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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

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Ideal menu price. To put it simply, your cost of goods sold is how much it costs you to produce a menu item. As you add together all of your menu items, you can determine the total cost of everything (to you) that you sell to your guests. Fast-casual: 28.9%. Casual: 33.2%. Upscale casual: 30.4%.

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Investing In Digital Technology Is Investing in Food Safety

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Today’s modern restaurant operators face challenges that no other generation has faced, thanks to COVID-19 closures, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, menu labeling, and food safety challenges. Without investing in training, it’s not a matter of if, but when, disaster will strike and what the collateral damage will be.

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Simple Customer Retention Strategy for Restaurants

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A 2015 study found that nearly 70% of customers don’t return to a restaurant after their first visit, putting the average restaurant customer retention rate at about 30%. The simplest way to collect customer data in a quick-serve or fast-casual restaurant is to have customers supply it on a sheet of paper at the register.

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47 Scaling Restaurants In Scandinavia To Keep An Eye On (Because They Are Awesome)

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These restaurants are scaling fast, and quite often venture far beyond their country of origin. Fast Casual Restaurant. Casual Restaurant. The most important item in their menu, however, is “the good company that creates great memories.” Fast Casual Restaurant. Fast Casual Restaurant.

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

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Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices. In addition to a bold brand and innovative menu with unique takes on Indian Street Food, Curry Up Now offers franchisees industry-leading unit economics.

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German Restaurants Are Expanding: 57 Concepts You Should Know

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Immergrün 70 Outlets Vegetarian Fast Casual Germany Immergrün is evergreen food for fresh people. Nordsee GmbH 370+ Outlets Seafood Fast Casual Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, France Not many modern restaurant chains can claim to have been in the business for more than 120 years.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

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Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth.

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