Published July 6, 2015

North Carolina Salmonella Outbreak affects over 200 Diners

Six individuals have filed lawsuits against a North Carolina restaurant after 200 individuals from 6 separate states were confirmed to have contracted salmonella. One person, Jen Hames, died from an unrelated condition but was confirmed to have had salmonella poisoning. The Tarheel Q restaurant in Davidson County has since reopened after an extensive cleaning process. […]

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Do Daily Deal Websites Pay Off For Restaurants Or Not?

Short-term promotional online deals have been around for a few years now. But there has been research on the effectiveness of these websites for promoting new restaurants that they may be doing more damage than good.

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Waiters! There’s now an app to help you keep track of your tips!

If you work as a server, it can be hard to understand the ups and downs of your tips. Unless you have a great memory and can keep a spreadsheet up to date on a daily basis, you may not realise what day and on which week you make the bulk of your tips. There’s […]

Published July 4, 2015

Time to Take Another Look at Your Tabletop Tech

While a number of restaurants and national chains have been experimenting with iPads to streamline the ordering process, it turns out that diners aren’t as open to this trend toward tabletop tech as we might’ve thought. This post from Munchies details the results of a survey related to iPad use in restaurants, and how most […]

Published July 3, 2015

How Restaurant Labelling is confusing consumers

Bret Thorn, contributor at the Food Writer’s Diary blog, has criticised the way restaurants label their food with one liners like “no artificial flavors” when the issue isn’t even about what’s being added or removed. Thorn argues that even pizza, whether prepared by the country’s best known chains or at home, still contains a huge […]

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2015 Set To Be Strongest Year In Employment Gains Since 1999

A total of 29,900 jobs have been added in the month of June in the restaurant industry. Overall economy and restaurant industry statistics are ahead of last year’s, will this trend continue for the rest of the year?

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Why you should NOT franchise your restaurant business

Shareholders of America’s top food chains love to franchise, but new figures show sales growth is higher for company-owned chains – higher than their franchise counterparts. The data suggests the top 183 businesses that don’t operate through franchisees saw a sales increase of 6.2% compared to just 1.6% for the top 44 franchises. Read more […]

Published July 2, 2015

How TGI Fridays made it possible to share food on social media

“Buy a Burger, Give a Burger”. TGI Fridays have made it possible to share a unique offer on social media that allows one of your friends or followers to claim a FREE burger at one of their locations. With every burger you buy you receive a code that can be redeemed for a special link. […]

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Ways To Improve Restaurant Server Training

Corporations spend absurd amounts of money training up on sales techniques that leave waiters and waitresses frustrated and leading to eye rolling guests. Find out how to train to be a better server.

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Helping the Hungry and other ways your restaurant can support local charities

A 2012 Study found that 72% of US consumers would recommend a brand that supports a charitable cause over one that doesn’t. In another 2014 survey which asked diners what causes they would like to see their local restaurant support, 48% said helping the hungry, 41% said helping the poor and 28% said helping children. […]

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