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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. Here are three reasons why.

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Raw and Ready: Growing a Healthy Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

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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Oches, who started out as a reporter but had never worked in the restaurant space, this past May became the Editorial Director at Informa where they cover restaurants, supermarkets, food management, hospitality news, and recently added podcasts.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. March Sales Decline. percent in March.

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47 Scaling Restaurants In Scandinavia To Keep An Eye On (Because They Are Awesome)

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These restaurants are scaling fast, and quite often venture far beyond their country of origin. Fast Casual Restaurant. Casual Restaurant. Fast Casual Restaurant. Copenhagen is a lively place with many good eateries, but Pico Pizza has managed to stand out. Fast Casual Restaurant.

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Sweetgreen’s IPO Proves, Once and for All, That It’s a Big Boy Tech Company

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The salad chain has a billion-dollar valuation and no profitability in sight This week, fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen announced its intent to go public and start trading on the New York Stock Exchange. More than a decade after it was founded in 2009, Uber is finally hoping to have its first profitable quarter — ever!