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Marketing

There’s nothing sweet about the mobile ice cream wars

Restaurant Rewind: The Soprano crew has nothing over the combatants in the turf wars over who’ll sell kids their summertime treats.

Operations

On decorum: Talking Restaurants with Nancy Kruse and Lisa Jennings

Is it time for American diners to put on proper clothes and start behaving a bit nicer in restaurants? Some operators are bringing back dress codes and more. But it may be too late to turn back from our sweatpants-wearing ways.

When ordering online or through the app, consumers can select Drive-Thru Pick-Up, so they don't have to leave their cars.

RB editors dished on everything at this year's show, from square footage and pancake art to fake bartenders, seaweed and business cards. And Froot Loops.

The director of student feeding for the district was chosen as this year's winner of IFMA's Gold Plate Award.

Seven restaurant brands, each with its own kitchen and chef, keep the company’s menu pipeline filled. The latest ideas flowing out are from Moe’s and McAlister’s—and Restaurant Business was there for the big reveal.

General managers from Noodles & Co., O’Charley’s and Endiro Coffee were selected as the top GMs in RB’s inaugural award.

The Bottom Line: The pandemic and then a labor shortage made operating a restaurant more difficult. Now, chains like McDonald’s, Starbucks, Burger King, Popeyes and Papa Johns are all working to fix that.

The tactics range from standardizing units' network platform to cooking bacon in big batches.

Pickup-only drive-thrus are faster, but Velvet Taco found it was losing guests who wanted to order from their cars. The chain has redesigned its drive-thrus to accommodate different types of users.

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