A server says she's getting lousy tips because she keeps having to do other...
Summary List PlacementOne restaurant worker says the labor crunch is killing tips for servers.In an interview with CNN, 58-year-old server Karen McLaughlin, who works at Provino's Italian restaurant in...
View ArticleThe teen employment boom is slowing in states that have scrapped unemployment...
Summary List PlacementTeen employment rates soared in May as businesses hired young workers in a tight labor market. But new research from Gusto, commissioned by The Washington Post, shows that teen...
View ArticleA group of 500 San Francisco bars will require proof of vaccination or a...
Summary List PlacementA group of 500 bars in San Francisco will require customers to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter.The SF Bar Owner Alliance released a statement on...
View ArticleMcDonald's is going all-in on celebrity order collabs, and just announced its...
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's just announced the next Famous Orders meal collab with TikTok-famous hip hop star Saweetie.Beginning August 9, McDonald's customers in the US can the Saweetie meal: a...
View ArticleGet ready to start proving you're vaccinated if you want to dine inside
Summary List PlacementIf you want to keep dining indoors at restaurants, get ready to prove you've been vaccinated. With the Delta variant continuing to spread throughout many parts of the US and the...
View ArticleIt's National Chicken Wing Day. From Buffalo Wild Wings to Hooters, here are...
Summary List PlacementSeveral restaurants are offering free and discounted food for National Chicken Wing Day on Thursday.Demand for chicken wings has soared in recent months. The surge in interest in...
View ArticleWelcome to the hi-flex economy, where everything's optional
Summary List PlacementSuzy Leanos worked hard through the pandemic in her digital-marketing job, and by March of this year she was burned out. She quit without anything lined up.A self-described...
View ArticleA Waffle House waitress who worked a double shift while looking after her...
Summary List PlacementA Waffle House waitress said a country-music star left her a $1,000 tip because he was so impressed by her work ethic.Shirell Lackey told Fox 8 News, a Fox affiliate in...
View ArticleDon't believe the fast-food signing-bonus hype
Summary List PlacementA discounted meal every shift is not enough to keep fast-food employees satisfied. The restaurant industry had the third-highest resignation level of any industry, with 706,000...
View ArticleYelp now offers a feature that allows businesses to specify COVID-19 vaccine...
Summary List PlacementYelp released a new safety measure to help businesses share COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their customers and staff. The new feature, which is the latest addition to the...
View ArticleApplebee's is on the rise for the first time in years. A hit country song is...
Summary List PlacementApplebee's sales are higher than they've been in several years and a new hit country song might have something to do with it.In June, pop country artist Walker Hayes released...
View ArticleViral TikToks show thousands of dead fish washing up on Florida's beaches, as...
Summary List PlacementOver the past month, thousands of dead fish have washed up along Florida's once pristine Tampa Bay coast.The culprit behind Florida's 3 million pounds of dead marine life is a...
View ArticleHigher-end chains are beating out more casual ones as people return to...
Summary List PlacementRestaurant sales are recovering, and higher-end chains are having some of the best recoveries of all.Based on foot traffic analysis from Placer.ai, pricier and less casual chains...
View ArticleI tried Golden Corral's to-go buffet and while I think the chain is poised...
Summary List PlacementGolden Corral locations in New York were closed for much of the last year.When it reopened this summer, it had a to-go option that I was excited to try out.Source: Insider"Our...
View ArticleA pizza restaurant owner says he poached staff from rivals thanks to his...
Summary List PlacementA pizza chain franchisee told Bloomberg that he's asking general managers to poach workers from rival restaurants as the hospitality industry continues to struggle finding enough...
View ArticleThe restaurants of the future will be more expensive and full of robots....
Summary List PlacementThe playbook that worked for restaurants before the pandemic isn't cutting it today.Owners faced a flurry of issues as they reopened after more than a year of restricted business....
View ArticleTaco Bell is building a 4-lane, 2-story drive-thru next summer — see what it...
Summary List PlacementDrive-thrus are key to Taco Bell's business, and have only grown more important in the last two years.Source: InsiderA new concept, in partnership with one of the largest Taco...
View ArticleInsider is seeking nominations for the top innovators in restaurant tech
Summary List PlacementThe pandemic proved that technology is a must for restaurants, an industry known for being slow to adopt innovative ideas. But over the past 16 months, the tide has shifted out of...
View ArticleRestaurant prices just had their biggest spike in 40 years
Summary List PlacementRestaurants prices are increasing faster than they have in decades as labor and ingredients grow more expensive.Pricing for dining out increased 0.8% from June to July this year,...
View ArticleAfter a coffee shop owner in Iowa raised wages to $15, he got nearly 50...
Summary List PlacementGreene Bean Coffee in Iowa is demonstrating the power of paying workers $15 an hour.Once the shop raised wages to $15 in June, owner Rich Osborne told Insider, "that kind of...
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