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Sustaining Insta-Success

Modern Restaurant Management

It should come as no surprise that the world’s first marshmallow café would attract a lot of social media attention. XO Marshmallow brand co-founders Lindzi Shanks and Kat Connor created their handmade gourmet confections in their home kitchens before expanding from digital direct-to-consumer to include a café and a separate production and shipping space.

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Got Team Tension? 5 Ways to Prevent and Fix It!

Embrace the Suck

Every great team experiences tension. The pace of service in a busy restaurant can lead to interactions that are curt — to say the least — but larger issues can arise as well. Are you noticing your restaurant team is arguing? Is your employee turnover rate going up? Are you sensing a general lack of respect on the team? It's essential to address these issues head-on and make structural changes so your team can thrive because a restaurant won't succeed if its staff is unhappy.

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BP to buy TravelCenters of America for $1.3B

Restaurant Business

The large chain of full-service truck stops, a major operator of fast-food restaurants and full-service brands, will be sold to the British oil giant's North American subsidiary.

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The Top 5 Bar and Restaurant Trends 2023

Sculpture Hospitality

Inventory management is a critical aspect of running a successful restaurant or bar business, but strategies are constantly evolving. Throw into the mix rising wages, skyrocketing food prices, staffing shortages, inflation and a difficult economy and the hospitality industry is no doubt set for a difficult year.

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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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Are plant-based meats doomed? Depends on who you ask

Restaurant Business

The market for meat alternatives has flattened or declined lately, but plant-forward menus are growing in new directions as operators and suppliers explore the potential of vegetables.

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167 – Restaurant Trends 2023 for Restaurant Profitability

Marketing4Restaurants

Running a restaurant is hard. Let alone a small and budding one. Here to hopefully help you with certain aspects and decisions in running a successful restaurant, we are offering a few insights on what may or may not be good business decisions in regards to the restaurant business. Following up on the previous topic where we discussed restaurant trends we may see in 2023, we will cover a few more trends that we believe will shape the restaurant business landscape this year. # 4 Automating Certai

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Get Your Shared Kitchen Up and Running Faster with Onboarding Flows

The Food Corridor

At The Food Corridor, we recognize that onboarding new clients can often be an arduous component of a kitchen manager’s already full plate. It’s also one of the most important components. That’s why we’ve developed Onboarding Flows. Onboarding Flows enables you to seamlessly onboard prospective clients with checklists, automatic notifications, external links, and custom built guided flows — all from The Food Corridor platform.

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On Starting Small and Scaling Quickly – Bhupinder Madaan, Founder Theka Coffee

The Restaurant Times

In 2017, coffee culture was booming in India, but only for a wealthy few. Middle-class folks wanted in on the action, but premium brands like Starbucks were too pricey and kept them away. Bhupinder Madaan, a young serial entrepreneur, saw this gap during a visit to a bar in Delhi and got to work. He launched Theka Coffee to bring specialty coffee experiences to everyone, starting with quirky names like Palang Tod and Coffee ki Jawani, sold in beer bottles.

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Chef Marcus Samuelsson Is Opening His First Atlanta Restaurant This Spring

EATER

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Toast acquires drive-thru display company Delphi

Restaurant Business

The restaurant tech giant is making its move into QSR by targeting the high-volume drive-thru channel.

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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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How a Michelin-Starred Dim Sum Restaurant in London Makes Its Signature Dumpling

EATER

Chef Andrew Wong describes the dumpling as “a single mouthful of magic” At two-Michelin-starred restaurant A. Wong in London, chef Andrew Wong and his team prepare two menus every day. During the day, the restaurant serves as an a la carte dim sum restaurant, and in the evening, a restaurant that serves a prix fixe menu giving guests tastes from different regions of China.

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Who might buy Subway, and who won't

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: The fast-food sandwich chain is on the market. So let's take a look at a few potential buyers, and dismiss the idea of a few others.

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Inside the Backroom Battle for Mother Wolf, One of Hollywood’s Hottest Restaurants

EATER

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Zerocater raises $15M for AI-powered 'cafeteria replacement'

Restaurant Business

Its new Cloud Cafe service, which allows employees to order meals from an app, was built for hybrid workplaces.

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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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Master the New Orleans Classics

EATER

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Facing another year of inflation, Bloomin' comes up with $50M in savings

Restaurant Business

The Outback Steakhouse parent says new tech and kitchen equipment should help profits this year. But much will depend on traffic.

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Valrhona Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding

Gastro Gays

In Paid Partnership with Valrhona Self-saucing puddings are a feat of engineering. Drowning the batter in water feels counter-intuitive but self-saucing puddings are as old as the hills –– their trick is that the water… The post Valrhona Chocolate Self-Saucing Pudding appeared first on GastroGays.

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Customers returned to Shake Shack in January

Restaurant Business

The fast-casual, "better burger" chain is positioning itself to capture trade-down diners with truffles and more plant-based options. It is also working to rebuild profit margins.

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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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Eat App & The Entertainer join forces to improve guests's booking experience

The Eat Restaurant

We've got exciting news! Eat App and the ENTERTAINER have joined forces to give restaurant diners an even better guest experience. Now, restaurant diners can view exclusive fine dining options, PLUS make a direct online booking at the venue directly on the Entertainer App. "We are excited to collaborate with The Entertainer to improve restaurant guest engagement and booking experiences." — Lourah Distler, Eat App's head of channel partnerships.

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Papa Murphy's owner hopes the brand's tough 2022 is in the past

Restaurant Business

The take-and-bake pizza chain "closed a lot of stores" last year amid lower franchisee profits. But parent company MTY Food Group says 2023 has started out much better.

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2017 Col D’Orcia Brunello Di Montalcino

Planet Grape

The post 2017 Col D’Orcia Brunello Di Montalcino appeared first on planet grape® wine review.

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How Adenah Bayoh is positioning Cornbread Farm to Soul for fast-casual expansion

Restaurant Business

The IHOP franchisee and Cornbread co-founder is on a mission to change the perception of soul food across the country.

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

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.

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2016 Col D’Orcia Vigna Nastagio Brunello Di Montalcino

Planet Grape

The post 2016 Col D’Orcia Vigna Nastagio Brunello Di Montalcino appeared first on planet grape® wine review.

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Norms names Eric Wyatt CEO

Restaurant Business

Wyatt joins the 73-year-old regional chain after working for such brands as Starbucks and Panera.

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2015 Col D’Orcia Poggio Al Vento Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva

Planet Grape

The post 2015 Col D’Orcia Poggio Al Vento Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva appeared first on planet grape® wine review.

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Texas Roadhouse sets a traffic record

Restaurant Business

Traffic is up 10% through the first seven weeks of 2023. Executives aren’t sure why, but they have a few ideas.

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

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.

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2021 Atelier Chardonnay Russian River Valley

Planet Grape

The post 2021 Atelier Chardonnay Russian River Valley appeared first on planet grape® wine review.

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Reports of mid-market restaurants' death may be greatly exaggerated

Restaurant Business

Sweet & Sour: The pandemic has fostered doubts about the viability of mid-priced dining. But isn’t the pandemic fading fast?

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2021 Atelier Pinot Noir Russian River Valley

Planet Grape

The post 2021 Atelier Pinot Noir Russian River Valley appeared first on planet grape® wine review.

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The ‘Toxic Love’ of Twitter’s Most Outlandish Food Warnings

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater Piling on with “warnings” about Black and diaspora dishes is a playful act of protection — one that inserts Black voices in the center of culinary conversation If the responses to a recently published recipe for jollof rice in the New York Times are to be believed, the paper of record is putting its readers in imminent danger. “Be careful.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.