Update: With restaurants and businesses opening across the United States, and with a national holiday coming soon, we've added a little "preamble" to this article to link you to our COVID-19 Restaurant Resources Page. It provides numerous tips and tricks in navigating our new post-COVID world. …
70+ Must-Have Restaurant Statistics
We believe in the power of stats, from data analytics to using research for your menu engineering. Every day, we dig deeper and deeper into the world around us through the lens of restaurant operations. We do that by seeking data that is both rich and current so that we can remain as up-to-date as …
How To Open An Automat
The pandemic has rendered what’s old new again. While mask mandates are slowly lifting in the U.S., many prefer to wear masks and remain socially distant. That has led to an influx in off-premise orders, contactless technologies, and the return of the automat. Effectively a vending machine for table …
Signs of a Toxic Work Environment: Restaurant Edition
This article was originally published on April 3, 2018. It has been updated periodically for relevance. When we talk about an unsavory work environment, we often use the adjective "toxic" to describe it- and for a good reason. "Toxicity" implies danger, poison, sickness, and even (when taken to its …
How To Write a Creative Restaurant Menu: 5 Inspirations
Customer satisfaction for restaurateurs is more than just serving visitors with good food; you should polish the entire experience from their entry to exit. And one way you can make them feel fabulous is by having a creative restaurant menu. Gone are the days when restaurant menus only listed …
May 2021: Restaurant Good News Roundup
Another month down and the light at the end of the tunnel is ever brighter. The northern hemisphere is in full bloom with the sun shining bright. While the pandemic is nowhere near an end, the CDC in the U.S. recently released a statement that vaccinated Americans are safe enough to congregate …