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Sara Rush Wirth

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Sara Rush Wirth

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Workforce

Hiring millennials

Millennials aren’t afraid to talk to anyone in an organization; they’re driven to achieve; they embrace tech to ease processes.

Inside Edmund’s Oast

When Scott Shor opened Edmund’s Oast, the farmhouse-style gastropub inspired by hop-drying houses of the 1600s, in Charleston, S.C., last year, he’d planned to eventually add a covered outdoor area.

Beverage

Milking profits

Adding an alternate milk isn’t as easy as slapping it on the menu as a simple substitution.

My times with Omar Cantu

A routine reporting assignment turned into an extraordinary discussion of what the chef saw as the future of the industry—and his life in it.

How a millennial would fix McDonald’s

Senior associate editor Sara Rush is not one of those millennials who turns up her nose at fast food. But is her first choice McDonald’s? No. Here's how the Token Millennial would fix McDonald's.

Steal This Idea: Lessons from a failed fast-casual expansion

Boloco’s Washington flop is attributed to three factors: low brand awareness, operational issues and competition.

Workforce

Ways of making them talk: Getting employee feedback

Many sitting in the C-suite have found that, when soliciting employee feedback, a strict reliance on the Internet won’t work.

Inside Cooks & Soldiers

Pegged as a combination of funky, energetic and contemporary, the Castellucci Group’s new Basque-inspired eatery (its fourth spot in Atlanta) caters to the mixed but monied crowd in the West Midtown area.

Why you may be giving millennials the creeps

Restaurants' new buzz phrase for capturing consumers is one-to-one marketing--using data captured often without the customer's awareness to personalize a pitch. That snooping and profiling doesn't sit well with some patrons, including our Token Millennial.

Technology

Keeping tech touch points clean

With the growth of tabletop tablets, pagers, self-ordering kiosks and even the stylus tethered to payment machines, there are a slew of new hotspots operators need to remember in their cleaning routines, says ServSafe Product Manager David Crownover.

Financing

3 trendlettes we’re watching in April

And all of them have to do with sales opportunities and influencers beyond a restaurant’s four walls.

Technology

Wendy’s takes ordering next-level

As a one-upmanship to the ordering capabilities Taco Bell and Chick-fil-A added to their mobile apps last quarter, Wendy’s is testing a beacon-based version of its app.

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