Sat.Mar 19, 2022 - Fri.Mar 25, 2022

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Unique Ways Restaurants Can Use QR Codes to Drive Sales

Modern Restaurant Management

As the impact of the pandemic wanes, restaurant owners should evaluate the contactless service options they implemented to keep customers and staff safe to see how they can help drive sales. When restaurants got the green light to reopen their dining rooms, they implemented a host of safety procedures to prevent the spread of germs. Restaurants across the country shelved their paper menus and turned to digital options to reduce touchpoints.

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[Data] Fast Casual Restaurant Trends: Sales and Labor

7 Shifts

Coming out of 2020, few restaurant types were better prepared for the new normal than quick service and fast casual. They had streamlined menus, more digital presence than their full-service counterparts, and dining rooms weren't an integral part of the fast casual experience. But how have they stacked up when it comes to sales and labor this year versus the same period in 2021?

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Why the Food in Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ Looks So Good

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Bao from Turning Red. | Pixar Animation Studios. Talking to production designer Rona Liu about the challenges of animating a “chunky cute” meal Ask an artist what they absolutely loathe to draw, and there’s a big chance they’ll bring up food. The other option is horses, or maybe bicycles, or maybe a horse riding a bicycle, but making food look like anything other than a pile of brown-ish glop in most representational art makes a real case for photography.

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Medical Spa Trends 2022

EHL Insights

The global medical spa market was valued at US$11.1 billion in 2017, and is projected to reach US$27.6 billion by 2025, which implies a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.2% over the period, according to a report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Medical Spa Market by Service: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2017-2025.".

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Five Major Trends In Commercial Cooking Equipment

Modern Restaurant Management

Over the past decade, the restaurant business has been changing with the innovations in cooking equipment and advent of ghost and cloud kitchen. These are the future of commercial cooking and the cooking equipment industry must be ready for it. According to Allied Market Research, the global commercial cooking equipment market is expected to reach $12.9 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.2 percent from 2021 to 2027.

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How National Coney Island Uses 7shifts to Bring Together 16 Locations

7 Shifts

Executive Summary. Region: Great Lakes. Number of Locations: 16. Restaurant Type: Quick Service. Problem : Manual scheduling processes that took too much time, siloed operations, and didn't resonate with a younger, tech-saavy workforce. Solution: Cloud-based scheduling software that brings together operations across 16 locations, keeps staff accountable, and gives them tools to increase efficiency.

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Interview with Hotel GM about technology in 2030

EHL Insights

What IT tools and platforms does the hotel of the future require? What might be the technology competencies of future hotel general managers? This imaginary interview between EHL professor Ian Millar and BOSC6 student Kelly Sebastianutto propels us into a top London hotel in 2030 where Kelly is the newly-appointed General Manager.

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Self Coaching and Restaurants: An Insider’s Perspective

Modern Restaurant Management

Today, everyone wants a new career or opportunity, but unless they have a great coach to push them, most are merely dreaming instead of achieving. Unfortunately, good coaches are either too expensive or unavailable. However, what if one of the leading voices in restaurant growth could empower you to play that role yourself? Now, a method called “self-coaching” is available to all with the publication of Take Charge Of You: How Self Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career, which i

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The 7 Features Consumers Want to See on Your Restaurant App

Restaurant Engine

? ? An app provides another positive customer experience. ? ? ? restaurant apps; features that improve the customer experience (3/23). Adding a restaurant app to your digital marketing arsenal can improve the overall customer experience. Even more, it can increase your sales and your overall bottom line. In one study, surveyors asked consumers in the United States if they preferred using a restaurant’s own app for food delivery.

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The World Moved on From the Garfield-Themed Restaurant, but Will the Internet Ever Forget?

EATER

Illustration by Andy Bourne. Interest in the Toronto’s now-closed GarfieldEats and its owner Nathen Mazri endures like Garfield’s love of lasagna Toronto is a world-class food city, overflowing with top-quality dining options ranging from dim sum to curry-stuffed Caribbean roti. Yet ask me to name the city’s most memorable restaurant and I wouldn’t hesitate to offer a somewhat shameful answer: the now-defunct, lasagna-slinging GarfieldEats.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Business opportunities: Is the Metaverse the right way to go?

EHL Insights

Maybe you are not involved in gaming and do not use virtual reality, and thus you think that the Metaverse is irrelevant for your business. Should you dismiss it completely? Maybe not. After all, most if not all of the major trends impact businesses sooner or later. It is already a necessity for companies to have a well thought digital strategy and to look for opportunities to maximize the business’s digital presence.

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The Right Technology Can Help Restaurants Make Key Decisions in Uncertain Times

Modern Restaurant Management

If there’s one thing you can count on in the restaurant industry, it’s change—especially these days. Even after the pandemic-fueled tumult of 2020, few would have predicted the extent to which the industry has been shaped in 2021 by such factors as a major labor shortage, supply-chain issues, and soaring inflation. It is a particularly challenging time, to be sure, and the ever-shifting landscape demands agility of restaurant operators who must adapt to the changes in order to

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Why it's time for travel to enter the metaverse

PhocusWire

Web3 consultant Steve Bambury says the virtual world of the metaverse is very real, and travel brands should act now to create a presence in it.

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Julie Sahni’s Matar Paneer Recipe Is an Enduring Classic

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Dina Ávila/Eater. First published in Sahni’s Classic Indian Cooking , it’s a glorious vehicle for tomatoes, peas, and cheese Published in 1980, Julie Sahni’s Classic Indian Cooking was responsible for introducing many Americans to Indian cooking. At over 500 pages, it’s a testament to Sahni’s thoroughness, care, and tenacity: She famously tested its recipes for seven years before allowing the book to be published.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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7 consejos de diseño de menú que hacen que los clientes pidan más

The Restaurant Times

Un menú de restaurante bien diseñado es un ingrediente fundamental para administrar un negocio de restauración rentable. La planificación cuidadosa y la ubicación de los elementos en el menú no solo ayudan a los restaurantes a obtener ganancias, sino que también simplifican los pedidos para tus clientes. El menú de tu restaurante es mucho más que un simple trozo de papel con los platos que ofrece junto con su descripción y precio.

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Seven Kitchen Design Ideas to Improve Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

A key part of an effective kitchen is its design. After all, there’s no point in spending time and resources on designing the perfect menu, if your kitchen isn’t up to scratch. Do you feel your kitchen needs a design boost? The fact is, even the most successful restaurants have room for improvement. With that in mind, let’s explore some kitchen design hacks that can boost your restaurant. 1.

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Swvl buys mobility platform Door2Door for European expansion

PhocusWire

The deal follows Dubai-based Swvl’s entry into the European market via its acquisition of mass transit platform Shotl in 2021.

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Feeding the Movement

EATER

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Gestión de clientes en restaurantes: cómo tratar con clientes difíciles

The Restaurant Times

La gestión de clientes en un restaurante es un arte. Desde tratar con clientes difíciles que nunca están satisfechos, pase lo que pase, hasta garantizar que el servicio esté a la altura, tratar los problemas relacionados con los servicios de restaurante con su toque y cuidado personal puede transformar a los clientes insatisfechos en clientes habituales.

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How Dining Automation Is Helping Restaurants Combat the Negative Impacts of the Pandemic

Modern Restaurant Management

Although the restaurant industry has recovered slightly since the pandemic's peak, many restaurants are still facing overwhelming challenges that keep them from running their operations smoothly. Even as restrictions are slowly being lifted, restaurants can't operate at 100 percdntdue to increasing operational costs and an unprecedented labor shortage.

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Hopper outperformed all other OTA apps in 2021

PhocusWire

According to a report from Apptopia, Hopper grew 494% in 2021, overtaking Airbnb as the leader in market share by monthly active users.

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Haven’t We Told Julia Child’s Story Enough?

EATER

Like its subject, HBO Max’s “Julia” is plentiful in charm, but it might be time for something new In the fourth episode of Julia , a new scripted series about Julia Child from HBO Max, the iconic chef has returned from a reunion at Smith College. She’s been fawned over all day, told that she is the only one in her class who sought the life of adventure and passion they all dreamed about in school.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Managing Hotel Operations in 2022 – 5 Management Tips

Metasphere

Let’s be honest. Managing a hotel operation and running a hotel in this day is not for the faint of heart. Hotel managers have to navigate in an increasingly challenging industry. With hotel guests demanding more, employees are getting harder to retain, fierce competition. And not to mention evolving technology shaping the entire landscape. But this year will be different.

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Why You Should Hire Slow, Fire Fast (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

Chances are, you've heard the old adage of hire slow, fire fast. Perhaps it originated in the fast-paced restaurant industry in the first place? It's easy to see at such a pace when people just aren't working out. When you are short staffed, it feels like hurrying to hire could solve all ills, yet this could spell disaster for the rest of your team.

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Corporate travel may hold key to moving the needle on sustainability

PhocusWire

An important question is what will be the impetus for real change – not just in the form of offsetting carbon but in actually reducing the carbon footprint of travel?

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Meet the Brothers Making Nostalgic Handmade Signs for NYC Restaurants and Bars

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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A Guide to Conducting Precise Restaurant Sales Forecasts

Modern Restaurant Management

Sales forecasting is always tricky in the restaurant world. Partly, this is because the industry is inherently unpredictable. Under normal circumstances, you could use previous years’ sales figures to forecast the upcoming year – but, as we emerge from two years of COVID closures, staffing shortages, and general turmoil, previous sales’ figures definitely can’t be trusted.

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The Criminal Antics in ‘Bad Vegan’ Almost Feel Too Tame for TV

EATER

Netflix. The restaurant world is rife with dramatic stories of crime and fraud, and this Netflix tale isn’t even close to the wildest While watching Bad Vegan , the four-episode Netflix documentary series that chronicles the downfall of New York City raw vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine, I found myself continually wondering when, exactly, the real crazy s**t was going to start.

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An Olive Oil Cake Recipe That’s Both Simple and Sublime

EATER

YesChef. Olive oil, a splash of dessert wine, and an entire orange add up to a cake that’s perfect for all reasons and all seasons Whether it’s delicate and grassy or bold and fruity, olive oil can make a gorgeous addition to dessert. That’s something that chef Dario Cecchini, the famed Italian butcher and restaurateur, knows intimately. His knowledge is on full display in his torta all’olio recipe for YesChef , a streaming platform offering cinematic cooking classes taught by world-renowned che

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It’s Time to Talk About. Poop-Swoop Foods

EATER

The chocolate hazelnut tart at Wildair. | Fabián von Hauske Valtierra. Have you noticed that so many restaurant dishes look like :poop: right now?? I’m not sure exactly when I noticed it, but sometime in the last four weeks I realized that my Instagram feed was dominated by two things: 1) sanctimonious parenting-advice reels and 2) puzzling photos of restaurant dishes adorned by what can best be described as poop-emoji swirls.

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Business Automation in Hospitality: A New World

Dive into the transformative potential of business automation within the hospitality sector. This comprehensive overview showcases how innovative technologies can streamline operations, reduce costs, and elevate guest satisfaction. Discover the advantages of integrating systems like automated check-ins, CRM, and energy management to not only save on expenses but also to provide a seamless and personalized guest experience.