86’ing The Bad Habits Podcast is a no-nonsense guide to breaking the toxic cycles, burnout, and destructive routines that plague the hospitality industry.
Geared specifically toward cooks, bartenders, servers, and managers, the show applies the kitchen slang “86” (to eighty-six: to discard, run out of, or remove an item) to the personal and professional habits that hold hospitality workers back.
Published on Monday, September 14, 2026 As the North American hospitality industry pushes past the mid-September threshold of 2026, business leaders across the lodging, food service, and nightlife sectors are executing sweeping structural updates. The post-Labor Day transition has intensified the need for operational agility as commercial teams navigate shifting guest expectations, emerging dietary trends,…
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Published on Friday, September 11, 2026 The landscape of global hospitality in late 2026 is defined less by raw top-line surge and far more by profit quality, efficiency, and hyper-targeted guest acquisition. The American food and lodging industry is currently subsumed by a rigid paradox where pure digital experimentation has surrendered to disciplined, systemic execution….
Continue readingPublished on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 A profound structural tension has seized the hospitality sector this autumn as the industry grapples with a high-tech “loyalty bubble.” While organizations report record-breaking enrollment and surging returns on investment through increasingly automated digital platforms, new data reveals that consumer durability and emotional brand attachment are reaching a critical…
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Published on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 A decisive rebound in consumer expenditures across lodging, dining, and nightlife properties has elevated overall financial performance to a 13-month high. This operational surge signals renewed market momentum as operators across North America initiate their fourth-quarter strategic positioning. Transaction data published on September 8, 2026, reveals a 3.3 percent…
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Published on Monday, September 7, 2026 The global hospitality industry in late 2026 is undergoing a profound structural transformation defined by margin compression, changing consumer biology, and an urgent imperative for technology-driven agility. Although total U.S. restaurant and foodservice sales are projected to hit an unprecedented $1.55 trillion this year, nominal revenue growth masks a…
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Published on Friday, September 4, 2026 THE MACRO LANDSCAPE & FINANCIAL RECALIBRATION As the global commercial hospitality sector enters the fourth quarter of 2026, the traditional boundaries dividing lodging, culinary operations, and nightlife have officially dissolved. What was historically a collection of distinct operational silos has transformed into a unified, highly integrated economic engine….
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Published on Thursday, September 3, 2026 Hospitality Leaders Pivot Strategies as Consumer Demands and Operational Infrastructure Evolve The North American hotel, restaurant, and bar sectors are navigating a dramatic transformation in late 2026. A fundamental operational realignment is underway across the industry, driven by a shift toward experience-led hospitality, rapid technological integration, and high-stakes real…
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Published on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: THE 2026 HOSPITALITY PIVOT The global hospitality sector is currently accelerating into a high-velocity growth phase, driven by the collision of hyper-refined gastronomy and “invisible” operational technology. As the industry prepares for the May 7 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards in Dallas, the prevailing narrative focuses on a tech-powered…
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Published on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Executive Overview: The High-Stakes M&A Inheritance The operational landscape of mid-2026 has reached a volatile, unprecedented crossroads. Across the hospitality, restaurant, convenience retail, and consumer packaged goods sectors, judicial rulings are actively overriding longstanding federal safety nets, while corporate brand activism is colliding head-on with the cold profit mandates…
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Published on Monday, August 31, 2026 The Autonomy Arbitrage: How Agentic AI is Hijacking the 2026 Inflation Crisis In the volatile economic landscape of late 2026, global markets stand at a precarious tipping point. The cascading geopolitical fallout of the ongoing Iran War and the resulting, deeply erratic fuel supply disruptions have collided head-on with…
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