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Published December 28, 2015

Change Up Your Winter Root Veggie Game

Carrots, beets and potatoes are still the most popular winter root vegetables, but more eccentric offerings are starting to show up on cold-weather restaurant menus. Celeriac, turnips and parsnips are helping break up the monotony of the winter root season with unfamiliar flavors and fun textures. Celeriac in particular is great because the whole plant, […]

Published December 24, 2015

The 5 Most Notorious Marketing Campaigns of 2015

Many restaurant marketing campaigns caused a stir online this year, for good and bad. Burger King scored a major coup with their Peace Day collaborative burger, but Carl’s Jr. received criticism for its racy commercials.

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Yum! Raises Over Half a Billion to Fight Hunger

Yum! Brands, the company behind KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has been running a philanthropic program called World Hunger Relief since 2007. The company announced that this program has raised $640 million to feed needy global citizens since its inception. Yum! also recently created a sister program called the Feed the World Ambassador Program […]

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Restaurants Open This December 25th

Although Christmas is a holiday traditionally spent at home, many Americans will have reasons to leave the house to eat this December 25th. Of course, those who don’t celebrate Christmas will appreciate having restaurant options open on the holiday, and even many of those who do celebrate Christmas won’t feel like cooking after opening presents. […]

Published December 23, 2015

Making Philanthropy Work at Your Restaurant

’Tis the season for holiday giving, and if you haven’t set up a philanthropic arm of your business it’s time to think about getting that done. Giving back to the community helps you earn some major goodwill from your customer base, and it’ll make you feel good about your business too.

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Bringing Supply Ordering Into the 21st Century

Improvements in restaurant technology have focused for the most part on the front of the house, with reservation and payment systems benefitting from updated tech. Two MBA students from Georgetown noticed that supply ordering had not been updated in the same way, so they created a supply ordering platform called BlueCart that lets chefs and […]

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The Best Restaurant Takedowns of 2015

Normally, it can be kind of sad to read a bad review of a restaurant. Most restaurants are created and run by well-intentioned people who are just trying to serve people good food. Sometimes, though, a restaurant is so fantastically ill-conceived and willfully terrible that it just needs to be taken down a peg. The […]

Published December 22, 2015

New Year’s Resolutions for the Restaurant Industry

This year, make a New Year’s resolution for your restaurant instead of just for yourself. Whether you want your restaurant to help the community more, waste less food or just make more money, figure out the number one thing you’d like to improve and make a plan to accomplish your goal.

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Tapping Into Drink Potential

Taps are traditionally reserved for beer at bars, but innovative businesses across the U.S. are putting everything from wine, pre-mixed cocktails, coffee and more on tap. The change in how taps are used isn’t limited to the drinks coming out of the tap either. Some places are using digital keg-measurement tools like iPourIt to allow […]

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Nevada Businesses Can Renew Liquor Licenses Online

The Nevada Liquor Control Commission is taking a big step forward in the effort to modernize the licensing process. Bars and restaurants in the state can now renew their liquor licenses online, avoiding a trip to a government office. This provides valuable convenience for overworked business owners and gets rid of some of the red […]

Monthly Archives: December 2015

Published December 28, 2015

Change Up Your Winter Root Veggie Game

Published December 24, 2015

The 5 Most Notorious Marketing Campaigns of 2015

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Yum! Raises Over Half a Billion to Fight Hunger

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Restaurants Open This December 25th

Published December 23, 2015

Making Philanthropy Work at Your Restaurant

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Bringing Supply Ordering Into the 21st Century

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The Best Restaurant Takedowns of 2015

Published December 22, 2015

New Year’s Resolutions for the Restaurant Industry

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Tapping Into Drink Potential

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Nevada Businesses Can Renew Liquor Licenses Online

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