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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences.

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Sweetgreen Wants You to Do Sad Bowl Dinner Too

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This isn’t the first time Sweetgreen employees have spoken up against the company; in 2020, a former employee sued Sweetgreen , alleging sexual harassment and gender discrimination, and employees sued the company at least three times between 2014 and 2017, according to Inc. Instagram recipe developer Nasim Lahbichi partnered with Cava.

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Eight Ways Restaurants Can Prepare for a New Normal 

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Restaurant management software company Upserve and restaurant-architect William Duff speak here about evolving trends they are seeing and discussed some ways the dining experience might look and feel different as the new normal unfolds. Partnering a Fine Dining Experience with a Take-Out Option.

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What Can Danny Meyer’s Hospitality Ethos Do For Panera Bread Workers?

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That means that Meyer will exert his influence on Panera Bread, a fast-casual restaurant with more than 2,000 locations and a ferocious fanbase for its broccoli and cheddar soup and generally “wholesome” on-the-go options. But in the context of a fast food restaurant, Meyer’s hospitality ethos feels a little murky.

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Souvla Streamlines Self-Pick Up Ordering

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The Fast Casual Nation Podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurateurs who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. We’re not doing indoor or outdoor dining.” Souvla’s mantra is “make it nice and be nice.”

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How I Got My Job: Running NYC’s Hottest Indian Restaurants and Winning a James Beard Award

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In addition to these celebrated restaurants, the duo and their team also run fast-casual fried chicken concept Rowdy Rooster , the Biryani Bol delivery operation, and immersive virtual reality dining experience Aerobanquets RMX. When you work in fine dining restaurants, there’s a specific mindset you have.

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40 Iconic Restaurants That No Longer Exist

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In 1971, the building where fast food was born was demolished and turned into an unofficial museum for the chain by restaurateur Albert Okura. ​1968: Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken ​ Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken was a fast food franchise started in 1966 as a competitor for the nationwide sensation Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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