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10 Alternative Foodservice Formats Impacting the Restaurant Industry

Aaron Allen & Associates

of consumer foodservice sales globally, but it’s significantly higher in more developed regions like Western Europe (7.2%) and North America (4.5%). The vending machine model has clear benefits for unit economics, both from the CAPEX investment point of view and labor and staffing cost optimization.

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P.F. Chang’s To Go and Wing Squad Delivers

Modern Restaurant Management

Under Allen’s leadership, this C-suite team has been instrumental in implementing a multi-faceted transformation plan designed to ensure long-term sustainability, enhance brand relevance, accelerate innovation, improve guest satisfaction, increase overall profitability and create a clear growth plan to propel the company forward.

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MRM Franchise Feed: CPK’s Franchise Momentum and Rex’s Rebuilds

Modern Restaurant Management

Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. CPK Brings on Franchise Veteran. California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) today announced the appointment of Giorgio Minardi as Executive Vice President of Global Development & Franchise Operations. and the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno, Nev.,

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Coffee News Recap, 29 Apr: Nespresso becomes B Corp, PRF Colombia announces scholarship programme & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Uwera has also led projects on sustainable solutions, advocacy, technical capacity-building, and improving market access and digital financial solutions for small and medium enterprises – including coffee businesses. National Labour Relations Board files for injunction over firing unionised Starbucks employees. Wed, 27 Apr.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

These include marketing, website development, omnichannel payments and point-of-sale (POS) solutions. "We're In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature real-time data on consumer behavior and the move to #cutoutcutlery. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc. secured $60 million in Series C funding.

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How to Cook a Direwolf

EATER

It was April 2017, a seventh season of the show would air in a couple of months, and a friend had come to Chicago to attend this dinner with me, not because we loved Game of Thrones — neither of us had watched for years at that point — but because the idea of a fannish dinner was exciting. This version was dyed with squid ink.)

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. Food Halls – the numbers for current and future growth are substantial.

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