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21 Best Restaurant Instagram Accounts Owning It

The Eat Restaurant

The best accounts engage their audience with creative content and compelling brand storytelling. So without further ado, here are 21 of our favorites.

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Beyond Transactions: How to Use Data to Drive Meaningful Connections and Customer Loyalty

Modern Restaurant Management

Without customer loyalty, it’s difficult to succeed in any business, particularly when you’re competing in a crowded landscape like hospitality. Customer retention plays a significant role, with existing customers spending two-thirds more than new ones and 70 percent of Americans considering loyalty programs as a top reason to be faithful to their favorite brands.

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Training for the Olympics of Cheese

EATER

A cheese plate by Courtney Johnson | Courtney Johnson After months of rigorous practice and study, Courtney Johnson and Sam Rollins are set to represent the United States at the World’s Best Cheesemonger competition this month. Courtney Johnson and Sam Rollins are currently in training. They’re meeting with a team of coaches to finesse their routines.

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Adapting to Changing Consumer Food and Hospitality Needs Amidst Rising Cost of Living Pressures

Future Food

As the cost of living pressures continue to bite in Australia, consumers are becoming increasingly discerning about where, when and how much of their disposable income they spend on eating out. For retail centre management and F&B operators, this scenario presents a partnership opportunity to plan and implement strategies to adapt to new consumer F&B spending patterns and continue to drive visitation, overall spend and maintain or increase asset value.

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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 1970s Called, They Want Their Bars Back

EATER

From Cleveland to Los Angeles, the ’70s are inspiring a growing crop of nostalgic bars, complete with disco balls, wood paneling and even a water bed.

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These are the 10 restaurant chains that added the most locations last year

Restaurant Business

Starbucks, Crumbl Cookies and Jersey Mike’s were among the most prolific expanders in 2022, when growth was on the menu at a lot of brands.

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The owner of Hardee's and Carls Jr. adds a pair of new executives

Restaurant Business

CKE Restaurant Holdings named former Cracker Barrel executive Jennifer Tate CMO, while it named ex-Yum Brands executive Mike Lenihan CFO.

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How Lamb Hearts Are Prepared at a Georgia Restaurant

EATER

The lamb is sourced from White Oak Pastures using 150-year-old sustainable farming techniques Uncommon meats are the specialty at the Deer and the Dove in Decatur, Georgia. That’s why chef and owner Terry Koval appreciates the lamb he sources from White Oak Pastures. At the restaurant, he uses all parts of the animal, including the loin, the neck, the kidneys, and even the heart.

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Why Greg Vojnovic believes the Hot Dog Shoppe is ready for expansion

Restaurant Business

A Deeper Dive: The longtime development executive joins the podcast to talk about his plans to grow the small chain out of Ohio he acquired two years ago.

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Tiny farms feed Africa. A group that aims to help them wins a $2.5 million prize

The Salt

The nonprofit group One Acre Fund seeks to help smallholder farms grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

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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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Immigration could ease restaurants' labor woes. So why isn't it?

Restaurant Business

Reality Check: Proposals have been floated to get asylum seekers into jobs more quickly. But fears are winning out.

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The Troubles Continue for Uber Co-Founder’s CloudKitchens

EATER

Travis Kalanick | Photo by Wang K’aichicn/Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images After exploding at the start of the pandemic, Travis Kalanick’s ghost kitchen business is laying off staff and shuttering warehouse locations CloudKitchens, the “ ghost kitchen ” startup from Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, has over the past year laid off staff, closed locations, and decreased its real estate purchasing, according to a new report from the Financial Times.

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Chef John Tesar parts ways with Southern California resort after union tirade

Restaurant Business

The former "Top Chef" restaurateur had just opened his Knife Modern Steak concept at the oceanside resort before being caught on video flipping off workers on a picket line and shouting obscenities. Now Knife will be rebranded.

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Panda Express taps into rising popularity of chili crisp for new LTO

Restaurant Business

Chili Crisp Shrimp draws inspiration from Sichuan cuisine while staying true to Panda’s American Chinese menu.

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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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Chick-fil-A is opening a lot more mobile-order lanes

Restaurant Business

The chicken sandwich chain is adding “Mobile Thru” lanes to its drive-thrus in 300 locations amid a growing number of efforts to bolster its digital business.

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Wendy's gets with the pumpkin-spice program with new fall Frosty

Restaurant Business

The new Pumpkin Spice Frosty launches Tuesday along with the Pumpkin Spice Frosty Cream Cold Brew, the chain’s first two LTOs to feature the popular seasonal flavor.

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First Watch names Matt Eisenacher chief brand officer

Restaurant Business

Before joining First Watch in 2019, Eisenacher was COO of Piada Italian Street Food.

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Former Topgolf exec joins Velvet Taco as CFO

Restaurant Business

William Davenport also served a 13-year stint with Brinker International. He joins the Dallas-based taco chain as it pushes for growth into new markets.

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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.