If you’re struggling to fill seats in your recently-opened restaurant or are having trouble staying ahead of the competition even with your regulars, you may be stressed about your bottom line. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to market your restaurant to keep people interested, and coming back time after time. This post from FSR Magazine shares some of the best ways to promote your restaurant to draw a bigger crowd.

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If you’ve ever tasted a French fry, fried chicken, or other deliciously fried morsel of food, then you know how addicting and tasty fried foods can be. So, it comes as no surprise that frying is #2 in the list of most popular food preparation techniques. But lately there’s been a shift away from fattening foods like fried fare and a greater focus on fresh, local and healthful ingredients. This post from Nation’s Restaurant News looks at this shift, and also examines ways to keep fried foods on your menu while making them a little healthier in the process.

The post cites the millennial generation as one of the major impetuses in the increasing demand for healthier, fresher foods with fewer artificial ingredients. And because millennials are so influential with their presence on mobile driving many major business decisions, restaurants are doing what they can to follow suit. Luckily, that doesn’t have to mean doing away with fried foods altogether, especially since many diners still do love their French fries. By using fresh potatoes and cutting them in house, rather than using bagged frozen potatoes, and by experimenting with different oils for frying, restaurants can satisfy the needs for both fresh and fried all at once. For more tips on how to adjust to this shifting mindset, continue reading.

Read the full article here: Fresh Is the Future of Frying

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Happy National Food Safety Month, everyone! The “holiday,” which aims to increase awareness about food safety education, is held each year in September, and this year’s theme is “Let it Flow.” This pos from QSR Web has all the details on this  month-long celebration of food safety and more background on this year’s theme, which explores how food flows through a restaurant from receiving to the table.

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