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MRM Research Roundup: Experimentation, Valentine’s Vibe Shift, and Wine Cork Market

Modern Restaurant Management

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board.

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MRM Research Roundup: Delivery Fraud, the Playground Effect, and Top 100 Places to Eat

Modern Restaurant Management

Data Gaps Hinder Pricing Strategies : 73 percent of operators lack full confidence in their pricing strategy, with most relying on gut instinct or competitor pricing instead of real-time cost analysis. In fact, 80 businesses on the list are priced under 30 dollars per person. percent) and transactions (+3.9

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Quality Matters: An Excerpt from ‘Around the Corner to Around the World’

Modern Restaurant Management

During a contentious meeting that day, my dad argued passionately for quality over price. Charlie and I met for lunch high up at his dining club that overlooked LaSalle Street in the loop. Sure, the occasional fine hotel or restaurant went to great lengths to serve a superlative cup of coffee, but these were the exception to the rule.

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The Stages of Gentrification, as Told by Restaurant Openings

EATER

Between 2000 and 2010, the Latinx population declined 26 percent. Today, Pilsen is one of the hippest areas in Chicago, with a thriving arts scene, fine dining options, and quaint cafes that continue to entice wealthier transplants to the area as working-class Mexicans who have lived there for years are displaced.

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Chefs Dish on Black Comedy

Modern Restaurant Management

"The Menu" hits the screens next month and chefs are already dishing about the black comedy focused on fine-dining. Personally, the end goal for me is to spend more time having “fine dining” experiences and visiting Michelin star restaurants. Here are what some shared with us.

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An Eater’s Guide to Phuket, Thailand’s Island Hotspot

EATER

For excellent food to go along with the stunning beaches, center your dining in and around Phuket Town, perhaps Thailand’s most underrated food destination, with a few excursions for standout meals elsewhere on the island. The casual, almost rural atmosphere, low prices, and solid cooking may make you want to come back every day.

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12 Best Chinese Food Restaurant Chains

Restaurant Clicks

While American Chinese food may not be authentically Chinese, it is certainly one of the most popular cuisines for dining out or ordering in. Chang’s is that it has a great indoor dining atmosphere with dim lighting and a full bar. They also have a permanent buffet at a fixed price, but we recommend ordering off the menu.