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The Growth of Ghost Kitchens in the Restaurant Industry
Barbara Castiglia - January 10, 2023Necessity-meeting technology played a vital role in the rapid acceleration of ghost kitchens during the COVID-19 pandemic. The global market size of ghost kitchens grew to 56.71 Billion dollars in 2021, and the industry forecasts a 112.53 billion ghost kitchen market by 2027. While one can typically
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What Can Employers Learn from Employee Exit Interviews?
Barbara Castiglia - December 28, 2022Managing a restaurant is challenging, especially when the way restaurants operate is changing all the time. In the last couple years with the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants have had to adapt with the times in unprecedented ways. From staff shortages to supply chain issues, there’s a lot to juggle
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A Full Course on How Restaurants Can Maintain Post-Pandemic Business Growth
Barbara Castiglia - December 23, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a major hit to the restaurant industry, which would see new trends and change it forever. Some of those trends were devastating while there were others that helped improve the success of some businesses, per Forbes. But in managing the new growth that a lot of rest
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How Online Schooling Transformed and Created Access to Culinary Education
Barbara Castiglia - December 21, 2022Online schooling has been around since the late ‘80s but didn’t become more common until the early ‘90s. Today, all types of educational courses can be accessed and completed solely online — even hands-on disciplines, such as culinary schooling and experiential trades. In addition, even though
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Lobster and Franchising
Barbara Castiglia - December 15, 2022Lobster and franchising are not often two words one would hear in a sentence together. And yet, franchising lobster is exactly what two cousins did from Maine. But how did their journey begin, why did they decide to franchise, and why was franchising the right fit for them? On the newest episode of
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Training Employees of the Deskless Workforce
Barbara Castiglia - December 13, 2022Onboarding and training are crucial to success and ensuring long-term employees. It’s their first welcome in the company and essential to keeping them long-term, and this point is proving itself time and time again in industries with a deskless workforce. So, what are the elements of good onboarding
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QSR Franchise “JARS” Creates a Delicious Opportunity for Restauranters
Gabrielle Bar - December 9, 2022Are jars the next big trend in dessert-themed QSR restaurants? QSR magazine reported Orange County, California, joined Texas in expanding a new QSR franchise, JARS, by Fabio Viviani. Viviani, the noted chef and restauranteur is set to open his flagship location in Chicago this fall, followed by
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How is Oath Pizza Building a Feel-Good Pizza Brand?
Barbara Castiglia - December 6, 2022Statista states there are more than 75,000 pizza restaurants in the United States. That’s a lot of slices served every year! For a business to stand out in the pizza market, it must find ways to melt hearts with more than cheese, sauce, and dough. Personal pizza lover, Barbara Castiglia of Modern
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Catering is Marketing
MarketScale - December 2, 2022Catering is a growing trend in the restaurant industry that brings enormous growth opportunities and since the pandemic, opportunities that bring new customers to the table are critical. The restaurants that embrace the innovative possibilities of catering are seeing the benefits. One national
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Opportunities Available for Women in Franchising
MarketScale - November 30, 2022It may come as a surprise to some, but entrepreneurship is experiencing growth after the pandemic as many people have decided that they want to work for themselves. A great way to become your own boss is to start a franchise. However, the rate of women who own franchises is falling behind their male
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