Food
Stock exchange: Making the vegetarian switch
To eliminate veto votes from the growing number of guests requesting vegetarian options at its 12 locations, Fresh to Order, a fast casual based in Atlanta, made a switch.
Pancakes Take Two
The culmination of Mardi Gras happens on Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday. Since it’s the last “hurrah” before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday—a time when Catholics traditionally gave up milk, butter and eggs—it became a day to use up all these rich ingredients. This gave rise to the custom of making pancakes.
Multiconcept operators, those companies that own and operate at least three unique restaurant concepts with annual sales of $10 million or more, find themselves in a best-of-both-worlds scenario. These companies are able to take advantage of the economies of scale and efficiencies characteristic of chain restaurants, while also enjoying the local patronage and menu flexibility of independent restaurant operators.