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Here Comes the Holiday Party: Seven Dos and Don’ts for Rewarding Restaurant Staffers

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s January, which means restaurant operators and managers have been juggling busy holiday crowds for breakfast, lunch and dinner while also planning the employee party that typically occurs this month. With restaurant employees putting so much care into every plate and table while their patrons leisurely embrace the holiday spirit, these parties are an opportunity to truly return that hospitality to those who make it so special for guests the rest of the year.

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The Domestic Spice Trade Is Just Getting Started

EATER

The root of the turmeric plant, which is used to make the spice. | Andrew Woodley/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. How some growers are creating an appetite for locally grown vanilla, saffron, and chile powder, one farmers market at a time This story was originally published on Civil Eats. When Krissy Scommegna took a job at the Boonville Hotel & Restaurant in Anderson Valley, California, she spent a few months helping the innkeepers, bartending and waiting tables, b

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Will 2023 Be Transformative for Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

2023 has the potential to be transformative for restaurants, with opportunity for new innovation beyond a recession in these first months. The common theme you’ll see is restaurants continuing to do more with less, both to weather economic uncertainty and to deliver on heightened expectations from consumers. Thankfully, even if consumers dine out less, their desire to maximize each occasion will help buoy restaurants through this time.

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Restaurant menu prices slowed in December

Restaurant Business

Prices for restaurant meals rose 8.3% year over year in December as full-service operators slowed their price increases. Inflation as a whole also slowed down in the month.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Dry January Mocktails

Bottleneck Management

Dry January Mocktails. Dry January is the time for mocktails and a challenge to abstain from alcohol for one month. Alcohol Change UK launched this public health initiative in 2013 to challenge citizens to remove alcohol from their diet for 31 days. It’s for anyone concerned they may be drinking too much or for anyone looking to start the year off healthier.

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Black Bear Diner plans big tech upgrades for 2023

Restaurant Business

The chain is investing in a new POS system and QR code-based ordering, which it believes will enhance service while also helping staff.

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John Cywinski named CEO of Modern Restaurant Concepts

Restaurant Business

The former president of Applebee’s has taken the helm of the Los Angeles-based parent to Qdoba, Lemonade and Modern Market Eatery.

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How to Leverage Email Marketing for Growing Restaurants

Apicbase

Email marketing is an invaluable strategy for boosting your restaurant. Whether you’re launching a new venture, realizing the untapped potential of promotional emails, or creating an email newsletter , email marketing will help your restaurant flourish. Let’s explore how to leverage email marketing so you can implement this highly effective marketing strategy.

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Starbucks wants corporate staff to return to the office

Restaurant Business

Noting that in-store workers don’t have the privilege to work from home, Interim CEO Howard Schultz said employees need to come into the office three days a week.

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How a Dallas Restaurant Is Ensuring Employee Benefits and Healthcare

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Wonder replaces restaurants on wheels with a better idea

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: Marc Lore's delivery startup is ditching vans for ghost kitchens. It may have stumbled into a winning concept.

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Hospitality Worked Longer Hours Over Christmas

Bizimply

Our research revealed Hospitality employers called on staff to work longer hours over the peak Christmas period. The post Hospitality Worked Longer Hours Over Christmas appeared first on Bizimply.

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Subway wades into a difficult M&A market

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Sale processes like the one the sandwich giant is apparently planning do not come very often. That doesn’t mean a sale is a slam dunk. And $10 billion may be tough to get.

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How To Design A Nightclub Floor Plan – A Complete Guide

The Restaurant Times

The layout of a nightclub’s seating, bar, and kitchen areas can significantly affect how customers experience the space and how quickly staff can move around it while providing a service, even though patrons don’t give it much thought. With a well-thought-out nightclub floor plan, servers can move between the front and back of the house more quickly, serve customers effectively, and turntables more quickly, all of which can boost your business’s profit margins.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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Dutch Bros has a solution to its long lines, but not the one investors want

Restaurant Business

The drive-thru beverage chain is taking a page out of Domino’s playbook and building more locations to ease capacity restraints. But Wall Street is not entirely convinced.

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There’s No Gas Stove Ban, but Buy a Portable Butane Burner Anyway

EATER

It’s the same! | Shutterstock. No one’s going to take away your gas stove, but if you want to get rid of it, you can still have fire when you need it If you’re any sort of online, you may have seen that the latest thing people suddenly have Very Hard Opinions about is gas stoves. Republicans are saying you’ll pry them from their cold dead hands, home cooks are fretting about switching to electric, and some Twitter trolls are facetiously claiming non-gas stoves are Anti-Asian.

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The Kebab Shop takes a secret menu item into the limelight and onto the permanent menu

Restaurant Business

The San Diego Wrap fuses the fast casual’s California and semi-Mediterranean roots into an original mashup.

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