Tue.Feb 21, 2023

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Bad Social Media Review?

Modern Restaurant Management

Do you regularly look at your reviews on Yelp and Google? If not, you should be. The ones that gush positivity (“awesome place!” “great food!”) will make you feel good and energize you for the long day ahead. But then there are reviews like this one, delivered via Yelp to a restaurant with an entertainment area this past summer: “Good location, but freaking expensive.

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How to Show Your Staff Love for Employee Appreciation Day

7 Shifts

One of the biggest issues facing restaurants in 2023 is finding and keeping good talent. During the pandemic, many service workers either left or were forced out of the industry and never returned. According to our data , the average turnover rate for restaurant staff in the U.S. was 62%. When staff are unhappy, you lose more than just the cost of hiring and training.

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Subway wants to create a national EV charging network

Restaurant Business

The fast-food sandwich chain plans to add electric vehicle chargers at select locations this year. It also plans to create a network of "Subway Oasis" parks featuring canopies, green space and Wi-Fi.

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Cybille St.Aude-Tate and Omar Tate Opened Honeysuckle to Feed West Philly, but It Also Feeds Their Family

EATER

Daniela Jordan-Villaveces The couple’s grocery and cafe provides their neighborhood with delicious, intentional food. So why cook at home anymore, really? We all could use a little dinner inspiration — even Ali Slagle, who dreams of dinner. In “Dinner Is Served,” she asks colleagues about one night when they somehow transformed ingredients into dinner with all this life going on.

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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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Robert Chicken to bring Korean-style chicken fried by robots to New York City

Restaurant Business

Flagship is designed to showcase the robotic technology, which Seoul-based startup Robo Arete hopes to bring to U.S. restaurants.

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15 Creative Instagram Post Ideas for Your Restaurant

The Eat Restaurant

A picture is worth 1,000 words, right? At least that's the main theory behind the wildly popular social media platform, Instagram. With over 800 million active monthly users on the photo-sharing app, it's obvious that this business model is working for them. The real challenge though is figuring out how to make it work for you. These days, posting pictures, sharing stories, and optimizing your Instagram feed, aren't just creative ways to use Instagram, but rather your ticket to a much broader au

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Arby's+? More restaurants try subscription programs to keep eaters coming back

The Salt

Large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang's as well as neighborhood hangouts are increasingly experimenting with the subscription model as a way to ensure steady revenue and customer visits.

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How to Get (and Keep) Your Team’s Attention During Restaurant Training

Crunchtime

Distractions are constant in our lives. Chances are you’ve got lots of other tabs and apps open as you read this post (and we get it, because we’ve got them open as we write it).

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BJ's to trim menu by 10% as part of cost-cutting efforts

Restaurant Business

One of the industry's biggest menus is getting smaller, but executives said they don't foresee it hurting sales.

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A Retro Hobby for the End Times

EATER

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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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Starbucks will start infusing coffee with olive oil

Restaurant Business

The company has high hopes for Oleato, which will debut in Italy before it comes to the U.S. this year. Starbucks believes it will be a "transformational innovation in coffee.

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The 25 Essential Maui Restaurants

EATER

The view from the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, home of Ka‘ana Kitchen. | Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort Fried chicken from Top Chef alum Sheldon Simeon, cream puffs shaped like Totoro, classic loco moco and saimin, the ideal stall for Maui’s iconic banana bread, and more of the island’s best meals Maui’s radical beauty feels almost mythic: verdant, rain-carved volcanoes, strings of perfect crescent beaches, and rainbows that seem to flirt with the hood of your car.

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Are consumers getting used to higher prices?

Restaurant Business

Technomic's Take: Restaurant menu price inflation continues to tick up. But consumers are showing few signs of cutting back on eating out.

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A Trick for Exploring Italy’s Amalfi Coast

EATER

A sfogliatella pastry in front of where it was invented — the Monastero Santa Rosa in Conca dei Marini, Italy. | Terri Ciccone Giving yourself an arbitrary stupid goal can cut down on decision fatigue — and lead to delicious results This post originally appeared in the February 18, 2023, edition of Eater Travel, a biweekly dispatch from Eater’s staff about navigating places where food is the main attraction.

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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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Restaurant marketing is time-warping back to the future

Restaurant Business

Restaurant Rewind: Old is new again as chains ranging from Outback to Wendy’s resurrect classic ad themes for another go. So where’s the beef in these new efforts?

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Does drinking too much coffee cause stomach problems?

Perfect Daily Grind

Over the years, there has been extensive research into the health benefits of coffee. Medical experts and nutritionists alike agree that coffee’s high antioxidant content can prolong life expectancy and reduce the risk of certain diseases, as well as other benefits. However, it’s also proven that consuming high levels of caffeine can result in adverse side effects.

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A 4-day workweek test cut turnover by 57%

Restaurant Business

Fifty-six of the 61 participating employers have stuck with the model, and 15% of the workers said no amount of additional pay would lure them back to a five-day week.

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Lentil soup comes to the rescue in quake-ravaged Turkey

The Salt

It's a supersoup during this humanitarian crisis. Easy to make, it warms the displaced, fuels rescue crews and comforts residents traumatized by the disaster.

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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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Taste Tracker: Del Taco, Culver's are ready for Lent and Cracker Barrel turns pancakes into tacos

Restaurant Business

Smashburger stacks a burger with mac ‘n cheese; Genghis Grill fills bowls with value; sweet and salty pair up at Krispy Kreme; and more menu news of the week.

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We all know the debate about pineapple on pizza — but what about pickles?

The Salt

A review of pizza trends by delivery app Slice has new data. The report predicts that pickles — most often served on pizzas topped with garlic sauce — will continue to grow in popularity.