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1 month ago | 
fermag.com | Christine LaFave Grace
What if digital menu boards at restaurants could offer the same kind of relevant, personalized suggestions that mobile apps can? What if the ordering experience inside a QSR could feel comfortably familiar but also hyperlocal? The good news is, thanks to technologies such as geofencing, they can—but maximizing the value of today’s digital menu boards demands a rethinking of the approach to putting menu items on a screen.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
fermag.com | Christine LaFave Grace
After spending much of the past three years getting singed by a hot labor market and slogging through stickier-than-expected inflation, restaurant operators are cautiously, modestly optimistic heading into 2025, industry analysts say. “What we have right now is a sense of, ‘We’re still in an upward climb, but at least we’re climbing,’” says Victor Fernandez, vice president of insights at restaurant research firm Black Box Intelligence.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
supermarketnews.com | Christine LaFave Grace |Joe Guszkowski
Christine LaFave Grace is a freelance writer with extensive experience in business journalism and B2B publishing.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Christine LaFave Grace
Teachers and staff at Celebration Children’s Center, a ministry of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville, are getting ready to welcome back students ages 2-5 for the preschool’s 20th year. Courtesy of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church There’s school pride, and then there’s the kind of school buy-in that Naperville’s Kelly Gilligan witnesses as director of Celebration Children’s Center preschool, which is celebrating its 20th year in operation in 2024-25.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Christine LaFave Grace
Wheaton College's Arena Theater is putting on its annual “Shakespeare in the Park” on Thursday to Saturday, Aug. 29-31. Courtesy of Tom Snyder Wheaton College Arena Theater and the Wheaton Park District will present “As You Like It,” the 2024 production of the celebrated Shakespeare in the Park outdoor theater series at Memorial Park in downtown Wheaton. It will run Thursday to Saturday, Aug. 29-31. The event is free and open to the public.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Christine LaFave Grace
Illinois Humanities Road Scholar John Goldsmith will tell the story of the DeMoulin brothers who founded a supply company in 1892 that today is one of the biggest manufacturers of marching band uniforms. Courtesy of DuPage County Historical Museum Heard the story about “Three Frenchmen and a Goat?” It’s not the start of a bar joke, but it is an entertaining tale that John Goldsmith will share this September at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Christine LaFave Grace
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville begins a new grief discussion group, "Grieving Room," on Sunday, Aug. 25. Courtesy of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville will look to explore the myriad facets of grief — how it changes perspectives and relationships as well as daily lives — in a new monthly discussion group starting Sunday, Aug. 25.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Christine LaFave Grace
Before a blood donation, the donor’s blood is checked for anemia to make sure it’s safe to proceed with the donation. Stock photo Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville will host its next blood drive with Versiti Blood Centers of Illinois from 1-6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the church’s Fellowship Center at 815 S. Washington St. All those who attempt to donate will receive a $15 e-gift card from Versiti, as the need for blood nationwide is especially acute.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Christine LaFave Grace
Our Saviour's "Faith and Film Series" Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville will wrap up its summer “Faith & Film” series with a showing of Disney/Pixar’s “WALL-E” on Sunday, Aug. 11, at the church’s Celebration Campus, 919 S. Washington St. The screening, which also will feature an informal, faith-centered discussion of the 2008 film, is free and open to those of all ages.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
dailyherald.com | Christine LaFave Grace
The Naperville band shell will play host to St. Timothy Lutheran and Our Saviour’s Lutheran’s “Worship in the Park” service at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 21. Courtesy of City of Naperville On Sunday, July 21, Naperville’s Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church and St. Timothy Lutheran Church will host a special “Worship in the Park” service at 10 a.m. at the Naperville Community Concert Center (aka the Naperville band shell), 55 Concert Lane.
