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DON’T NICKEL AND DIME YOUR GUEST or IMPRESS THEM WITH QUANTITY

Culinary Cues

It is important to always keep in mind that dining out is still a luxury, even though more and more families have built it into their lifestyle. Whether a quick service restaurant, family dining, food truck, or white tablecloth fine dining operation – there will always be some level of price sensitivity.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Consumer Data Analytics Reveal Dining Patterns to Attract Customers 

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With those stats in mind, Causeway Solutions conducted consumer research* on today’s dining trends compared to our research over the past few years. With the COVID impacts behind us, people are back in restaurants but as the CNN article stated, it is different. 46 percent said they occasionally dine at a fast-food restaurant.

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META BOFINGER’S RESTAURANT SECRET

Culinary Cues

Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country. Ah, but the food and conversation were consistently good, plentiful, and in-expensive.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

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How powerful is a complete dining experience and what exactly is it? An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. Is your ventilation system designed to push positive kitchen odors to the dining room or outside the entrance?

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RE-THINKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT

Culinary Cues

fell in the category of “fine dining”. Now I mention these statistics because they will help to frame what the future may hold for the industry and those considering a career in kitchens and dining rooms across the country. Why would I choose to support a locally owned restaurant? 35 % of the overall male U.S.

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TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND AS A COOK

Culinary Cues

If you are a cook who is happy working just for a paycheck – more power to you, but you can probably save some time and not read this article. If, however you have the sense that cooking is more than that and you have your eyes on many years connected to the professional kitchen, then read on. Master your role and support those around you.

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Beyond Dining in the Dark: What It’s Actually Like to Eat Out When You’re Blind

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Listen to this article In 1999, the first “dining in the dark” restaurant opened in Zurich, Switzerland. Blindekuh was founded by a blind pastor to generate empathy for blind people, and dining in the dark restaurants have provided reliable jobs for the chronically underemployed blind workforce.

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