How to Attract and Retain Kitchen Staff During the Great Resignation

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After two grueling years, COVID-19 restrictions on indoor dining are lifting and customers are hungry to eat out.  That’s great news for restaurant operators, but they’re now facing a different challenge. Customers are coming back, but employees are not, or at least not at the levels operators say they need to run their restaurants. What’s…

Gallery: From the Show Floor Day 2

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The 2022 National Restaurant Association Show is underway at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Here’s a look at the show floor from Day 2.

Best Practices for Implementing a Diversity and Inclusion Program

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A diversity and inclusion program doesn’t need to start with a budget, as Sue Petersen of Noodles and Co. proved.

5 Hot Trends in Automation

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As the FER editors walk the show floor, they’ve come across multiple products designed to make tasks like serving drinks, pouring cocktails and stirring cuisine a breeze.

Gallery: From the Show Floor

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The 2022 National Restaurant Association Show has kicked off at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Here’s a look at the show floor from Day 1.

Inside the Biggest KI Showroom Ever

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The National Restaurant Association Show’s Kitchen Innovations Showroom has never been filled with more of foodservice’s most forward-thinking and cutting-edge innovations than it has this year.

5 Families Come Together During Restaurant Show Mixer

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The 2022 Allied Industry Partner Mixer on Friday marked one of the first times all five families have come together since the beginning of the pandemic.

IBEX Welcomes Business Unit Manager

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IBEX, an ITW Food Equipment Group brand and recipient of a 2022 Kitchen Innovations Award, appointed Charlie Pantelakos as business unit manager.

Chicago Concepts To Dine at During the Restaurant Show

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The FER editors have pulled together a list of restaurants that, as of a couple days ago, still had some tables open after the National Restaurant Association Show winds down at 5 p.m.

5 Equipment Manufacturers Making National Restaurant Association Show Debut

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Over 500 companies, including several equipment manufacturers, are debuting at the 2022 National Restaurant Association Show.