The Table Times

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

3 Ways Newspaper Publishers Can Increase Website Traffic and Audience Engagement

How newspaper publishers can increase website traffic and audience engagement using inbound marketing

Tipping Guidelines For Non-Restaurant Services

Tipping etiquette outside of restaurant can feel like a gray area. These guidelines will help.

How millennials are changing restaurant service

Millennials and their digital habits and desire for convenience are driving major changes in the restaurant industry.

How to Expand Your Restaurant Service into Catering

Start small and build your restaurant towards larger events so that your catering customer experiences amazing service and great food, every time.

What's the Difference Between a Restaurant Service Fee and a Tip?

Nowadays, it seems that U.S. consumers are being asked to shell out more in tips and service charges than ever before. But is there a difference between the two?

How to Control Cost of Food & Labor in a Restaurant Service

Costs are part of any business, but you can minimize costs by pricing your food correctly and maximizing staff productivity.

What makes great restaurant service? Tastemakers nominees provide thoughtful touches

When it comes to service, certain stock phrases indicate that a restaurant may be going through the motions or, even worse, indifferent to the satisfaction of their patrons. "Are you ...

Tablet Menus Can Improve Restaurant Service and Even Boost Tips

Instead of handing customers a flat paper menu listing Burgers and Bottles’ many gourmet burgers or 50-plus beers, servers direct their attention to something shinier.

How newspaper publishers are avoiding that cliff fall moment

Ingenuity or ruthlessness? Take your choice... but the result is still the same

When is a newspaper not a newspaper?

When it doesn't contain journalism. And that's the line the Daily Herald's parent company just blurred—much to its leaders' apparent regret.

What is the purpose of a newspaper?

Newspapers find themselves at a crossroads: they need to generate more revenue in order to stay in business, but some of the ways they could do that ...

How to Read Newspapers on a Budget

Libraries often offer a way to read the newspaper digitally for free

Is It Time to Table Farm-to-Table?

The “farm-to-table” movement has run amok as restaurants everywhere provide exhausting pedigrees for every morsel. When did where food comes from start to matter more than how it tastes?

How to pack with newspaper

Newspaper is a fantastic yet underrated packing material - free, versatile and accessible. Where to get newspaper for packing? How to pack with newspaper?

This Is How a Newspaper Dies

How to Reuse Old Newspapers

If you receive daily newspapers in the mail, you may find yourself overwhelmed, but throwing them away is a waste. Newspapers can be used in a multitude of ways, from the crafty to the practical. No matter how many newspapers you have, you...

Should big tech save newspapers?

20 Newspaper Writing Tips for ‘20

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