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Advantages and Disadvantages of Franchising: Top Things to Know

Sculpture Hospitality

Franchising can be a great opportunity for anyone wanting to dive into the business world with some guidance or for business owners ready to grow without the stress of managing every aspect of the company themselves.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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Before I Even Had a Fiance, I Knew I’d Bake My Own Wedding Cake

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater Baking my wedding cake helped me save money and be really present as a bride Everything about my wedding fell into place, which was the only way I could have ever considered having one. We chose the venue because a friend was its beverage director and offered his help in setting it up. The day we got the wedding license, we met another friend for dinner and he let us know that he had officiated a friends wedding, so we asked if hed oversee ours.

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Creating a Unique Seafood Experience: From Ocean-to-Table Dining to Interactive Menus

The Rail

By Julia Nikolaus, Contributor For any restaurant, designing a unique seafood experience is a worthwhile endeavor. This strategy typically invites repeat customers and attracts seafood lovers from all over. It is possible to produce a distinctive seafood experience when using techniques such as ocean-to-table dining and interactive menus. Listed below are more details about these methods, along with other strategies for creating a customized seafood experience.

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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 to Make a Holiday Party Playlist That’s Not Ho Ho Horrible

EATER

December belongs to the at-home entertainers. | Lille Allen From casual kickbacks to formal family dinners, heres a playlist sure to please any crowd December belongs to the at-home entertainers. Early winter holidays and cooler weather offer myriad reasons to host events at home, from casual Christmas cookie swaps to intimate, cozy dinner parties. And one of the most fun, albeit daunting, tasks associated with hosting an event at home is organizing a playlist that sets the proper mood especial

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Boston Market, now down to 16 locations, apparently opens one in India

Restaurant Business

Boston Chicken India opened a restaurant in Delhi last month, according to social media posts. Meanwhile, the fast-casual chicken chain continues to shrink domestically.

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Starbucks baristas authorize their union to call a strike

Restaurant Business

The threat of a walkout at 525 stores provides Starbucks Workers Union with additional leverage as it negotiates a new contract with management.

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CIOs from Red Lobster and Cooper’s Hawk Share 2025 Tech Insights and Hot Topics

Crunchtime

CIOs Shawn Harrs from Red Lobster and Susan Lucas from Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants shared their insights on digital transformation, data democratization, and artificial intelligence for 2025 at Crunchtimes recent Ops Summit. Their conversation revealed how leading restaurant chains leverage technology to enhance operations while still maintaining focus on guest experience.

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Freaked Out by Black Plastic? Reach for These BPA-Free Silicone Utensils

EATER

From Eater staff-loved Spoonulas by Get It Right to Great Joness Bauhaus-worthy utensil sets As the queen of forgetting about the spatula on the hot pan, I am trying to actively invest in kitchen utensils that can both handle high temperatures and wont leave me freaked out about sketchy plastic materials. There has been a lot of nervous chatter about black plastic recently, and deservedly so; studies have found that it can contain unregulated amounts of toxins, and, according to one article , it

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Grubhub to pay $25M to settle FTC lawsuit over hidden fees

Restaurant Business

The consumer protection agency accused the delivery company of misleading customers, restaurants and delivery workers and ordered it to make changes.

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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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Snack-Worthy Matzo That’s Perfect for Dipping

EATER

On day 12 of the Eater Advent Calendar, were snacking on this bubbe-themed brands hardy, well-seasoned matzo chips For most of my life, I only knew matzo as one thing: a dry, somewhat flavorless cracker that always came in the same orange-and-white cardboard box. We ate it during holidays, but never really enjoyed it , and certainly it never occurred to me to eat matzo on purpose beyond the 10 days or so a year when it was mandated.

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Applebee's to add endless fries and free refills to its value meals

Restaurant Business

The freebies will start Friday as part of Applebee's $9.99 Really Big Meal Deal. It is the casual-dining chain's latest effort to appeal to price-conscious customers.

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Fourth Hospitality Alternatives: Bizimply’s Shift Management Software

Bizimply

Fourth Hospitality has long been a popular choice for workforce management, but its not always the perfect fit for every […] The post Fourth Hospitality Alternatives: Bizimply’s Shift Management Software appeared first on Bizimply.

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Restaurants dodge a bullet on service fees

Restaurant Business

Government Watch: The FTC has decided not to treat the surcharges as "junk fees" subject to bans or special disclosure requirements.

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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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The Absolute Worst Food and Dining Trends of 2024

EATER

Lille Allen These are the food phenomena wed like to bid adieu to in the coming year While 2024 saw many great things in the world of food and drinks excellent new restaurants ! An actually good season of Great British Bake Off ! there is much that the Eater staff would like to say goodbye to as we move into 2025. Some of these food and dining phenomena, from the benign annoyances to the potentially harmful, are perhaps more than mere trends.

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The restaurant M&A market may already be improving

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Mergers and acquisitions of restaurants were slow in 2024. But there are growing signs that the market is improving as interest rates come down.

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7 ways to get more people in your restaurant in 2025

Margin Edge

The Traffic Crisis: 7 Ways to Get More People in Your Restaurant in 2025

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Taco Bell launches Crispy Chicken Nuggets coated with crunchy tortilla chips

Restaurant Business

The Mexican fast-food chain rolls out its nuggets nationwide Tuesday after successful tests in two cities.

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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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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. Restaurants will continue to invest in comprehensive Back-of-House Technologies Following the pandemic, restaurants focused heavily on Front-of-House technology to streamline and digitize the diner experience.

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L.A. dine-around, Taco Bell nuggets and oak-fired steak

Restaurant Business

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret chat about food and drink trends and share an interview with Brad Wise, chef-owner of Rare Society.

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With Grubhub settlement, the FTC puts delivery apps on notice

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: The delivery company agreed to pay $25 million and adopt more transparent pricing practices. Will its competitors follow suit?

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Job-stayers are seeing better wage growth than job-jumpers

Restaurant Business

A report from payroll service provider ADP indicates that employer investments in retention are paying off for workers in leisure and hospitality.

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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.