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Skift Table Originals

Independents

The Brains Behind New Orleans’ Most Famous Restaurant Are Selling Picnic Food

5 years ago

Plenty of chefs are opening casual restaurants, but it’s a dramatic move for the chef and co-owner of Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. Still, Picnic Provisions and Whiskey had the blessing of the late restaurant matriarch Ella Brennan.

Design

Designing a Chain Restaurant for 40 Million Travelers

5 years ago

Transportation dining has the potential to be transportative in and of itself, especially when designing for durability doesn’t mean sacrificing aesthetics.

Food

New on the Menu: KFC Chicken and Waffles Are Finally a Thing

5 years ago

We're still waiting for the perfect fried chicken breakfast item from a chain restaurant.

Strategy

Limited-Time Offer: The Best Prices on Skift Forums and Research

5 years ago

More satisfying than a McRib, and more trendsetting than KFC's chicken and waffles, our LTO gets you big savings to next year's Skift Restaurants Forum – and more.

Operations

Inside the Business of Thanksgiving Dinner

5 years ago

The labor-intensive, costly meal doesn't necessarily drive huge profits on the day, but, for restaurants that stay open on Thanksgiving, it's a big marketing opportunity to position the brand alongside the most hospitable holiday of the year.

Chains

5 Big Takeaways From Restaurant Earnings Season

5 years ago

Brands are being pulled in all directions but there are consistent messages coming out of earnings season, both in terms of shortcomings and triumphs.

Chains

Taco Bell Brings American Mexican Food to London

5 years ago

As sales have slowed for the restaurant industry in the U.S., Taco Bell is investing elsewhere to drum up that double digit same-store sales growth.

Food

Beyond Meat’s Proposed IPO Reveals Rabid Demand for Fake Meat

5 years ago

Sales to grocery stores make up Beyond Meat's largest revenue stream, but restaurants are a giant area of growth for the company. Successful chain partnerships and an exclusive distribution agreement with foodservice giant Sysco are fueling the company's path towards an IPO.

Independents

How a Chef Tackles Two Years of Opening Delays

5 years ago

When a one-year build-out turns into two or even three, chefs and restaurateurs have plenty to do to stay busy, but they also need to keep the momentum and buzz going before its debut. Here’s how chef Jessica Largey stayed focused on getting Simone opened in L.A.

Tech

Food Delivery Service Waitr Starts Publicly Trading

5 years ago

Waitr didn't go through an initial public offering because of the nature of its acquisition that was announced earlier this year, but Waitr shares are now up for grabs and it'll report quarterly earnings alongside the one other publicly traded food delivery service in the space, Grubhub.

Strategy

Sweetgreen’s New Funding Makes it the First Salad Unicorn

5 years ago

An 11-year-old salad chain valued at a billion dollars? Surely nothing will go wrong here.

Independents

Chef Edouardo Jordan on Life After the Awards

5 years ago

Fresh off a year of two James Beard Awards and accolades from local and national press, Seattle’s Edouardo Jordan settles in to what happens next: More customers, new expectations and building a future.

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