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From Tools to Touchpoints: Reimagining Hospitality for 2045

Modern Restaurant Management

Hospitality has always been a balancing act, between quality and speed, consistency and creativity, guest expectations and operational reality. Over the past few years, that balance has faced unprecedented tests, and the result is an industry reshaped from the ground up. As we look ahead, one thing is clear: the future of hospitality won’t be defined by a single trend or flashy tech.

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Bigger Bites: How Restaurant Owners Can Scale Smartly and Keep Their Edge

The Rail

By Trent Curry, Contributor Running a restaurant is like conducting a symphony on a tightrope. There’s the melody of good food, the rhythm of customer service, and the improvisational solos of daily chaos. But when the music starts to hum consistently — when your tables stay full, your team is humming, and your books are finally in the black — that’s when your thoughts naturally drift to what’s next.

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Accounting for Restaurants and Bars: A Step-by-Step Guide

Paper Chase Accountancy

Navigating the financial landscape of the hospitality industry can be a bit like trying to keep a soufflé from collapsing. It’s a delicate process that requires precision and a keen understanding of the intricate elements involved. This discussion will provide a roadmap for mastering the art of accounting in the world of restaurants and bars. From the fundamentals of bookkeeping to hiring the suitable professionals, we’ll explore the necessary steps in the process.

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Welcome to the world of extreme sales results

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Before the pandemic, double-digit same-store sales results were rare and 20% increases were almost unheard of. Not anymore. Why social media is changing the possibilities of quarterly restaurant results.

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AI in HR: 20+ Prompts to Use Now

AI is reshaping the business landscape, including HR. This guide is designed to help you understand and implement AI effectively for tangible benefits and a more strategic approach. Learn how to: Automate routine tasks Boost data insights Enhance employee experiences Drive HR’s strategic value Download the guide today!

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How Does the POS System Improves Restaurant Operations?

Lavu

Running a successful restaurant today requires more than great food and friendly service—it demands smart technology that drives efficiency. A well-designed POS system improves restaurant operations by streamlining order management, speeding up transactions, and delivering real-time insights that help optimize every aspect of the business. From the front-of-house to the kitchen, modern POS solutions reduce manual errors, improve staff productivity, and enhance the customer experience.

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How to integrate restaurant technology into your hospitality business

Clover - Restaurants

Integrating advanced restaurant technology into your full-service restaurant is a necessity in today’s hospitality landscape. Whether it’s to enhance the dining experience, streamline operations, or increase revenue, leveraging technology is essential to thrive in an ever-evolving industry. In this blog post, we will explore the key restaurant technologies you can integrate into your hospitality business, including Checkless Payments, Floor Cues, and handheld point-of-sale (POS) systems, to tra

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Average restaurant profit margin and revenue: What they mean for your business

Clover - Restaurants

This statistic differs from average restaurant profit margin, which is a reflection of total sales minus total expenses. There are several ways to calculate the average revenue of a restaurant. The easiest involves doing some back-of-the-envelope math in which you multiply your number of tables by your turnover rate by the average price of each table’s bill.

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McDonald's bolsters its value lineup with a new burger

Restaurant Business

The fast-food giant will start selling The Daily Double next month through the end of this year and will make the burger part of its Meal Deal bundle.

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Meet the Team at City Works in Watertown

Bottleneck Management

Meet the Team in Watertown The menu might bring people in, but it’s the team that keeps them coming back. Jake and Lucas are two of the friendly faces behind the scenes, each bringing their own energy, personality and style to every shift. Whether behind the bar or out on the floor, they help create the kind of place where it’s easy to relax, connect and feel right at home.

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Luckin Coffee opens its first U.S. shops

Restaurant Business

The fast-growing Chinese coffee chain opened its first two locations in New York on Monday, adding an aggressive new competitor to what is already an intensifying beverage business.

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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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The Best Hotel PMS Software: Cloud-Based Picks That Support Marketing

Gourmet Marketing

If you're in the hotel business, you already know your PMS (Property Management System) is basically the brain of your operations. But in 2025, it's not just about checking guests in or assigning rooms. The best hotel PMS software now plays a major role in shaping guest experience, driving direct bookings, and syncing seamlessly with your marketing tools.

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Why Red Lobster switched from building tech to buying it

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: The seafood chain is returning to Olo after its homegrown system proved too costly to maintain. It's a new case study in the build vs. buy debate.

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5 Ways to Train Food Service Staff with Less Disruption and More Flexibility

Crunchtime

How do you onboard and train your hourly staff to ensure top performance, and how do you do it fast? iAM Learning , a Crunchtime Learning & Development partner, knows all about how to train staff in minutes, not hours. We asked them to share five key pointers about how to create and retain top-performing staff. 1) How do you balance high staff turnover with the need for consistent, high-quality training in hospitality roles?

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July 4 fireworks bring an explosion of menu activity

Restaurant Business

Taste Tracker: Panera, Pizza Hut, Whataburger, Noodles & Co., Dunkin’, El Pollo Loco, Red Lobster, Del Taco, Bojangles and Burgerville headline restaurant menu news.

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HR in 2026: Insights & Best Practices

Get Paycor’s guide, based on a survey of 3,000+ professionals, and learn why successful companies are: Almost 80% more likely to identify top talent through formal systems 40% more likely to protect managers’ time spent on coaching 83% more likely to plan to upskill their teams and more!

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Sauces take on flavors from many corners of the world at the Summer Fancy Food Show

Restaurant Business

Specialty food producers are traveling far and wide in their kitchens to differentiate products and meet the growing demand for innovative condiments.

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