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Why Your Restaurant Floorplan Matters

Restaurant Engine

The floorplan of your restaurant sets the tone for your restaurant. You may know that the overall customer experience at your restaurant is what brings people back to dine with you time and time again. And you also know that the food and your customer service are a huge focus for you and your staff. But did you know that your floorplan and the layout of your restaurant also affect the overall customer experience?

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The Winning Strategy: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent for Your Restaurant – A Four-Step Approach

Embrace the Suck

No more despairing over an understaffed restaurant. It's time to dust off your note-taking skills because we're diving into a four-step game plan to draw the crème de la crème to your restaurant, starting immediately. If your restaurant mirrors many others in your local scene, finding reliable staff is no small feat. Some eateries are barely scraping by without a team.

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Designing a Next-Gen Teaching Facility

Modern Restaurant Management

1856 is the first-of-its-kind, student-run culinary experience in the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center in Auburn, Alabama. Designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, the facility provides real-world experience for the next generation of chefs and hospitality leaders. Features of the facility include: An open expo kitchen with TVs for professors to examine students’ work, wider walkways and a glass atrium to allow teachers to give real-time instruction in the midst of an act

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The Next Generation of American Cheese

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater The founders of New School cheese say they are making the first “quality” American cheese The joke that people love to hate — or hate to love — American cheese is outdated. We’re at the point where we can all admit it’s good. You ever top a burger with fresh mozzarella and watch as it sits there and does everything but melt? Ever try putting a slice of cheddar on ramen only to witness the puddles of fat sweat out from the clumpy solids?

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Preventing Employee Burnout in Restaurants & Hospitality: An Integrated Approach

Speaker: Lissa Bowen - Chief People + Culture Officer, Full Course Executive Director, Full Course Foundation

Employee burnout is a pervasive issue in the fast-paced and demanding restaurant industry, resulting in decreased productivity, high turnover rates, and compromised mental well-being. Effectively addressing this challenge requires a comprehensive approach that combines conventional management techniques, insights from neuroscience, and stress management strategies.

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16 Tips for Making a Restaurant Employee Handbook

Sling

Every restaurant should have an employee handbook. It’s a way to define the working relationship between employer and employee. In essence, a restaurant employee handbook does two things: Tells employees what you expect of them Tells employees what they can expect from you In addition, a restaurant employee handbook can be a source of protection against litigation.

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At the National Restaurant Association Show, brands leveraged sustainability as a marketing strategy

Restaurant Business

As younger consumers look for social responsibility from the brands they interact with, food and beverage businesses are making sure to spotlight their sustainability efforts.

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World Coffee Roasting Championships: What will the new rules change?

Perfect Daily Grind

On 20 April 2023, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) unveiled its new Coffee Value Assessment. The idea behind the updated cupping form and protocol is to collect a broader range of information about a specific coffee ( including physical and extrinsic data ), and thereby more accurately assess its quality. At this time, the Coffee Value Assessment is yet to come into effect.

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Wake Up Call coffeehouse chain expands with acquisition

Restaurant Business

The 11-unit chain acquired 13 locations of Black Rock Coffee Bar in Washington state, with plans to convert them to Wake Up Call.

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Highlighting the Best of the Best

Sante

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Unleashing AI in Recruitment: The Ultimate Guide

Discover the power of AI in recruitment with Paycor’s complete guide. Learn how to streamline your hiring process, increase interview pipeline, uncover candidates other tools miss, and save time. Get ready to revolutionize your talent acquisition strategy today!

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San Diego restaurant operators indicted in alleged PPP loan fraud

Restaurant Business

The owners of Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed LLC face charges of wire fraud and money laundering.

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How to Watch This Year’s James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards

EATER

Andrew Zimmern, shown here in 2022, is one of the co-hosts of this year’s awards ceremony. | Getty Images for James Beard Foundation Tune into the official livestream right here on June 5 The James Beard Foundation restaurant and chef awards are happening Monday, June 5, at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and while chefs from coast to coast are busy packing their bags, Eater is getting ready to showcase all the action day-of, as the exclusive host of the James Beard Foundation Awards livestream.

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How to Franchise a Restaurant: a Practical Guide for Restaurant Owners

The Eat Restaurant

Franchising a restaurant can be lucrative for restaurant owners seeking expansion opportunities. According to recent statistics, the restaurant industry is projected to reach a value of $1.2 trillion by 2030 , indicating immense potential for growth and profitability.

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Skip Sandwiches, Make Pinwheels Instead 

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater They’re the antidote to the soggy picnic lunch, and they look cute, too When I was a kid, my family had a membership at what could be described in only the most generous sense as a “country club.” There were no golf courses or fancy cafes for lunch — just a swimming pool with a questionably constructed water slide, a couple of cracked tennis courts, and some vending machines.

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Transforming Hospitality Experiences: Unleashing the Power of ChatGPT in the Industry

Speaker: Joseph Guszkowski - Senior Technology Editor, Restaurant Business | Jay Ashton - National Brand Activation Manager, Sysco | Dan Maimone - Global Director of Customer Success Operations, Harri

ChatGPT has made a significant impact on the hospitality industry, particularly in restaurants, by revolutionizing customer interactions and improving overall experiences. With its natural language processing capabilities and vast knowledge base, ChatGPT acts as a virtual assistant, providing instant assistance and streamlining various processes. In the near future, ChatGPT will transform the hospitality industry by enhancing communication, improving efficiency, and elevating the dining experien

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Here come the restaurant IPOs

Restaurant Business

The Bottom Line: Cava Group’s filing of its initial public offering documents could be the first of a few industry IPOs this year. But restaurant M&A remains weak.

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A Loaded Italian Hoagie Recipe Ready for Your Biggest Picnic 

EATER

Dina Ávila /Eater The only thing limiting you is the size of the bread — and the size of your appetite It’s not every day you see a giant hoagie — unless, of course, you’re Matt Cahn, whose Philadelphia sandwich shop Middle Child slings 3- and 6-foot hoagies off its catering menu day in and day out. When Middle Child makes hoagies, it tends to “go ham” on the filling, Cahn says.

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How Taco John's responded to the 'Taco Tuesday' challenge

Restaurant Business

A Deeper Dive: Barry Westrum, chief marketing officer for the Mexican fast-food chain, joins the podcast to discuss the trademark battle with Taco Bell.

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Chef Lidia Bastianich looks back on her family's chaotic life in Europe after WWII

The Salt

The James Beard Award-winning chef fled the Italian peninsula of Istria after it was handed over to Communist Yugoslavia following WWII. Her new PBS show is Lidia Celebrates America.

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Using AI to Support Restaurant Workers, Not Replace Them

Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate conversations around technology. The transformative potential for this technology is massive. Virtually no industry is siloed from the possibilities of artificial intelligence, including restaurants. All new technologies come with a degree of uncertainty. Considering AI’s disruptive potential, many in the restaurant industry have feelings ranging from curiosity to concern regarding what these advancements might mean for the workers powering restauran

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Lawsuit accuses DoorDash of charging iPhone users extra

Restaurant Business

The suit alleges that iPhone users are more likely to face higher fees than Android users for the same order. DoorDash said the claim is “blatantly false.

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Red Robin's revamp takes a bite out of wait times

Restaurant Business

Just 2% of guests now report waiting more than 15 minutes for a table, an 8-point improvement from a year ago.

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