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How to Make Your Menu a Money-Maker Using Restaurant Menu Design

There’s more to a great menu than a beautiful design and layout. With this introduction to menu engineering and menu design, you can make more money from your menu.

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How to Do Email Marketing for Restaurants

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The Complete Guide to Online Ordering for Restaurants

For the past year, take out and delivery have been the two leading revenue-generating options for restaurants looking to stay afloat during the pandemic. And now, as restaurants begin to recover, takeout and delivery aren’t going anywhere.
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How to Balance a Restaurant Budget

After you set your restaurant budget, balancing month-to-month cash flow can be complex. We spoke with restaurateurs about how they keep their costs in check.
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How to do an Employee Evaluation

Hiring and retention in the restaurant industry is notoriously difficult. Here's how to use employee evaluations to help build a happy, thriving, and successful restaurant team.

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Pinky Cole & Slutty Vegan Represent the True Scope of Veganism

Pinky Cole's Slutty Vegan restaurant empire is ever-growing — and she's giving back to her community every single day.

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Thamee Is Closed, but They're Saving up and Giving Back

The trio behind D.C.'s Thamee applied for every loan and grant they could find. Now, they're giving back to their community until it's safe to open their doors again.

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Micah Harrigan started a lemonade stand at age seven. Today, at 11, he's got a food truck, an LLC, and big plans for his lemonade empire.

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Eddie Nero Is All in on Big Ed's BBQ

The Big Ed's team has worked together for 12 years to bring great Chicago-style barbecue to their community and beyond.
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How-to Guides

Get step-by-step advice, instructions, tools, and templates on topics like hiring restaurant staff, creating better compensation, and everything in-between.

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How to Hire Front-of-House Staff

Hiring stellar staff is essential to your team's happiness and your bottom line. Learn how to hire the best front-of-house employees for your restaurant.

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The Complete Guide to Online Ordering for Restaurants

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Chih Lin and Mike Dorsey's Journey from Corporate to Dumpling Dudez

“We weren’t feeling like we really fit into the culture of our companies, so we wanted to create one of our own," says Chih Lin.

Operations

The Evolution of Chicana Vegana

Chicana Vegana serves vegan versions of the Mexican-American classics that founder Jasmine Hernandez grew up on. Even through the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, Hernandez and her family are pressing on and growing the business.

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5 Licenses and Permits Food Trucks Need

If you want to operate a food truck, you’ll need several licenses and permits, including a health and parking permit. Here's a list to help you out.

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Food Cost Formula: How to Calculate Your Food Cost Percentage

Learn everything you need to know about restaurant food cost percentage, and how to calculate this metric using a formula.

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15 Surprising Facts and Statistics About The Fast Food Industry

Here’s 15 fast food facts statistics that show that the fast food industry has no intention of slowing down.
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Hiring

‘‘We want to hire people who have that innate hospitality within them. The skillset is trainable.’’ — Korey, Head of HR

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Training

‘‘Nowadays, you have to do more things like emotional IQ training in the restaurant, which is probably the biggest difference.’’ — Jason, Manager

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Retention

‘‘The easier part is managing the food. The hardest part is the people. That keeps me up at night.’’ — Josh, District Manager

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Accounting

Your go to place for information and insights about restaurant accounting, budget, spend, payroll, and taxes.

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Marketing

Everything you need to know about marketing your restaurant, from getting your brand in-front of new customers to building rapport with existing ones.

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Menu + Food

Learn how to build a restaurant menu that excites taste buds and generates revenue.

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Industry News

The latest restaurant industry news from food trucks to fine dining.

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Operations

Everything you need to know about how to operate a restaurant

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COVID-19

Special edition page tracking the restaurant industry's response to COVID-19

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Go Digital

Learn how online ordering for restaurants has provided the industry with a vital lifeline during COVID-19

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