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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

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Through financial recessions, terrorist attacks, global pandemics, and just the typical challenges we face in the course of daily business, there are many leadership lessons to be learned. Hiring and training new management is difficult on top of reopening restaurants once a crisis passes. Never Take Advantage of the Guest. Get Better.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Kitchen of the Future, Restaurant Sherpas and Dunkin’ Hirin’

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Dunkin' Hirin' As more of America opens up, Dunkin’ franchisees are seeking to hire up to 25,000 new restaurant employees at Dunkin’ locations, from front-counter to restaurant management, creating immediate jobs that offer long-term education benefits and key career skills for people all across the U.S.

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MRM People & Places: Game On at Walk-On’s and Gingerbread Houses for Humanity

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Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's People & Places column features news of company hires and promotions, charitable efforts and product introductions. Currently, Mr. Brooks serves on the board of directors for AutoZone, Southwest Airlines and The Limbs for Life Foundation, as well as serving on the advisory board of St.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-June 2020 Edition

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Rewards Network , together with American Airlines AAdvantage Dining and United Airlines MileagePlus Dining, surveyed over 1,300 loyalty members to better understand how consumers feel about dining at restaurants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dining When Safe.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

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Third, the onslaught of opioid, vaping, and alcohol combinations have forced the restaurant industry to begin hiring completely different generations of rock star employees, in both the front and back of the house. For this reason, a lot of restaurants are going to start hiring delivery staff, even if they never did before.

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MRM Franchise Feed: CPK’s Franchise Momentum and Rex’s Rebuilds

Modern Restaurant Management

Under Minardi’s leadership, CPK sees significant opportunities to add to the company’s presence in Asia with a focus on Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia. The Krystal Company has hired two senior executives with extensive QSR experience to lead its ongoing revitalization plan. Giorgio Minardi.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

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Under the leadership of Governor Mike DeWine, Ohio has been notably aggressive in its response to COVID-19, and the state mounted a broad public information campaign to educate residents. Uberall’s research found that airline and airport website visits from local searches are down 47 percent, while hotel site visits are down 42 percent.

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