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African Dukkah Crusted Chicken

Featuring a perfectly encrusted protein that’s popular with just about everyone, this African-inspired chicken dish brings a fresh, new ethnic twist to your menu!

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Embracing the Digital Storefront: Why Every Restaurant Needs a Website

In today’s internet-driven digital age, a strong online presence is essential for any business. Yet, surprisingly, many restaurants and food-focused operations still operate without a dedicated website. By doing so, they unwittingly limit their potential reach and allow others to shape their brand’s perception online.

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Episode 72 – Why Every Restaurant Needs a Website

In today’s internet-driven digital age, a strong online presence is essential for any business. Yet, surprisingly, many restaurants and food-focused operations still operate without a dedicated website. By doing so, they unwittingly limit their potential reach and allow others to shape their brand’s perception online.

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Housemade Mop Sauce: Major Bourbon BBQ Sauce Recipe

Adding Major’s Bourbon housemade BBQ sauce to your repertoire will help elevate your barbecue creations to unique new levels. With its easily-customized blend of classic ingredients, this sauce brings a touch of brilliance to your barbecue dishes.

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AI in Restaurants: Using ChatGPT to Write Menu Descriptions

AI technology like ChatGPT can dramatically reduce the time restaurant management spends on common marketing tasks. You can leverage AI to generate social media posts, Google Ads, review responses—even your marketing plan—in a matter of seconds.

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Hillshire Farm® Fully Cooked Sliced Pork Belly Topping

With Hillshire Farm® Carved Pork Belly, it’s easier than ever to deliver customers an elevated, decadent ingredient for all kinds of dishes. Fully cooked and ready to serve (2/5lb. bags per case), it’s the simple way to bring big flavors across the menu.

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Exploring Innovation, Trends, and Foodie Culture at the National Restaurant Show

The 2023 National Restaurant Show, held at McCormick Place in Chicago, brought together over 50,000 food service professionals and restaurateurs from around the world. This annual event showcases the latest products and innovations from global businesses to boutique brands, and is the best place to see emerging trends, and immerse yourself into the vibrant foodie culture shaping the culinary landscape.

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Driving C-Store Lunch Sales

C-stores are doubling down on lunch as customer demand for options grows. Popular c-store fare like chicken, pizza and roller grill items remain customer favorites, while featured specials and LTOs keep the menu fresh.

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Menu Strategies for Restaurants to Combat Inflation

In today’s competitive restaurant industry, rising inflation poses significant challenges for restaurant owners. However, by making strategic changes to their menus, restaurant owners can combat these challenges and maintain profitability.

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Strategies to Increase Restaurant Sales in the Summer Months

While it seems that spring has just arrived, summer is already bearing down. And with it comes heightened possibilities in the restaurant industry. To make the most of this season, we’ve put together the events, marketing strategies, and menu optimizations that can make this your restaurant’s best summer yet.

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Fontanini Cup & Char Sliced Sausage

Introducing the greatest innovation in pizza topping since sliced sausage! Fontanini’s cup and char classic Italian sausage slices deliver exceptional flavor and appeal in any application.

S’mores Cold Brew Coffee

The ultimate caffeinated s’mores experience, capitalize on the seasonal crave-ability and classic flavor of s’mores by adding this specialty cold brew coffee to your summer menu.

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8 Tips for Attracting & Retaining Restaurant Staff

When employees feel respected and appreciated, it can improve the overall quality of your restaurant. Happy employees are more effective workers, have less turnover, and can help keep your restaurant running efficiently.

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Beef Jerky Burger Sliders

For big flavor in a small package, serve up this slider recipe for the next big (or little) game! Beef Jerky pieces added to a Ground Beef slider patty. Topped with all your classic burger favorites.

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Cheesy Jalapeño Burgers

This recipe is sure to get mouths watering. A jalapeño stuffed with cream cheese, stuffed into a burger, and grilled to perfection. Not adventurous enough? Smother with a spicy cheese sauce.

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Classic Vegan Quinoa Burger

This delicious vegan burger starts with a versatile plant-based patty made with natural and nutritious ingredients that you can see and identify.

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St. Louis Burger

There’s a new burger in town! Try our St. Louis burger, featuring Ground Beef, cheese ravioli, marinara sauce and ricotta cheese.

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Thai Burger

These unique burgers are topped with the flavors of Thailand: peanut butter, lime juice and hoisin with the crunch of cabbage.

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Olympian Burgers

This Mediterranean-inspired mouthful will take your taste buds on a journey. This burger is dressed up with olive tapenade, grilled zucchini and onions, and fresh spinach.

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Fruit and Nut Burger

 Ground Beef burgers with walnuts, Granny Smith apples, Brie cheese and blackberry preserves.

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How to put your restaurant menu online and use it as an effective marketing tool.

Restaurant owners are always looking for ways to get more business, earn a higher profit, and attract new customers. Marketing strategies, like social media campaigns and local advertising, are great ways to get the word out about your business. But your most powerful restaurant marketing tools already exist in your restaurant menu. Learn how to take your restaurant menu online and use it as an effective marketing tool.