Black Box Intelligence

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

State of the Industry Recap 5 Key Takeaways From Restaurant Industry 2025 Q1 State of the Industry The Restaurant Industry 2025 Q1 Snapshot Webinar by Black Box Intelligence shared important insights. We covered sales, consumer trends, workforce challenges, and what to expect in 2025. Here are the biggest takeaways from the discussion. 1. The Restaurant Industry is Slowly Recovering The good news?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Health-driven brand True Food Kitchen transitioned its kitchens across all 46 locations in 18 states as well as its entire menu to become 100-percemt seed oil-free. As part of a multi-year shift, the brand exclusively uses avocado and olive oils, eliminating industrial seed oils from every ingredient of its 100-plus menu items. “This isn’t just a trend or a tagline—this is who we are,” said Matthew Padilla, Head of Culinary at True Food Kitchen. "It was a massive unde

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The fast-casual chicken chain, which counts Drake and Usher among its celebrity backers, has apparently hired an investment bank and could seek a valuation of $1 billion.

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Wasserstrom

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Designing and building a restaurant is a complicated process. Oftentimes, people only see the result of a restaurant opening when everything looks perfect, and the establishment is full of excited, hungry diners. However, getting to that point involves a lot of hard work, even for the most experienced restaurateurs. Potential owners will benefit from having […] The post Design & Build: Budgeting for Your Restaurant Launch appeared first on The Official Wasserstrom Blog.

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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 11, 2025

The eight-unit coffee shop chain was developed to support charitable efforts in underserved communities.

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Crunchtime

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Top takeaways to help scale your restaurant business with confidence Growing. Expanding. Scaling. These three words are top of mind for most restaurant operators today. But, whether you want to add a dozen units to your business or hundreds, growth can be hard. Thats why having the right growth strategies in place can make all the difference.

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Sante

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this episode, we kick things off with a bold and innovative Junglee Craft Cocktail tastingbecause why settle for ordinary? Continue Reading The post Lebowskis Kool-Luah, Junglee, Rhum Barbancourt and more appeared first on Sant.Food.Wine.Spirits.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Bottom Line: The fast-food chains executives said that the overall market is pretty muted to start 2025, particularly among lower-income diners.

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Sante

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In this episode, we kick things off with a bold and innovative Junglee Craft Cocktail tastingbecause why settle for ordinary? Continue Reading The post Lebowskis Kool-Luah, Junglee, Rhum Barbancourt and more appeared first on Sant.Food.Wine.Spirits.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The executive chairman of Burger King owner Restaurant Brands International has helped brands thrive with a simple idea: They do well when their franchisees do well.

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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.

The Salt

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Customers can now order restaurant food and meal kits in the Wonder app as the company looks to become a "super app for mealtime.

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Sculpture Hospitality

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The restaurant industry is no stranger to challenges - tight profit margins, demanding customers, and a constant drive to stay competitive. But theres another growing priority for todays restaurant owners sustainability.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Food retailers are urging shoppers to skip the reservations and pick up what they need for a cozy night at home.

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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.

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Margin Edge

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

MarginEdge | We took data from thousands of restaurants across the country and compiled a report to show sales trends for the month of January 2025.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Bloomberg via Getty Images Papa Johns and Dominos both introduced toiletries thatll make you smell like a classic slice Food and sex are both things to have an appetite for, to crave, to savor. We blur the lines between the two, evoking the edible when we want to attract the sexual. We eat oysters and chocolate to court arousal. And we use the aromas of foods vanilla, citrus, spices to make ourselves smell as irresistible as whats on our plate, waiting for someone to take a bite.

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Margin Edge

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Fast Casual and Full Service DMV restaurant sales for January 2025 are in! No need to adjust your screen, our charts went through a glow-up last month.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A Safeway in Baltimore still had some eggs on shelves, but it was looking grim. | Jess Mayhugh Empty shelves and high prices await at grocery stores across the country due to bird flu outbreaks across the country Even if youre not the type of person who eats two eggs for breakfast every single day, youve likely noticed that the egg situation in this country is a little bit weird right 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.

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Sling

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Accounts using a free Sling subscription, excluding customers integrated with Toast POS , will soon be limited to 30 users. Free accounts with fewer than 30 users will not experience any changes, unless they attempt to add a 31st user. Free accounts with more than 30 users will be prompted to upgrade to Sling Premium or Business if they attempt to add any more users.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Dont ruin your favorite restaurant with a companion who doesnt deserve to experience it. | Lille Allen Pick a just okay place for a companion you dont know too well yet I should preface this by saying that Ive been monogamously married for almost 11 years. My last first date with a stranger took place at a random slice shop before seeing Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World in theaters.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The president says he will enact levies on two metals that are key for both construction and equipment manufacturers. Will this raise the cost of restaurant expansion?

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EATER

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Lille Allen The dating scene may change over generations, but one thing remains constant: restaurants are a often setting of love and intimacy, for better and worse The restaurant has long played a central role in the world of dating. One only need to watch the iconic When Harry Met Sally scene set in New Yorks Katzs Delicatessen or enjoy Ratatouille for the hundredth time to understand that restaurants are a setting of love, sensuality, intimacy, and most certainly, plenty of heat.

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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.