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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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Kelp Food Is Making Waves in Restaurants and Supermarkets—and Helping Conservation Efforts

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The patty is now sold online and in over 800 grocery stores and 30 restaurants across the U.S. in New York’s Bay Shore location; The Standard Hotel in Miami; and two of celebrity chef Tom Colicchio’s restaurants, Small Batch in Long Island and Vallata in Manhattan. We just want to get seaweed to the people.”

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How to Boost Your Restaurant Revenue with a POS with Online Ordering

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Consumer habits around online ordering of restaurant and café food have been changing over the years. Revenue from online platform ordering to consumer delivery has been on the increase since 2017 and with Australian customers continuing the trend, businesses can boost their revenue by using the right restaurant online ordering system.

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How Churchill Northern Studies Centre Is Bringing Food Sovereignty to the Arctic North

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These cater to the project’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscribers, local restaurants and grocery stores, ensuring a steady source of locally grown organic produce. Owned and operated by Frontiers North , a local adventure outfitter, the restaurant is managed by chef Yves Page.

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How to Be More Empathetic in Conversations

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Gross developed an empathetic process that can be used to improve all types of relationships: 1. When attempting to work out differences, meet in a neutral location, such as a conference room or restaurant. “If you are busy defending yourself, then you can’t hear what the other person has to say.”.

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A Q&A With Brian and Jamie Ratner, the Founders of CertifiKID

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I stumbled upon the company Groupon when it was first starting and I loved the concept, but it was all spas and restaurants. I had just had two little, little kids and wasn’t going to spas and restaurants. We’ve written a book about this now, but it’s been a unique process for us of mixing marriage and parenting with business.

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Negative Restaurant Reviews: Best Ways to Respond

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A common misconception among many local restaurant owners is that it’s best to take the high road and ignore negative reviews. There’s a big problem with this thought process. The thinking being that it’s better to walk away than fight, further damaging your reputation.