Grilled cheese sandwiches have always held a place in the hearts of people worldwide as a comfort food staple. Though not widely known as fine dining, the founder of the Melt Shop, Spencer Rubin, is looking to change that by bringing these sandwiches to the world with quality ingredients and casual atmosphere. At the moment he has corporate locations across the US and is looking to create 100 or more physical restaurants across the world, to include Kuwait.

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  • -Brand grow to 100 locations over the next five years across the U.S. and internationally
  • -Melt Shop’s focus is simple: melted sandwiches made with high-quality ingredients. Its bread is freshly-baked daily and its high-quality cheese is sourced from meticulously selected dairies
  • Melt Shop is poised for excellent ROI with an estimated initial investment range of $368K–$699K for the first location, including a franchise fee of $35K and a sales range of $1-$1.6+ million

“Melt Shop, the pioneers of the melted sandwich movement,  announced today the launch of its domestic and international franchise program. “

Read more: http://www.restaurantnews.com/melted-sandwich-concept-melt-shop-launches-domestic-international-franchise-program/

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The annual restaurant trade show has been set for the beginning of October. It will include famous UK chefs who will show off their best dishes and discuss their restaurants. Educational classes and discussions will also be a big part of the show. Those in attendance will also be able to see and vote on their favorite new products as well as taste wines that can be implemented in their own restaurants. There will also be a very important cooking competition with a private awards show.

Read more: The Restaurant Show unveils impressive line-up for 2017

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Recently, it made the news that a popular East London curry house had to close due to the fact that It employed several illegal immigrant workers. The restaurant depended on an outside resource company to staff their restaurant. A legal expert shares advice on how to make sure that your employees are legally allowed it to work for you. You need to be very careful if you outsource your recruitment process and if you do, you still need to follow the steps and tips in this article to help make sure that you do not run into trouble.

Read more: Employing staff legally: How restaurants can avoid recruitment mistakes

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Dining clubs are a great way to get to try new or even favorite restaurants and pay a little less in the process. You won’t be getting any special privileges with a diner’s club membership and won’t be able to get and priority reservations during peak times as many locations only recognize the memberships during some of the slower times. If you can make it in when their time allows, they may offer discounted meals and even some two-for-one deals.

Key Takeaways:

  • A new restaurant discount card called DINE launched this week and could snag members significant discounts off of their meals.
  • Often, there are certain limitations with restaurant discount cards, such as specific times users can and can’t receive a discount.
  • Currently, there are several restaurant discount clubs out there, the largest being Tastecard, Hi-Life, The Gourmet Society, and now DINE.

“Dining clubs are a way for foodies to get discounts on restaurant bills by buying memberships that give them access to exclusive offers.”

Read more: https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2017/09/07/The-lowdown-Dining-discount-clubs

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