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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

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The best performing segments during Q4 (and those that achieved positive same-store sales growth) were family dining, fine dining and upscale casual. Upscale casual also achieved positive sales growth during Q4 but experienced a small dip in sales for the entire year compared with 2018. For more information, click here.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

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Fast food options usually fall into two buckets: fast, healthy, and unaffordable, or fast, unhealthy, and affordable and nothing in between. Degel opened his first Atlanta-area location in 2016 in suburban Duluth with total indoor/outdoor seating for 150, including an 80-seat outdoor patio. AdTheorent, Inc.,

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Why Brasa Peruvian Kitchen Believes in Higher Wages and Pay Transparency

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The fast casual restaurant space, I don't like saying it, but some brands and entrepreneurs just see individuals as a disposable resource when really, they are the oxygen that's being pumped into the business and the brand. And I said, 'Wow, I wonder if this would work within fast casual restaurants.' And it does.

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MRM Franchise Feed: CPK in Canada and Real Famous BBQ

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Their enthusiasm for our brand coupled with their deep experience developing successful polished casual and fast-casual restaurant brands in Alberta make them the perfect partners to bring CPK into Canada for the first time. Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza is heating up the Midwest with a 16-unit development deal.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Currying Up Favor and Committed Taco

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This investment comes at a pivotal time, as the Indian fast casual has more than 50 franchise and corporate locations in varying stages of development across the United States, including two franchised locations that recently opened in Atlanta and Orange County, California. Curry Up Now Secures Investment.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

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Greg joined the Restaurant Facility Management Association (RFMA) in 2016, earned his Certified Restaurant Facility Professional designation in 2017, was chosen Restaurateur of the Year in 2019, and currently serves on the RFMA Board of Directors. Module 4: Recruitment and Onboarding. Module 2: Self Awareness and Self-Management.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

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As such, a big focus in 2020 will be on how to find, recruit and keep team members. For example, we may see other categories beyond fast casual, quick serve and family dining begin to emerge, such as our company building a new category of “Craft Casual.” Recruiting Platforms.

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