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Building a Culture of Feedback

Modern Restaurant Management

In an industry where cultivating guest relationships is critical to success, operators often forget that developing positive relationships with the people serving those guests is equally, if not more, important. I learned this lesson during my first job as a line cook, often working 10 to 12 hours a day, five to six days a week. I loved the challenge of the job and found the pace exhilarating.

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Robot takeover: the latest developments in robot delivery on college campuses

Food Management

Robots, particularly delivery robots, have made their presence known on college campuses for quite a while. Heres a look at the latest developments in college dining tech.

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Vollrath Announces Retirement, New Appointment

Foodservice Equipment Reports

After 18 years with Vollrath, Paul Egbert is ready to hang up his hat. Egbert works as the manufacturer’s vice president of product and market strategy, spearheading new product development and marketing initiatives. Prior to this role, he led product management and marketing communications.

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The Compton to Open in Downtown Bentonville in Late Fall 2025

Hospitality Net

The Compton, a new independent lifestyle hotel, will open its doors in late fall 2025, bringing a new dimension of hospitality to the heart of Bentonville. The 142-room hotel will pay homage to Dr. Neil Compton, a renowned conservationist who played a pivotal role in preserving the Buffalo River by designating it as the first National River. The project is being developed by Blue Crane, a local company dedicated to vibrant, community-focused development throughout Northwest Arkansas.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Are You Prepared for an ICE Raid? What Every Restaurant Needs to Know

Modern Restaurant Management

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has intensified its focus on industries that employ large numbers of undocumented workers, and restaurants remain a top target. The question isn’t if ICE will show up—it’s when. And when that moment comes, will your team know what to do? Recent enforcement actions highlight the severe consequences businesses face for non-compliance.

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Jay Bravinder Joins Glastender As Sales Manager

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Jay Bravinder will join Glastender as its national sales manager, effective Feb. 10. Bravinder most recently served as vice president of sales and marketing at Champion Industries, where he worked for 13 years. His prior experience also includes a three-year tenure at Strategic, in Monticello, Minn., and a 14-year tenure at Hobart Corp.

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Canal House of Georgetown, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, Set to Open in DC Area

Hospitality Net

Canal House of Georgetown, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel (1023 31st Street NW, Washington DC, 20007) is set to open in February 2025, offering a lively new escape in the heart of historic Georgetown. Perfectly situated just steps from the iconic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which dates back to 1828, Canal House of Georgetown is designed to be a central hub of connection and inspiration for both guests and locals alike.

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Expanding the Definition of Value

Modern Restaurant Management

More than eight in ten restaurant operators expect 2025 sales to meet or exceed 2024 levels, but rising competition will require differentiation through experience, service, and innovation, according to The National Restaurant Association’s 2025 State of the Restaurant Industry report. Despite the positive outlook, many operators say, "new year, similar concerns." In 2025, restaurants will continue to grapple with many of the same challenges they faced in 2024.

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Maple Bacon Truffles

Food Management

Spiked with real maple syrup, these rich, chocolaty truffles from Jones Dairy Farm are rolled in crumbled bacon to balance that sweet syrupy goodness.

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10 Takeaways From MUFES 2025

Foodservice Equipment Reports

More than 120 professionals came together Jan. 27-29 for FER’s annual Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium. Attendees enjoyed pre-meeting events followed by two full days of advanced educations sessions geared toward equipment and supplies specifiers at multiunit restaurant brands and noncommercial foodservice facilities.

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IFIC Spotlight Survey: Americans’ Perceptions Of Seed Oils

FoodInsight

Download the survey here The International Food Information Council (IFIC) commissioned an online survey among U.S. consumers to measure knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about seed oils. One thousand adults ages 18 years and older completed the online survey from November 15-19, 2024, and respondents were weighted to ensure proportional results. Key findings include: More than half of Americans say they most often use olive oil when cooking or consuming food, followed by vegetable oil and butte

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl LIX Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This "Super" special edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup has a Super Bowl theme. MVP Menu Performances More than 200 million people tuned in to the Super Bowl last year—many with a plate of wings in front of them. But while wings still dominate as the top football snack, new data suggests that more fans are choosing to watch the game at home rather than head to their local sports bar.

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How Chef Kaytlin Dangaran is bringing her love of food to the masses as Elior North America’s new Corporate Chef of Dining and Events

Food Management

In her new role, Dangaran now oversees food and beverage at many venues across the East Coast, including The Norton Museum of Art in Florida and Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee.

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Taco Cabana Set To Grow With Prototype, More

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Taco Cabana, a San Antonio-based fast-casual Mexican dining chain, plans to drive expansion this year with a prototype and a franchise model. The TC 3.0 prototype “reimagines the Taco Cabana experience,” the company says in the release, “with a sleek design built for operational efficiency, adaptability and maximum profitability.

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From Strength to Strength: Four Seasons Accelerates Growth Strategy Across Hotels, Resorts, Residences and Experiential Journeys

Hospitality Net

Four Seasons, the worlds leading luxury hospitality and branded residential company, continues to execute its strategic growth across key global markets, expanding its iconic portfolio of hotels, resorts and residences while redefining experiential travel on land, at sea, and in the air. This growth is anchored in an approach that blends heritage with innovation as the company thoughtfully expands its offerings to meet the evolving needs of todays luxury travellers.

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Frying High: Elevating Cooking Oil Maintenance with Automation

Modern Restaurant Management

Recently, one Zaxby’s franchisee decided to change how employees maintain cooking oil by switching to automated oil management. The new system has simplified oil changeouts at the restaurants, while also saving the franchisee money and taking a literal load off employees’ hands. 1788 Chicken owns and operates 60 Zaxby’s locations across eight states.

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Chartwells Higher Ed is spreading random acts of kindness with its third Delight-Ful event

Food Management

Chartwells Higher Educations Delight-Ful events, which are part of the companys Joy-Ful campaign, is back for a third year with new ways to encourage diners and staff to spread kindness without forgetting favorite activities from previous events.

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Restaurant Industry Set To Grow in 2025

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Restaurant industry sales will continue to grow in 2025, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2025 State of the Restaurant Industry Report. Specifically, the industry is expected to reach $1.5 trillion in sales, up from the forecasted $1.1 trillion in 2024.

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Agreement Signed For A Bvlgari Resort & Mansions In Cave Cay, Bahamas

Hospitality Net

Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts is delighted to announce its newest project, the Bvlgari Resort & Mansions Cave Cay, in the Bahamas, scheduled to open in 2029. It follows the previously announced projects in Maldives, Miami Beach and Bodrum which are set to open between 2026 and 2027. This new addition brings the Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts Collection to thirteen properties, including Milan, London, Bali, Dubai, Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, Tokyo and Rome.

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Biting into Branding: Restaurant Design Trends for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

In a world where dining out is as much about the vibe as it is about the food, great branding is the appetizer to every meal. The visual identity of a restaurant can be the deciding factor behind reserving a table or scrolling on past. That’s why VistaPrint rounded up the hottest brand design trends tipped to be spicing up 2025. The team has drawn insights from its community of 1.4M freelance designers to predict 2025’s hottest hospitality trends that restaurant, bar, pub, hotel, caf

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Federal lawmakers want whole milk back in schools

Food Management

Also in this weeks K-12 legislative update: Connecticut introduces a universal free school meals bill and Kentucky to award schools who use local products in school meals.

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Spaceman Updates Leadership Team

Foodservice Equipment Reports

Spaceman, offering soft serve and frozen beverage machines, has announced several leadership changes. Brittany Skulski has joined the company as vice president of business development. Skulski has over a decade of experience in the foodservice industry, having held multiple sales, marketing and key account roles. Most recently, she served as vice president of sales at Ice-O-Matic.

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Storage Uncorked: The Only Way Restaurants Should Store Wine

the CAMBRO blog

Theres something about a perfectly poured glass of wine after a long day of walking around and waiting in lines at a theme park. Restaurants inside these worlds of wonder know that having robust wine offerings is essential for adult park-goers. One restaurant inside a popular theme park in Orlando, Fla., offers more than 100 bottles of wine, 34 of which are offered by the glass.

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Meeting the Moment: How Sustainability Data Is Reshaping Corporate Travel

Hospitality Net

As the year 2025 unfolds, the business events sectorencompassing corporate travel, conferences, and other significant gatheringsfinds itself at a critical juncture. The global imperative to address climate change and social equity has shifted market dynamics, compelling hotels and venues to provide ever more detailed sustainability data in response to corporate Requests for Proposals (RFPs).

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We're in the Super Bowl!

Chef Ann Foundation

The Chef Ann Foundation is in the big game! We were selected to represent Colorado in Google Workspace's 50 States, 50 Stories campaign, which is airing commercials during the Super Bowl. Check out the ad below!

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Alligator is on the menu at this year’s Super Bowl and other news you may have missed

Food Management

Catch up with the latest food service industry news with 5 things with FSD.

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Cambro Cares: Supporting the Next Generation of Chefs

the CAMBRO blog

Cheshire High School s culinary arts program is more than just a classit’s a launchpad for culinary careers and passionate foodies. Located in Cheshire, Conn., and led by Culinary Arts Teacher Adam Belward, the culinary program at CHS welcomes students from all backgrounds, offering them practical skills they can use both at home and in professional settings.

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Centering Black Farmers this Black History Month

Bon Appetit Management Company

This Black History Month, Bon Apptit Management Company is centering the experiences of Black farmers as key drivers of more equitable food systems. We are exploring the storied past, present, and future of farming in the U.S. through the lens of Black farmers by investigating a dark history of land dispossession and the ongoing work towards a brighter future filled with greater opportunities for the next generation of land stewards.

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Meliá and Summum will boost luxury tourism in Santa Ponsa with a new hotel

Hospitality Net

In a major partnership that promises to redefine the concept of luxury and sport tourism in Santa Ponsa, Meli and Summum have announced the opening of a new four-star superior hotel in this well-known coastal location in the southwest of Mallorca. This project represents the fourth collaboration between the two companies, consolidating their joint vision of providing exceptional experiences and elevating the quality of destinations.

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Maple Cupcakes

Food Management

This cupcake recipe from General Mills Foodservice brings distinctive maple flavor to the party, big time.

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