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How Restaurants Can Navigate Food Inflation and Protect Profitability

Put rising food inflation into historical context and uncover action items to help protect profits and remain agile in the face of sustained economic pressure.

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How Balancing Occupancy and Profitability Can Help Restaurants Succeed

Learn how restaurants can maximize returns by boosting occupancy and controlling profitability.
Operations

How to Run a Restaurant: 8 Running a Restaurant Business Tips

Running a restaurant isn’t easy, but with the right people by your side and the right tools and processes, you can build a successful restaurant business.
Marketing

The Guide to Restaurant Social Media Marketing [+ 14 Examples]

Your customers are on social media. Here's how restaurants are using social to bring in new customers and engage their current ones.
Accounting

The Complete Guide to Restaurant Financing and Loans

Whether you’re opening a new restaurant, expanding your concept, or renovating within your existing four-walls, you’re going to need capital to make it all happen.

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Industry News

For Busboys and Poets, Culture is the Key to Retention

Navigating the labor crisis can be really challenging for restaurant owners. Here's how a strong company culture can make a difference.

Industry News

How QR Codes Transformed the Guest Experience at Café Gratitude

The New Steps of Service made a huge impact for Cafe Gratitude – here's how.

Industry News

Report: Combat the Restaurant Worker Shortage with Technology

The 2022 restaurant labor shortage is a massive problem in the industry. Here's how guest-led technology can help.

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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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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Operations

How To Open a Restaurant

Retention

How to Create a Restaurant Staff Schedule That Keeps Your Team Happy

Marketing

How To Design A Juice Bar: 7 Juice Bar Design Ideas

Accounting

How Restaurant Costs Breakdowns Can Boost Financial and Operational Performance

Operations

Your Guide to Patio Season: How to Make the Most of Outdoor Dining

Industry News

How to See Shortages as a Restaurant Staff Retention and Churn Crisis

Operations

How To Design An Ice Cream Shop: 11 Ice Cream Shop Design Ideas

Industry News

How to Interpret Rising Wheat Prices and the Potential Impact on Restaurant Costs

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Operations

How To Get a Catering License in California

Before you start booking events, you’ll need to get your California catering license if you want to serve alcohol to your guests. Here’s an overview of catering licenses + considerations for your new business.

Accounting

Taking a Physical Count of Restaurant Inventory that Actually Counts

Learn how to optimize restaurant inventory counts and take action on the insights you discover.

Operations

10 Strategies to Improve Delivery Efficiency for Restaurants

You can’t control every aspect of the delivery process, which is why it’s important to improve delivery efficiency in the areas you can control. Here are 10 ways to improve delivery efficiency.

Menu + Food

A Guide to Different Types of Restaurants

Rice is sometimes called “the world’s staple” because it is nutritious and abundant, and there are many different types of rice to work with.

Menu + Food

A Guide to Different Types of Bars

Understand all the different types of bars and drinking holes you can open and operate before launching your new business.
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Topics

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.

69 Resources

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.

173 Resources

Menu + Food

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

118 Resources

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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