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

Restaurant Business

Acqui-hire “To acquire a company in order to use its employees skills or knowledge, rather than for its products or services.” Starbucks’ deal with Empower Delivery fits the acqui-hire framework. Previously, Starbucks hired Empower CEO Meredith Sandland as its new chief store development officer under CEO Brian Niccol.

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Grant Money Is a Viable Option for Restaurant Funding

Modern Restaurant Management

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. 2020 has been a year like no other for restaurants and the companies who support and supply them.

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MRM Research Roundup: Seasonal Hiring, Online Ordering and Feeding the Workplace

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on summer restaurant employment, indecisiveness ordering, online ordering trends, and the world's best cities for food. This is the first time on record that demand has reached this level two summers in a row.

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Experts Weigh In: What Are Key Challenges Restaurants Will Face in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Manaagement (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders to discuss the key challenges they believe restaurants will face in 2022. The challenges our teams have faced over the last two years specifically has made us value our employees now more than ever. A drop in employee retention & difficulty in hiring.

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What’s Next?: MRM Restaurant Survival Guide Updates

Modern Restaurant Management

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has launched the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to support U.S. ” The BOHA!

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‘It Was a Losing Fight to Write Anything That Wasn’t “Ethnic”’

EATER

In many cases, the employees’ personalities were turned into their personal brands. It sends an overt message that stepping out as a generalist is hard, and that you will not be hired as such. BIPOC in food media are routinely not considered for assignments about things that don’t directly relate to their ethnicity or race. “I

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Does Chipotle have a structural problem? Probably not

Restaurant Business

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. The company’s stock is down 14% over the past year and more than 9% so far in 2025. And there are at least some reasons to believe there could be problems.