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Food

These 8 trends are moving menus forward around the world

 By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 10, 2024

Future Menus 2024 identifies the top forces shaping today’s global food scene to push chefs ahead of the culinary curve.

Operations

5 ideas to steal from celebrated chef David Burke

 By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 24, 2022

David Burke has successfully operated restaurants for several decades and has a stockpile of smart ideas to share.

Workforce

Cool ways to beat the heat in a sweltering restaurant kitchen

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 22, 2021

Chefs and cooks share practical and quirky tips for keeping cool during a summer heat wave.

Workforce

Fast-growing restaurant chain focuses recruitment on Toys R Us employees

By Peter Romeo on May 15, 2018

The Main Event food-and-games concept is holding an open house for Toys R Us staffers who have or are about to lose their jobs.

Financing

Getting on the shelves: Licensing lessons

By Sara Rush Wirth on Mar. 02, 2015

Licensing products doesn't have to be a huge undertaking. Brands with small programs that they say are lucrative as well as simpler to maintain—and began with relative ease. For restaurateurs looking into licensing, there are lessons to learn at every level.

Food

Betting on the strip

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 06, 2015

Chicken accounted for more than 18 percent of the sandwiches sold at Subway’s 29,900 North American units in 2014.

Beverage

Steal This Idea: Barrel aging for one

By Sara Rush Wirth on Apr. 16, 2015

The craft-focused bar offers guests the option to buy smaller, individual barrels filled with their own customized, aged cocktail.

Stealable idea: The art of a restaurant opening

By Sara Rush Wirth on May 08, 2015

Nando's Peri-Peri isn't holding a typical restaurant opening. They like to think of it as a "housewarming" for the Chicago market.

Financing

Even amid stale sales, takeout is a fresh spot

By Sam Smith on Jun. 01, 2015

A confluence of tech advances, changing lifestyles and demographic shifts has brought a renaissance in takeout, and everyone is racing to capitalize on it.

3 stealable ideas from an emerging trendsetter

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 31, 2016

A recent trip to Minneapolis revealed it as more than just an emerging food city. Operators are hitting on current trends with ideas that could work for you, too.

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