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From Consumption to Connection: Restaurant Promotion Trends for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

Trend Two: Increasing the Importance of User-Generated Content (UGC) UGC serves as social proof and is more effective than direct advertising. At the beginning of the year, we like talking about trends. They seem like anchors for the new year. Trends create frameworks to understand where to start and what to focus on.

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Cuisine Solutions Collaborates with Taffer’s Tavern Founder and CEO Jon Taffer for New Restaurant Venture

Sante

This translates to a smaller kitchen with less culinary staff to produce a diverse, quality menu with less labor costs for the back of the house. Virginia-based Cuisine Solutions (CSI) has recently been tapped to assist with menu development, as well as kitchen design for the upcoming Taffer’s Tavern franchise.

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Coffee News Recap, 20 May: Brazil’s coffee exports hit four-year low, PRF Colombia awards scholarships & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

In partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers (CLAC), Pacamara and Bourbon varieties placed first and second in the fifth edition of the competition. The Golden Cup takes place in 15 countries. Brazil’s coffee exports drop 24% in April. Tue, 17 May. million 60kg bags.

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Powerhouse Women in the Kitchen

Sante

She shifted her focus and accepted her first pastry position at Sunny Isles Italian eatery, Café L’attito and didn’t look back. Soon after, Braddock relocated to Wynwood Kitchen and Bar, where she served as Pastry Chef for three years. Photo credit: Blue Shell Media.

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Entering China’s Emerging Coffee Market

Perfect Daily Grind

Besides a few Starbucks outlets which were considered quite expensive at the time, there were two Western food restaurants… that served basic espresso drinks… Most Chinese coffee consumers, however, were still drinking Nestle or Maxwell instant coffees on campuses, at their offices, and even at home”. China’s Relationship With Coffee.

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How to Become a Successful Restaurant Owner?

Bingage

Running a restaurant is not only about taking orders and serving food. Attend seminars, webinars, meet people who are already working in the industry have a healthy conversation with them, follow their strategies, if required join classes with your staff for training purposes. What new you are serving, why people would come to you.

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FULL HOUSE, ALL HANDS ON-DECK

Culinary Cues

The anxiety building up to a full house in the hotel packed with a series of food events has made it impossible to relax. Well, here we go. I haven’t slept much at all over the past few days and certainly won’t until the weekend is over. The preparation has been mind boggling, now we just have to execute. Things looked good.