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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. To capture their attention and loyalty, businesses, including restaurants, must prioritise easy access and convenience. Nothing is fraud proof.

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Loyalty Programs Driving Returning Customers

Foodable

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. Barron and Malinowski explore building a customer database and cultivating consumer loyalty during COVID-19.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

Modern Restaurant Management

This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors. “This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. To be able to offer these types of resources means a lot.

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Fewer Seats, More Shelves: How Restaurants are Preparing for the Takeout Order Boom

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Since 2014, online ordering for pickup and delivery has grown 300% faster than dine-in traffic. Now, it is crucial that quick-serve and fast-casual restaurants offer the ability to order online. In its early years, digital ordering provided an opportunity to access tech-savvy customers and boost sales.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Welcome to WahlClub and Krystal Winners

Modern Restaurant Management

Wahlburgers launched a mobile app featuring user-friendly experiences such as online ordering and access to extended member benefits through its WahlClub, the brand’s loyalty rewards program., MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC expanded its development agreement with Best Pizza, LLC, their exclusive franchisee in Colorado.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Franchising for Heroes and Shaq-a-Roni for Charity

Modern Restaurant Management

The organization is run by Veterans and former First Responders with a passion for helping heroes in search of their next calling and offers a variety of programs to help veterans and current and former first responders succeed within the franchising space.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Modular Chicken and 2020 Year-End Results

Modern Restaurant Management

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. . ” Fogo de Chão Inks New Deals. .

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