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6 more tips from RLC

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 17, 2014

Here are 6 stealable ideas from the Restaurant Leadership Conference that can help you grow and improve your business.

Technology

Taste Savant

 By Kelly Killian on Jul. 15, 2014

Restaurateurs who dislike being reviewed by rank amateurs may be heartened by the release of an app by a website that calls itself the “anti-Yelp.”

How to make money from free entertainment

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Sep. 18, 2014

If guests park themselves for a show but don’t buy anything to eat or drink, what’s an operator to do? Advice Guy has some ideas. 

3 things chains can learn from independents

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 14, 2014

The operators of independent restaurants enjoy a latitude and authority their counterparts on the chain side couldn’t imagine exercising. But maybe they should.

Technology

Technology in restaurants is on the rise, and diners are eating it up

Nov. 24, 2014

Few things are more upsetting to fashion-conscious diners than indications they’ve fallen behind the times. Eater.com’s recent report on the state of restaurant technology provides trendinistas with a checklist to gauge their use of restaurant-related technology against the norm.

Food

3 emerging trends worth watching

By Sara Rush Wirth on Dec. 15, 2014

A scan of the restaurant industry as it mobilizes for the busy holiday season reveals three ripples that could surge into full-fledged trends.

Consumer Trends

Consumers rank chains’ feel-good attributes

Jan. 14, 2015

In addition to measuring chains’ operational attributes, Technomic also rated their connection to consumers through a series of questions designed to gauge loyalty and perception of a brand.

Beverage

Modernizing mixers

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Feb. 09, 2015

To keep cocktail lists current, progressive mixologists are looking to the past, resurrecting old-fashioned mixers and modifiers with modern twists.

This week’s 6 head-spinning moments

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 06, 2015

Restaurants’ social-media revenge, a $100,000 love slap, edible cups, Starbucks’ real-estate values and other boons for chiropractors.

Language arts

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 01, 2015

In the minimum wage debate, restaurateurs are losing the war of words. It’s time to flip the script.

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