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Diving Deeper with Guest Data Through Direct Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

With close to two-thirds (63 percent) of Americans now ordering takeout at least once a month , and most of this group ordering online, restaurants are looking for unique ways to win guests through digital channels. The secret to success on these platforms, however, lies less in the unique new dishes restaurants promote but rather in the customer data they are able to collect.

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Franchise Compliance Guide: Laws + Agreements

7 Shifts

Some of the biggest restaurant businesses on the planet are franchises. They employ thousands of people and have served billions, and with so many people affected, it's understandable why there are franchise-specific laws and regulations in place. Franchise compliance is one of the biggest considerations when entering into and running a franchise business, as failing to follow federal and applicable city/state laws could result in serious consequences.

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WHY THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS IS IMPORTANT

Culinary Cues

For me, some of the most important tools for life were gained in the kitchen. They were gained when I had to wake up at 4:00 a.m. to be in the kitchen by 5:00. They were gained when I worked on my feet for a ten- or twelve-hour shift. They were gained as I worked over a cherry red flat top range, sweat pouring down my back. They were gained working with people whom I had to depend on, people from all kinds of backgrounds: ethnic, educational, race, gender, and age.

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All Hail the Halal Fried Chicken Shop

EATER

The plexiglass-shielded counter at Crown Fried Chicken in Newburgh. | Mike Diago. For decades, the corner halal fried chicken shop has been a staple of New York neighborhoods, and an important economic foothold for their Afghan owners It’s around 5 p.m. on a Thursday inside Crown Fried Chicken on Broadway in Newburgh, New York, and a young woman talks into her cellphone: “Be there soon!

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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 can coffee shops handle a busy rush?

Perfect Daily Grind

There’s no doubt that a sudden rush of customers is a familiar prospect for many baristas and café owners. For some, this can happen on a weekly or monthly basis; for others, it is a daily occurrence. Even for more experienced baristas, busy rushes can be stressful to manage – especially if you need to focus on making sure that you are consistently serving high-quality coffee.

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Feeding the Flock

EATER

A vendor at LA’s Buffet Guatemalteco, the Guatemalan night market where fried chicken is among the favorite dishes. | Wonho Frank Lee/Eater. Fried chicken is community. We asked five photographers to document the many ways the dish brings people together. Pizza is sold by the slice. Hamburgers are wrapped up one at a time. Tacos arrive in pairs or trios, twirled in foil or arranged like overlapping petals on paper plates.

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Indian Fried Chicken Is Its Own Beautiful Thing

EATER

Kashmiri fried chicken at Mister Mao. | Josh Brasted. Restaurants like New York’s Rowdy Rooster are showing how Indian fried chicken is not just a riff on the Southern American staple Chintan Pandya and Roni Mazumdar, the pair behind restaurant group powerhouse Unapologetic Foods, want you to know that their new fried chicken restaurant, Rowdy Rooster , is not the “McDonald’s version” of Indian food.

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20 Break Room Ideas For Your Workplace

Sling

Looking for inspiring break room ideas to improve the common areas of your business? You’ve come to the right place. The employee lounge, staff lunchroom, or whatever you call it in your business is a place for your team to relax, regroup, and recharge during the busy workday. How can you ensure that your team feels engaged and ready to get back to work after getting a cup of coffee or chatting with their coworkers?

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Americans Can’t Kick the Fried Chicken Bucket

EATER

Re-introducing one of life’s greatest joys: the fried chicken bucket Last year, a few days before December 25, I decided I would grab buckets of KFC fried chicken for our Jewish family’s non-Christmas dinner. The idea isn’t unique: KFC “party barrels” on Christmas and the days leading up to it are a tradition in Japan , where the chain’s fried chicken has become the folkloric way to celebrate in a country not tied to Christian traditions.

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Case Study: Meeting your Guests Online, Increasing Revenue & Streamlining your Operations

The Eat Restaurant

Our latest case study takes a look at the Baron , Beirut located in Lebanon - best known for being Mediterranean influenced, European executed and entirely Beirut. The restaurant, above all else, aims to be creative and provide a welcoming place for guests to eat.

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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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The Happiest Food on Earth?

EATER

Theme parks have long used fried chicken to evoke a sense of old-timey, wholesome Americana. But who, exactly, is this nostalgia really for? As you stroll across the colorful plaza just off of Disneyland Park’s Main Street U.S.A., the oil-drenched scent of crispy fried chicken hits the nose instantly. Wafting out of the pink three-tiered Victorian mansion known as the Plaza Inn, the fried chicken dinner at Disneyland is one of the 66-year-old park’s most sought-after offerings.

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Fourth of July Wine picks!

The Wine Knitter

​It’s time to break out the sparklers, watch a fireworks show, and plan a backyard BBQ! Photo credit: Calvin Shelwell ​Whether you’re firing up the grill or packing a picnic basket for the beach, here are four palate-pleasing red, white, and pink wines to complement many food options. Photo credit: Penny Weiss Quattro Quarti Grillo DOC Sicilia 2019 This 100% Grillo is produced by Cantine Ermes, founded in 1998 in the heart of Belice Valley in Sicily.

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The United States of Fried Chicken

EATER

Your double-dredged, battered, spiced, crispy-fried guide to America’s favorite food What does it take for a dish or a food to be considered “American.” Is there something inherent in the seasonings, the ingredients, or the presentation that makes it ours? Or is it just something most everyone’s tried, or at least would recognize on a glowing fast-food menu?

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Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse: June 29, 2022

Black Box Intelligence

About Half of All States Experienced Negative Sales Growth, Only 10 Achieved Positive Traffic. Powered by Black Box Financial Intelligence™ . Data through the week ending June 19, 2022. The week ending June 19, the restaurant industry settled into what is considered the new normal: modest growth in same-store sales growth, while guest count erosion continues year-over-year.

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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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How to Survive the Sriracha Shortage

EATER

Huy Fong isn’t the only sriracha brand out there. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. There are plenty of alternatives to Huy Fong As countless news outlets have breathlessly reported over the past week, a sriracha shortage is looming. Huy Fong Foods, the California-based producer of the country’s most popular brand of sriracha — the one with the rooster on the bottle — says that it will have to scale back production of this much-beloved hot sauce due to an “abysmal” spring crop of red jalapenos imp

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Case Study: Meeting your Guests Online and Growing Your Restaurant Brand

The Eat Restaurant

Our latest case study takes a look at the Baron , Beirut located in Lebanon - best known for being Mediterranean influenced, European executed and entirely Beirut. The restaurant, above all else, aims to be creative and provide a welcoming place for guests to eat.

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A Four-Ingredient Fried Chicken Recipe With a Story to Tell

EATER

Clay Williams. Gullah Geechee cookbook author Emily Meggett’s version of the Southern staple is an essential When it’s time to make fried chicken, 89-year-old cook and cookbook author Emily Meggett always starts by grabbing a brown paper bag. A woman who appreciates simplicity, she relies on only four key ingredients: raw chicken, seasoning salt, vegetable oil, and White Lily self-rising flour.

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Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse: June 29, 2022

Black Box Intelligence

About Half of All States Experienced Negative Sales Growth, Only 10 Achieved Positive Traffic Powered by Black Box Financial Intelligence™ Data through the week ending June 19, 2022 The week ending June 19, the restaurant industry settled into what is considered the new normal: modest growth in same-store sales growth, while guest count erosion continues year-over-year.

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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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For Generations of Black Women, Fried Chicken Meant Financial Freedom

EATER

For Black women in America — especially in Virginia — fried chicken has always been a lifeline Of all the foods the South has given to the American culinary landscape, fried chicken is one of the most impactful. And for good reason. In the more than 300 years since the dish was first recorded in the American South, it has garnered international praise for the characteristic combination of textures, techniques, and flavors that go into it: Crispy, crunchy skin hides juicy and tender meat inside,

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Immortal Dew

T-Ching

I do have a favorite tea, and where it’s grown it doesn't have a particular name. We call it Immortal Dew. The post Immortal Dew appeared first on T Ching.

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The Best Chicken Nugget Shapes, According to Kids

EATER

What’s in a shape? A lot, it turns out, when you’re five and hungry The chicken nugget is a paradox: Its name implies a vague lump-like shape, but it almost always takes on a much more specific form, be it a dinosaur or a letter or a cartoon character. And while any adult nugget fan knows in their heart which shape is superior (it’s the dinosaur), kids live by a different set of rules.

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The Ultimate Home Bar Accessories Guide

EATER

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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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Which Chain Makes the Best Fried Chicken?

EATER

Welcome to Eater’s fast-food fried chicken bracket It is not March, but the bracket formula transcends seasons and disciplines. We found the formula extremely helpful for declaring the best bowl food in 2020’s Bowl Bowl. And here, now and over the next few days (do check back), we’re applying it to the wide world of fast-food chain fried chicken. Just as fried chicken crosses cuisines and countries, it is present in myriad forms as fast food.

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The Chicken Cutlet Is Forever

EATER

The ’90s-era pounded, breaded chicken cutlet is showing up on more restaurant menus again, feeding a desire for something savory, tasty, not fussy, and to the point This is not scientifically proven, but nothing tastes as good as a chicken cutlet. A pounded-thin, tender piece of chicken breast that’s been breaded in some savory coating and pan-fried is among the greatest gifts meat-eaters can give themselves.