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Top-rated museum restaurants in the U.S.
Across the country, ambitious empire builders have turned boring museum cafeterias into destination restaurants. From a New Orleans soda shop in an American history museum to the Pittsburgh conservatory garden café, which grows its own ingredients, here are country’s best places to pair cultural excursions with fantastic food.
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Photos from Day 1 at MenuDirections 2014
The Retail Experience workshops and the Dine-Around highlight the conference's first day.
Reducing staff hours/positions is the most often cited tactic operators employ to cut costs (48%). B&I, colleges and schools are more likely than hospitals, nursing homes, long-term care, senior living and retirement homes to cut the number of menu items as a way to reduce costs. Schools (28%) are the most likely to lower costs by making fewer items from scratch. Colleges are the most likely segment to reduce hours of operation (34%).