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Tag: operations

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Webinar: How Mobile Can Help Restaurants Improve Their Efficiency Game

6 years ago

The shift to mobile among diners is transforming how restaurants run their businesses behind the scenes, with more owners and managers embracing mobile technology to streamline operations, improve the customer experience, and support marketing. How can restaurants realize the benefits?

Operations

Wages Still a Challenge for Restaurant Operators Despite Higher Average Checks

6 years ago

Higher average checks have offset increased wage demands to an extent this year. But with many experts predicting a slowdown in the economy, restaurants are going to have to find another way.

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Taco Bell’s Strategy to Win in Urban Markets Involves Delivery, Kiosks and Alcohol

6 years ago

Taco Bell may be one of the largest quick-service restaurant chains in America, but it sees a ton of growth opportunities still to be had in highly populated urban areas. The Cantina concept is its key to success in those uniquely difficult markets.

Operations

Inside the Business of Thanksgiving Dinner

6 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.

Operations

Independent Restaurants in New York City Fight to Add Surcharges to Checks

7 years ago

For operators, it's a way to avoid menu price hikes and equalize pay between the cooks and servers. For consumers, it's just a confusing price increase.

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[Now On Demand] Skift Table Webinar: Enlightened Hospitality Is the New Normal

7 years ago

Setting the Table was first published in 2006, but the enlightened hospitality framework has spurred a movement that has taken on a life of it's own over the past 12 years. It has set the bar for how employers treat and interact with their employees. Register for the FREE On Demand Webinar Today!

Operations

When High-End Food and Dave & Buster’s-Style Entertainment Collide

7 years ago

Taking a page out of Dave & Busters' playbook, independent fine dining restaurants that offer dinner alongside gaming entertainment are thriving in areas where rent costs are low enough to justify the large-format space that this model requires.

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