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Google Wants to Tell You What to Eat

Strategy

Strategy

Restaurant Prices Are Growing Faster Than Grocery Prices

6 years ago

Full-service restaurants, like Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, had no choice but to raise menu prices in December. Labor and food costs have to be paid somehow.

Design

Designing a Growing Restaurant Group in Charleston, S.C.

6 years ago

In Charleston, S.C. restaurant partners Brooks Reitz and Tim Mink are creating restaurants with much more in mind than just food.

Strategy

Upscale Restaurant Groups Should Avoid the IPO

6 years ago

Though fast casual IPOs have had notable success, a Soho House IPO will likely not happen at all. Knowing this, Soho House should abandon its IPO ambitions, and instead reinvest in service and training — not just new clubs.

Strategy

Skift Restaurants Forum 2019 Tickets Are Now on Sale

6 years ago

To quote the Jackson 5: We want you back. The second iteration of Skift Restaurants Forum is going to be twice as good as our excellent first year, and we would like you to join us.

Design

How to Find the Next Great Restaurant Neighborhood

6 years ago

Pioneering a neighborhood with no other restaurants and little foot traffic takes a lot strategy, perseverance and a lot of luck. Steve and Dina Samson share their tips on making a new development in an uncharted area work for them in Los Angeles.

Independents

How Reduced Hours Refined a Restaurant’s Reach

6 years ago

Work-life-balance doesn't have to be a foreign phrase in restaurants, but making the work part profitable enough to allow for life and balance is a challenge unless you find the right formula.

Independents

Why Surge Pricing and Blockchain Tracking at Restaurants Aren’t Far Off

6 years ago

As far as trends go, we'd much rather talk about innovations like variable pricing (the new happy hour?) and blockchain sourcing than silly things like robot kitchens.

Strategy

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

6 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.

Strategy

What Happens When Patient Investors Bank on $2 Waffles

6 years ago

Family funds are more patient than private equity, which can make them an exceptional partner for any chain bent on stable growth.

Strategy

Sweetgreen’s New Funding Makes it the First Salad Unicorn

6 years ago

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

Strategy

Skift Restaurants Forum 2018 On-Stage Videos Are Now Live

6 years ago

There was a lot to take in at Skift Restaurants Forum this year. Now videos from the entire event are available so you can see what you either experienced if you were lucky or missed if you weren't.

Chains

Joe & The Juice’s Private Equity Owners Want an IPO for 2019

6 years ago

Joe & The Juice has great branding and a unique product, but with its high prices and unique menu items, we don't see it breaking out of specific urban markets.

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