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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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Cost Accounting for Restaurants: A Step-by-Step Guide

Paper Chase Accountancy

These revenue centers can include different sections of their business such as the dining area, bar, or even external sources like franchise disclosure documents. For instance, tracking food costs can help identify trends, anticipate price increases, and adjust menu pricing accordingly.

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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.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

And customers questioned the value they got for their money at all three chains in written reviews, citing high prices, watery drinks and dissatisfying customer service. The median price they would pay for a medium cup of coffee was $4. Teens continue to prefer energy drinks over coffee and soda as their source of energy.

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Five Things Every Restaurant Can Do to Boost Profits While Reopening

Modern Restaurant Management

Taking the example of dishes with a high ‘perceived value’, such as proteins, desserts and drinks, can allow for higher prices and better the bottom line. CoGS for the period is $2000. You purchased $1,000 in ground beef patties at the beginning of the week. At the end of the week, you had inventory worth $4,000.

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The Stages of Gentrification, as Told by Restaurant Openings

EATER

Community activists were able to resist these efforts through the early 1990s, but by the 2000s, political leaders, including the community’s alderman, invited pricey new development into the neighborhood, paving the way for rapid change. Between 2000 and 2010, the Latinx population declined 26 percent.

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Why Are the World’s Greatest Mangoes Almost Impossible to Buy in the U.S.?

EATER

I pulled the car around and watched a massive garage door open to reveal my prize: a stack of mango boxes on a dolly cart, this batch with a going price of about $8 per fruit. In every single case, the mangoes were sourced off WhatsApp. is the second largest importer of mangoes in the world, with the majority sourced from Mexico.

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