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Why Do Fast-Casual Restaurants Get a Pass on Appropriation?

EATER

I’d eaten my fair share of “barbacoa” at Chipotle, where its shredded-beef burrito was my splurge order. But as we reckon with the complicated intersection of social and political structures behind food, we have an opportunity to demand a very different future for fast casual. I thought I did.

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Fast-Casual: A New Dining Style for a New Generation

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In recent years, fast-casual establishments have dominated the restaurant industry. Fast-casual restaurants are adapting to meet the demand of their customers. With fast-casual restaurants popping up all over the United States, many restaurant owners are eager to get on board.

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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. This movement toward more sustainably sourced food in both our fast-casual and fine dining restaurants will continue to expand in the future.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news about an influx of catering orders, the topic of tipping, the rise of kiosks and affordable Michelin restaurants. Of that increase, 30 percent came through Catering Online Ordering, which launched in Q3 2023. On average, catering orders ticket sizes in Q4 2023 were $160.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

In the hospitality industry today, it’s imperative to have up to date technology solutions with features that allow for contact-free planning, ordering, payments and delivery/pick-up. The more seamless this experience is for customers, the more likely they are to order through a venue today and in the future.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-January 2020 Super Bowl Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The report also found that businesses in states that voted Republican in the 2016 presidential election outpaced the economic growth of businesses in states that voted Democratic. starting from the fourth quarter of 2016 nationally, as well as in 50 metros and every state including Washington D.C., A weak fourth quarter, down 1.4

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Firehouse Subs Prioritizes Consistency, Quality, and Speed of Service

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Rappaport joined the Firehouse Subs team in 2016. Firehouse Subs is a fast casual restaurant chain based in Jacksonville, Florida. Firehouse Subs provides tablets at every available counter—meaning that much of the time, employees never even see or interact with customers—as well as online ordering service Rapid Rescue.