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Tip Credit Applied to Minimum Wage - Not as Evil as it Sounds

Tip Credit Applied to Minimum Wage – Not as Evil as it Sounds

Many people view tip credit as “just another way for the greedy restaurant owner to line their pockets with cash.” Servers often have the same opinion and feel like they are being taken advantage of. Ultimately paying a good wage and eliminating tipping would create a much easier world for all restauranteurs. There would be […]

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How Fast Casual Dining Spaces Can Use Cutting-Edge Technology

How Fast Casual Dining Spaces Can Use Cutting-Edge Technology

Every industry is taking advantage of cutting-edge technology in some form or fashion, and the fast casual dining space is no exception. Fast casual restaurants are uniquely positioned to benefit from incorporating consumer behavior and smartphone device detection to serve up personalized menu items. To start, I recently sat next to a woman on a

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4 Quick Ways Restaurant Owners in Beach Towns Can Capitalize on Summer Vacationers

4 Quick Ways Restaurant Owners in Beach Towns Can Capitalize on Summer Vacationers

We’ve all heard the term “tourist trap.” When applied to restaurants, it’s generally a negative term that refers to places with high prices serving low quality versions of foods that made the area famous. Often these restaurants thrive because their customers are lured in by flashy signage, proximity to the main attraction or campy foods

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Restaurants are Saving Retail: How to Ensure Success of Food-Driven Real Estate Developments in 3 Simple Ways

Restaurants are Saving Retail: How to Ensure Success of Food-Driven Real Estate Developments in 3 Simple Ways

Restaurants are saving retail developments. We hear this all the time, but what does it really mean?  Let’s look at it like this. Consider some common retail tenants – maybe a mattress store, or a clothing store. People buy a new mattress every 10 years or so and they buy new clothes with the change

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75 Food Halls in America: The Growing Mixed-Use Real Estate Development Trend

75 Food Halls in America: The Growing Mixed-Use Real Estate Development Trend

While the US food hall trend may have started in New York, it’s now sweeping across America. With major food-focused real estate developments such as Eataly and chef Todd English’s Plaza Food Hall opening in New York in 2010, food halls area launching in other US cities from Atlanta to Seattle. This gourmet, casual dining

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How to Make Positive Changes Towards Food Sustainability (And What Not to Do)

In 2015, there was a string of news articles detailing the ethical changes that some of the largest chain restaurants are making to their menus. Taco Bell recently vowed to be the first fast food chain to serve cage-free eggs by the end of 2016. McDonalds, Starbucks, and Panera all committed to the end of

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