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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025.

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From Kitchen to Counter: Outfitting Your Team for Comfort, Style, and Brand Visibility

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Fine dining venues benefit from understated elegance through embroidered logos on professional attire, while fast-casual concepts can leverage more dynamic graphics and color palettes to reflect their energetic atmosphere. In the food service industry, branded apparel is a critical extension of your business's identity.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. And the digitization of operations over the past few years means that the industry is getting better at capturing that data. Foot traffic or heat mapping, menu item engagement, or consumer demographics by time of day.

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Perkins and Huddle House aim for revivals with boba, smash burgers and drive-thrus

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11, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Huddle House will add drive-thrus as it moves into more urban and suburban markets. | Perkins, the 68-year-old chain best known for its bakery case, recently began serving boba and frozen margaritas, while its younger sibling Huddle House, 61, is rolling out smash burgers. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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Franchise Portfolio Diversification: Trends Taking Shape in 2022

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From full service to fast-casual to legacy fast-food brands, the one constant was disruption. This approach required fewer front-of-the-house staff to maintain a dining room, complied with government orders, and kept many brands from closing. Just as one issue seemed fixed, another presents itself.

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

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The Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury , released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. Step-by-step instructions on how to perform the calculations required by the CARES Act to confirm eligibility for loan forgiveness.

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The Digital Foodie: Top Trends That Will Drive 2022 Restaurant Marketing

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In particular, supply chain disruptions and staffing shortages – whether due to resignations or illness – are forcing quick service and fast casual restaurants to adapt quickly to changing conditions. Increased Emphasis on Online Ordering. Former competitors are now part of the same umbrella company.

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