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Delivery Fraud: Fighting Scams to Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant operators need to be aware of a number of scams that food delivery apps are dealing with now including: Promotional abuse – Bad actors using advanced fraud technology to abuse promos like “15% off when you sign up” Driver fraud – Verified drivers doing things like renting out their accounts to illegitimate drivers or spoofing their location Collusion – Harder to spot because most of the fraud happens off the app but can include a person ordering food, the

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Streamlining Restaurant Operations with an Integrated Tech Stack

Goliath Consulting

Building an integrated tech stack is essential for independent restaurants that want to streamline operations and improve customer service. By combining various tools like ordering, payments, and management systems into one cohesive platform, restaurants can enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and create a more seamless experience for both staff and guests.

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Steal this idea: Summer weekends off

Restaurant Business

Canlis restaurant in Seattle tried it and loved it. The cost was a small price to pay for the staff and community goodwill it generated, owners say.

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10 Reasons Crunchtime is the Perfect Brew for Coffee Chains

Crunchtime

Running a successful coffee chain requires more than just serving a great cup of coffee; it’s about ensuring smooth operations behind the scenes so that customers can enjoy their experience, time after time. From managing inventory to forecasting labor needs, every detail plays a part in brewing success. That’s where Crunchtime comes in. Crunchtime is a restaurant operations management platform, designed to help multi-unit coffee brands streamline operations, optimize resources, and maintain qua

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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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7 Brilliant Ideas for Restaurant Grand Opening Marketing

Restaurant Engine

Create a plan and a marketing strategy for your grand opening. Your ambitious goal of opening your own restaurant is about to come to fruition. Your menu, staff, and restaurant are ready. There’s just one last thing to do to celebrate your hard work and many hours working to launch your dream. That’s to plan and schedule your grand opening. This article takes a look at seven brilliant ideas for restaurant grand opening marketing.

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How One Houston Woman Changed Tex-Mex Forever

EATER

Mama Ninfa will forever go down as one of the most important people in Houston’s culinary history

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The Best Candy to Hand Out to Trick-or-Treaters, According to Kids

EATER

Lille Allen Gummies are a yes, raisins are a no Halloween is rapidly approaching, and if you’re the type who likes to get dressed up and spend the evening indoors handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, you better start preparing now. Supermarket shelves are already stocked with all the giant bags of candy you could need to satisfy the hordes of sugar-drunk kids who ring your doorbell every Halloween, but there’s almost too much variety out there.

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Subway puts a spicy spin on its signature bread

Restaurant Business

The fast-food sandwich giant is debuting Ghost Pepper Bread for two limited-edition sandwiches launching Wednesday.

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Alinea’s New Owner and Chef Grant Achatz Chart a New Fine Dining Future

EATER

Jason Weingarten talks about bringing new "magical dining experiences" to Chicago and the world as he purchased Alinea Group from co-founded Nick Kokonas.

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Taco Bell taps 3 emerging chefs to create new takes on its iconic Crunchwrap Supreme

Restaurant Business

The three variations, featuring Indian, Thai and hot chicken flavors, were developed through Taco Bell’s new TBX culinary collaboration program and are available for two days only at NYC pop-ups.

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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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Ken Forkish’s Bread Recipe Showed Me There’s Life Beyond Free-Form Sourdough

EATER

Photo illustration by Lille Allen; see below for full credits Pan loaves may not be sexy, but they sure are liberating I stumbled on Ken Forkish’s Evolutions in Bread just as I was giving up on baking sourdough bread. Giving up was, perhaps, too strong a term. More accurate: letting my starter languish in the back of the fridge for weeks. Reading my sourdough-baking newsletters, sighing, and hitting delete.

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Burger King's parent company is sued over its Carrols acquisition

Restaurant Business

A pension fund and some shareholders have filed a lawsuit arguing that Restaurant Brands International coerced Carrols and its shareholders into accepting the $1 billion deal.

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Varieties of Caviar

Chef's Resources

Varieties of Caviar: How Different Types of Caviar Cater to Distinct Tastes Caviar has long been associated with class, luxury, and fine dining. The captivating aspect of this delicacy goes beyond its rich, dynamic history, as it is associated with a myriad range of textures, flavors, and types. When chefs are planning to enhance their […] The post Varieties of Caviar appeared first on Chefs Resources.

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The value wars don’t appear to be making a dent in restaurant traffic

Restaurant Business

Data from Black Box Intelligence and others suggest consumers are ordering restaurant budget deals. But the focus on value doesn’t appear to be generating more customer counts, at least broadly.

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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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Eater Launches Restaurant Discovery App in Partnership With Capital One Dining and SevenRooms

EATER

Lille Allen From LA to London, Mexico City to Paris, the Eater app allows you to discover and book unforgettable culinary experiences and access exclusive reservations — wherever you are.

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Uber Eats users can now create 'best of' restaurant lists

Restaurant Business

The new feature launched Wednesday in New York and Chicago with support from local food influencers. It’s the delivery app’s first foray into user-generated content.

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Millions of pounds of meat are being recalled. Here's what to look for in your fridge

The Salt

Over 11 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry were recalled over listeria concerns, affecting salads, wraps, frozen meals and more from popular chains like Target, Trader Joe's and Walmart.

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USDA expands a massive meat recall to include products shipped to restaurants

Restaurant Business

The nearly 12 million pounds of poultry and other proteins from BrucePac are suspected of being contaminated with listeria.

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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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NYC isn’t known for its Mexican food. A restaurant week was organized to change that

The Salt

In New York, a young group of community organizers recently pulled together a week-long celebration of Mexican restaurants. They stress it’s about the workers as much as the food.

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The Alinea Group's new co-owner is named its first-ever CEO

Restaurant Business

Former co-owner Nick Kokonas sold his stake to a group of investors led by tech entrepreneur Jason Weingarten. Now as CEO, Weingarten plans to lead the fine-dining restaurant and bar brands into uncharted territory.

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Grubhub keeps shrinking, and that's kind of the point

Restaurant Business

Parent JustEatTakeaway is focusing on profits over growth in North America and is limiting its investments in its U.S. third-party delivery business.

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How to use customer reviews to your advantage

Restaurant Business

A Deeper Dive: Avi Goren, cofounder and CEO of the hospitality technology company Marqii, joins the podcast to discuss online customer reviews and how to use them.

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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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Here's where politicos are eating as they campaign

Restaurant Business

Government Watch: A comprehensive study shows Republicans prefer Chick-fil-A, while Democrats lean more toward Panera and Sweetgreen.