HBM 131 1st Edition Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture:I. Going Green A. Green Practices in a restaurantB. Green Practices in HotelII. Restaurant TrendsA. TechnologyB. NutritionC. FinancialD. Non Traditional Outline of Current Lecture:Current Lecture:I. Your Food DollarA. 1955 25% of food dollars were spent at restaurants1. Today that number is 48%B. 70% of eating and drinking establishments are single unit operationsC. Restaurants employ more minority managers than any other industry.1. 1997 – 2007 women ownership increased 50%D. Black and African American ownership increase 188%E. The restaurant industry generates more than $665 billion in sales each year and jobs and careers for one in 10 U.S. workers.II. Social Media A. Online orderingB. Text message marketingC. Online reservationsD. Mobile reviews such as Yelp, Urban spoon, and Trip Advisor.E. Mobile phone payment applicationsIII. Current EventsA. Feds won’t sure to stop marijuana use in Washington, Colorado 1. WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Despite 75 years of federal marijuana prohibition, the Justice Department said last Thursday that states can let people use the drug, license people to grow it and even allow adults to stroll into stores and buy it ? 2. As long as the weed is kept away from kids, the black market and federal property.B. HealthcareC. Minimum Wage
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