Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

A focus on portability, meal replacement and beverage innovation is also moving these chains up in the Top 500 ranks.

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The Restaurant Group

JUNE 5, 2024

Mastering the Startup: Essential Tips for Opening a New Restaurant Nearly 53,800 restaurants opened their doors last year. While the industry has proven its resilience and remains in demand throughout the year, not all establishments are sustainable over the long haul. What’s one of the most important aspects that can influence long-term success? Implementing a good start-up plan.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2024

The Green Orchid , a garden-to-table, fully solar-powered restaurant recently opened in Sarasota's Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, expects soon to be the world’s first net-positive energy restaurant, generating more energy than it consumes. Designed by Overland Partners and operated by Michaels On East, the eatery's seasonally inspired menu features produce from The Drs.

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ChowNow

JUNE 5, 2024

In today’s digital age, online reviews are the modern-day word-of-mouth, and hungry diners often turn to Google restaurant reviews to find their next meal. Since 98% of consumers read reviews to help inform their decisions , it’s crucial for restaurants to encourage satisfied customers to provide feedback and manage their online reputation effectively.

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Running a restaurant involves juggling numerous tasks, but payroll and HR shouldn’t add to the stress. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," is tailored for the restaurant industry to help you choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, crucial for maintaining staff morale. Compliance support helps navigate labor laws and avoid costly fines.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Staying on top in today’s crowded, dynamic beverage industry requires a fresh approach from even the most well-established brands. While the growth opportunity in the bubble tea market is significant – Forbes Business Insights projects that the global bubble tea market will grow from $2.46 billion in 2023 to a predicted $4.78 billion in 2032 – with increased opportunity comes increased competition.

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EATER

JUNE 5, 2024

In her new cookbook, Shah shines a spotlight on the Indian American diaspora’s culinary ingenuity and creativity There’s a famous story in my family of how my Didu scammed customs. It was sometime in the 1960s, and she had just returned from a visit to India with a suitcase full of spices she couldn’t find anywhere near her home in Newark. The security agents opened her bag and questioned her, and she spun a story of how she was a part of a very specific, mystical religion, and what was in the s

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EATER

JUNE 5, 2024

In her new cookbook, Shah shines a spotlight on the Indian American diaspora’s culinary ingenuity and creativity There’s a famous story in my family of how my Didu scammed customs. It was sometime in the 1960s, and she had just returned from a visit to India with a suitcase full of spices she couldn’t find anywhere near her home in Newark. The security agents opened her bag and questioned her, and she spun a story of how she was a part of a very specific, mystical religion, and what was in the s

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

The broadline foodservice distributor said it still plans to open five new Chef’Store locations this year but that it will focus on its core business going forward.

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SpotOn

JUNE 5, 2024

Restaurants and other small businesses operate on slim margins. Repairing equipment, credit card fees, hiring and training staff are all necessary expenses, but they're costly. When you're just opening, understaffed, or trying to grow, it can be tough to figure out where to trim the fat and make the numbers work. For this reason, many restaurants and other small businesses implement some kind of fee to offset operating expenses without skyrocketing prices for their customers.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Marketing Bites: Restaurant operators big and small seem to be realizing that “rainbow washing” doesn’t mean much if it’s not backed up by donations.

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What type of worker is most engaged—hybrid, remote, or onsite? What are the drivers of effective leadership? What does the C-suite think HR is most responsible for? And why is a wave of HR resignations more likely in the next 12 months? Get our annual survey report to find out: The #1 challenge of recruiting & hiring Why remote teams are struggling What are the drivers of effective (and ineffective) leadership And lots more!

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The Eat Restaurant

JUNE 5, 2024

The days of finding restaurants just by walking past them are over. Now, people use Google to find places to eat or drink and check the restaurant's descriptions and reviews.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Mike LaVitola, founder of the retail-restaurant hybrid that abruptly shuttered in April, has started a new company to continue the business.

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TastyIgniter

JUNE 5, 2024

Choosing the best location for a restaurant is crucial for success. This blog explores five essential tips to increase customer traffic, including prioritizing visibility, understanding your target market, evaluating competition, leveraging foot traffic, and considering neighborhood safety.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

The bar and grill chain said its hotel outlets do better than traditional stores and are more cost-effective to develop.

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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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JUNE 5, 2024

Daniel Humm is taking on the world of cocktails

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

The fast-casual chain blamed rising costs and the fast-food wage in California as it filed its second Chapter 11 in four years. It plans to use the bankruptcy process to find a buyer.

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Clover - Restaurants

JUNE 5, 2024

If you’re already taking weekly inventories, this hack probably won’t be super helpful. But, for operators who are short on time or resources and still want to make an impact in between monthly counts, here’s our hack: do a quick count of your top five highest cost key items before you make an order. With this restaurant inventory management hack, you can sustainably manage waste, maximize profitability, and wrangle wiley food costs.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

A Deeper Dive: This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast features Victor Fernandez, VP of insights and knowledge for GuestXM, to talk about full-service restaurants.

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Benefits are central to any HR strategy. A strong benefits package attracts top talent, boosts engagement, and retains top performers.

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SpotOn

JUNE 5, 2024

Food lovers and critics see the Michelin Star as an important accolade that helps restaurants secure themselves as businesses worth visiting. However, few people know how and why the Michelin Star became a beacon of quality in the culinary world. As a result, new restaurant owners and chefs aspiring to make great cuisine might feel overwhelmed or discouraged that they don't have what it takes to earn a prestigious star.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

The quick-service chain known for flame-grilled burgers is expanding on that concept with a new protein, soon available in several flavor variations at select restaurants in Nebraska and Alabama.

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EATER

JUNE 5, 2024

World’s 50 Best Disfrutar in Barcelona takes the top spot, while Spain’s Asador Etxebarri and Paris’s Table by Bruno Verjus round out the top three The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List was announced tonight at an awards ceremony in Las Vegas, with Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain, named to the top spot in the annual restaurant ranking. Rounding out the top five: Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain at No. 2; Table by Bruno Verjus in Paris at No. 3; Diverxo in Madrid at No. 4; and Maido in Lima at No.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

The partnership will allow the food hall delivery chain to scale up production as it looks to reach 90 locations by the end of 2025.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Chef-owner Pablo Becker buys his fish every single day from local fisherman Everything at San Diego’s popular seafood-focused taqueria Fish Guts — from the fish to the masa for the tortillas — is sourced locally. Working in a small kitchen with no freezer, chef-owner Pablo Becker makes his fish tacos using whatever local San Diego fishermen bring in everyday.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Tech Check: Retail trends are often a preview of what's to come for restaurants, but that may not be the case here.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

The 2024 State of the Industry Report also shows growth in dessert concepts and popups. And croissants continue to morph.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2024

One Fair Wage said its research shows young residents would be more likely to vote if the issue hung in the balance.

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Employees want meaningful feedback. Without it, 98% disengage from their work (Zippia). But do your managers know how to support them? Use this Quick Start Guide to get the conversation started. Your workers don’t just want jobs; they want careers. Invest in your team by giving them meaningful feedback. 65% of employees want more feedback (Zippia). Workers who get daily feedback are 3x more engaged (Clear Company).

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