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5 Restaurant Automation Tools to Streamline Your Operations

Sculpture Hospitality

Gone are the days of outdated manual processes holding back your restaurant’s potential. As technology continues to evolve , automation tools have opened up a world of possibilities for streamlining your operations and maximizing profitability.

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34 Restaurant Subject Lines that Converts

The Eat Restaurant

Discover how to create subject lines for restaurant emails that work and give samples of effective subject lines for a range of themes and situations.

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Digital Marketing Strategies for Restaurants in the Digital Age

Goliath Consulting

In the digital age, the culinary world doesn’t just battle it out in the kitchen. The real competition happens online, where attracting diners requires innovation, engagement, and a mouthwatering digital presence. With technology evolving at a rapid pace, the way customers engage with eateries has undergone a drastic transformation. In this post, we’ll outline top digital marketing strategies that every restaurant should consider to stay competitive in the current digital landscape.

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Beyond Transactions: How to Use Data to Drive Meaningful Connections and Customer Loyalty

Modern Restaurant Management

Without customer loyalty, it’s difficult to succeed in any business, particularly when you’re competing in a crowded landscape like hospitality. Customer retention plays a significant role, with existing customers spending two-thirds more than new ones and 70 percent of Americans considering loyalty programs as a top reason to be faithful to their favorite brands.

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The Buyer’s Guide to HR & Payroll Technology

Choosing an HCM partner is one of the most important decisions you’ll make because time is one of your company’s most strategic assets. How do you want to spend your time?

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Cloud-Based Point-Of-Sale: Enhancing Business Transactions

Harbor Touch

In the contemporary business landscape, efficiency is paramount. As industries evolve, adopting the right technologies has become more than just an advantage—it’s a necessity. One such technological marvel is the cloud-powered point-of-sale (POS) system. These systems are rapidly transforming the way businesses handle transactions, elevating the customer experience while optimizing operations.

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How Did Happy Hour Start?

Bottleneck Management

How Did Happy Hour Start? Imagine this: It’s the end of a long workday, and you’re craving a place to unwind, relax, and savor some delicious bites and refreshing drinks. That’s when you remember the magic words: Happy Hour. But have you ever wondered how this tradition began and why it remains popular? Let’s look into the history of Happy Hour and uncover its origins.

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Is Your Restaurant Prepared to Face a Water Crisis?

Restaurant Den

The preparedness level of your restaurant in handling a water crisis could be a matter not often given much thought. However, issues such as low water pressure, leaks, or inadequate hot water can significantly disrupt your daily operations. And, as you will know, being ready to face sudden challenges is essential to success in the […] The post Is Your Restaurant Prepared to Face a Water Crisis?

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Connecting with the Millennial Generation of Diners: Embracing New Mover Marketing Strategies

Modern Restaurant Management

The Millennial generation is a force to be reckoned with, not only in the housing market but also in the dining industry. As Millennial homeownership surpasses Millennial renters for the first time, restaurants have a golden opportunity to engage this valuable demographic through targeted new mover marketing strategies. Millennials have been charting a new course for home ownership, with the number of Millennial homeowners reaching a staggering 18.2 million in 2022.

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How To Get Dine-In Customers To Order Out

24/7 Waiter

With many foodies ordering meals online or taking them to-go instead of dining in, it is more important now than ever to cash in on this type of customer. A software program that makes online food ordering easy adds to your restaurant marketing strategy and helps boost your sales. Here are some ways to attract more take-out business. Ways to Promote Ordering Out QR Code Signage – Place a small cardboard advertisement on each of your tables with an eye-catching saying to draw your customers in li

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THE DE-SOCIALIZATION OF URBAN AMERICA

Culinary Cues

This may seem like a strange topic for a blog focused on the restaurant industry and the world of food but hear me out. Well, the pandemic is over, wait – no, the pandemic is not over – oh, the pandemic is now an endemic – wait “long-Covid” will be with many of us for some time; and the beat goes on. Long Covid has been used as a term to loosely identify lingering health challenges associated with contracting the virus and are oftentimes quite debilitating to those affected, but could this be al

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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A Square Outage Hits the Service Industry Hard

EATER

Square’s point-of-sale system is used by millions of small businesses. | Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The point-of-sale system has experienced widespread disruptions to multiple services On Thursday, the payment processing company Square experienced a widespread outage. The point-of-sale system is used by millions of small businesses, including restaurants and food vendors, and the network’s downtime left many of them unable to process transactions.

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Six Important Steps Restaurants Should Take to Build a Strong Food Safety Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

Ensuring food safety is essential for restaurant brands and others within the food industry. A weak food safety culture can have severe consequences, including product recalls, foodborne illnesses, reputational damage, diminished customer loyalty, and financial losses. Restaurants and other food businesses must prioritize building and maintaining a strong food safety culture to mitigate these risks.

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Adapting to Changing Consumer Food and Hospitality Needs in Shopping Centres Amidst Rising Cost of Living Pressures

Future Food

As the cost of living pressures continue to bite in Australia, consumers are becoming increasingly discerning about where, when and how much of their disposable income they spend on eating out. For shopping centre management and F&B operators, this scenario presents a partnership opportunity to plan and implement strategies to adapt to new consumer F&B spending patterns and continue to drive visitation, overall spend and maintain or increase asset value.

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FSTEC 2023 Innovation Forum Preview: Driving Customer Experience, Profitability, and Growth

Crunchtime

FSTEC, the annual conference “where restaurants and tech connect,” is coming up in Dallas, Texas. With over 70 speakers from across the industry, the event is sure to deliver countless valuable insights into what technology trends restaurants will be adopting in the near future to promote brand success.

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The Buyer’s Guide to HR & Payroll Technology

Choosing an HCM partner is one of the most important decisions you’ll make because time is one of your company’s most strategic assets. How do you want to spend your time?

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Training for the Olympics of Cheese

EATER

A cheese plate by Courtney Johnson | Courtney Johnson After months of rigorous practice and study, Courtney Johnson and Sam Rollins are set to represent the United States at the World’s Best Cheesemonger competition this month. Courtney Johnson and Sam Rollins are currently in training. They’re meeting with a team of coaches to finesse their routines.

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The True Cost of Ice Machine Ownership

Modern Restaurant Management

Think of commercial ice equipment like your vehicle. Once you buy it, you still have to budget for ongoing maintenance and repair expenses that will come up as long as you drive the car. Choose not to perform the recommended maintenance on your vehicle, and eventually you’ll run into major problems that cost you much more than the maintenance would’ve.

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SHO Restaurant atop San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center is officially kaput

Restaurant Business

The flagship concept by Josh Siegel and chef Shotaro Kamio included a private club with NFT memberships, but it never got off the ground. Meanwhile, will the NFT-backed Flyfish Club in New York City come to fruition?

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115: Thriving with Brahm at the Inn at Shaker Mill Falls

Food Business

Brahm is the farmer at the regenerative farm at The Inn at Shaker Mill Farm. Listen to this episode as an expert on how regenerative farming, is much like speaking another language in it's ability to give you new perspective, and positive perspective on life. This episode is as much about the life force that you carry in your daily life as it is about how regernative farming is the life force for our planets future.

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Diving into Diversity: Decoding the Foundations of Inclusion in Hospitality Talent Acquisition

Speaker: Lauren Fernandez - CEO & Founder, Full Course

Companies all over the world, including Marriot International and Hilton Worldwide, are aware of the value of including DEI in their talent acquisition strategy. However, despite these initiatives, there is still plenty that the hospitality sector can do to promote DEI. When comparing the hospitality industries in India, Iraq, the UK, and the US, you will see that there is a consistent underrepresentation of persons from different ethnic, gender, and disability origins across all levels of the i

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How I Got My Job: Making Knives for Top Chefs

EATER

Photoillustration: Lille Allen/Eater; portrait: Andrew Cebulka Quintin Middleton apprenticed as a bladesmith, making swords before turning to custom chef’s knives In How I Got My Job , folks from across the food and restaurant industry answer Eater’s questions about, well, how they got their job. Today’s installment: Quintin Middleton. In 2008, after six years of working as a bladesmith’s apprentice, learning to craft hunting knives and swords, Quintin Middleton had a life-changing dream.

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Safeguarding Slim Margins for QSRs: How Automation Drives Efficiency and Profits

Modern Restaurant Management

Though Fortune Business Insights projects the quick service restaurant (QSR) industry will grow from $862.05 billion to $1,467.04 billion by 2028, the reality is that owners are making the most of every dollar to maximize profit. With margins ranging from six to nine percent , even the smallest gain in efficiency and reduction of loss can make a significant impact on the bottom line.

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NFL Programming Through a Single Provider

Restaurant Business

Premium, live sports content in bars and restaurants is a huge draw—guests gather to watch their favorite teams play and order snacks, drinks and meals during their often multi-hour visits. In short, it’s a huge opportunity for operators, and having a reliable provider is key.

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2023 USA Trade Tasting Is Here: Time To Get Your Tickets

Sante

USA Trade Tasting is annual wine & spirits trade show for retailers, importers, distributors, sommeliers & bartenders to meet & Continue Reading

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3 Leadership Behaviors that Drive Loyalty & Engagement

Why are HR leaders so important to business success? Because leaders across the organization, from the C-suite to frontline managers, disproportionately affect employee engagement. It goes back to the old saying: “A boss has the title, but a leader has the people.” Learn more and discover the 3 steps to driving loyalty and engagement: The true power of intentional coaching The secret to optimizing performance The best ways to reward employees & retain top talent Don't miss out, download now!

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A Charred Broccolini Salad Full of Sneaky Flavor, Care of Here’s Looking at You

EATER

In this preview from the Eater cookbook, beloved LA restaurant Here’s Looking at You shares the recipe for a restaurant-worthy side dish that any cook can master at home This is an excerpt from Eater’s debut cookbook , focusing on an unexpected, vegetable-heavy side dish to add to your repertoire, care of Here’s Looking at You in Los Angeles. Here’s Looking at You is one of those genre-bending, category-defying restaurants that Los Angeles does so well.

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Federal Government Proposes Raising Overtime Threshold to $55K

Modern Restaurant Management

On August 30, 2023, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for a rule “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees. If enacted, the rule would guarantee overtime pay for salaried workers earning less than $55,068 a year. The rule would raise the minimum salary required to invoke the “white-collar” exemption to overtime from the current $684/week ($35,568 ann

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Square outage disrupts business for restaurants nationwide

Restaurant Business

The issue began Thursday and prevented operators from accepting payments for hours. It appeared to have been resolved by Friday afternoon.

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Another Wine Celebration Day? Yes, Indeed!

The Wine Knitter

With all the national and international wine celebrations that seem to occur almost daily, it can get a bit overwhelming. I have missed one too many “wine holidays” to mention. For instance, I just found out that August 31st was International Cabernet Sauvignon Day! Although I’m more than a few days behind on the latest celebration, let’s raise our glasses anyway and celebrate Cabernet Sauvignon with a few gems from Chile Chilean Vineyard Photo credit: Jorge Fernandez-Sal

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Paqui Pulls Its Viral “One Chip Challenge” Off Shelves Following Teen’s Death

EATER

Paqui’s “One Chip Challenge” chip is made with extremely spicy peppers | Photo by Sarah Dussault/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images The company is also offering refunds to people who have already purchased the chip “out of an abundance of caution” The tortilla chip company Paqui is pulling its viral product known as the “ One Chip Challenge ” off shelves nationwide in response to new fears about its safety following the death of a 14-year-old who passed away after eating one of th

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The Goody Bag

Sante

Food & drink in sips & bites

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CloudKitchens won't succeed until its restaurants do

Restaurant Business

Tech Check: As the ghost kitchen company expanded, it treated operators as expendable. It's now reportedly cutting staff and closing locations. The two problems are related.

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Maker of the spicy 'One Chip Challenge' pulls product from store shelves

The Salt

The maker of the extremely spicy chip said it is working to recall the product as Massachusetts authorities probe the death of a teen whose family said the challenge was a contributing factor.

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The HR Leader’s Guide to Employee Management

Nothing motivates employees more than a great boss. Creating consistent employee management practices help create a positive workplace culture and improve key performance outcomes across the board.