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Restaurants are seeing increased sales by offering more meatless options on their menus. Mexican-style dishes made with alternative proteins or meat substitutes are among the most popular. Read more here: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/food/trending-plant-based-dishes-add-menu First Watch, the Florida-based breakfast chain, enjoys solid sales growth by attracting Millennial and Gen Z customers who […]
While the restaurant industry remains about half a million employees short compared to pre-pandemic numbers, relatively few independent restaurants plan to increase their hiring this holiday season according to surveys. Read more here: https://www.nrn.com/workforce/labor-forecast-paints-grim-picture-independent-restaurants-holiday-season Restaurants in Florida, Texas, Arizona and Nevada have benefitted from shifting U.S. population trends, seeing strong […]
The popularity of virtual restaurants, which offer only food delivery or pickup, is now leading to franchising. Big Deal Burger, Wing Boss and others are among the virtual restaurant franchises that have opened up in recent months. Read more here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/fionasimpson1/2022/10/04/cooking-up-a-storm-the-rise-of-the-virtual-restaurant-franchise/?sh=16a1deb26a49 Florida restaurants and bars are recovering from Hurricane […]
Traffic is down at Olive Garden restaurants compared to pre-Covid levels, as rising inflation causes some of the chain’s lower-income customers to stay away. Read more here: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/lower-income-guests-are-pulling-back-olive-garden With restaurants facing a continuing labor shortage, some are turning to robotics for help. Meet Flippy, a robot cooking up fries at […]
The National Restaurant Association vows to fight new California law establishing a council to set wages and conditions for the state’s fast food sector. Labor supports the law but industry groups are opposed. Read more here: https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/newsom-signs-fast-food-council-bill-AB257/631232/ Latest government statistics shows restaurants and bars slowed their hiring in August. […]
Restaurants’ breakfast business is booming after taking a hit during the pandemic. Read more here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciakelso/2022/08/11/after-taking-a-hit-during-the-pandemic-restaurants-breakfast-business-is-coming-back-with-velocity/?sh=25652cefed17 A new survey by the National Restaurant Association finds that most restaurant owners have increased menu prices in recent months to offset higher food, beverage and labor costs. Almost half of those surveyed […]
A survey shows consumers are more likely to cut spending on clothes and travel instead of eating out at restaurants. Read more here: https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/consumers-spend-40-percent-of-food-budget-on-restaurants-despite-inflation/627327/ Chipotle launches training program focused on the basics of operations – called “Project Square One” – to serve more meals to customers as sales increased […]
Restaurant customers mention short staffing three times more often in their Yelp reviews so far this year compared to a year ago, according to Yelp. Read more here about how the labor shortage is affecting both restaurants and customers: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/17/customer-service-suffers-at-short-staffed-restaurants-as-covid-takes-toll.html Sustainable restaurant practices such as local sourcing of food […]
The move toward unionization in the restaurant industry is gaining momentum, largely because wages are not keeping up with inflation say some experts. Read more here: https://www.nrn.com/workforce/restaurant-industry-union-movement-gaining-momentum-here-s-what-expect California Pizza Kitchen, Logan’s Roadhouse and Friendly’s are among the chains making a comeback after declaring bankruptcy. Read more here: https://www.eatthis.com/news-restaurant-chains-making-biggest-comebacks-after-bankruptcy/ […]
Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Augusta, Maine, have filed a petition to hold a union election – becoming the first outlet in the burrito restaurant chain to join the union organizing movement sweeping across the restaurant industry. Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/23/chipotle-restaurant-in-maine-files-petition-for-union-election-.html Quarterly earnings by Darden Restaurants […]
Restaurant and bars added just over 46,000 jobs in May, according to the U.S. Labor Department, continuing a run of steady hiring for the industry. Read more here: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/restaurants-continued-adding-jobs-may America’s last surviving Howard Johnson’s restaurant has closed. The chain once had more than one-thousand restaurants but the last one, in […]
The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the most important industries in the United States, employing over 7.6 million people. The industry is also one of the most competitive, with many qualified candidates vying for limited positions. So, how do you ensure that you stand out from the rest […]
Big chains like Chipotle are faring much better than small restaurants or independents in the wake of the pandemic’s fallout. Easier access to money is one main reason. Read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/30/business-food/restaurant-chains-pandemic/index.html As chains like KFC and Taco Bell take over the restaurant industry, the National Restaurant Association calls […]
Chipotle has formed a new venture to invest in restaurant startups. The venture, Cultivate Next, will have $50 million to invest in early-stage companies that are in line with Chipotle’s “strategic priorities.” Read more here: https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/inno/stories/news/2022/04/19/chipotle-forms-venture-fund-restaurant-industry.html A path toward automation for restaurants is laid out by an industry veteran. […]
Recruitment agencies are a crucial part of the job market. There are many different agencies, each with specialties and areas of focus. If you are in the market for a new job, it’s essential to work with the best recruitment agencies. But what makes a recruitment agency the “best?” […]
Denny’s CEO to retire later this year, the latest in at least nine major restaurant CEO changes in the last eight months. Read more here: https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/dennys-ceo-retiring-after-11-years/621817/ Fully embracing technology, upgrading delivery services – these are among the trends in the restaurant business that are likely to continue in the […]
RestaurantZone always aims to provide an annual salary guide, a quick reference of salaries paid across the hospitality industry in the United States. We are happy to publish this year’s Restaurant Industry Salary Report figures! The data aggregated from restaurants of all sizes in Upscale, Hotel, Full-Service, Fast-Food & Fast-Casual […]
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