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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Wine lists that resemble an encyclopedia of the wine making craft are just the price of admission. The price they pay is a lack of balance in their lives, relentless stress, and always concerns about when their star will lose its shine. Its an incredibly difficult life, one that only a few have been able to master.

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KITCHEN LIFE & CAREER

Culinary Cues

How each area contributes to the whole is a lesson learned in large properties like hotels, resorts, and clubs. [] MENU DIVERSITY A multi-outlet hotel, as an example, will likely have a breakfast restaurant, a family oriented mid-priced restaurant, and a fine-dining operation.

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Olive Garden sales surge on delivery and free take-home meals

Restaurant Business

The chain has kept its menu prices lower than inflation, and it has invested in other limited-time specials, such as its popular Never-Ending Pasta Bowl, in an effort to appeal to price-conscious consumers. It plans to keep prices down while also adding more lower-priced items to the menu. “If

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ARE INDEPENDENT RESTAURANTS PRICING THEMSELVES OUT OF THE MARKET?

Culinary Cues

Of course, running a restaurant is difficult, wholesale prices of ingredients have risen dramatically since the pandemic, labor costs are out of control, and landlords have no mercy when it comes to establishing lease arrangements. Here are some thoughts: PRODUCT: Take a hard look at your menu.

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Restaurant Menu Engineering Techniques to Maximize Profit

ChowNow

You can have a crowd-pleasing menu, loyal regulars, and a packed dining roomand still watch your margins disappear. Too many restaurant menus are built on intuition and aesthetics, not real numbers. What Is Menu Engineering and Why Should You Care? Because not every dish thats popular is profitable.

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Digital Menu Psychology: How to Influence Ordering Decisions Online

ChowNow

Where our eyes land first, how we interpret prices, and what descriptions stick in our minds—all of it is shaped by subtle design choices and cues we may not even notice. It’s rooted in behavioral science and backed by decades of research into decision-making, pricing, and visual perception.

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How to Find the Target Market for Your Restaurant

ChowNow

Understanding your target market is the foundation of making smart decisions for your menu, pricing, and overall guest experience. Without a well-defined target market, restaurants risk wasting resources on strategies that dont connect and menu offerings that dont selltrying to appeal to everyone, but standing out to no one.

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