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Marshall Ottina

The Fight for $15 – How Has it Impacted the Country’s Culinary Capital?

The Fight for $15 – How Has it Impacted the Country’s Culinary Capital?

While the National Restaurant Association decries any law to increase the minimum wage, data shows that raising the min-wage doesn’t hurt restaurants with higher labor costs but helps restaurants with higher sales.

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Go the Distance: Long-Term Success in an Industry Set Up for Failure

Go the Distance: Long-Term Success in an Industry Set Up for Failure

90% of independent restaurants fail in the first year and the rest barely make it five years. That’s why what Trina’s Starlite Lounge has been able to accomplish is so remarkable. Here’s what you can learn from them.

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Tips for Building Your Restaurant's Late-Night Menu

Tips for Building Your Restaurant's Late-Night Menu

Building your restaurant’s late-night menu is a great way to boost your business. Here are tips for scaling your restaurant’s menu for your late nightlife guest, staffing your late-night restaurant shift properly, and marketing your new menu.

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Protein Evolved: Meat Substitutes & Their Future in Restaurants

Protein Evolved: Meat Substitutes & Their Future in Restaurants

The American diet is changing to include less meat and more environmental-friendly food options. How will cultured meat and lab-grown meat alter consumer preferences and restaurant menus?

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Cooking Gone Viral: The Internet’s Best Food & Beverage Programming

Cooking Gone Viral: The Internet’s Best Food & Beverage Programming

Today, some of the most popular food & beverage programming is online. Here are some of our favorite restaurant and food-related online TV shows any restauranteur will enjoy.

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6 Things Restaurant Managers Can Do to Help their Kitchen Staff

6 Things Restaurant Managers Can Do to Help their Kitchen Staff

You can’t run a successful restaurant with out an amazing kitchen staff. Here’s what restaurant managers can do to help the line cooks and back of house staff to get through the tough times.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Restaurants Marketing to Millennials Will Require Change

INFOGRAPHIC: Restaurants Marketing to Millennials Will Require Change

Although Millennials are now restaurant’s primary marketing demographic, the industry is failing to advertise to them efficiently. Here’s how restaurants marketing to Millennials will need to change.

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