales surge on delivery and free take-home meals

Restaurant Business

Also on Friday, Darden announced a slew of leadership changes at several of its brands. The forecast factors in ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty as well as the fact that the company will be lapping a strong performance a year from now. Olive Garden President Dan Kiernan plans to retire on Aug. 31 after 33 years with Darden.