Fri.Mar 03, 2023

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

In a State of the Restaurant industry report, the Natiional Restaurant Association sees a return to normal with predicted sales growth in 2023. Other top research lists how impactful the Super Bowl was for restaurants, the state of gift cards and top pizza cities. A Return to Normal The National Restaurant Association released its 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report, which examines key factors impacting the industry including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and

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Is ChatGPT Coming for Your Kitchen?

EATER

One TikTok creator is on a quest to see how AI-generated recipes stack up to recipes from actual human chefs The heat generated by ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence software has entered the kitchen — or at least the kitchens of TikTok, where creator Michelle Meng, aka @hashslingers , has been pitting recipes generated by AI against those created by professional chefs, restaurant chains, food brands, and the occasional celebrity.

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Restaurant Comics: Working with Technology

7 Shifts

When work starts to feel comical, there are tools to help. Reinvent the way your restaurant team works with 7shifts' complete team management platform. Don't get surprised by last-minute shift changes at the restaurant. Check your work schedule instantly in the 7shifts mobile app. You could be buried in a mountain of spreadsheets, or you could have software calculate staff tips for you.

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Steps to Choosing a Franchise

Goliath Consulting

Finding the best franchise requires a lot of research, time, and money. There are thousands of franchises, so this can be a challenging task. Choosing the right franchise that best suits your needs can be daunting but exciting for those ready to become business owners. Here are some important steps you should consider to help you choose the right franchise to guide you toward profit and success: 1.

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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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Todd Graves rides chicken-finger fame to Hollywood

Restaurant Business

The Raising Cane's founder hosts another streaming series that starts March 4, this time spotlighting the "secret sauce" of against-the-odds success.

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Coffee News Recap, 3 Mar: World AeroPress Championship opens 2023 host applications, Australia to hold national Barista Championship and Brewers Cup in May & 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, 27 Feb ofi reports 15.3% revenue growth in 2022. Despite rising energy costs and uncertain macroeconomic factors, the food and beverage ingredient company (which also sells coffee products) reported total 2022 revenue at US $553.1 million.

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96: Swiss Watch Analogy

Food Business

We dig into the third pillar of a successful business: operating efficiently. Going deep with the Six Pillars of Success as a method for business owners to roadmap change and stability into their business. The Six Pillars are Brand Strategy, Financial Stability, Operations, Product Quality, Avenues & Distribution, and Hospitality. Operations in a restaurant are a set of tasks, SOPs, best practices and equipment that all need to blend together in the right combination to ensure every day goes

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Maximise Your Restaurant’s Efficiency with POS Integration: 7 Benefits of Combining Point of Sales with F&B Management Software

Apicbase

Restaurant technology has come a long way. POS integration is essential. Although the point-of-sale system (POS) remains the technological heart of restaurants, numerous technologies run behind the scenes these days. These back-of-house software systems have become indispensable for modern restaurants because they enhance profitability and simplify work for restaurant managers and kitchen staff.

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Bojangles makes no bones about its future

Restaurant Business

The traditional bone-in chicken chain is testing restaurants with menus pared down to its breakfast and boneless options. That’s the menu it is planning in new markets.

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‘If You Took the Drag Away, Then It’s Just Another Boring Bar’

EATER

Drag at Alchemy in Memphis. | Alchemy A vague, anti-drag bill in Tennessee has bar and restaurant owners worried for their future In 1971, cops raided a gay bar in Memphis, Tennessee. George’s was “one of the early bastions of drag shows,” according to the Memphis Gay Coalition publication the Gaze , but was raided for “violating a city ordinance against cross-dressing.

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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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Wingstop to test AI phone-answering system

Restaurant Business

Automating phone orders will bring the chain closer to its goal of digitizing 100% of transactions.

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Christmas in March, It’s Chili Time

Sante

Year: 1981. Place: Elm City Diner, New Haven, Ct.

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A round of restaurant tech true or false, anyone?

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: A new report from the National Restaurant Association challenges some conventional wisdom. Can you tell fact from fiction?

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Eater Austin’s Tips for Getting the Most Out of SXSW 2023

EATER

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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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Pollo Tropical starts the year off with more customers and better profits

Restaurant Business

The fast-casual chicken restaurant chain said its traffic has improved so far this year, as did its profit margins.

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Growing Microgreens, From Your Kitchen Counter to Outer Space

Sante

For an ingredient that is simply a plant harvested before reaching full maturity, microgreens get a lot of hype.

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Korean restaurant concepts are on the rise

Restaurant Business

In food service, consumers across the globe are becoming increasingly drawn to Korean restaurant concepts.

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SXSW 2023: Where to Eat and Drink in Austin

EATER

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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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For Wendy's, keeping pace with competitors is harder than it looks

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: The end of the company's Reef Kitchens deal and the cutback in its restaurant count projections highlights the chain's difficulties keeping up with its larger, fast-food rivals.

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Sizzler enlists Restaurant Design studio, TNI Design, for new look.

Robert Ancill Restaurant Consulting

LOS ANGELES, Calif., — Creative restaurant design studio, TNI Design, has been enlisted to redesign Sizzler locations around the country. TNI, an acronym for The Next Idea, has completed their pilot design for Sizzler’s Corona, California location. It serves as the new remodel other locations will undergo over the next few years. “In partnership with … Read More The post Sizzler enlists Restaurant Design studio, TNI Design, for new look. appeared first on Robert Ancill Restaurant Con

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Fourth US payroll processing achieves ISO 9001:2015 quality certification

Hot Schedules

The post Fourth US payroll processing achieves ISO 9001:2015 quality certification appeared first on Fourth.

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Sizzler enlists Restaurant Design studio, TNI Design, for new look.

Robert Ancill Restaurant Consulting

LOS ANGELES, Calif., — Creative restaurant design studio, TNI Design, has been enlisted to redesign Sizzler locations around the country. TNI, an acronym for The Next Idea, has completed their pilot design for Sizzler’s Corona, California location. It serves as the new remodel other locations will undergo over the next few years. “In partnership with … Read More The post Sizzler enlists Restaurant Design studio, TNI Design, for new look. appeared first on Robert Ancill Restaurant Con

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

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.

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Liquid Death’s New Tea Tallboys Are Coming for AriZona’s Neck

EATER

The flavor names are on-brand. | Liquid Death The heavy metal themed water brand has canned iced tea now For years, there has really been only one dominant name in the niche world of tallboy cans of iced tea, and that’s AriZona. But now there’s a new challenger to the cult-favorite tea titan beloved by hypebeasts everywhere: terminally online water brand Liquid Death.

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Brunch Sucks, I Know

EATER

Do you really want to wait on line an hour for this? | Shutterstock So why is it still such a thing? I shouldn’t have been surprised that my incredibly disappointing meal was brunch. I had gotten a reservation at a place some local papers had said was one of the best new additions to the neighborhood, maybe to that city, but the only time that worked for my schedule was brunch.