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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 

Modern Restaurant Management

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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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. Over 800 articles about the business and people of food). BEING A COOK IS MORE THAN THE PROCESS OF COOKING. Immerse in experiences whenever they are available. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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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. FOURTH: Know that fine dining (as we have defined it in the past) may truly be on the way out.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

Culinary Cues

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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THE REALITY FOR AN AGING CHEF

Culinary Cues

I would assume that many chefs who read this article – at least the ones from my generation have reflected on where they are, what they have done, and what they are still able to do. We read the articles and listen to chefs and restaurateurs desperate to fill positions of line cook, sous chef, chef, manager, etc.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

Topics: Find dining; restaurant management; finding suppliers. ?? Anyone interested in fine dining (or audacious characters for that matter) will love Kitchen Confidential. These contrasting books that show there’s no right way to create a successful restaurant. But there certainly is a wrong way. Kitchen Confidential. ??

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