May, 2025

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Hiring the Right Content Creator for Your Restaurant

Goliath Consulting

A trendy, fast-casual spot will likely need very different content than a fine dining experience. You want someone who can both capture your brand visually and drive results. Prioritize Brand Fit The best content creators feel like an extension of your team. Ensure their tone, aesthetic, and values align with your restaurants vibe.

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The Best Practice Awards 2025: Celebrating the Best Restaurant Brands in the Industry

Black Box Intelligence

Panda Express (Fast Casual) Who is Panda Express? Lower Turnover : On average, Panda Express consistently maintains much lower turnover rates for non-management, management, and General Manager employees compared to their local Fast Casual competitors. LongHorn Steakhouse (Casual Dining) Who is LongHorn Steakhouse?

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The Marketing Value Combo: The Most Important Deal for Fast Casual Restaurants to Perfect in 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

For fast casual chains, competition includes usual suspects like casual dining and QSRs as well as c-stores and grocery chains who are ramping up foodservice offerings to capitalize on the trading down trend. Sitting in a pricing sweet spot, FCRs have an opportunity to win share from both QSRs and casual restaurants.

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Check, Please… or Just Check Out? How Grocery and Convenience Stores Are Eating Into Restaurant Market Share

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry's competitive landscape for mealtime dollars is changing fast, and it's no longer brand against brand. Increasingly, grocery and convenience stores are stealing share by offering quick, affordable, and increasingly high-quality meal options. The 2,000 U.S.

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Can Fast Food Be Healthy?

Modern Restaurant Management

For Cody Pepper, CEO of Fast Fresh Brands, iit led him on a mission to make healthy eating accessible to everyone. This experience ignited a fire in him, leading him to leave a successful career in nonprofit and consulting to helm Fast Fresh, parent company of Bee Healthy Cafe and Nature's Table.

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Patio Power: Strategies for Optimizing Outdoor Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

And for more casual outdoor setups – think outdoor bars, beer gardens, or counter-service patios – QR code ordering is a no-brainer. They still want fast, friendly, accurate service and they expect tech to support that, not get in the way. Fewer mistakes, faster ticket times, and higher check averages.

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Boosting Guest Satisfaction Through Faster Staff Responses

Modern Restaurant Management

In today’s fast-paced dining world, guest satisfaction goes beyond just great food—it’s about delivering a seamless experience. Communication as a Foundation for Service Efficiency Fast and effective service is rarely accidental.