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Operations

How Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne’s Lucques Group Took on the Hollywood Bowl

6 years ago

Running successful restaurants in Los Angeles for decades is a feat on its own, but running food and beverage at an 18,000-person venue takes something special.

Food

Shipping Container Aeroponic Farming Is Good (for) Business

6 years ago

While it’ll likely take a few years to catch on, shipping container aeroponic farming could be coming to a restaurant near you.

Marketing

Nice Viral Restaurant Hit, Now Where’s the Money?

6 years ago

Instagram-powered visual marketing seems to be a necessary tool for food businesses. However, the lack of exact metrics and instruments to gauge its ROI makes it a trickier undertaking than it looks on camera.

Tech

Uber Eats Boss: All We Think About Is the Customer

6 years ago

Using data to drive personalized customer interactions means everything in Uber Eats' approach to growth. If the delivery service has its way, it'll be able to predict what you want to eat before you can even finish asking the question.

Food

3 Ways Costa Rican Fine Dining Is Getting More Local

6 years ago

The fine dining industry is slowly transforming diners' consciousness and relationships with local producers -- an evolution that has the potential to shift local economies in a powerful way if done well.

Chains

Chipotle Is Tired of Being Behind on Digital Strategy

6 years ago

New Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol is aggressively pushing to lead on innovation. It's injecting some welcome momentum into a company that's been lagging behind in recent years.

People

Anthony Bourdain Is Dead at 61

6 years ago

It is difficult to overstate how much Anthony Bourdain changed food tourism and the general public’s understanding of what went down in restaurant kitchens, both negatively and positively.

Chains

Sec. Scott Pruitt and Spouse Probably Weren’t Right for a Chick-fil-A Franchise

6 years ago

While we may differ with Chick-fil-A's owners on politics, as owners of our own self-funded business we understand why you don't want entitled clowns messing with your legacy. Running a restaurant business is tough, and entitled government officials and their families only make it tougher.

People

4 Big-Picture Insights Into Modern Hospitality

6 years ago

Love and inclusion and fostering community are all great aspects of restaurant hospitality. But as restaurant titans fall around us, that's all still easier said than done.

Tech

Announcing: First Round of Speakers for Skift Restaurants Forum

6 years ago

We have an excellent line-up of speakers to share with you today. The only thing that could make this event better is if you join us.

Tech

OpenTable Reorganizes Its Marketing, Product and People Teams

6 years ago

If OpenTable's corporate leadership wants to position it as a force in the restaurant world, dropping key marketing, product, and communications executives is a step in the wrong direction.

Food

How One Woman Built a Vegetarian Empire in Barcelona

6 years ago

Sleek dining for plant-based meals has become relatively the norm in U.S. cities, but the trend is still gaining momentum in Europe where vegetarian food once relegated to hippie establishments is playing a larger role in mainstream dining.