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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

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In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. Valentine's Menu Trends Restaurant guests heavily favor tasting menus this Valentine’s season, according to Lightspeed. percent dip in overall gratuities.

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20 Restaurant Skills You'll Quickly Learn on the Job (Updated)

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A resume for a cook or chef job should include familiarity with and specific experience in the following areas, if applicable: Food prep of specific menu items. Cooking specific menu items. Menu item creation and menu building. 6 seconds is all you have, on average , to impress the recruiter. Recipe card creation.

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Coffee News Recap, 14 Oct: Early bird tickets now on sale for PRF El Salvador, 13-year-old wins 2022 Colombian AeroPress Championship & other stories

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UK coffee shop chain Gail’s launches new recruitment campaign to promote a healthy work-life balance. The B2B African agricultural product marketplace Almacena says it will use funding “to create sustainable and transparent agriculture supply chains” and to expand into the US market. billion coffee pads per year.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

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They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. Plant-based Menu Items. Jim Collins, CEO at Kitchen United.

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An Eater’s Guide to the Most Retro-Chic Ski Towns in the Alps

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Lech, Austria Vorarlberg, Austria’s smallest federal state, has long been known for its artisanal culture and craftsmanship, especially in design and architecture; locally sourced wood and old-school know-how combine to create many of the sustainable houses in the area. Hotel Totem Breakfast at Hotel Totem.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

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Given the traffic challenges facing the industry, stronger and sustained long-term sales growth is really not an option,” said Fernandez. According to Black Box Intelligence’s Workforce Index, by the end of Q3, 63 percent of restaurants expressed that difficulty in recruiting hourly staff increased from the previous quarter.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part One

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Smart brands are having to be even more creative, such as leveraging the ‘to go bag’ as a communications channel that can be used to communicate brand messages, promote new menu offerings and provide bounce back offers that favor preferred channels such as pick up. Berekk Blackwell, President of Daily Jam.

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