Tue.May 21, 2024

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Boosting Profits One Sip at a Time: The Power of Specialty Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

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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7 ways to attract more tourists & business travelers to your restaurant

Clover - Restaurants

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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How Wow Bao found success in the restaurant-retail crosshairs

Restaurant Business

Retail Watch: The steamed bun concept started as a restaurant brand and is now in more than 6,000 grocery stores—with more on the way.

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Menu Development: 12 Steps for Success

Apicbase

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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New DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

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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Red Lobster's CEO is questioning the company's relationship with its owner

Restaurant Business

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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