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Top Three Reasons Why Multi-Unit Operators Should be Looking at Fast Casual Brands to Expand their Portfolio in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

According to a study conducted by Technavio , the fast casual restaurant industry will witness a compound annual growth rate of over 12 percent from now until 2026. I believe that fast casual continues to be a great place for savvy multi-unit restaurant franchisees to diversify. Which brings us back to the restaurant industry.

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Raw and Ready: Growing a Healthy Fast Casual

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The owner of Delicious Raw, a healthy fast casual concept launched in 2013, is looking to grow the brand and create a one-stop-shop for healthy consumables for a broad audience. I’ve been in South Florida since 2009, but I really started coming here full time in 2016. I just fell in love with South Florida.

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Investing In Digital Technology Is Investing in Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

It could mean the closure of your business as evidenced by Chi Chi’s, which was once ranked the number one fast-casual Mexican restaurant in the US. of America, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in the nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2008 and 2009 that killed nine people and sickened 714.

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The Current State of the Restaurant Industry | Season 5, Vol. 10: Informa’s Restaurant & Food Group

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I said I got into this industry in the great recession and so I watched firsthand as the fast casual industry emerged back then, added this need to adapt to the state of things back in 2008, 2009, and 2010, you know there was an incredible amount of creativity that came in that season which was primarily I think around culinary and menu and it was (..)

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West Village Pizza Restaurants You Have to Try

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Roberto Caporuscio opened Kesté Pizza & Vino in 2009. Notably, in 2009, GQ Magazine named Joe’s Pizza as one of the “Best 25 Pizzas on Earth.” The restaurant’s vibe is casual and straightforward; the glass front exterior and the clean black and white menu board made for a great atmosphere.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

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Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth.

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‘Party Down’ Returns Sharper, Bleaker, and Funnier Than Before

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And so the long-awaited third season of Party Down , a revival of a 2009 Starz series about a crew of aspiring-actors-cum-dipshit-cater-waiters in Los Angeles, arrives at the perfect time. It isn’t necessarily gentler, but Party Down is a show that’s kept up with the times, one that doesn’t have much interest in punching down.