Grazzy enables tipping via QR codes. / Photo courtesy of Grazzy Grazzy, an app that powers same-day tip payouts for hospitality workers, has raised $4.5 million to keep growing. The seed funding round was led by Next Coast Ventures and Tuesday Capital.  Grazzy allows consumers to digitally tip restaurant and hotel staff by scanning a...Read More

Learn how the foodservice industry can stay competitive and fresh amid widespread food and labor shortages.  As consumers watch food prices continue to rise, the demand for cost-effective meal solutions are prompting c-stores, full-service, and quick-service restaurants to increase their offerings. The sudden demand surge is often more than suppliers can handle, leaving many restaurant...Read More

A ransomware attack shuttered less than 300 Yum Brands restaurants in the U.K. Yum owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. / Photograph: Shutterstock. A ransomware attack led to the temporary closure of 300 Yum Brands restaurants in the U.K., the company said on Thursday. Details of the stores hit, or which brands were affected,...Read More

If you want to have a successful restaurant, great food is not an option — it is a necessity. After all, people go to restaurants to eat. If they are not satisfied with the quality of their meal, they will stay away and likely tell their friends and families to do the same. Still, great...Read More

Starbucks and DoorDash plan to make their partnership national by March. / Photo courtesy of Starbucks. You will soon be able to DoorDash that Venti Iced Americano with two pumps of caramel and cream foam. Starbucks is making a bigger push into delivery. The Seattle-based coffee giant on Tuesday said it would make its menu...Read More

If 2020 and 2021 were all about helping operators find new revenue streams to reach guests when they couldn’t come into restaurants, then 2022 was all about getting customers back in.  Yet, just as virus restrictions lifted and customer demand shot back up, rampant inflation caused consumers to pull back on their spending, slowing restaurant recovery....Read More

John Wise / Photo: Business Wire Restaurateur John Wise has joined Marcus Hotels & Resorts as VP of food and beverage operations. In that role, the Lettuce Entertain You and Bartolotta Restaurants veteran is responsible for the 40 eating and drinking places located within Marcus’ 16 hotels, along with the properties’ banquet and catering operations....Read More

Confusion Around Wage and Hour Law Can Be Costly for The Restaurant Owner. Most restaurant owners know that federal wage law (“FLSA”) permits employers to take a “tip credit” and pay employees who traditionally receive tips—such as servers and bartenders— wages that are less than the federal minimum wage as  long as the tips make up...Read More

How is inflation influencing the way younger consumers use restaurants? It’s not what you think. / Photograph: Shutterstock. It’s a hard feeling to explain.  Cringe, perhaps. It’s that strange mix of second-hand embarrassment and sympathetic pain that I feel when I read an article defining a younger generation written by a member of an older...Read More

The Caramel Apple Pancakes from The Cheesecake Factory. / Photo courtesy of The Cheesecake Factory. From the menu POV, few things are as predictable and consistent as the post-holiday demand for healthful, or at least perceived healthful, food and beverage. Consumers guilt themselves into a sin-and-repent mindset, in which they firmly resolve to make up...Read More