Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Restaurants and franchises face numerous financial challenges that can hinder their success, however, by optimizing their payment processing strategy, these businesses can overcome some of the major obstacles faced by restaurants in their early start, helping them to achieve greater stability and ultimately profitability. Payment processing pricing structures often used by restaurants allow providers to layer their processing fees on top of other underlying debit and credit card fees.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The 40-year-old fondue chain certainly has nostalgic vibes, but an effort to revamp the brand aims to bring the Melting Pot into the future. If you have been to the Melting Pot before, it was likely on a date. Maybe it was a first date, where dipping bread cubes and apple chunks into a pot of burbling cheese, cooked right at your table, offered a welcome distraction from the awkwardness of getting to know a new person.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Now comes the hard work of lapping a strong first year as a public company, but the fast-casual chain is well positioned for more "normalized" growth.

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SpotOn

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A successful retail operation needs a great team. This is because, to a huge extent, retail is all about personality. Establishing a rapport with the customer, finding out their needs, and pointing out the solutions your business offers are elements that some people find easier than others.  Your team needs people who can bring these abilities to the table.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Technomic’s new State of the Menu report recommends actions chain operators can take to move their menus forward this year.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Oat milk is not healthy or unhealthy for everyone. Whether any nondairy milk is "good" for you depends on your personal health and what you care about.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The pizza chain's transactions increased late last year, largely due to the unique buy-one, get-one-free promotion and growth in its reconfigured Domino's Rewards loyalty program.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Pizza maker Paul Giannone specializes in slices reminiscent of the ones he ate growing up in New York City. At Paulie Gee’s Slice Shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the classic New York City pizza is king. “Pizza Cognition Theory states that the pizza you have first is the pizza that tastes best to you for the rest of your life,” says owner Paul Giannone, aka Paulie Gee.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Bottom Line: The federal government allowed the chain’s founder to avoid major penalties by simply paying $1,000. What’s the point of regulation in the first place?

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The Salt

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission and 9 states want to stop the deal that would combine the country's two largest grocery store chains. The companies say they have to merge to compete with Walmart. (Image credit: Rogelio V.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Working Lunch: Starbucks Workers United is stepping up its courtship of the public as it looks ahead to contract negotiations.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There was a time, maybe not too long ago, when you knew very little about food and cooking. There was an initial moment, maybe as a young guest in a restaurant, or possibly as a “first job” dishwasher, when the light bulb switched from off to on. It was a new taste, something exceptional, a surprise, or it may have been a moment when the busy breakfast cook pulled you from the dish machine to help set-up plates on the line – whatever it was – you woke up.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The unit in Quakertown, Pa., is the first of up to four such outlets for the delivery-focused food hall concept.

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