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Restaurant Revenue Management: 3 Killer Strategies to Boost Sales

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It was used in the airline and hotel industry to significant effect, with some companies reporting sales increasing of between 2 to 5%. It's now becoming more common in the restaurant industry because restaurants embody many of the same business characteristics of airlines and hotels that made revenue management so successful.

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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

Modern Restaurant Management

In the good times, this looks like rigorous training, a dedication to time-honored processes, and a focus on building your culture. It was extremely expensive, but well worth the cost considering the value of our trained, knowledgeable teams. Get Better. ” Constant improvement was expected at all of his companies.

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How Food Stylists on ‘Feud’ Brought La Côte Basque Back to Life

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The Feud situation was kind of unusual because normally a prop master hires different stylists, because we provide just an edible prop. But in this case, production wanted to hire the food stylist because the food is so important to Truman Capote’s story. He actually published a recipe for the soufflé Furstenberg that you saw in there.

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The Pan Am Experience

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Air Hollywood provides several other services, such as a program for people afraid of flying called FearlessFlight, a public service for special needs travelers called Open Sky for Autism, and an air travel training program for service dogs called K9 Flight School. The iconic Pan American Airways , of course! Authenticity Takes Flight.

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4 Tips for Cutting Restaurant Costs While Boosting Efficiency

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One example to get you started is something American Airlines did in the late 1990s. This means that every time you have to hire and train a new employee, you are losing money, productivity, and efficiency. Hire the right people from the very beginning. You can look at small things that really make a big difference.

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The Return of the American Rail Dining Car

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Changes at Amtrak may revive the beloved tradition of enjoying chicken cordon bleu and Moroccan beef with chickpea salad with fellow travelers In August 2005, I rode an Amtrak overnight train from Chicago to Schenectady, New York: the Lake Shore Limited. It seemed passengers didn’t even want traditional train car dining anyway.

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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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