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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

Tableside ordering via tablets, tableside payment, POS systems designed with mobility and flexibility in mind have dominated the market growing out of the fast casual. environments and are now seen everywhere from fine dining to counter service and everywhere in between. Ilona Knopfler, Partner, Le Bilboquet.

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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

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For fine dining, around 30 percent. Fast-casual: 28.9%. Casual: 33.2%. Upscale casual: 30.4%. Whereas a bakery or pizzeria's most costly ingredients maybe cheese or chocolate, a fine-dining restaurant's could be shellfish and top-of-the-line beef. Labor costs and labor cost percentage.

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

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You may not have noticed, but some brilliant restaurant chains and franchises are shaking up the dining culture of the Nordic countries, both with new concepts and by revamping old ones. These restaurants are scaling fast, and quite often venture far beyond their country of origin. Fast Casual Restaurant. Oli Oli Poke.

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Our Favorite Places to Eat in Billings

Restaurant Clicks

It boasts an urban, casual, and relaxed atmosphere all at the same time. They also have a spacious dining and lounge room where you can sit to enjoy their extensive wine and beer selection. The chef, Brad Halsten, was the winner of the World Food Championship in 2016, and the Burger Dive was featured on the show Man V Food.

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3 Delicious Secrets of Pairing Wine With Food

A Wine Story

Like most of the top wineries in the Napa Valley, Stags Leap Wine Cellars long ago replaced casual, complimentary wine tasting at the winery bar with elegant, orchestrated “tasting experiences.”. After the tour, your group of 12 (the maximum number permitted) walk to a stunning private dining room overlooking the vineyard.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features a gloomy start to the new year, dining trends for 2020, the importance of discounts, holiday gift card sales results, delivery frustrations, soda curiosity and a consumer culture report. Family and Upscale Dining Outperformed During the Quarter.

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40 Iconic Restaurants That No Longer Exist

RGU

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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