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How Much Do Restaurants Waste?
Owing in part to stringent local health rules, restaurants are often forced to throw away large quantities of food. This waste includes what restaurant patrons leave on their plates as well as...
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How Do Restaurants Buy Wine?
As wine has become increasingly more popular in America in recent years, restaurants have jumped on the bandwagon to provide their customers with an ever-growing selection of local, regional, and even...
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10 Things Every Restaurant Server Should Know
Every profession has its workers that stand out above the rest; workers that always do their jobs right, put the best interests of the company first, and make for happy customer relationships. These...
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Why Restaurants Should Re-Tool Their Websites for Smartphones
The restaurant business is slowly recovering from the hit the economy took in 2008, yet recent studies suggest there is a quicker path to increasing business―re-tooling a restaurant website for...
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Should a Restaurant Be an LLC or a Corporation?
The business structure a restaurants takes―be it LLC, corporation, or sole proprietorship―is really a matter of preference for the business owner. Each business structure has distinct advantages and...
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How Does a Restaurant Get Zagat Rated?
In a day and age when information is prized above most other things, the success or failure of a restaurant could rest on something as simple as an industry rating. That’s why so many restaurants do...
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Should Restaurants Run Background Checks?
Under some circumstances, background checks are not only desirable but necessary for many employers, including restaurants. Certainly schools, day care centers, and other businesses and agencies that...
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Sicilian vs. Italian Food – What’s the Difference?
In the United States, we tend to think of Italian cuisine as consisting mainly of pasta, red sauce, bread, and fine wine. But there are big differences among all of the types of food under the Italian...
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Who is Jared from Subway?
Jared Fogle, the man synonymous with the “Subway diet,” started it out of desperation. College student Jared was too large to fit thru common doorways at 425 pounds, was out of breath walking even...
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Differences between Authentic vs. Westernized Chinese Food
Most Americans love Chinese food, whether dining in a restaurant or from a slew of those little, folded white takeout boxes with the wire handle. However, the Chinese food found in most casual Chinese...
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Can Anything Stop Subway’s Rise to the Top of the Fast Food World?
It used to be that fast food was the land of burgers, tacos, and fried chicken, but now there is a new player—the sandwich. In particular, one sandwich restaurant seems to be carving out a larger piece...
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Can We Trust All the Nutrition Claims?
We’ve all seen the nutrition label section on products at store shelves, but how reliable the information found on these is subject to much debate. The labels featuring nutritional stats are required...
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Should Restaurants Buy “Produced in U.S.” Products Only?
Certainly, all U.S.-owned businesses should strive to buy American-made products. However, this is no longer an achievable reality in the global economy of the 21st century. Most American consumers...
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Free Food Giveaway: Good Idea or Disaster Marketing Campaign?
Nearly everyone has heard of Denny’s free Grand Slam® meal on your birthday, a staple at Denny’s for decades. Other restaurants have caught on and offer similar freebies: Kids eat free with a paying...
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What is the Average Restaurant Hostess Salary?
In most cases, the first person we see when dining out at a favorite restaurant is the host or hostess. This is the individual who greets us with a smile, asks how many in our party, and directs us to...
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Are There Still Entirely Family Run Restaurants?
Yes, there are still entirely family-run restaurants; in fact, they are quite common. Family-run restaurants typically have a very traditional menu that reflects the area of the world from which the...
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Are Restaurants Considered Retail Stores?
No, restaurants are not retail businesses. Instead, they are considered a point-of-service business. However, both types of business are subject to many of the same laws. Both are responsible for...
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Should Chain Restaurants Be Required to Post Calorie Counts?
Imagine browsing the menu at the brand-new barbecue joint that just opened across town. Would you pay attention to calorie counts printed alongside each of the menu choices? The fact that few people...
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What Restaurant Chain Has the Most Locations?
Whether you’re looking to get into the restaurant franchise business or idly wondering one day just how many McDonald’s restaurants there are worldwide, we can tell you which restaurant chain has the...
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Can People Enjoy Fast Food the Same Way If It’s Healthy?
Few people associate the words fast food with healthy, but if restaurants have their way that may soon change. Restaurants, eager to keep up with consumer demand, are increasingly offering healthier...
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