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Operational Excellence and the Value War   

Modern Restaurant Management

Technomic’s revised predictions for 2024 revealed a challenging road ahead for the restaurant industry, which has been plagued by rising prices and shifting consumer behavior since the onset of the pandemic. The first half of 2024 saw a decline in traffic that was significant enough that the data and analytics firm reduced its original forecast from a 5.3 percent sales increase by 1.5 percentage points to 3.8 percent.

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The Best International Candy to Give Out on Halloween

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater Surprise trick-or-treaters with Hi-Chews, Swedish gummies, and more Passing out Halloween candy is one of my favorite annual traditions. When I was a kid, I vowed to be the grown-up who would give out jumbo chocolate bars or really special candies — no peppermints, tiny caramel hard candies, or tragic pennies allowed. This oath is linked to my own obsession with confectionery.

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More than 4 in 10 independent restaurants couldn't pay their rent in September

Restaurant Business

Still, that's slightly better than small business rent delinquencies overall, according to a monthly survey. And, for restaurants, it's an improvement from August.

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ChowNow x Squarespace: Partnering to Turn Your Restaurant’s Website into a Digital Revenue Stream

ChowNow

Every restaurant has a unique story. A special dynamic you cant help but notice between servers and their guests. A certain nostalgia thats evoked from sampling a signature dish. A reason loyal customers keep coming back for more. Its what turns food into an experience. And its why at ChowNow , we take great care in building an online ordering platform that ensures your restaurants character, your brand , is what shines front and center.

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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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Restaurants' push for more innovation is making operations more complex

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Chains have dramatically ramped up the new product introductions this year as they look for ways to court customers at a time of weak traffic. They may be going too far.

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Creating your own restaurant split check policy

Clover - Restaurants

To keep things running smoothly, restaurants need a well-defined split check policy that ensures consistency and efficiency for both customers and employees. A smart approach to splitting checks can elevate the dining experience, streamline restaurant operations , and minimize disputes at checkout. Join us as we dive into what a split check policy entails, why it’s essential, and how Clover’s restaurant POS systems can make this process seamless.

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What Restaurant Owners Need to Know About Flexitarian Diets

The Rail

By Leo Clarke, Contributor As a restaurant owner, understanding various dietary preferences is crucial for catering to a diverse customer base and enhancing your restaurant’s culinary appeal. The term " flexitarian " is a blend of "flexible" and "vegetarian," and as such, it describes individuals who primarily consume plant-based foods but occasionally include animal products in their diet.

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Restaurants are turning to their insurers for reasons other than hurricanes

Restaurant Business

Fires generate the most big-figure compensation requests, but everyday issues like equipment breakdowns or staff mishaps are still the most frequent reasons for claims to be filed.

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Vegan cheese doesn't melt like the real deal. That could soon change

The Salt

An Israeli company may have taken a huge step forward in the quest for a vegan cheese with the taste and texture of the real thing.

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Domino’s names a CMO, Red Robin’s CTO resigns and more executive moves

Restaurant Business

Executive Summary: The latest leadership shifts in the restaurant industry.

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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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Buzztime Weekly Bar Trivia Challenge – Week 54

Buzztime Business

Are you hungry for more trivia? Is one night of bar trivia per week not enough to satiate your senses? Buzztime has tens of thousands of questions in its database. Pub trivia hosts and players could spend a lifetime with them! However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure. Events that are important one year become irrelevant many years later.

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3 reasons to be long on restaurant delivery

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: If you think the business is booming now, just wait until these tailwinds kick in. There's just one thing giving us pause.

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A company says it created a milk protein that could revolutionize dairy-free cheese

The Salt

A look into the race to create a vegan cheese with the taste and texture of the real thing.

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Starbucks plucks Yahoo's CMO to be its new chief brand officer

Restaurant Business

Tressie Lieberman, who has worked with Chipotle, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, will oversee marketing for the coffee shop giant.

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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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The Best (Non-Boring) Aprons for Every Kind of Cook

EATER

Morgan Thompson/Francky Knapp Tired? Workwear aprons. Wired? Bauhaus-worthy aprons. As a passionate home cook but admittedly lazy person, aprons have always felt like an afterthought. Frying tofu ? Simmering a red sauce ? The best apron subs, it seemed, were just my “whatever” clothes; most splatter-inducing recipes were executed in either a forgettable T-shirt, or a Temu-level, apron I was gifted as a gag featuring a suspiciously jolly cat in a beret.

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In ‘Happy’s Place,’ Reba Brings Her Brand of Folksy Charm to the Bar

EATER

Reba and Melissa Peterman, reunited again at Happy’s Place | Casey Durkin/NBC The new show doesn’t break any molds, but it sure is cozy In 2001, country star Reba McEntire ruled the airwaves with her eponymous sitcom, Reba. In the series, McEntire stars as a single mom who — well, you know how the song goes. The show only ran for six seasons but developed a cult following in syndication, and it continues to inspire memes.

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 I Can’t Stop Thinking About This $4,000 BDSM Apron

EATER

Francky Knapp Need a new apron? A Halloween costume? A German sex club ‘fit that screams kitchen leather daddy? Right this way. Just when I thought I had seen every kind of apron out there, from trompe l’oeil lobster tails to faux tattooed arm aprons , this BDSM apron came in to demolish the competition. Although, was it really an apron? Kink wear masquerading as an apron?

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The Internet Has Developed a Collective Crush on This ‘Great British Bake Off’ Contestant

EATER

Of Mice and Men and Men That Look Like Cats That Look Like Men. | Jesse Sparks, Great British Baking Show On the newest season of the Great British Baking Show, one clumsy yet capable contestant has many viewers falling for him Paul Hollywood’s icy blue eyes aren’t the only thing piercing viewers’ hearts on the newest season of the Great British Baking Show.

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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.