Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2024

What do today’s restaurant operators need to manage the challenging sales environment? A break. Specifically, a coffee break. More specifically, a specialty beverage break. That is, according to Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) recent survey, Tapping into Specialty Beverages to Maximize Restaurant Sales , which suggests that the coffee (or boba or smoothie or soda) break is a growing trend— and one that could significantly boost your restaurant’s revenue.

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The Eat Restaurant

MAY 21, 2024

Running a busy restaurant means managing a lot of moving parts. One key aspect is ensuring your guests have a smooth experience from the moment they arrive. A reliable waitlist system can significantly improve this experience.

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SpotOn

MAY 21, 2024

School's out, the farmer's markets are booming, and summer vacation plans are finally coming to life. The 4th of July weekend offers so much more than an Independence Day celebration. It's peak summer. But unlike Mother's Day and Cinco de Mayo , the 4th of July is a quieter holiday for restaurants. Many people spend their day off relaxing with family, firing up the grill at a backyard barbecue, or catching the local fireworks or parade.

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Apicbase

MAY 21, 2024

Whether launching a new concept or expanding into a different market, menu development is critical for a restaurant’s success. That means balancing brilliant ideas with practicality and taking the time to consider all variables that can impact food costs , menu scalability, and customer first impressions. Setting a final menu takes time, because there are many factors to juggle beyond recipes.

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Advertiser: Paycor

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 21, 2024

Business travelers? They’re the dreamiest. They’ll fill bar seats that other customers may find less desirable, quietly relax or have a friendly chat with the bartender, and happily consent to upsells, as they’re often paying with a company per diem. More and more people traveling for work are folding sightseeing and entertainment into their trips as part of the “bleisure” travel trend.

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Crunchtime

MAY 21, 2024

Last year, we hosted our all-new user conference, Ops Summit 2023 , in San Antonio, TX. We were thrilled to be joined by hundreds of customers , leaders, users, and advocates from the Crunchtime community.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 21, 2024

The chain’s CEO alleged that the deal may have pushed more shrimp business to owner Thai Union Group at Red Lobster’s expense, setting the stage for a messy Chapter 11 proceeding.

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EATER

MAY 21, 2024

Hawaiian shave ice. | Shutterstock From Hawaiian shave ice to Mexican raspados to Filipino halo-halo, icy desserts are rightfully beloved across the globe Shave ice, one of the world’s oldest desserts, is suddenly everywhere. It goes by many names; at Ariari in New York City, hotteok bingsoo served with cinnamon puffs and peanuts. The Lobster Club, also in New York City, serves a dolled-up “pineapple upside down” kakigori.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 21, 2024

The casual-dining chain, which filed for bankruptcy this week, is probing whether its former CEO steered all its shrimp purchasing through the company's owner, Thai Union, a shrimp supplier.

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Advertiser: Paycor

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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EATER

MAY 21, 2024

Trying to beat the heat and the dinner rush? Dine later. Summer nights are one of the season’s great joys. As someone who will take 90 degrees and full humidity over a crisp, autumn day any time (so much layering ), I’m never more excited to dine outside. Because I know not everyone shares my enthusiasm, I try to be sympathetic to loved ones who wilt in the sun whenever I’m searching for restaurant reservations that can accommodate everyone.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 21, 2024

The pancake chain's AI recommendation engine makes menu suggestions based on what a customer has already ordered. It has proven quite persuasive.

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EATER

MAY 21, 2024

Photo illustration by Lille Allen; see below for full credits. Designed for leftovers, this marinated salad takes full advantage of asparagus season My boyfriend is a leftovers vacuum, happily breaking into a container straight from the fridge and downing its contents, whatever they happen to be. But not me. While I do my best to turn lingering vegetables or meaty bits into a frittata or rice bowl, I prefer my food fresh.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 21, 2024

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret deconstruct the ceremony and gala and share their take on the National Restaurant Show.

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MAY 21, 2024

The mackerel toast at Mabel’s Gone Fishing takes two storefronts and five days to make The mackerel toast at Mabel’s Gone Fishing, a popular seafood spot in San Diego, is just a few simple ingredients: mackerel, bread, a few peppers, and oil. However, behind that simplicity is a five-day process that begins the second the fish gets delivered to the restaurant.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 21, 2024

Members of Let's Talk Womxn from across the country got up on a literal soapbox during the National Restaurant Show to make their voices heard.

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EATER

MAY 21, 2024

Lille Allen Just a bunch of stories about the ultimate gourmand, Garfield the cartoon cat

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Restaurant Business

MAY 21, 2024

The Bottom Line: Giving customers meal options they can afford will be key to generating traffic this year. But make sure those offers can generate a profit.

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Advertiser: Paycor

There’s no way around it: sometimes employees need your help. Use this free template to clarify expectations, share resources, and set a timeline. Best case scenario, this process helps them improve. Worst case, your great recordkeeping keeps you compliant even if they move on. Download the template today!

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EATER

MAY 21, 2024

The salad plate at Hamburger America in NYC. | Photo illustration by Lille Allen; photo by Luke Fortney Why deli salad plates — simply, scoops of mayo-based salads served with pickles or cottage cheese — are the ideal meal There’s a certain holdover of spiral-bound cookbooks and mid-century tearooms that I’ve been craving lately, a dish that simultaneously appeals to my sense of nostalgia and the way I like to eat right now.

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EATER

MAY 21, 2024

Johnny Acurso What we could all learn from the world’s most gluttonous cartoon cat Even if you have never read a single Garfield comic, or watched an episode of Garfield & Friends , or seen any Garfield movie, you know one thing about him: Garfield loves lasagna. He also loves coffee, and ice cream, and cookies, and pizza, and just about anything else in Jon’s fridge.

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