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ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A TAVERN

Culinary Cues

This past year has been excruciatingly brutal on restaurants that simply haven’t been able to weather this relentless storm of pandemic related restrictions and consumer concerns. Every year, a significant number of new restaurants open and almost as many close their doors for good.

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‘Bring the Dining Room Experience to the Windows’

Modern Restaurant Management

Should the customer and employee experience not be altered to fit that lifestyle? Should the customer and employee experience not be altered to fit that lifestyle? Joining Mood in 2018, he currently oversees the QSR team, focused on North America Account Management efforts. How is QSR ownership changing? Every minute! Great question.

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5 Effective Ways to Increase Profit Margins at Your Restaurant

Cheetah

Many customers relate to the plight of service staff and are fine paying for what is clearly intended to supplement higher wages. Investing in retention will help battle the high employee turnover rate plaguing the restaurant industry right now. This sparked a lively debate around the efficacy of mandatory service fees.

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6 Effective Ways to Increase Profit Margins at Your Restaurant

Cheetah

Many customers relate to the plight of service staff and are fine paying for what is clearly intended to supplement higher wages. Investing in retention will help battle the high employee turnover rate plaguing the restaurant industry right now. This sparked a lively debate around the efficacy of mandatory service fees.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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‘Challenging Is Not Nearly a Strong Enough Word’

EATER

While COVID-19 is a new disease, and it is impossible to predict which cases will require hospitalization, certain conditions may put individuals at a particularly high risk for developing a severe, life-threatening case. Sandy Levine owns Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails in Detroit and is also high-risk. Work through the pain, work long hours.’

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

We will also continue to leverage our revamped ‘Restaurant of the Future’ model along with our advanced technology strategy and are eager for this next phase of growth for the company. We look forward to another year of serving up fresh dishes and brighter mornings to every customer with care, openness and intention.

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