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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

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After weathering years of pandemic-related challenges, the sector continues to rebound with optimism. By mid-2024, 82 percent of food and beverage operators were still actively recruiting, with chefs and cooks comprising 30 percent of open roles. In 2023, the average cost of a hospitality-related breach surged 14 percent to $3.36

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From acqui-hire to vaporware: The new restaurant tech ABCs

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Acqui-hire “To acquire a company in order to use its employees skills or knowledge, rather than for its products or services.” One example is OpenAI’s Operator, a tool that can perform web-based tasks like making a restaurant reservation or ordering food from a delivery app.

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Elevate Your Food Safety Culture to Survive the COVID Crisis and Future Ones

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A good first step is to elevate your food safety culture. How Food Safety Culture Has Changed. Food safety used to mean “what you do when no one is watching.” They are scrutinizing restaurants, stores, and other public venues to see if employees are following every precaution to mitigate risk and maximize safety.

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Grant Money Is a Viable Option for Restaurant Funding

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2020 has been a year like no other for restaurants and the companies who support and supply them. But if your restaurant or industry related business has been able to stay open or expects to resume operations once we are on the other side of the pandemic, now may be the time to apply for a grant. First Timers Should Hire a Pro.

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Coronavirus: Restaurants Respond

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The National Restaurant Association remains on top of the issue providing updates and resources including a fact sheet and a webpage with an FAQ, industry guidance, and food safety guidelines provided by ServeSafe to address increasing questions about COVID-19. We ensure food safety. Cash is dirty.

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How Solar Power Can Help a Restaurant’s Bottom Line

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Each year, food waste in the restaurant industry reaches losses that are in the billions. And, while there are multiple points of waste throughout the food supply chain, imagine if it were possible to limit losses due to power outages. Community Relations. Federal Solar Tax Credit.

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Does Chipotle have a structural problem? Probably not

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Social media erupted over portion sizes last year, which had a side effect of creating stress for employees as customers videoed their orders being put together. Continue to Site >>> Menu Does Chipotle have a structural problem? The company’s stock is down 14% over the past year and more than 9% so far in 2025. Check out this table.