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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food. 22 percent of customers are looking to buy restaurant merchandise. Service-related mentions became more positive by 6.0 Diners Show Holiday Spirit.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Transparency into work environment precautions – Many restaurants and stores are publishing the precautions they are taking to ensure the safety of customers and employees. The top factor influencing the choice to buy alcoholic drinks with take out/delivery relates to ease and safety. Gift Card Sales Boom.

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How to Handle Temporary Restaurant Closure during COVID-19

7 Shifts

Consider things like merchandise sales, inventory sales, or private cooking lessons. Can you give dine-in related employees other tasks to do that will benefit your business and ensure that they don’t lose their income? Social Distancing” and “Flatten the Curve” are more than buzz words of 2020.

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I’m Shillin’ It

EATER

They all follow in the footsteps of Houston rapper Travis Scott, whose McDonald’s sponsorship netted him up to $20 million : He was paid $5 million up front for the meal and original endorsement, but when the meal quickly became a TikTok trend and merchandise sold out, Scott made an additional $15 million in revenue from merch sales.

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Boost Your Restaurant Business with Five Local Marketing Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

Necessary safety protocols and the heightened risk of contracting the virus in closed quarters combined to shut down majority of businesses in 2020. Restaurants were harder hit than most because many food related businesses weren’t ready to transition to digital services.

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PPP Flexibility, Free Reopening Resources and HungerForce

Modern Restaurant Management

7010 – Paycheck Protection Program (PP) Flexibility Act of 2020 which extends provisions of the act to give more time to both use and pay back the funds. Increase to five years the maturity of PPP loans that are approved by SBA (based on the date SBA assigns a loan number) on or after June 5, 2020. PPP Goes Flexible.

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Which Grocery Chain Has the Best Health and Safety Policies for Its Workers?

EATER

Breaking down hazard pay, sick leave, and general safety at Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and more As the global pandemic drags on, grocery store employees have become frontline workers, and two months into the crisis, they’re still putting their own health at risk to keep America fed — and keep food on their own tables.