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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

Specifically, technology and digitization has been coming to the front of house. For the next five years, back of house digitization, sustainability and ghost kitchens will be the “big thing” for independent restaurants. Chelsea van Hooven, Global Industry Advisor at Choco.

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David Chang’s Memoir Fails to Account for the Trauma He Caused Me

EATER

I am definitely not the intended audience for Eat a Peach : In 2008, I was hired as the corporate beverage director for Chang’s young empire; I held this job for seven months before I was fired without explanation. I’m sure I could have been more patient and empathetic in all my communications.”). I love teams.”

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

To that end, while technology and automation will play an increasing role in restaurant operations, we’re focusing on back-of-house technologies that make our employees’ jobs easier so they can focus on our guests. In 2008, while most pizza brands thrived during the economic downturn, Hungry Howie’s sales were flat.

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How Both Alinea and Tock Are Thriving Through the Pandemic

EATER

I brought in, we have about 22 front of house and back of house managers across the group in Chicago. They wouldn’t know all of these employees, these 300 people and their families wouldn’t know what was at stake or indeed that we had planned phase two of the plan to get them all back as soon as possible and all of that.