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Food

Local sourcing tops chefs’ trend picks for 2014

 By Sara Rush Wirth on Dec. 03, 2013

Local sourcing will be the dominant influence on restaurant menus next year, according to an NRA survey of chefs. See what other trends ranked highest.

Workforce

4 tips for creating restaurant positions that don’t exist yet

 By Alaina Lancaster on Jan. 17, 2018

Check out how operators get teams to buy into fresh roles.

Financing

Crowdfunding smarts

By Vanessa Richardson on Jan. 21, 2014

Crowdfunding is a sea change for small businesses that don’t want to go the traditional financing route. Can it work for restaurants?

So you want to open a restaurant ...

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Mar. 06, 2014

Opening your first restaurant is a daunting task and you’ll never be 100 percent ready. Advice Guy recommends three approaches to restaurant education prior to starting your concept.

10 groundbreaking concepts of 2014

By Sara Rush Wirth on May 05, 2014

Instead of following the lead, these trendsetting operations have changed the game with unique, new business plans. So they've become the ones to watch.

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Blame & shame edition

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2014

The restaurant industry took a slapping this week, at times from its own hand.

Posting health inspection grades

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Jul. 10, 2014

Can I get away with not posting a health inspection grade sign?

Generational dining habits: my family case study

By Sara Rush Wirth on Aug. 20, 2014

Instead of making generalizations about millennials and how they differ from other consumer groups, associate editor Sara Rush opted to perform a simple case study of her own: dinner with her family to observe the differences in opinions and behaviors of millennials and boomers.

Technology

Takeout of tomorrow

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 03, 2014

In today’s ordering process, tablets, Bluetooth printers, apps and other advances spell efficiency.

Financing

10 sales-building strategies from the top independents

By Kelly Killian on Nov. 06, 2014

Here are some of the tactics the country’s leading independents—with revenues of $10 million or more—say have been most successful recently for building sales.

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