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How Thoughtful Innovation Is Helping Restaurants

SpotOn

SpotOn was named by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in 2024, joining past winners like OpenAI, AirBnB, and Microsoft. Listed as number 9 in the dining category by Fast Company , SpotOn was recognized for its continuous innovation with products like Seat & Send and Marketing Assist.

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How I Got My Job: Launching Vertical Farming Innovations After a Career in Packaged Snack Foods

EATER

After a stint in the beauty world, Jack missed working in food and found herself drawn to mission-driven brands, so she jumped at the opportunity to join the product marketing and innovation team at Bowery Farming , a company dedicated to vertical farming, a practice of growing crops in stacked layers, often in a controlled environment.

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MRM Talking With: Author, Leadership Coach and Chick-fil-A Veteran Dee Ann Turner

Modern Restaurant Management

The writer, speaker, leadership coach and 33-year veteran of Chick-fil-A, Inc., If I want to win the hearts of my customers, I want to Bet on Talent to deliver as opposed to technology, marketing or other priorities. " Retirement has not slowed down Dee Ann Turner at all. Keep telling the stories of the heroes of your business.

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How to improve your restaurant profitability through transformative leadership: Insights from Industry Expert Matt Rolfe

Chowly

Introduction In our recent conversation with Matt Rolfe , an experienced hospitality leadership coach, we explored strategies for improving restaurant profitability through transformative leadership and behavioral coaching.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

This includes raising wages, boosting benefits such as offering early wage access, and leveraging technology to improve scheduling, automate processes and streamline operations, ensuring a seamless shift every time. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education.

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Restaurant Trends for 2020 (and Beyond)

Modern Restaurant Management

Consolidating Technology. Technology dashboards are a growing trend in the restaurant industry. Bringing the sales and scheduling systems together can tell you which employees produce the biggest numbers, and which employees could use some coaching. Consolidating your technology will make it easier to operate.

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How bartaco approaches pay equity at their restaurants

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But technology can find itself at odds with a warm, inviting guest experience. The real key was that what we were trying to solve for was how do you create hospitality with the integration of technology together, not how do you replace? Nothing's ever easy in a rollout with any type of technology as we all know.