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Side Gigs for Restaurants

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The New York Times article You’ve Heard of Ghost Kitchens. Meet the Ghost Franchises covers the growing number of companies franchising food concepts to existing restaurants. The restaurants that take on these franchises continue to serve their regular food and make the franchise food for delivery only.

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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. Look how popular Mexican food, Asian food, Italian food restaurants are. To ensure the restaurant’s success, Morales is a hands-on entrepreneur, visiting each of her locations every day, to help the staff and meet with the chefs.

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Digital Transformation Leading to Ghost Restaurants

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Ghost restaurants are delivery only, online restaurants that skip storefronts and deliver food straight to the customer. Think Amazon for restaurants. Ghosts are much cheaper to operate than traditional restaurants. These combine to mean they pay much less in rent than traditional restaurants

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Nikki Guard and Her Team of Culinary Queens Lead the Charge at Denver’s Guard and Grace

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At the helm is Nikki Guard, a seasoned veteran in the restaurant industry and the co-owner and beverage director of TAG Restaurant Group , which she operates alongside her husband, co-owner and executive chef Troy Guard. Today, Nikki sees success in the restaurant business as more than just financial gains.

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Slim & Husky’s Uses Their Artisan Pizza as a Means for Social Change and Community Empowerment

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Reed, they never knew it would one day inspire the business model for their fast-casual restaurant empire. Everyone at some point thinks about owning some sort of restaurant or hospitality venture. It was cool to have art in the restaurant, but we wanted a place where we could house different events that support the arts,” Gray says.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Rise of Ghost (Cloud) Kitchens

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The global marketing agency Wunderman Thompson's article Ghost Kitchens covers the growing popularity of delivery-first dining and the related growth of ghost kitchens, which are also called cloud kitchens. Ghost restaurants are delivery only, online restaurants that skip storefronts and deliver food straight to the customer. 

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How to Be More Empathetic in Conversations

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When attempting to work out differences, meet in a neutral location, such as a conference room or restaurant. This article appears in the August 2015 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Gross developed an empathetic process that can be used to improve all types of relationships: 1. Set ground rules before talking. “At

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