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RIF027: Rick Bayless On The Bear, Alternative Meats In Restaurants, NextBite Acquisition



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Rick Bayless Rips ‘The Bear’ for Glorifying the Ugliness of Restaurants by Ashok Selvam - Eater



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Alternative Meats



Yo Egg: The Plant-Based Egg That Can Actually Be Poached by David Tran - Daily Meal

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Meet Land Lovers: A Startup Looking to Disrupt the US Meat Market With the “Most Realistic Plant-Based Steak” by Vegconomist

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Cell-cultivated meat has been approved for sale for the first time in the United States by Joanna Fantozzi - Restaurant Hospitality 

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Sam Nazarian buys food tech company Nextbite by Isabella Farr - The Real Deal

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Reviewing the Restaurant Idea Factory Podcast



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Toast adds 99-cent customer online ordering fee by Julie Littman - Restaurant Dive



Why DoorDash & CloudKitchens Are Building POS Systems by Matt Newberg - HNGRY TV
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RIF026: Keith Lee Feud, Netflix Bites In LA, Restaurant Uses Priest To Scam Employees


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“Austin” by Serve Robotics gets knocked over and looted on a delivery run



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Nala Robotics Introduces Autonomous Bowl Bot and Sandwich Bot



Sandwich Bot can prepare nearly any type of sandwich from 48 choices of meats, vegetables and cheeses – all within a 16’ x 12’ space.

Within a 10’x10’ footprint, Bowl Bot can prepare Bowls from 28 ingredients of bases, proteins and toppings.



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Netflix plans to serve up food to eat, not just watch



On June 30, Netflix Bites will open in Los Angeles and will feature food from the chefs you’ve come to love on the smaller screen from shows like “Chef’s Table,” “Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend,” and “Is It Cake?”

From Iron Chef, Curtis Stone, Dominique Crenn, Ming Tsai and Andrew Zimmern. From “Chef’s Table,” Rodney Scott and Ann Kim will contribute. Nadiya Hussain of “Nadiya Bakes,” is involved, as is Jacques Torres of “Nailed It!”

Drinks will be created by Frankie Solarik, Julie Reiner, LP O’Brien and Kate Gerwin of “Drink Masters.”



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MrBeast says he's 'moving on' from MrBeast Burger



In now-deleted tweets, the YouTube star said quality-control problems with the virtual band are hurting his image. But shutting it down entirely may be out of his hands.

Jimmy Donaldson wrote that he wanted to shut down MrBeast Burger, “but the company I partnered with won’t let me stop even though it’s terrible for my brand.



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The one word, the secret ingredient to a phenomenal guest experience, “Caring”! Caring, not “Karen”!!



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Olo lays off 81 people as part of reorganization by Joe Guszkowski



The company is ironing out complexities that resulted from acquiring Wisely and launching a payments product. It’s also hiring a COO.

The company’s existing “Business Units” will be narrowed down to three core segments: Order, Pay and Engage.

As part of the restructuring, Olo is hiring a chief operating officer. Joanna “Jo” Lambert, who was most recently a strategic advisor to Yahoo and has held senior executive roles at PayPal, Venmo and American Express



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Calif. restaurants used a bogus priest to learn of worker 'sins' like stealing



Taqueria Garibaldi used the ruse to learn of such confessed infractions as fudging hours, according to a Department of Labor investigation.

“Under oath, an employee of Taqueria Garibaldi explained how the restaurant offered a supposed priest to hear their workplace ‘sins’ while other employees reported that a manager falsely claimed that immigration issues would be raised”… by the Department of Labor



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Keith Lee has beef with Chicken Fire after owner goes on offensive with attacks on social media of Lee’s review of the restaurant



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Does using “Keith Lee’s” name on your restaurant order help you get better food? Keith explores this suggested approach. 



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RIF025: Pizza Robot Fails, ChatGPT Menu Testing, Remote Work Effects On Restaurants



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Is Zukku Sushi using ChatGPT for menu development or just for quality content?



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Four Lessons From the Demise of Zume by Michael Wolf - The Spoon



Zume, the company famous mostly for raising a whole bunch of money for its pizza robot & cook-on-the-road food trucks concept, has shut down.

This comes after burning through $450 million to build a food automation and delivery tech business, the company pivoted to a completely different business in sustainable packaging.



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Valid vs Fake Customer Complaints - Out of 100 guests that complain, how many are trying to screw you over?



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Flipdish eyes profitability as it makes acquisition by CHARLIE TAYLOR - Business Post

Irish tech unicorn has acquired point-of-sales firm Jinoby and is rolling out what it calls a complete restaurant management system



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Bill is introduced to bring down restaurants' swipe fees By Peter Romeo - Restaurant Business Online

The Credit Card Competition Act of 2023, aims to bring down what are now restaurants’ third-highest cost by fostering competition for the two dominant processors, the networks of MasterCard and Visa.

The finance giants’ cards are used in an estimated 80% of all transactions within the U.S. that involve a credit card.



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What is a restaurant accountant's job? And what is not?



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How remote work has changed the restaurant business By Joe Guszkowski - Restaurant Business Online

Big city downtowns may never be the same. But smaller communities are booming, creating new opportunities for operators.

According to data from pedestrian traffic researcher MRI Springboard, foot traffic in U.S. city downtowns was down 23% during January through May compared to the same period in 2019.



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RIF024: Leading Food Poisoning Cause, Gunman In Restaurant, UberEats Robots


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Robert Earl’s virtual restaurants grow as others fall by the wayside READ HERE



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David v Goliath - Independent operations can slay the giant (corporations) with speed and agility



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Uber Eats to expand use of delivery robots By Joe Guszkowski - Restaurant Business Online READ HERE



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Equipment Maintenance - It's built to last, until it doesn’t. And it’s always on a Friday night. These are the horrors of equipment failures. So what do we need to do to ensure we have the proper equipment and care maintenance?



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NYC SHOOTING

GUNMAN OPENS FIRE IN RESTAURANT ...



Patrons Duck, Run for Cover - TMZ WATCH HERE



When disaster hits, restaurant families have a new place to turn By Peter Romeo - Restaurant Business Online READ HERE



Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says By JONEL ALECCIA - AP News READ HERE



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How do you respond to reviews that mention your competitors? Dave’s Hot Chicken has to compete with Nashville hot chicken legends, Hattie B’s, Bolton’s and Prince’s



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Want a higher average check? Get diners to stay longer By Rich Shank - Restaurant Business Online READ HERE




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RIF023: QR Code Menus, Kevin Hart Vegan Restaurant, Is Tipping Out Of Control



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Kevin Hart’s Plant-Based Chain Is Coming Straight for Hollywood’s Chick-fil-A and In-N-Out by Mona Holmes - Eater LA READ HERE



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Should you edit your review responses



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This Classic San Francisco Steakhouse Will Pay $200K to Workers After Wage Theft Allegations By Paolo Bicchieri - Eater SF READ HERE



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ChatGPT's first restaurant job could be in HR By Joe Guszkowski - Restaurant Business Online READ HERE



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Handling Employee Turnover



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Miso Robotics Announces Ecolab Partnership And Investment by PR Newswire - AI thority READ HERE



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Best Use of AI at National Restaurant Association Show



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The Murky Future of QR Code Menus By Angela L. Pagán - The Takeout READ HERE




The Tipping Economy: Is Tipping Out Of Control? by Shep Hyken - Forbes READ HERE




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RIF022: Tik Tok Ban, 2023 National Restaurant Association Show, Bottle Rocket Digital Accelerator



2023 National Restaurant Association Show Special Report



Nation’s Restaurant News parent company Informa acquires Winsight, owner of National Restaurant Association Show READ HERE



Top Stories from 2023 National Restaurant Association Show - Kyle & Shawn freestyle about their experience at the show



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A.I. suggestions for guest feedback



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Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok By Ayana Archie - NPR READ HERE





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Bottle Rocket launches a digital accelerator for restaurants that streamlines the development processes and cost by up to 40% - PR Newswire READ HERE



Yahoo Finance - Mediterranean restaurant chain Cava files for IPO READ HERE



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The Importance of permits and licenses for a restaurant



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Beard Awards disqualify an Alabama chef over ethics rules by Tim Carman - Washington Post READ HERE



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Wendy's to test an underground robot delivery system by Dan Eaton - Austin Business Journal READ HERE






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