ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Online ordering has transformed the restaurant industry, turning what was once a convenience into an absolute necessity. In 2025, the US online food delivery market is expected to reach $424.9 billion in revenue. Customers expect to browse menus, place orders, and pay for their meals with just a few taps of their phones. Whether theyre grabbing takeout on the way home from work or scheduling a delivery for later that day, digital ordering has become the norm.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

POS systems do more than just process payments they enable restaurants to personalize menus by analyzing customer data. Learn more in our latest post: How POS Systems Enable Menu Personalization. Customer Insights : Track orders, dietary preferences, and trends. Real-Time Updates : Adjust menus instantly for accuracy and relevance. Integrations : Connect with loyalty programs, delivery platforms, and inventory systems for seamless personalization.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Are you doing all the right thingsserving amazing food, delivering top-notch service, crafting perfectly balanced drinksbut the tables still arent filling up like they should? Youre delivering a great dining experience, yet foot traffic remains inconsistent, online engagement is low, and new customers arent coming in as often as youd like. The problem isnt your food or serviceits visibility and customer engagementand were going to help you fix that.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Want to improve your restaurants performance? Start by analyzing these Top 7 POS Sales Reports to know where your restaurant is headed. These reports help you understand sales trends, manage inventory, optimize staffing, and improve customer satisfaction. Here’s what you need to know: Sales Reports : Track revenue, peak hours, product performance, and staff contributions to refine pricing, menu, and staffing.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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.

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Managing multiple third-party delivery platforms can feel like running several businesses at once. Each system has its own tablet, order flow, and set of requirements, making it difficult to keep up with operations smoothly. For restaurant operators, juggling Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Grubhub separately can lead to inefficiencies, mistakes, and frustrated staff.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The layoffs will remove management layers and redundancies as the delivery company joins forces with its new owner, Grubhubs CEO wrote in a message to staff.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The company restarted a $6.99 Any Footlong digital offer this week. But a franchisee group is urging operators to refuse the deal, even with company incentives, saying that it devalues the product.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

When it comes to running a pizzeria, precision, speed, and customization are key. Lavu is the clear leader in the pizza POS industry, named the #1 POS System for Pizza Restaurants by Forbes for its unmatched features tailored to the unique needs of pizza restaurants. Trusted by global pizza chains like Little Caesars and Papa Johns , as well as thousands of mom-and-pop pizzerias in 75+ countries, Lavu delivers exceptional value for every pizza operator.

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Crunchtime

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The benefits of a restaurant labor scheduling platform are clear. Your staff can save time while putting together more accurate staff schedules. But rollout remains challenging. How do you get your organizationarea managers, store managers, employeesto use a new scheduling platform? As restaurant leaders at Dunkin, Papa Ginos, and DAngelo Grilled Sandwiches shared during Crunchtimes 2024 Ops Summit, a successful rollout often comes down to three key factors: clear communication, hands-on trainin

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A look back at the weeks biggest news in the restaurant industry from Restaurant Business.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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.

EATER

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Angie Moser The recipe comes from Pati Jinichs cookbook, Treasures of the Mexican Table On Three Kings Day in Mexico, numerous bakeries sell thousands of rosca de reyes or king cake. The cakes, oval rolls of sweet, fluffy dough studded with fruits and baked with a ceramic baby in the dough, are meant to be shared with others and have thus become a shorthand for community.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The technology promises to give operators an analytical eye on their business. Its improving and becoming more affordable. But some hurdles remain.

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Web Diner

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

From Empty Seats to Endless Lines: The Email Marketing Secret Weapon Your Business Needs Whether you’re running a cozy caf, a bustling bistro, a trendy food truck, or a high-end restaurant, there’s one universal truth: empty seats mean lost revenue. While your competitors chase social media trends, savvy food service operators have discovered their winning strategy: email marketing that transforms casual customers into devoted regulars.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Bottom Line: The Mexican fast-food chain moved aggressively to terminate an operator just one year after it gave them the right to operate an entire state. And then the lender pulled the plug.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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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EATER

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Lille Allen/Eater; see below for full photo credits Chicken thighs nestle between carrots, shallots, and chickpeas in this meal built for one When I host a dinner party this time of year, Im apt to braise. The warmth and comfort it brings are particularly welcome in the winter. Most of all, what liquid plus heat plus time does to a hunk of protein feels like nothing short of a miracle, no matter how often Ive seen the transformation.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Peter Phillips joins the bakery boom with a second concept called Somedays Bakery. With this concept, he takes a completely different approach to growth.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Eater Staff Tired of chopping on flimsy plastic boards? Bring home a sturdy John Boos slab of maple for a steal I grew up using a John Boos cutting board. At the time, it didnt occur to me that not all cutting boards in life would be as satisfyingly thick and unwarpable, and the parade of dinky plastic boards that have followed in its wake have left me yearning to finally invest in a beefy Boos of my own.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Most of the barbecue brand's remaining units will be turned into Twin Peaks as the sports-bar chain ramps up development.

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Advertiser: Paycor

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.

Leadership

EATER

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Daniela Jordan-Villaveces Beef is tied to my cultural identity because of its complicated history. Could the daughter of a cattle rancher ever let it go?

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The quick-service pizza chain upgraded its Papa Rewards program in November, which the company argues is getting lapsed customers ordering pizzas again.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This is the best top-shelf liquor, according to bartenders. Here are their picks for high-end tequila, mezcal, gin, whiskey and vodka.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Dubbed Counter Service, it will follow a similar model. But this time, fewer robots and more food.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

What is the best footwear for working in restaurant kitchens? The team at Bon Appétit asked New York chefs what shoes they choose.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Driving sales during special events, offering great deals on drinks and food andof coursemaking sure theres reliable broadcasting of the games is critical. Heres a few ways restaurants can set themselves apart from the competitionand ensure a great experience for basketball fans all season long.

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The Salt

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Eggs have become the grocery staple that Americans can't stop talking about, whether its fears of widespread bird flu getting worse or the drastic increase in prices. (Image credit: Frederic J.

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Restaurant Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Week in Restaurants: Why Starbucks is laying off workers and the risks in the sale of Daves Hot Chicken. Also, why you should pay attention to Krispy Kreme.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

Black Box Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Monthly Second Helping: Highlighting Hot Topics in the Industry February 2025 Monthly Second Helping: The Truth About Price in Restaurant Reviews How And Where Guests Talk About Price Restaurateurs may wish it werent so, but price remains a primary concern for consumers in 2025. In January, consumer prices rose to 3.0% year over year. This is a 0.5% increase from December, which was the highest monthly increase since June.

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The Salt

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Wicked.'/> If you're having friends over to watch Hollywood's biggest night, we've got 10 recipes that will at least work on a conceptual level.

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Buzztime Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Are you hungry for more trivia? Is one night of bar trivia per week not enough to satiate your senses? Buzztime has tens of thousands of questions in its database. Pub trivia hosts and players could spend a lifetime with them! However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure. Events that are important one year become irrelevant many years later.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

What were the best food moments in movies this year? The envelope please. Monica Burton is the deputy editor of Eater.com, where she has covered restaurants, food policy, and the intersection of food and culture since 2017. The 97th Academy Awards ceremony is happening Sunday, March 2, honoring what a number of entertainment industry elites have deemed to be the best in movies this year (whether or not moviegoers agree is another matter entirely).

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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