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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. percent between 2015 and 2018, compared with a 2.5

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). Please send plant-based news to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Restaurant Industry Suppliers: Time to Retool and Realign

Aaron Allen & Associates

Between 2015 and 2017, Chipotle had a series of foodborne illness outbreaks related to compromised food safety. As a result, between September 2015 and January 2016, the company lost $10.5B Technology has not been widely adopted primarily because incumbents have done little to innovate and bring to market compelling reasons to switch.

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Modernization’s Impact on the Foodservice Investment Thesis

Aaron Allen & Associates

Creating a compelling and modernized investment thesis requires superior intelligence and insights relative to understanding the landscape and how the consumer and competition are being reshaped, from the decline of casual dining to the rise of new formats. For mature brands, there’s expansion and consolidation. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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MRM Franchise Feed: Kitchen of the Future, Restaurant Sherpas and Dunkin’ Hirin’

Modern Restaurant Management

“Superlative cuisine, an innovative cocktail program, and an atmosphere I know our customers will really enjoy. “Nothing new or innovative has been done nationally in full-service restaurants or taverns,” said Fransmart CEO Dan Rowe. “The D.C. ” Atlanta Taffer's Tavern. and Del Taco. John Fuller.

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MRM People & Places: Game On at Walk-On’s and Gingerbread Houses for Humanity

Modern Restaurant Management

The hibachi and ramen kitchen will offer a unique twist on both Japanese traditions, blending the best of both art forms to create a craveable dining destination in a fast-casual setting. “I want to show people that hibachi and ramen can be just as thoughtful and delicious in a casual setting,” said Liang.

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White Castle Flips for Flippy and Burma Bites

Modern Restaurant Management

“With 92% of restaurant traffic now off-premise, this funding gives us the opportunity to provide more restaurants with innovative ways to reach more consumers. Coatue led the investment in this round alongside other prominent industry innovators and investors in Lunchbox’s seed round.