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Looking for ways to find and keep employees? NRA leaders offer insights
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Given the reality of fewer young employees in the work force, the only options are to recruit more from other age groups or be more successful recruiting…
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10 things to avoid when launching a mobile app
Balance Grille's journey to find a working mobile app inspired its founders to create a list of 10 mistakes to avoid when creating a mobile app.
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Juice It Up enjoys substantial Q2 growth
July 13, 2017
Juice It Up had a very good second quarter and is enjoying its sixth consecutive quarter of increasing sales.
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Restaurant industry's Q1 end in 'some wins, some losses'
by Dustin Minton — National Restaurant Practice Co-Leader, BDO USA, LLP
Chipotle and Panera saw increases, while sales dropped at Pie Five, Pollo Tropical, Qdoba and Shake Shack.
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Why we can stop freaking out over the 'decline' of fast casual growth
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
If I were to only read the headlines published over the past few months about the fast casual industry, I would probably start looking for another job.
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Infographic: How online reviews can make or break your brand
Research quantifies the impact online customer reviews have on business performance. The reviews play a bigger role in the selection of restaurants than…
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Economic uncertainty and third-party delivery impact UK, US restaurants
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Globalization has created opportunity for American brands in the U.K., where restaurants face many of the same challenges and opportunities as the U.S.
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America's tastes today? Cauliflower on pizza; radishes as raw meat
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
With rapid-fire delivery and an upbeat attitude, menu analyst and Kruse Co. owner, Nancy Kruse, last week told a standing room only crowd at the National…
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Live webinar shows operators how to help diners 'see right through you' in the transparency age
May 30, 2017
Today's diners will not settle for anything akin to "mystery meat" or other food that smacks of artificial ingredients. They expect simplified ingredients and…
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Bulletproof Coffee CEO bringing butter coffee to the masses?
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
In part two of our series on butter coffee, Dave Asprey, CEO of Bulletproof Coffee, discusses how he's brewed butter coffee into a lifestyle.
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Is butter coffee the next must-have menu trend?
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Butter coffee has a cult following, but does that mean fast casual operators should serve it?
read nowMillennials love burger discounts, Gen X favors Mexican fare price cuts
May 16, 2017
A new national consumer report regarding restaurant and take-out dining habits reveals 53 percent have at least one food/mobile app on their smartphone and 7…
read nowLimited-service traffic down in April, fine dining traffic up
May 15, 2017
New data analyses from customer data company, TDn2K, suggests that the trend of top wage earners getting richer and the bottom levels pinching pennies…
read nowThe incredible 'multi-cultural' egg
May 1, 2017
Millennials are squarely in the cross hairs of a new American Egg Board push to instill a little Eastern ethnic cuisine into the organization's namesake…
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What's the state of the fast casual industry?
The 2017 State of the Industry report polled more than 250 operators on their businesses to uncover the year's top trends.
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Using chatbots to launch delivery, keep customer connection
Using chatbots is one way to offer delivery while keeping a direct relationship with the customer.
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The 3 Cs of restaurant growth revealed
by Elizabeth Friend — Strategy Analyst, Euromonitor International
The Chinese market, chicken concepts and coffee chains will drive industry growth this year.
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Restaurant industry upbeat for 2017; big year for digital marketing
April 24, 2017
This year promises to be a lucrative one for the restaurant industry, according to the Toast Restaurant POS "Restaurant Success in 2017 Industry Report," which…
read nowMillennials dictate Harris Poll brand winners
April 20, 2017
The Harris Poll EquiTrend Brand Equity results are in and the winners in the five restaurant categories are:
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