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BBI Releases New Dashboard Product

Thursday, February 09, 2012 by
Dallas,TX - February 7, 2012 - Black Box Intelligence™(BBI), the leading provider of financial and market data for the restaurant industry, tracking 73 distinct brands, over 12,000 units and reporting weekly in 107 DMAs, announced today the release of a ground breaking iteration of the weekly traffic dashboard, Transaction Compass. The comprehensive Sales Intelligence™ suite now includes a dashboard that allows the user to layer sales, traffic, and check averages (in both dollars and percent...

PR Presents: Take 5 with Louis Basile

Thursday, February 09, 2012 by
Take 5 with People Report, where we take 5 minutes to ask 5 questions to industry executives and HR leaders to get their insight into workforce issues and best practices. Today's Guest: Louis Basile, CEO and Founder of Wildflower Bread Company   Click to listen: Brought to you by: The only e-learning company specializing in skill training, acculturation, and compliance training for the hospitality and foodservice industry.   ...

Rgmt’s 10 Top HR Tips for Restaurants in 2012

Thursday, January 12, 2012 by
1. Aligning people to business objectives. "If you manage your people really well and give them the chance to do something they are really good at and align them to the business objectives, it becomes a win-win," says Kathy Kolbe, founder of Kolbe Corp. and creator of the Kolbe A Index, used in selection, leadership and team building. 2. Communicating to employees in a clear, concise manner. "It is very important to help employees understand the business reasons behind decisions. Many emplo...

Wally Doolin Talks About Transformational Change

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 by
View the short version of Wally's video Black Box CEO Wallace Doolin sat down with People Matter to discuss the four major drivers in transformational change that we all deal with in our work lives and personal lives. Wally's wisdom has also been featured in a Transformational Change Infographic created by the People Matter Institute which you can find here. Download the People Matter Institute Infographic View the full version of Wally's video ...

BPC Recognized as One of the Restaraunt Industry’s Major Conferences

Monday, November 07, 2011 by
Peter Romeo, Editor At Large for Restaurant Business magazine and its affiliated media, the Restaurant Leadership Conference and MonkeyDish.com, posted an article about his experience at the 2011 Best Practices Conference hosted by Black Box Intelligence and People Report. Before I shelve the program guide... Some final thoughts on last week's People Report Best Practices Conference: The meeting has emerged as one of the industry's major conferences, and this year's gathering proved the a...

PR Workforce Index Expects Restaurant Job Growth in 4Q

Tuesday, November 01, 2011 by
The Nation's Restaurant News posted an article covering our latest People Report Workforce index, our barometer of market pressures on restaurant employment. The index dipped in its fourth-quarter report and continued to indicate restaurant operators are seeing challenges for recruitment and retention. Looking at third-quarter staffing levels and expectations for the rest of the year, surveyed operators showed turnover was relatively flat, but that expectations for job vacancies and recruit...

Introducing the Restaurant Industry Snapshot

Friday, October 14, 2011 by
Black Box Intelligence™(BBI) the leading provider of financial and market data for the restaurant industry, covering over 10,000 units and reporting weekly, released their Restaurant Industry Snapshot today containing sales performance and trends for the month of September. Additional snapshot metrics include job growth and turnover numbers, provided by sister company People Report™, and the Restaurant Industry Willingness to Spend Index, provided by Connecticut based partner, Consumer Edge ...

People Report Announces 2011 Finalists for Coveted Best Practices Awards

Monday, October 10, 2011 by
Dallas, Texas 10-10-2011 - People Report and sister company Black Box Intelligence announce the finalists for the 2011 Best Practices awards to be presented on November 3rd, at the annual "People, Profits, Planet" summit for its members. The following twelve companies are being recognized and are to be congratulated for their achievements in creating workplaces that are thriving and making a difference: BJ's Restaurants, Inc.; California Pizza Kitchen; The Capital Grille; The Cheesecake Fact...

People Report & Black Box Intelligence Create Research Powerhouse

Monday, August 15, 2011 by
People Report and Black Box Intelligence create research powerhouse in partnership with GuestMetrics and Consumer Edge Research CONNECTICUT, 8-15-11 - Black Box Intelligence LLC (BBI), Consumer Edge Research LLC (CER), GuestMetrics LLC (GM) and People Report , announced today the formation of a joint venture that will capture the combined product offerings of the 4 companies and provide  revolutionary foodservice industry data and analytics. Together the four firms track the financial, c...

Somebody Pinch Me - Dr. Jac Joins the Board!

Monday, February 21, 2011 by Joni Thomas Doolin
  Obviously you can't run a company that has the word "benchmark" anywhere in the About Us section, and not know about Dr . Jac Fitz - enz, founder of the Saratoga Institute, father of HCM, and author of a dozen books, including the groundbreaking ROI of Human Capital. I never expected to meet him - much less have him become a mentor, inspiration and a rock who would guide People Report to keep growing and transforming during the past seven years.  Anyone who has had the pleasu...

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