Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

With the Wendy's debacle still fresh in operators' minds, some are firmly opposed to demand-based menu pricing.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

It’s been 89 years since Escoffier stood in front of a range for the last time, yet his presence is still felt by professional cooks and chefs. One could claim, and rightfully so, that he had the greatest influence on the profession and that the chefs’ job was elevated to new levels because of Escoffier’s efforts, approach towards cooking, vision, and skill.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2024

Tipped restaurant workers are not too worried that more businesses outside the industry asking for tips will negatively impact their own tips — 64 percent say it has had no impact, while percent say it’s even helping, according to a new report from SpotOn of restaurant workers on expectations, generational trends and payment options. The report, Beyond Gratuity: Perspectives of Restaurant Staff on Tipping Practices, reveals that two-thirds of workers report their tips have stayed the

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

Flynn Group LP has acquired Wendy's restaurants in New Zealand. The largest franchise operator in the world, Flynn already owns rights to develop the burger brand in Australia.

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MAY 20, 2024

Giving should feel good. Yet, the practice of giving tips has become a much-maligned and misunderstood aspect of the restaurant experience. While tips are intended to incentivize exceptional service, some workers see tipping policies as a barrier to a living wage for all. Operators have to navigate the complex world of tip pool options, service charges, and minimum wages and ensure their employees are motivated and paid well, all while striving for profitability.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

The restaurant industry is very powerful—if it can embrace the power of food as an agent of change, Jose Andres said at the National Restaurant Show on Monday.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

The Restaurant Business team continued to mine the Show floor for aha moments as the event hit its stride Monday.

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EATER

MAY 20, 2024

The shrimp are a symptom, not the root cause Blame private equity and a decade of mismanagement instead On May 20, after weeks of speculation and dozens of shuttered restaurants across the country, Red Lobster announced that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an effort to save the flailing chain. As it closed locations, auctioned off its fryers and ovens , and faced an increasingly uncertain future, one popular theory quickly emerged: Red Lobster’s demise surely must be the result of all

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

The casual-dining seafood chain, with $300 million in debt, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in one of the biggest filings in restaurant industry history.

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EATER

MAY 20, 2024

Lille Allen We tested three recipes from Garfield. Recipes with Cattitude! to find out Garfield famously loves lasagna — so much so that Garfield. Recipes with Cattitude! , a 2013 Gooseberry Patch cookbook devotes a chapter to recipes for just lasagna, pasta, and pizza. Looking past the fact that cats don’t really eat lasagna, this is the thing that’s never added up: Lasagna is also famously a lot of work — I would know, since I recently put myself through the paces testing internet-famous lasag

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

The annual event recognized menu innovation at five restaurant chains, plus Chef Nancy Silverton’s induction into the MenuMasters Hall of Fame.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

Reality Check: You wouldn't believe what passed for acceptable in earlier iterations.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

The industry and its allies are pushing legislation that would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 but keep the credit. The move is intended to thwart an effort to both raise the wage and kill the credit through a ballot initiative.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 20, 2024

The Bottom Line: The seafood chain’s bankruptcy declaration was not surprising after months of closures and Endless Shrimp recriminations. But that doesn’t make it any less notable.

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