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50 Years of Culinary Excellence: Celebrating ICE’s Anniversary

Modern Restaurant Management

” To learn more about the ICE's past, present and future, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Smilow. At ICE we have launched online diploma programs and at present, keep finding practical and tangible ways to improve the educational experience.

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To Tip or Not to Tip

Modern Restaurant Management

The federal minimum wage at present is $7.25 If the server has done an excellent job but the food was mediocre, then leave the server a great tip and tell management that they have a food problem. How Does Tipping Work? However, states can increase minimum wage to anything over the federal minimum. in Montana.

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Why You Must Change Your Approach to Loyalty by 2021 

Modern Restaurant Management

Brands should be in contact with customers to let them know how much they appreciate and care about them — even if present circumstances mean they’re spending less than in the past. For any restaurants and food operators that haven’t yet formed a loyalty program, now is the time to do so.

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The End of the Breakfast Buffet

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Because though a bountiful platter of muffins or an artfully arranged display of cold cuts are alluring, such communal food presentations are also the perfect setting for spreading viruses. Now, as the lodging industry strives to find more long-term COVID-conscious solutions, the buffet seems to be first on the chopping block.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

In addition, the state carved out a special 45 percent increase to $20 per hour for fast-food employees. in a full-service restaurant will jump to a fast-food operation for the $3.50 This has driven up all wages because a cook being paid $16.50 per hour difference. – Stewart McClintic, Co-Owner of HQ98.com,

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Get your Green Book listings in

Hotel Business

I worked in Scottsdale, AZ, for a number of years and I believe a former Homewood Suites right on Scottsdale Road, not far from a property I used to manage, was used for this purpose and serviced with a food operation provided by an NGO based in San Antonio, obviously under a government contract.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

Modern Restaurant Management

” This agreement marks a continuation of Popeyes expansion plans in Europe, where the restaurant brand is already present in Spain and Switzerland, and is scheduled to open later this year in the U.K. The award was presented to RBA at the National Arby’s Convention in Denver last month.

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