Crunchtime

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

As convenience stores continue to expand and evolve, retailers have an increasing responsibility to maintain impeccable food safety standards. Consumers want quick service, including healthy grab-and-go options, and its up to C-store operators to ensure food safety, even with the speed of service. When it comes down to ensuring food safety standards, theres no time for outdated methods of communication, and with todays technology, theres really no reason for administrative delay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Have you ever received an enticing discount text promotion from a restaurant, only to discover you’re logged out of your account, or the link takes you to an app you don’t have? That inconvenience can be enough to stop you from ordering. What if you could remove that friction from your customer experience? The next generation of messaging technology makes it possible, allowing people to order seamlessly from the text itself while still receiving an immersive brand experience.

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Marketing Email Marketing Mobile Ordering Communication 251

Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

About 17% of Bloomin's headquarters staff were affected. The company cited industry headwinds and a need to realign after refranchising its operations in Brazil.

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Operations 325

EATER

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Eater Staff Its cold outside, but the deals are hot on Le Creuset Dutch ovens, colorful kitchen shears, and a flirty (!) oyster platter Every week, we poke around the internet for the best kitchen and cookware deals that are truly doorbusters, soaring above the scant 10 to 20 percent off thats all but ubiquitous and showering you instead with serious deals on cult-fave brands, workhorse countertop appliances, and the token piece of food-inspired clothing that we will undoubtedly redefine our ent

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Designed to speed operational tests, the lab will be near a new support center that will tap regional talent as the fast-casual chain ramps up to quadruple its unit count.

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The Salt

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Malinda Russell's A Domestic Cookbook was first published in 1866. It contains least a hundred recipes for sweets, plus recipes for shampoo and cologne and remedies for toothaches.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Lille Allen/Eater; see below for full photo credits To find the best tomato soup, we tested four popular recipes that use different techniques, including the Instant Pot and roasting fresh tomatoes Chocolate chip cookies and milk, Buffalo sauce and blue cheese, grilled cheese and tomato soup these are some of the worlds great pairings. But when it comes to the latter, Ill admit that Ive never really had a defined approach: Ill dump out the contents of whatever canned tomatoes Ive got on hand an

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A lot of restaurant companies are finding the going more difficult early in 2025, thanks to weather and industry headwinds. But some are doing just fine.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Eater Staff Jazz up your tablescape with colorful Le Creuset mills, tinned fish-shaped shakers, and more grinders and pinch pots to impress When it comes to ever-present table accoutrements that make an impression, salt and pepper shakers are where we can really let our personality and preferences shine. These Memphis Design-style salt and pepper mills were whimsical additions to the dinner table at my parents house, and I blame this salt cellar episode of Frasier for driving my obsession with t

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Mexican fast-food chain is once again collaborating with celebrated pastry chef Christina Tosi for a limited-time dessert.

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Bar Food 221

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.

The Salt

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

U.S. tariffs could cause the prices of steel and aluminum cans to rise, an increase that may ultimately be passed on to consumers.

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Pricing 111

Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Taste Tracker: Burgerville and Jersey Mikes bring on the spice; Handels gets sticky; Hungry Howies and Potbelly celebrate chili; and fruit and ice brighten Jambas beverage line.

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Beverage Food 179

Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The advocacy group this year plans to take on the complex and divisive issue, seeking to find balance between paying a livable wage and keeping a business alive.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Bottom Line: Chains looking for an edge in a competitive market are trying all kinds of things. Theyre better off expending the effort on their core brands.

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Marketing 165

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.

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