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Supplier visits shore up relationships

[New concept Connecting Grounds] is Ohio State University's first coffee shop where they serve 100-percent direct-trade coffee from farmers they've met.

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Best training methods for quality customer service

Face-to-face interactions mean customer service skills for staff are more important than ever. Here are the best training methods for diner satisfaction.

Unite Here is citing high housing costs and the pay of executives as proof that it needs to represent the employees of Intel’s Guckenheimer-managed foodservice.

Here’s what industry professionals won’t see if they’re watching the game from home.

The airline has also teamed up with a celebrity chef and mixologist.

Technomic has identified consumer trends likely to shape the restaurant industry in 2016. Here is what the Chicago researcher has identified as the top trends to expect.

Young pros blast the roadblocks.

“We work with local producers to source meats, seafood, produce and even canola oil, and then call out the locations on a map to tell the story to guests.” 

Noncommercial expects specialty coffee to grow in the next two years. Here's a roundup of examples of how operators are differentiating coffee programs.

And it’s not just social media.

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