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A Square Outage Hits the Service Industry Hard

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Square’s point-of-sale system is used by millions of small businesses. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The point-of-sale system has experienced widespread disruptions to multiple services On Thursday, the payment processing company Square experienced a widespread outage.

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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. March Sales Decline. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March.

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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features top trends for 2020, how 2020 changed food and the year's top wines. Top Restaurant Trends. BentoBox released its comprehensive 2020 Restaurant Trend Report. spent per order, on average, across restaurant websites.

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New-Wave Bakeries Are on the Rise in Puerto Rico

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José Rodriguez piping local herb cream cheese for his smoked salmon cups at Levain Artisan Breads. Rafael Ruiz Mederos After decades of industrialized baked goods, Puerto Rico welcomes a generation of bakeries redefining the island’s traditions with local ingredients and global techniques Soft, doughy pan sobao is ubiquitous in Puerto Rico.

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The Next Generation of American Cheese

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We’re at the point where we can all admit it’s good. In fact, its lack of quality is often the point, a grand embrace of the lowbrow and cheap that is the cornerstone of so much comfort food. You ever top a burger with fresh mozzarella and watch as it sits there and does everything but melt? American cheese is not a quality product.

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Pizza Technology Growing at an Accelerated Pace?

Aaron Allen & Associates

A few highlights of our findings: In the last decade, independent pizzerias in America have lost 21 percent market share in terms of sales and 19 percent market share in terms of units to chains. Domino’s get’s three-quarters of sales from online channels; for independents, this is only 20%.

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Black Vintners and Wine Professionals in the Spotlight?

Sante

The interest and sales of Black-owned wineries are up. Business was growing when Long entered a partnership with Bronco Wine National Sales and Marketing in early 2020 to nationally distribute a new white Longevity label. Sunny days are ahead for Black vintners. In 1940 John June Lewis Jr. We welcome all wine professionals to join.”

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