4 secrets behind Sonic’s menu success
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Mackenzie Gibson, Sonic’s VP of culinary and menu innovation, shares an inside look at her team's R&D mindset. .
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Why Earned Wage Access Is the Perfect Gift For Employees
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 6, 2022
With the holidays upon us, restaurants and hospitality organizations are jumping on earned wage access (EWA) as a fee-free way to combat the labor shortage we've seen organizations face in 2022. EWA allows employees to receive a portion of their earned wages the same day they work at no cost to the worker or employer and helps close the gap during financially tight times between traditional paydays.
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How to increase restaurant sales: 11 smart strategies for 2023
Open for Business
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Restaurants are just like any other business: Success or failure is ultimately determined by the bottom line. A relentless focus on boosting restaurant sales is essential, but it can be all too easy to get distracted by all the other aspects of running a restaurant that don’t relate to sales. Whether your restaurant is new, long established, going through a slow time, or simply not operating at maximum capacity as much as you’d like, these ideas to increase restaurant sales should give you the i
Growth of Modern Contactless Payments: Increasing Restaurant Profitability and Efficiency
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Contactless payment solutions drive operators’ revenue and elevate customer experiences, but how can the technology set restaurants up for long-term success? Contactless solutions have become a tool to ensure the survival of many businesses over the past three years. The restaurant industry has perhaps seen higher adoption rates of this technology than any other industry.
Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback
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.
Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center Is Looking for a Restaurant Partner
EATER
DECEMBER 7, 2022
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Automation doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing choice
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Technomic's Take: Declining labor force participation is putting pressure on restaurants. Technology that makes workers' lives easier can help address those challenges.
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Franchise brands push growth even as the market gets tougher
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Margins are thinning and lending is tightening. But franchise brands continue to push growth, and many are finding success recruiting new operators.
The Tipping Fatigue Struggle Is Real
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The rising cost of goods and services has given some consumers pause over how much gratuity they are willing to leave at restaurants. With inflation continuing to reach near 40-year highs, tipping for takeout and delivery dropped to 14.5 percent in the second quarter of 2022. With the holidays coming up, restaurants don’t want to be caught short-staffed and underprepared for the increase in customer volume, as this can contribute to patron dissatisfaction and lower tips.
Where Eater’s Editor-in-Chief Is Buying All Her Gifts This Year
EATER
DECEMBER 5, 2022
A one-stop shop makes things so much easier A version of this post originally appeared on December 3, 2022, in Stephanie Wu’s newsletter, “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world. Read the archives and subscribe now. As much as I enjoy shopping, the idea of gift-giving stresses me out, particularly around the holidays.
FULL HOUSE, ALL HANDS ON-DECK
Culinary Cues
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Well, here we go. I haven’t slept much at all over the past few days and certainly won’t until the weekend is over. The anxiety building up to a full house in the hotel packed with a series of food events has made it impossible to relax. The preparation has been mind boggling, now we just have to execute. Ironically, the work beforehand is more nerve-wracking than the actual production and service.
Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback
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.
MarginEdge raises $45M for back-office restaurant software
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 7, 2022
The company founded by former operators offers invoice processing, inventory management and other managerial tools.
How To Attract Gen Z Customers to Your Restaurant
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 7, 2022
To attract Generation Z into your restaurant, you’ll first need to understand them. Gen Z is a generation born from 1997 to 2012 , with the oldest members turning 25 this year. Many of Gen Z's traits are most likely shaped by the fact that they have grown up with access to the internet, smartphones and social media. With this group accounting for approximately 20.66 percent of the U.S. population, Gen Z is becoming a larger customer-base for restaurants.
Eater’s Best New Restaurants 2022
EATER
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Ellen Mary Cronin. Eat here now. Thank us later. At Eater, we love answering the question: What’s the best place to eat right now? In 2022, by far the most normal-feeling year in, well, years, chefs and restaurateurs have been chasing passions and opening dream projects. This is the year that a bakery — not a bakery-plus-restaurant, not a bakery with a savory menu too, just a damn good bakery — can feel revolutionary, even when sticking to the classics.
A DECEMBER KITCHEN
Culinary Cues
DECEMBER 3, 2022
It’s 5:30am when the alarm clock screams “it’s time!” My bare feet hit the cold floor while the muscles in my legs resist with a creeping cramp that brings me quickly to my knees. “Crap!!”, I shout while frantically rubbing my calf trying to work out that Charlie horse pain. I can feel the knot in that muscle move slowly from the top of my ankle to the back of my knee.
What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!
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.
New Senate plan would channel aid to restaurants that missed out on RRF money
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 9, 2022
But the assistance, capped at $25,000, would be available only to small operations.
Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Properly Prepping Your Bar for the Holiday Rush
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 8, 2022
The increased challenges and stress of the holiday season often reveal pinch points in bar and restaurant operations. New technology innovations now being introduced into the hospitality industry are designed to level out those pinch points. While time may be running out to take advantage of new solutions prior to the holiday rush – you can improve your operational posture for the season now, and position yourself to consider technology adoption in the new year.
An Eater’s Guide to Whistler, British Columbia
EATER
DECEMBER 7, 2022
The glow of nightlife in Whistler. | Tourism Whistler/Justa Jeskova. Chefs from star-studded Vancouver, seafood via the Sea-to-Sky Highway, local ingredients from Pemberton Valley, and wines from around British Columbia come together to make Whistler a culinary powerhouse Even for North America’s biggest ski resort, Whistler punches far above its weight as a winter getaway.
Coffee News Recap, 9 Dec: Jibbi Little wins 2022 World AeroPress Championship, EU agrees to ban coffee and other imports linked to deforestation & other stories
Perfect Daily Grind
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 5 Dec. Applications open for PRF El Salvador Mayorga Scholarship. Successful applicants of the scholarship programme, which is funded by PRF Diamond Sponsor Mayorga Coffee, will receive a free ticket to the two-day forum.
State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Chili’s streamlined menu upsets some chicken tender fans
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 9, 2022
The chain dropped its Original Chicken Crispers as it works to simplify operations. The more popular Crispy variety is still available.
Seven Common Mistakes to Avoid When Implementing New Technology
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 9, 2022
The restaurant industry is in a revolution—or evolution—in its relationship to technology. Operators are looking for tools and systems to give them a competitive advantage, whether that’s by meeting customer wants or getting your labor numbers just right. However, as the number of tools available to restaurateurs expands, and the capabilities of technology also grow, it’s critical to be thoughtful about what software you select and how you implement it.
The Town That Panettone Built
EATER
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Fiasconaro Bakery. A tiny medieval village hidden inside a national park produces world-famous Sicilian panettone Nicola Fiasconaro pulls a floppy mass of panettone dough off of a conveyor belt, plops it onto a steel work table, and shapes the buttery, fruit-studded goop into a perfect little round. The legendary pastry chef makes it look easy, despite the dough’s reputation as impossible.
How have coffee subscriptions changed in recent years?
Perfect Daily Grind
DECEMBER 4, 2022
It’s undeniable that Covid-19 has significantly influenced coffee consumer behaviour in the long term. With most out-of-home coffee businesses forced to close temporarily in early 2020, many consumers started to prepare their own coffee at home – and began to try different kinds of beans, as well as a range of brewing methods. As part of this, coffee subscription services became much more popular during the pandemic – and continue to be today, too.
8 Pillars of Leadership Development
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.
Applebee’s owner to acquire Fuzzy’s Taco Shop for $80M
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Dine Brands Global, which also operates IHOP, will get its long-desired growth concept in the 138-unit fast-casual brand.
Business Level Strategy: What It Is Plus 3 Examples
Sling
DECEMBER 7, 2022
If you’re looking for a way to bridge the gap between your more general corporate strategy and your hyper-specific functional strategy, create a business level strategy between the two. What exactly is business level strategy? And how can you use it to achieve the success you’re looking for? The answer to those questions can be found by examining the three types of business strategy side-by-side.
New Jersey’s Forgotten Caviar Boom
EATER
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Shutterstock. These tiny, briny, and oh-so-pricey fish eggs are seen as quintessentially Russian. But there was a time when New Jersey was the center of the caviar world. If you try to visit the town of Caviar, New Jersey, today, don’t rely on your GPS — it’s now known as the Bayside Tract, a marshy backwater on the outskirts of tiny Greenwich, on the banks of the Delaware River in southern Jersey.
How do you pour great latte art at home?
Perfect Daily Grind
DECEMBER 6, 2022
When the majority of out-of-home coffee businesses closed in the first few months of the pandemic, many consumers started to make more coffee at home. As part of this, more and more people wanted to create café-quality beverages themselves – including milk-based drinks. However, it’s safe to say that pouring high-quality latte art can be difficult, even for those with more experience and skills.
8 Pillars of Leadership Development
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.
Is Yogurtland a frozen-yogurt anomaly?
Restaurant Business
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Despite headwinds in the frozen yogurt sector, the chain’s president believes its labor-light model and supply chain strategy give the brand some advantages.
Tips for High Volume Hiring
ExactHire - Restaurants
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Organizations pursuing high-volume hiring propel job creation and fuel economic growth. Unfortunately, filling high-volume requisitions isn’t for the faint of heart. When you’re dealing with mass hiring, you need creative and practical ways to complete it. Talent is one of the most coveted assets, and organizations succeed only when they have the right skills and talent in the pipeline.
Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis: Will technology drive growth?
Bizimply
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Can technology drive growth? It improves productivity, automates manual processes, saves time, streamlines operational costs and so much more! The post Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis: Will technology drive growth? appeared first on Bizimply.
The 2022 Perfect Daily Grind holiday coffee gift guide
Perfect Daily Grind
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Once again, it’s the time of year to start thinking about gifts for friends and family as we approach the holiday season. For many of us, this means buying a special gift for the coffee enthusiast or professional in our lives. With this in mind, we’ve curated a selection of gift ideas to fit a range of budgets. Read on for the 2022 Perfect Daily Grind holiday coffee gift guide!
Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
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