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Should restaurant owners that wait tables accept tips?

By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Oct. 05, 2018

The labor crunch means owners and managers may have to help out the front of house. But they are not typically considered tipped employees, Advice Guy says.

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For sale: Senor Frog’s U.S. locations

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 04, 2018

The concept’s Mexican parent is forgoing expansion of the brand on this side of the border.

Financing

Restaurants’ buyout binge helps, and hurts, stocks

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 03, 2018

Three buyouts have lifted restaurants’ overall performance, but investors are not on board with everything, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Dutch Bros Coffee gets investment from TSG Consumer Partners

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 02, 2018

The drive-thru coffee brand wants to get to 800 shops in five years.

Emerging Brands

2018 top independent restaurants in Fla.

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 01, 2018

Many of Florida's top-grossing restaurants are located near water, and quite a few specialize in seafood, from crab to sushi. Here are the restaurants that made this year's list.

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Restaurant Business parent company Winsight inks partnership with the National Restaurant Association

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 01, 2018

The National Restaurant Association will become an equity partner in Winsight, which assumes operational ownership of the trade group's annual Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show.

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