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Seventy-eight percent of small businesses that run ads on TikTok have already realized a positive ROI–the majority within just six months. according to Capterra’s TikTok Marketing Survey. TikTok marketing yields undeniable power, especially with Gen Z as it helps mitigate choice paralysis by giving users immersive, vertical videos that take them inside a business instantly, rather than sifting through text-heavy sites.
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LTI, Inc., a leading manufacturer and designer of modular and custom food serving counters, fabrication and serving technologies , recently announced the promotion of Willis Smith to director of educational sales. Smith has been with the LTI organization since 2007 when he joined as a VisionDesign project manager. He is transitioning from his current role as an education sales specialist, where he was instrumental in enhancing the impact of LTI’s VisionDesign décor services.
In honor of National Spaghetti Day, the IN team chose to celebrate the best way we know how: with a marinara brand test. Armed with three well-known marinara brands, we boiled up some pasta, grabbed some forks, and ate ourselves into post-lunch nap. Just kidding; we’re pasta-professionals. The Candidates Newman’s Own – $2.69 Bertolli – $2.59 Rao’s – $7.39 These three brands were chosen due to their brand recognition, in-store availability, and perceived qualit
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In honor of National Spaghetti Day, the IN team chose to celebrate the best way we know how: with a marinara brand test. Armed with three well-known marinara brands, we boiled up some pasta, grabbed some forks, and ate ourselves into post-lunch nap. Just kidding; we’re pasta-professionals. The Candidates Newman’s Own – $2.69 Bertolli – $2.59 Rao’s – $7.39 These three brands were chosen due to their brand recognition, in-store availability, and perceived qualit
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Are you looking to buy a food safety certificate for yourself, or on behalf of your employees? It’s important to know the signs that you’re dealing with a reputable and accredited company. Buying a food safety certificate from an unreliable source can lead to costly problems down the road, so it pays to do your research before making a purchase.
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2023 has the potential to be transformative for restaurants, with opportunity for new innovation beyond a recession in these first months. The common theme you’ll see is restaurants continuing to do more with less, both to weather economic uncertainty and to deliver on heightened expectations from consumers. Thankfully, even if consumers dine out less, their desire to maximize each occasion will help buoy restaurants through this time.
Restaurants finances are squeezed now more than ever. When you decide to purchase your equipment such as ice machines, you expect it to work for at least 10 years, with the regular preventative maintenance it will. However, PM’s are the first to go when money is tight and some machines will last less than five years because of poor maintenance habits.
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