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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

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Brick and mortar stores will need to elevate their dining experience to be more appealing and more flexible to the changing attitudes and perceptions of the American public. Companies like CMX Cinemas, who depend on their dine-in theater option filed for bankruptcy within the early stages of the pandemic. The Store Experience.

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Microclimates in Dining: Tailoring Spaces for Every Generation

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Nowhere is this more evident than in the consideration of generational differences, which play a large role in shaping dining experiences. From cozy nooks to bustling social hubs, microclimates offer a spectrum of dining experiences aimed at resonating with various demographics.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

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Dash From the Past: A Decade Delivered In 2013, things started off small, with a simple idea. Today, we’re looking back on the decade to see how much our tastes have changed since 2013 and what’s stayed consistent — our passion for chicken sandwiches, for one. Since 2013, more than 600 million (!)

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Beyond Dining in the Dark: What It’s Actually Like to Eat Out When You’re Blind

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Listen to this article In 1999, the first “dining in the dark” restaurant opened in Zurich, Switzerland. The blind waitstaff helps the diners find their seats, and then serves them a series of mystery dishes, which the guests taste and guess at in total darkness. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Why Multi-Unit Operators Should Invest in Brands with Flexible Real Estate Options

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The market is rich with everything from traditional dining room formats in varying sizes to walk-up and drive-thru only prototypes and non-traditional spaces that fit within C-Stores, airports and universities. My team now has two operating restaurants and three under construction throughout the Atlanta area.

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Feast on Sushi, Steak, and Globalization at Iraq’s American-Themed Buffet

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It’s all-American, family-friendly dining — in Iraq. With a flagship 1,800-seat location in the city of Erbil and a second 800-seat location in Sulaimani (also spelled Sulaymaniyah), ABC is one of Iraq’s most popular restaurant brands, with often busy dining rooms, large social media followings, and billboards all over.

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NLRB Joint Employer Final Rule and America’s Classics

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The final rule restores the joint-employer standard that the Board applied for several decades prior to the 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris, but with the greater precision, clarity, and detail that rulemaking allows. As a result, the final rule provides clear guidance in this significant area of the law. Kaplan and William J. Condado Tacos?,