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Eco-Friendly Wedding Catering Tips (Infographic)

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An average wedding produces 400 pounds of garbage – and a large amount of this waste comes from the catering. As a caterer, having eco-friendly options for your business can help you build relationships and get more customers, all while limiting your company’s own impact on the environment. Buy Local Ingredients.

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Beating the Labor Crunch: Outsourced Strategies Are Key

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Labor markets were tight in the years prior to the pandemic, with nearly a million restaurant and hospitality jobs going unfilled as recently as 2019 , when Forbes sounded the alarm that “the ultimate service industry is experiencing epic problems in finding people to work.”

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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How to Start a Food Delivery Service for your Business

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Offering a smaller menu that travels well and packaging everything nicely can make the customer experience even better. And don’t forget about making deliveries on time and having great customer service – those things are super important for building a loyal customer base and getting a good reputation.

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Seven Restaurant Trends That Will Define 2022

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With the increasing customer inclination towards a health-conscious diet, even the restaurant industry has to adapt to the trend by adding dishes catering to their health-conscious guests. Ghost kitchens of 2019 almost exclusively referred to restaurants that worked only through third-party delivery services.

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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Two

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Many dining establishments found ways to use AI to track and flag stock quantities, automate schedule-making for staff, implement customer service chatbots and process online orders. Consumers started to pay attention to the 40 percent increase in the average QSR check ( compared to 2019 ).

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

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We’re going to see companies come to market with the ability to tap into their security systems and use facial recognition and audio, enabling them to: Identify customers and attach them to loyalty programs. Verify cashiers are saying the right things at the register, upselling and providing appropriate customer service.