EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Lille Allen/Eater Whether its poached, baked in a tart, or cooked into jam, quince can shine in both sweet and savory dishes If you have ever tried membrillo the dense Spanish jam often paired with Manchego on a nice cheese plate, maybe with a handful of Marcona almonds and a glass of Tempranillo you know the sweet, slightly floral flavor of quince.
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. For the first part, click here and for the second part, click here. Data, Data, Data. It is atop the list for restaurants looking to modernize, differentiate, and elevate experiences.
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EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
On the 13th day of the Eater Advent Calendar, were cracking open a nonalcoholic sumac and chile aperitivo This non-alcoholic aperitif is what I want to sip at every holiday party this year. It tastes like a carefully crafted mocktail, with the pops of sumac and zippiness of chiles, which feels like magic knowing that it comes from a can. My biggest qualm with drinks that advertise themselves as spicy is that theyre never spicy enough, but Ghia does not have this problem.
Wasserstrom
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Large Language Models (LLMs) like Gemini AI — Google’s latest language model — are changing how people discover and navigate local businesses like restaurants. To maximize their visibility and catch AI’s attention, restaurants must optimize their digital presence for multimodal analysis, the cornerstone of Gemini’s recommendation engine.
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.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Many sit-down chains struggled. There were bankruptcies, closures and plenty of soul-searching. But there were some clear winners, too.
EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Shutterstock Holiday cookie swaps are an art form. Heres everything you need to know to host a good one. Tis the season for lots of things hot cocoa, gift shopping, and perhaps most importantly, cookie swaps. These annual exchanges of delicious baked goods have become increasingly popular in recent years, and maybe youve been invited to one but arent exactly a great baker.
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Black Box Intelligence
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Out of the Box: Monthly Restaurant Industry Update Restaurant Industry in Review: November 2024 Restaurant Trends NOVEMBER: BY THE NUMBERS 0.5% Comp Sales -2.5% Comp Traffic Best Region: New England Best Segment: Quick Service Best Cuisine: Chicken Worst Region: NY-NJ Worst Segment: Fine Dining Worst Cuisine: Sandwich November 2024 brought a surprising wave of strong performance for the restaurant industry.
Rocket Fuel
DECEMBER 18, 2024
As customer expectations evolve, diners now demand more than just great food. Speed, reliability, and a personal touch define the hallmarks of a standout delivery experience. While third-party delivery platforms like Uber Eats and DoorDash offer accessible gateways for delivery services, they often come with a high delivery fee for customers and limited control for restaurants.
EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act first passed this summer
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
We heard a lot about swicy and cheese pulls, but what else was trending both inside and outside restaurants walls?
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
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Restaurans and bars in Minneapolis and St. Paul are responding to the intensifying opioid crisis by carrying naloxone, Narcan, and fentanyl test strips to support harm reduction.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
These arent the easiest of times. How about a fast forward on some of the new realities?
EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Tamales at the California-based Vallarta Supermarkets chain. | Vallarta Supermarkets For Mexican restaurants and supermarkets, the holidays mean one thing: Tamal season is here It wasnt until I moved to New York City for college that I realized how much I took the tamales of my childhood holidays for granted. A born-and-raised Southern Californian with a big Mexican American family, I had never known a Christmas without a pile of corn husk-wrapped tamales waiting next to a honey ham and the half
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
In a recessionary year for restaurants, stories of bankruptcies and sales challenges dominated the headlines. But some brands did pretty well.
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.
EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The defining cocktails and drink trends of TikTok in 2024 included souffl Espresso Martinis, the Batanga, Guinness and more.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Red Lobster and TGI Fridays led a year in which chains both big and small clogged bankruptcy courts. Here is a look at the years biggest bankruptcy filings.
Indoor Media
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Which feels more believable: the polished food photo staged with motor oil as syrup or a slightly blurry shot from a Google review? Authenticity means staying a little “dirty”—not sloppy, but real and relatable. Overly perfect presentations can seem fake, like you’re hiding something. Tools to clean up your online profile are everywhere, but people notice when things are too perfect.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The private-equity group, with the years two biggest deals for Jersey Mikes and Tropical Smoothie, saved what was mostly a year full of bargain-basement deals and bankruptcy sales.
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.
EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Its tendie time. | KFC/Saucy KFCs new restaurant, Saucy, is focused on tenders and dips. Its what the people want. Meet Saucy implores the press release, at once an unnerving invitation and a pretty good pun. On Monday, December 23, KFC is launching a new restaurant concept in Orlando, Florida, centered around the chicken tender and everything in which you can dip it.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
AI, kiosks and delivery apps were the big winners. Loyalty programs and dynamic pricing had a weird year.
Evergreen
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The beverage industry thrives on access to accurate, actionable data. Evergreen equips professionals across the sectordistributors, marketers, and retailerswith tools and a database to excel. Heres how. A Resource for Distributors Retailers and distributors alike rely on precise data to navigate a complex market. Evergreen provides up-to-date ABVs, IBUs, producer details, and specifications, simplifying negotiations.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The delivery app will integrate with Alphabets drone service to deliver items from more than 50 restaurants and retailers at two malls owned by Brookfield Properties.
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.
EATER
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Was it just a coincidence that both Martha Stewart and Ina Garten had big releases this year? | Lille Allen Are Martha Stewart and Ina Garten still friends? Girl, its so confusing sometimes! In Ina Gartens new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens , she recounts her first attempt at filming a cooking show, overseen by Martha Stewarts television production company and seemingly encouraged by Stewart herself: Martha and I had been friends for several years, and I was writing a column for her maga
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
New items and limited-time offers flooded restaurant menus in 2024, but these winners surged to the top in more ways than one.
The Rail
DECEMBER 18, 2024
NEXT YEARS HOTTEST POTENTIAL INDUSTRY DIRECTIONS Every year we project what you can expect from the renewal of a new year. This year promises to deliver several important trend lines that will fundamentally change how the restaurant industry progresses for the foreseeable future. From the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) to the explosive growth of the sports-themed segment, the near future will reveal changes in the way operators function and direct their business model.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Everyone has a conviction about whats ahead for the industry in the New Year. But its the uncertaintiesthe what-ifsthat should be top of mind.
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.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
A Deeper Dive: This weeks episode features some of the best content from the year, focusing on discussions about traffic challenges that dominated the news for much of the year.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Reality Check: Starbucks Workers United has organized the home office's store. And now it looks as if an actual strike may be coming.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Parent Yum Brands is spinning off its Original Recipe tenders with a format designed to capitalize on consumer love for dipping and creative beverages.
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The Bottom Line: KFC is joining Taco Bell and McDonalds in creating a new brand. But such moves are risky, especially when the primary brand is struggling.
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