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[Data] Fast Casual Restaurant Trends: Sales and Labor

7 Shifts

Coming out of 2020, few restaurant types were better prepared for the new normal than quick service and fast casual. They had streamlined menus, more digital presence than their full-service counterparts, and dining rooms weren't an integral part of the fast casual experience. But how have they stacked up when it comes to sales and labor this year versus the same period in 2021?

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Unique Ways Restaurants Can Use QR Codes to Drive Sales

Modern Restaurant Management

As the impact of the pandemic wanes, restaurant owners should evaluate the contactless service options they implemented to keep customers and staff safe to see how they can help drive sales. When restaurants got the green light to reopen their dining rooms, they implemented a host of safety procedures to prevent the spread of germs. Restaurants across the country shelved their paper menus and turned to digital options to reduce touchpoints.

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72: Greenbow Farm Butcher Allison Miller

Food Business

We are heading to a butcher shop on a farm in Ellenburg, Washington State. That’s a bucolic sounding scene. It’s a place in a community where their customers can pick up fresh meat, take it home, and prepare dinner. That means the meat on your table is certified by USDA, but it’s not going through one of the four huge slaughterhouses in the US. People come to this farm to buy meat directly from farm.

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Restaurant Food Purchasing: Purchasing, Receiving and Storing Food

Restaurant365

If you can get through to your next ordering day with no leftover product, no spoilage, and not having to 86 any menu items, then you are winning at ordering. However, this is hardly the case for most of us. Why is proper purchasing of food supply important? It is important to put a proper food purchasing procedures into place because the way that you order, receive, and store product ultimately helps you to control your food cost.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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The Smart Restaurant

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World Tea Expo 2022; Wrap-up Report From Tealand

T-Ching

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How an Oscars Viewing Party Expert Creates His Iconic Pun-Filled Food Spread

EATER

The Power of the Hot Dog | Netflix | Shutterstock. Power of the Hot Dog, West Sliders Story, and Drive My Carbonara are just a few dishes that could show up at comedian Demi Adejuyigbe’s annual Academy Awards watch party Is it just me or do the Oscars feel less relevant every year? Maybe it’s the death of the monoculture , or the Academy needing to be dragged kicking and screaming out of its white past , or it’s too long, and then the Academy thinks the solution is cutting certain awards from a

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911 is for emergencies not to complain about a chicken order

The Salt

A woman in Euclid, Ohio, told a 911 dispatcher that she had paid for eight pieces of chicken at a fast food drive-up window, but she only got four pieces. That call doesn't qualify as an emergency.

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The Long Island Iced Tea Is Having a Moment

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Restaurant Menu Costing — How to Automate Recipe Calculations & Eliminate Low-Margin Items

Apicbase

For restaurant operators and F&B operations managers, the devil really is in the details. It’s an ironclad rule in the hospitality industry and menu costing is no exception. The most important of those details is your cost baseline. It’s essential for everything you do, from menu pricing to closing the gap between theoretical and actual food costs i.e. detecting the causes of food cost variance.

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It’s Time to Talk About. Poop-Swoop Foods

EATER

The chocolate hazelnut tart at Wildair. | Fabián von Hauske Valtierra. Have you noticed that so many restaurant dishes look like :poop: right now?? I’m not sure exactly when I noticed it, but sometime in the last four weeks I realized that my Instagram feed was dominated by two things: 1) sanctimonious parenting-advice reels and 2) puzzling photos of restaurant dishes adorned by what can best be described as poop-emoji swirls.

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Coffee News Recap, 25 Mar: World of Coffee 2022 moves to Milan, Nespresso files lawsuit against Peet’s & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 21 Mar. Nespresso files lawsuit against Peet’s Coffee. Nespresso claims Peet’s capsules infringe trademark rights for its own capsule design, further claiming that Peet’s capsules cause confusion for consumers when distinguishing between Nespresso’s.

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The Best Sheet Pan Recipes, According to Eater Editors

EATER

Shutterstock. Perfect for weeknights, unfussy sheet pan recipes are great go-tos when you only want to wash one dish On weeknights, or in advance of spontaneous dinner parties, or during those times when cooking just feels like a slog, there is nothing quite like a sheet pan. The flattened versions of one-pot recipes, sheet pan recipes are often as easy as they are quick, and though no one likes to scrub a sheet pan after dinner, tin foil and parchment make that task a little easier.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.