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From Kitchen to Counter: Outfitting Your Team for Comfort, Style, and Brand Visibility

Modern Restaurant Management

The uniforms worn by staff, from kitchen to counter, represent your brand in every customer interaction, making apparel a strategic business decision rather than merely an operational requirement. Strategic use of color should inform uniform design decisions.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience.

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Decoding Digital Barriers in Restaurant Loyalty Initiatives

Modern Restaurant Management

For franchise owners, maintaining uniform excellence across all outlets is key. By diligently tracking these metrics, restaurants can fine-tune their offerings, ensuring that their loyalty programs remain relevant and rewarding. Running a restaurant isn't just about serving great meals.

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COOKS AND CHEFS – WE ALL CRAVE DISCIPLINE

Culinary Cues

There is comfort in wearing a clean, crisp, white uniform that represents history, tradition, and pride. It makes no difference if it is a 4-diamond restaurant offering fine dining, a quality pizza shop, a bakery, or a hospital foodservice – discipline, pride, and results are closely aligned.

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DON’T SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

Culinary Cues

Which type of tomato will present the most pronounced flavor of fine ripened, deeply refreshing acid/sweet balance on the sandwich and how can we ensure this consistently throughout the year? Which type of lettuce will provide the freshness, the crunch, the mouth-feel, and the flavor balance with that perfect burger?

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6 Steps To Build Your Restaurant’s Brand

ChowNow

Every restaurant concept should be intentional about their branding, from food trucks and cafes to brunch spots and fine dininggreat branding is how your restaurant stands out and stays memorable. Branding isnt just for big-name chains with deep pockets and multi-million-dollar ad campaigns. But how to brand a restaurant isnt always clear.

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THE THING ABOUT KITCHEN DESIGN

Culinary Cues

Are auto manufacturers fine with poorly designed assembly lines? Are hospital administrators fine with operating rooms that are not quite right? Are operators of meat packing plants fine with inefficient cutting lines? In what other industry are developers inclined to accept built in problems with design?

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