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Ignore the Queso Haters Chipotle CMO Tells Employees

7 years ago

How much better are things at Chipotle this month that the discussion has turned away from e-coli and towards whether or not their new cheese dip is artificial enough to appeal to diners' tastes.

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Panera CEO’s Challenge to Fast Food Rivals: Eat Your Own Food

7 years ago

Nothing like a little trash talk in the name of healthier children. On a personal note we'd also like to see Panera drop artificial sweeteners from its salad dressings. We're already eating salad, a bit of real sugar isn't a big sin.

Independents

Does Corporate Investment Kill Indie Food Brands?

7 years ago

We're pulling for Blue Bottle to maintain its indie cred even though it now has serious corporate backing.

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McDonald’s Is Being Outperformed by Its Largest Franchisee

7 years ago

Brazil's recovery, slow as it is, will be good news for multinationals throughout the region, especially food chains that invested the last time it looked so promising.

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Denny’s Is Just Fine With the Way Its New Sausage Mascot Looks

7 years ago

It's more disturbing that to truly enjoy Denny's Grand Slam mascots you must symbolically murder them with every order. That's the trouble with anthropomorphizing menu items.

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Blue Bottle Sells a Majority Stake to Corporate Nestle

7 years ago

Third-wave coffee is practically religion in San Francisco, where Blue Bottle started. We're pulling for Blue Bottle to maintain its indie cred even though it now has serious corporate backing.

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Hospitality Lessons from Waffle House

7 years ago

The recent hurricanes have put Waffle House's opening hours (24/7/365) back into the spotlight, but it's the restaurant's logistics and enduring hospitality practices that deserve the story.

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Grubhub Is Not a Delivery Company, According to COO

7 years ago

Service-driven companies, like Grubhub, keep masquerading as technology or discovery platforms because current employment regulations haven't kept up with the rise of the gig economy. This helps no one.

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Chili’s Response to a Sales Slump? Remove 40% of Its Menu Items

7 years ago

Cutting the menu nearly in half will reduce operational costs, but it still doesn't solve the problem of attracting guests.

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Dave & Buster’s Patrons Are Whacking Too Much Mole and Not Eating or Drinking Enough

7 years ago

In this adult Chuck E. Cheese the food and drink offerings need to at least be as good as the skee-ball.

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How Food Psychology Affects Restaurants Large and Small

7 years ago

Restaurant menus aren't random, they're carefully crafted and chosen with more in mind than taste alone — especially when it comes to chains.

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Domino’s and Ford Are Testing How Diners Respond to Robot Pizza Delivery

7 years ago

While the thrill of a driverless car delivering a pizza is interesting, there's no way the economics will ever beat using a minimum-wage worker driving his or her own late-model compact.