Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2024

I’m an avid thrifter. I’ve visited almost every thrift store in my town — more than once. At checkout, I’m often handed a punch card alongside my receipt. We’re all familiar with punch cards; spend $100, get $10 free! But we’re also all familiar with the concept of forgetfulness. By the time I’ve purchased enough to get me to the $100 threshold (which for me, doesn’t take long), the long-forgotten punch card has already made its way to a trash can

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 3, 2024

How eager are you to reach that position of chef? Are you hungry enough to do what you need to do, to build a plan and stick with it? Are you serious about cooking, creating, coaching a team, and contributing to the success of a business? If the answers are, YES, then sit down – let’s talk. First and foremost, if you did answer yes then I am confident you will reach that goal of chef.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

In an increasingly complex and expensive labor market, automated coffee solutions can significantly enhance margins for coffee operators. For most Americans, coffee is a part of their life. In fact, according to the National Coffee Association’s NCDT Spring 2024 report, 67% of Americans have consumed a coffee in the last day. These are the highest numbers recorded in recent years.

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EATER

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s weird, but it works. | Taco Bell The chain’s latest menu gimmicks are improbably good After a decade or so of writing about food, I am relatively immune to a fast-food gimmick. I no longer trust that a chain’s decision to make a sandwich that uses fried chicken instead of buns, a la the KFC Double Down , is actually going to be good. The key exception to this rule is Taco Bell, a chain that always seems to stick the landing when it comes to an absurd culinary mash-up.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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.

Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Retail Watch: Grocers and big-box food retailers, already benefiting from being significantly cheaper than restaurants, are touting major price cuts this summer.

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ChowNow

JUNE 3, 2024

With longer days and warmer nights, diners are more ready than ever to enjoy outdoor dining and festive gatherings. In fact, restaurants and bars saw a summer spending surge from May to July 2023— sales jumped 11.8% in July, and 9.5% in June compared to 2022. This growth trend indicates that summer is the perfect time for restaurants to refresh operations, attract new patrons, and maximize profits.

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Squirrel Systems

JUNE 3, 2024

In the competitive landscape of the restaurant industry, staff retention has become a critical challenge. High turnover rates not only disrupt operations but also incur significant costs related to hiring and training new employees. However, technological advancements in restaurant labor management and scheduling are proving to be game-changers in addressing this issue.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Systemwide, Portillo's restaurants will open 30 minutes earlier, and some restaurants are staying open as late as 1 a.m. local time.

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Future Food

JUNE 3, 2024

Allan Forsdick The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is a country in the throes of incredible transformation. In May this year, my colleague David Mallon and I explored the financial centre of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, to learn about the mega and giga projects that are shaping this city (and country) and how food and hospitality is providing it with a vehicle for connection of people and place.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

The plant-based concept backed by an investment from restaurateur Danny Meyer is on a national tour this summer to hunt for potential locations. And founder Pinky Cole Hayes is working with Pepsi to find the best Black-owned restaurants.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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.

EATER

JUNE 3, 2024

Home-style dishes at Phayawi. | Phayawi Chuleton steak on a buzzy parrilla, tasting menus at Noma co-founder Claus Meyer’s famed restaurant, beef skewers and stuffed fried potatoes at quintessential street vendors, and more of La Paz’s best meals La Paz is firing on all cylinders. The Bolivian capital, which sits pretty at 12,000 feet above sea level, lays out a spread of street foods like rellenos de papas (meat-stuffed fried potato balls) and jawitas (cheese-stuffed pastries sprinkled with spi

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Reality Check: Restaurants will be competing for attention this year with the Summer Games and political advertising. It could be a test of whether digital marketing, and loyalty programs in particular, can deliver on their promise.

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EATER

JUNE 3, 2024

The celebrity chef hands off the title but remains the founder and executive chairman of José Andrés Group

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

The Bottom Line: Bankruptcy filings, closures, strategic alternatives and a sudden value messaging all suggest the industry is in a tough spot. But many brands are still thriving.

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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.

Leadership

EATER

JUNE 3, 2024

On national holidays, the combination of pineapple ice cream, pipeño and a variety of liqueurs is served by the pitcher, glass or as the diminutive Réplica (“Aftershock”).

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

The Mexican fast-food chain plans to bring Presto Voice technology to more restaurants after it improved speed and ticket size at a test location.

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EATER

JUNE 3, 2024

Distant Relatives serves up Central Texas BBQ inspired by the African diaspora Distant Relatives, “the grand, illustrious, smallest barbecue trailer” in Austin, Texas, serves up Central Texas barbecue inspired by the African diaspora with dishes such as black-eyed peas and barbecue jumbled rice. “I’m African American, so a lot of what we do here is inspired by familial dishes,” says pitmaster and owner Damien Brockway.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

The new saucier chicken nuggets roll out nationwide June 10, but digital customers can order them up now.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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.

Leadership

NetWaiter

JUNE 3, 2024

3 Ways to Keep Entertained While Solo Dining This guest post about dining solo is from Steve Conway, a passionate traveler who explores the globe in pursuit of adventure, sun-soaked beaches, and amazing food. For many people, solo dining is something that is not regarded as a pleasure.… The post <strong>3 Ways to Keep Entertained While Solo Dining</strong> appeared first on NetWaiter.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

The produce likely never made it to restaurants or supermarkets, according to the FDA, because supplies were halted at the distributor and wholesaler stages of the supply chain.

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Culinary Digital

JUNE 3, 2024

A simplified menu is a powerful catalyst for shaping and solidifying a unified brand identity within a dining establishment. This strategic approach, characterized by a focused selection of signature dishes, offers many advantages that contribute to a robust and consistent brand identity. Clarity of Purpose A streamlined menu is a powerful means of communication, sending a crystal-clear message to customers regarding culinary focus and unwavering dedication to culinary expertise.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Working Lunch: "We may be on the verge of having an organizing effort in the fine-dining segment.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

The Salt

JUNE 3, 2024

Meza Malonga, a restaurant in Rwanda's capital Kigali, serves innovative Afro-fusion cuisine. Chef Dieuveil Malonga opened it in 2020, after years of working in high-end European restaurants.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

The fast-food chain continues to push branded merch tie-ins to lure consumers.

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EATER

JUNE 3, 2024

Lille Allen In Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor’s 1970 classic, liberation went hand in hand with intuition There are a lot of terms for thoughtful cooking: “intuition,” “Old World,” “cooking with love.” Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor’s was the best. She called it “vibration cooking.” This was also the title of her first cookbook, published in 1970, and she describes vibration cooking in the book’s second, very often quoted paragraph: “And when I cook, I never measure or weigh anything.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 3, 2024

From the editor: This year’s ranking of the largest U.S. restaurant chains by system sales reveals winners and losers and a few warning signs. Here’s an early look at RB’s coverage of the report.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

Embrace the Suck

JUNE 3, 2024

WARNING : I am about to discuss a taboo topic that the restaurant industry needs to address. So buckle up; this one is not going to be pretty. If you are sensitize to touchy topic… STOP HERE! Welcome to the eye-opening journey into the detrimental impact of porn addiction on work ethic and the restaurant industry. In this deep-dive exploration, we will dissect the understanding of porn addiction, delve into the repercussions it has on workplace productivity and professionalism, and grasp

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EATER

JUNE 3, 2024

In every queerphobic stereotype, what and how we eat is a source of fear. But with an open mind, food might just become a liberating source of power. “You know my rule about men eating soup in public,” right-wing pundit Jesse Watters ventured on Fox News. “I don’t think it’s manly.” He mimed sipping broth from a spoon, lips pouted in a delicate O, before declaring the same rule exists for ice cream.

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