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Taco Bell and Salt & Straw launch limited churro ice cream taco

Taco Bell is co-branding with Salt & Straw, a cult-status artisan ice cream brand, to sell a churro ice cream taco nationwide for a limited run.

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Denver

Denver-area Boot Barn closes as church takes over retail space

A Boot Barn location in Greenwood Village is being replaced by a church, continuing the trend of retail vacancies in suburban Denver being absorbed by non-retail tenants.

From BusinessDen

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National

Bars and restaurants cash in on US Open cocktail trend

The US Open's Honey Deuce has become one of the most imitated drinks of the summer, with restaurants and bars nationwide launching their own riffs to ride the moment.

From Nation's Restaurant News

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Food Cost & Margin

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Labor & Hiring

Turnover, scheduling, payroll comparisons, and the operator playbooks that actually retain staff.

Operations & Audit

POS migrations, daily ops, the audit habit that catches what dashboards miss.

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Yelp, Google, social, and where independent operators actually move the needle.

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Macro signals, regulation shifts, and what they mean for a single-unit indie.

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