Sante

AUGUST 23, 2021

The 40th Annual Telluride Wine Festival is September 23 – 26, 2021. In the historic mining town that whispers of Butch Continue Reading.

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Indoor Media

AUGUST 23, 2021

Advertising has come a long way over the years. Once upon a time, you might hire someone to stand outside your business and yell at passersby. Eventually came billboard advertising, business cards, television commercials, and so on, up to the modern era. Now we have banner ads, Facebook advertising, and the Google advertising giant. If you’ve never taken advantage of digital advertising channels before, it can be intimidating to get started.

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The Eat Restaurant

AUGUST 23, 2021

A fully-booked restaurant with people queuing up in the waiting line is what every restaurateur dreams of. It means that business is booming and customers are attracted to your restaurant. People are waiting in line to dine at your restaurant. But with a poorly managed waitlist, what comes next can turn into a nightmare. Crowds will start building up, your host and servers will be struggling to give accurate wait times and serve customers efficiently, and customers will be angry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2021

Restaurants across the country are returning to pre-pandemic operations. Dining rooms are open, and tables are at 100 percent capacity in most states. However, based on the spread of the delta variant, shifting mask guidance from the CDC, differing local government regulations (such as Los Angeles County’s current indoor mask requirement regardless of vaccination status) and low vaccination rates in various states , restaurant operations are still far from normal.

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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.

7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2021

We're not out of the weeds just yet. Even as the availability of vaccines has allowed many restaurants to reopen fully, we are still far away from a world where restaurants can operate in a “post-COVID” mentality without some degree of restrictions. Just over half of all Americans are fully vaccinated (51.4%), The more contagious Delta variant has spread rapidly over the summer and makes up more than 80% of all COVID-19 cases, according to the latest data from the Center for Disease Control.

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Goliath Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2021

“In 2020, new food and drink line extensions plummeted by 29% versus the prior three-year average in multi-outlet retailers and convenience stores, per an innovation report from IRI.” 1 Due to the pandemic, there is a lot of uncertainty of what to expect in the months to come and unpredictability. However, when it comes to fall, food trends are a lot easier to predict.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s a business tale as old as time: the newly-hired CMO figures he/she can move a whole lot of product if they can just get their hands on enough budget upfront to build out savvy online ordering tools, an app with a strong loyalty program, and a delivery solution with order injection, alongside the budget to market the brand on tv, build a social strategy injecting maximum snark and fun into social media, drive push notification strategy against marketing goals, and hire influencers from

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2021

Andolini's is a unique restaurant group, comprised of 9 locations spanning multiple concepts, all in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mike Bausch and his brother Jim opened their first location, Andolini's Pizzeria , in 2005, and have since expanded the business to include multiple locations of Andolini's as well as other restaurant concepts including pizzerias, slice shops, food trucks, and fine dining restaurants.

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Goliath Consulting

AUGUST 27, 2021

Artificial intelligence robots are taking over the food industry and the world. Artificial intelligence robots are designed to do a variety of different tasks such as integrating data information, analyzing data, and decision-making. 1 These robots make decisions using real-time data using sensors, digital data, and stored information from a variety of sources. 2 As artificial intelligence advances, so does the automation of food services.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 27, 2021

Recruitment (and retention) have long been challenges in the restaurant industry, but operators are currently having difficulty filling unprecedented numbers of open positions. Many factors have overlapped right as the restaurant industry is emerging from COVID-19 capacity restrictions, causing a general industry labor shortage. Most restaurants are trying to hire right now.

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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.

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

For restaurants, the official entrance into the ‘recovery stage’ is by no means a finish line. Still recovering from diminished margins, restaurateurs are facing heightened consumer standards in the new, post-pandemic market. And many of those standards involve responsibility in its many forms. Throughout the paused activity of 2020 and 2021, people everywhere were reminded of the delicate ecosystem that exists between individuals and their communities, as well as between people and

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2021

Do you feel like your team is disconnected? Does the lack of communication cause misunderstandings and make your restaurant less efficient? If so, you're probably not alone. Communication is tough in every restaurant, from a handful of team members to dozens across multiple locations. It's a tricky thing to get right, but with the right tools, it can be seamless.

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Hot Schedules

AUGUST 25, 2021

Blog. Meaningful Metrics: Empower Restaurant Managers with the Right Data to Drive Smart Decisions. A t every restaurant, metrics matter. Understanding which ones to care about can have a big effect on your bottom line. It’s up to operational leadership to measure them, monitor them, and make them align to annual initiatives — while also making those metrics relevant for day-to-day restaurant performance.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 23, 2021

To offer a truly immersive dining experience, let your guests indulge more than just their taste buds the next time they visit your restaurant. Whip up a feast for the eyes with restaurant interior design that wows your customers, while building brand recognition and loyalty. The best restaurant interior design creates an atmosphere that’s an extension of your brand and allows you to make a powerful first impression.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 23, 2021

The following principles are adapted from the author’s new book, Leading the Customer Experience. Innovation, the late Peter Drucker pointed out in his landmark book, The Discipline of Innovation, is the “effort to create purposeful, focused change in an enterprise’s economic or social potential.” He noted that it’s different than other disciplines.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 26, 2021

The fast-paced nature of the restaurant industry makes it difficult for owners and managers to sit down, let alone read reports, restaurant magazines and blog posts to gain industry knowledge. The solution is simple: Podcasts! Podcasts are an effective way to stay up-to-date on industry trends, and get tools and resources to help you run your restaurant.

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ChowNow

AUGUST 27, 2021

Did you know that on average, 77% of diners will visit a restaurant’s website before dining in or ordering out? Long before they walk in your doors, your guest’s first impression happens online. Whether you’re building a website from scratch or choosing a templated option, at the end of the day, you need a website that works as hard as you do. .

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Restaurant Clicks

AUGUST 26, 2021

Most people, when they think of Kissimmee, think of Disney World amusement park, or maybe Epcot, because they’re both so close by. But, what some people don’t realize is that Kissimmee is home to some restaurants that are so incredible that they might make you forget all about those Florida theme parks. Cities in Florida like Kissimmee are such wonderful places to live because they perfectly intertwine the experience of living down here in the South with that famous tropical Florida vibe only an

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

Ninety-eight percent of consumers used digital ordering in some form in the last 18 months and 70 percent prefer to order digitally over in-person, according to results from a customer ordering preferences survey from Koala. The survey of more than 600 American consumers ages 18+ revealed similarities in preferred ordering mediums, indicating a profound dependence on convenience.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 25, 2021

The pandemic has backed many restaurants into a corner. Having been forced to close for weeks to months at a time due to lockdown protocols, restaurants are having a hard time finding staff now that things are opening back up. 7shifts , a team management platform for restaurants, found interesting insights into the types of job positions that restaurants are having a hard and easy time filling.

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Restaurant Technology Guys

AUGUST 24, 2021

The adoption of restaurant technology is changing the industry at an unprecedented rate. And the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated this trend. The post The Next Frontier – How the Latest Cloud Technology Can Help Restaurants Tackle Fraud, Increase Sales and Boost Profits appeared first on Restaurant Technology Guys.

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 24, 2021

After the devastation of the pandemic, the restaurant industry should be making a comeback. But a persistent labor shortage stands in the way. While experts attribute the shortage to a number of factors – from stimulus payments to low wages – there’s no quick fix. And part of the problem is that hiring and turnover were serious issues even before the pandemic.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 24, 2021

Restaurants and hotels worldwide have come out the other side of the pandemic only to stumble headfirst into the newest obstacle: a staffing shortage. But this isn’t just your typical staffing shortage. According to a survey conducted by the James Beard Foundation, 16 percent of restaurateurs consider re-hiring their staff to be a more significant obstacle to re-opening than getting their customers to come back or paying their vendors.

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Foodable

AUGUST 24, 2021

Listen to "Administering and Keeping Cash Safe | Season 4, Vol. 9: Recine Hospitality" on Spreaker. In the latest episode of the Hospitality Hangout podcast, Michael Schatzberg “The Restaurant Guy” and Jimmy Frischling “The Finance Guy” chat with Tom Recine , the founder of Recine Hospitality, to explore the latest innovations in point of sales tech.

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Sling

AUGUST 21, 2021

If your business depends on distinct projects for its livelihood, job costing is an essential step in keeping your bottom line in the black. But what is job costing, and why is it so important? In this article, our experts at Sling answer those questions, provide a step-by-step guide for calculating costs, and reveal the best way to produce a better job costing analysis.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 26, 2021

It has been around for centuries, oftentimes held high as a somewhat mystical crop, a tuber that fed the poor, protected against the scourge of scurvy, became a type of currency, and amazed everyone for its variety. The potato is an incredible marvel of Mother Nature that remains the centerpiece of many cuisines, a centerpiece that gives the chef plenty of poetic license for nurturing its qualities and celebrating its ability to morph into so many unique dishes that are influenced by tradition a

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 24, 2021

The way that the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the restaurant industry made consumer habits and preferences change significantly. In fact, according to a report from The National Restaurant Association , 52 percent of adults said purchasing takeout or delivery is “essential” to their lifestyle. Because restaurants were either forced to shut down temporarily or adapt the delivery model, ghost kitchens began making a name for themselves.

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Indoor Media

AUGUST 26, 2021

It cannot be overstated that marketing is an iterative process. If you’re starting running your very first advertisements, don’t be saddened if business doesn’t begin booming immediately. If it does — congratulations, you must have designed some impactful, well-placed marketing materials. For everyone else, we have some tips on how to make your marketing more effective.

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Restaurant Clicks

AUGUST 25, 2021

Irvine, California is just a 20-minute drive from amazing beaches like Huntington, Newport, and Laguna. It’s also just about a 45-minute drive from Los Angeles and a 20-minute drive from Disneyland. Essentially, when you come to Irvine, you are just a short drive from some of California’s most well-known and favorite destination hot spots! You’ll find some of Southern California’s best restaurants in Irvine.

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Crunchtime

AUGUST 24, 2021

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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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