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Massive port strike is expected to severely disrupt supply chains

Restaurant Business

The work action by 45,000 longshoremen is shutting down 36 of the nation's largest gateways for imports. Economists project a cost to the economy of $5 billion a day.

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Providing The Best Restaurant Customer Experience in 2024

7 Shifts

These days, a restaurant's reputation is built on more than the taste of its food. They must also focus on creating memorable experiences for customers at every touchpoint. 60% of guests who have a positive experience are likely to dine at a restaurant more frequently. From creating a welcoming ambiance to offering unique menu items, let’s explore the ways you can refine your restaurant's customer experience in 2024.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Four Tough Calls Tech Makes Easier for Bar and Restaurant Operators

Modern Restaurant Management

Bar and restaurant operators often face tough dilemmas, ranging from the daily question, “Should we be mixing more drinks or turning more tables?” to strategic decisions such as, “Should we use a patchwork of digital features or one platform?” But these questions don't require an either-or answer. With today’s technology, bar and lounge operators can have the best of both worlds.

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How to Cook a Squirrel

EATER

World Champion Squirrel Cooker hopeful Addie Hayes preps her dishes on a Coleman stove. Professional chefs and amateur cooks compete for Arkansas pride in the annual World Champion Squirrel Cook Off As the kitchen manager at the Odd Soul , a pizzeria and bar in Springdale, Arkansas, Addie Hayes is used to spending Saturday mornings in front of a stove.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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Union hits the 500-unit mark in its drive to organize Starbucks

Restaurant Business

Yet relations between Starbucks Workers United and the chain's new management seem to be warming.

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12 Dishes You Know if You Grew Up in the Heartland

EATER

Lille Allen From hog fry in Oklahoma to Snickers salad in Iowa, these signature foods offer beloved tastes of middle America Cinnamon rolls dipped in chili. Coors Light poured over OJ. Taco pizza. If you grew up in the amorphous region known as America’s heartland, these combos might raise your serotonin levels. If you grew up elsewhere, they might raise your eyebrows.

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Food Is the Real Score at Kansas City’s New Women’s Soccer Stadium

EATER

Serving up lemongrass pork at the Waldo Thai stand. Check out the scene at the new CPKC Stadium, the world’s first dedicated women’s sports stadium and one of the best places to eat in Kansas City People decked out in teal and red poured into the CPKC Stadium on a recent Saturday for a sold-out game. They came to see the KC Current, Kansas City’s electrifying women’s soccer team, as they took on the Utah Royals.

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Panera Bread to lay off some support center workers

Restaurant Business

The move is part of an ongoing effort to streamline operations at the fast-casual bakery-cafe chain. The number of job cuts was not specified.

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An Eater’s Guide to Bentonville, Arkansas, the Home of Walmart

EATER

Plating dishes at Conifer. | Angelina Lopez The Walton family has poured tons of money into Bentonville, where a slew of exciting restaurants are pioneering High South cuisine on top of the small town’s original charm In 1960, Bentonville, then a town of 3,600 in northwest Arkansas, was known for its quaint downtown square and beloved local haunts like the Station Cafe.

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What is Service Charge? Your Ultimate Guide

The Eat Restaurant

Ever thought about adding a "service charge" to your restaurant's bills and wondered how it impacts your guests or bottom line? You’re not alone. A mandatory service charge is a fixed fee that’s added to the customer’s bill, and unlike a tip, it can’t be opted out of. Whether your guests are dining in, booking a private event, or ordering a large group meal, this charge can appear in different forms.

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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How One Black Family Bet the Farm on Moonshine

EATER

Harvey Williams, Jr., co-founder of Delta Dirt Distillery, on the family farm. | Sono Motoyama In Arkansas’s poor Delta region, the Williams family farm turns sweet potatoes — and the region’s troubled history of sharecropping — into award-winning Delta Dirt spirits Rolling into Cherry Street , once the main drag of Helena, Arkansas, on a hot summer afternoon, you’ll find most of the storefronts empty.

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New Robotic Kitchen Equipment and What Brands Are Using It

Goliath Consulting

The rapid rise of robotics and artificial intelligence has transformed industries like computer science, medicine, and now the restaurant industry. Robotic kitchen equipment is revolutionizing food preparation. Today, robots chop, cook, fry, and even deliver meals. Let’s explore how kitchen robots are reshaping the restaurant landscape. Hamburger Robot One standout in the robotic kitchen space is Flippy, a robotic arm that grills burgers and fries food.

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Stocking the Shelves With a Taste of Home

EATER

Nate Papes/Eater Meet the business owners bringing essential groceries — and a sense of home — to small immigrant communities in the heartland Jung Yun still remembers the first day she arrived in the United States. She was 4 years old in 1975, when she, her mother, and her sister departed South Korea for their new home in Fargo, North Dakota. Yun’s father had been awaiting their arrival, having spent the past year finding work as a martial arts instructor.

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Torre Zambra and a fascinating seaside restaurant

Sante

We interviewed Federico Cerchio, CEO of Torre Zambra in Abruzzo, Italy, and Rocco, owner of il Cambusiere, a fascinating seaside Continue Reading The post Torre Zambra and a fascinating seaside restaurant appeared first on Santé.Food.Wine.Spirits.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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The Ultimate Dining Guide to Austin City Limits Music Festival

EATER

Eater offers meal suggestions for each day at the Zilker Park festival grounds for Austin City Limits 2023, and a rundown of what to eat and drink around town as well while watching Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa.

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Southern Cabs

Sante

Flavorful varietal reds from Australia, Chile, South Africa and Argentina. The post Southern Cabs appeared first on Santé.Food.Wine.Spirits.

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Subway is growing internationally again

Restaurant Business

The company says it has commitments for 10,000 global restaurants, turning around what had been a struggling international growth strategy even as it closes locations domestically.

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Prosecco DOC: Celebrating Italian Culture Through Art

Sante

A Testament to Genius The post Prosecco DOC: Celebrating Italian Culture Through Art appeared first on Santé.Food.Wine.Spirits.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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Great Harvest wins investment from NewSpring

Restaurant Business

Details were not offered, but the bakery-cafe chain said funding will support franchise growth.

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It’s Prime Day Again. Time Is A Construct.

EATER

Lille Allen Time is a construct, but how ‘bout those 40-percent-off coffee grinders? Hey sure, why not? With all the other dystopian madness going on in the world, it only stands that a mere three months after Amazon’s last deal bonanza, we would find ourselves at the precipice of yet another Prime Day event, happening October 8 and 9. But of course this is Amazon, and their deal-making cannot be bound in by the primitive rules of space and time — and so those October Prime Day deals have alread

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Chuy's responds to shareholder angst over Darden deal

Restaurant Business

Facing an onslaught of shareholder questions, the Tex-Mex chain provided additional detail on how it arrived at a sale price of $37.50 per share.

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This Saucy Swahili Chicken Biriyani Recipe Will Feed a Crowd

EATER

Kristin Teig The recipe from Kiano Moju’s ‘AfriCali’ cookbook is an ode to the coastal cuisine of Kenya Before ever writing a cookbook, “AfriCali” was the one word that Kiano Moju used to describe her culinary identity. “Kenyan, Nigerian, American was a mouthful,” Moju jokes. “There was a small music movement back in the day called Africali and I really identified with the term.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Shake Shack wants to convince guests it's worth it

Restaurant Business

A new ad campaign launched in New York has the goal of shifting the value perception of the fast-casual brand.

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Little Homestead on the Prairie

EATER

Tours in a 19th-century-style schoolroom at the Ingalls Homestead. Laura Ingalls Wilder made generations of readers fall in love with the homestead fantasy in “Little House on the Prairie.” At iconic sites from her books and small farms across the country, those stories meet reality. “It wasn’t Susan’s fault that she was only a corncob.” I’m standing in the middle of a field, cradling a freshly shucked cob of corn in my hands, and hearing that phrase ringing through my head.

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Want to take your barbecue restaurant national? Good luck with that

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Barbecue is a popular American cuisine. But it has yet to work as the centerpiece of a national chain.

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After Two Decades, Alinea Co-Founder Nick Kokonas Exits

EATER

Chef Grant Achatz will remain and work with new owner Jason Weingarten of Oliver’s and Entree while Kokonas stays on as a "passive investor"

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Doug Willmarth named CEO of Beans & Brews

Restaurant Business

The former president of Mooyah Burgers plans to growth the Utah-based coffeehouse franchise across more of the U.S.

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Sculpture Hospitality Launches Innovative Ordering Feature to Streamline Inventory Management

Sculpture Hospitality

Toronto, ON, Canada– September 25, 2024 – Sculpture Hospitality , the pioneering leader in beverage and food inventory management solutions, is excited to announce the launch of its new Ordering feature. This cutting-edge tool is designed to streamline the ordering process for its clients, further enhancing their ability to manage inventory efficiently.

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ChatGPT says hello, sauces are everywhere and so is KPOT

Restaurant Business

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret discuss the latest food and drink trends and feature a conversation with Olivier Rassinoux, vice president of culinary and bar for Patina Restaurant Group.

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Tyson Built the Plant. Its Meatpackers Built the Community.

EATER

The author and family in Da Kao Restaurant. In factory towns like Sioux City, Iowa, home to a massive Tyson Foods plant, restaurants form a delicious support network for immigrant meatpackers and their families For 23 years, my grandma’s routine was the same. From the time she moved to Sioux City, Iowa, until the day she retired, she would wake up, put in her dentures, eat a small breakfast of instant coffee and rice porridge, and say a prayer for my family to our Buddhist altar.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.