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How a Creative Cocktail Program with a Beer and Wine License Can Help Your New Restaurant Succeed

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Beer and wine licenses, however, provide a sustainable, cost-effective alternative, allowing restaurants to invest resources elsewhere. These licenses allow restaurants to serve beer, wine, and wine-based liquors, offering opportunities for innovation without the financial burden of full-service licenses.

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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

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Outsourcing high-risk services, such as delivery, can alleviate exposure to rising auto insurance costs, which are projected to climb in 2025. Considering the inflationary and labor strains, proactive risk management and operational adjustments will be crucial to sustaining profitability in the year ahead.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand.

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Reskilling, Retention and Robotics: Creative Solutions to the Restaurant Labor Shortage

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To revitalize the workforce and enhance operational efficiency, it is imperative that we boldly explore innovative solutions across reskilling, retention, and robotics. The gap between available positions and willing, skilled workers has widened, putting pressure on service quality and business sustainability.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

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The restaurants that thrive today are those that balance innovation with human connection. Providing benefits like career development and on-the-job training is critical, especially as we continue our mission of serving thoughtful food that supports healthier, more sustainable living. The world changed, and so did restaurants.

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MRM Research Roundup: Experimentation, Valentine’s Vibe Shift, and Wine Cork Market

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The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board. percent decrease in claims.

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Restaurant Staffing Crisis Solutions: Experts Weigh In

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First, see what you have in your current staff and then be innovative on how to hire and train, that helps set you up for success in the long run. Provide great benefits, 401k, life insurance, etc. Every restaurant has different needs and unique staffing requirements and circumstances. This is what has been working for me.”