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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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OpenTable will recommend which actions restaurants can take like running a marketing campaign or managing guest reviews to help them grow their business. billion dollars in 2016 and experienced a staggering 300 percent surge to a $4.65 Before the coronavirus affected the way U.S. billion valuation in 2017. Self-Fill Bottle Program.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-May 2021 Edition

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Guest Intent Shows Positive Trend. While the recovery has not been universal or consistent – due to geographical, economic, and household differences – there are a number of key overarching trends. In fact, 67 percent of all SMBs fear that inflation will hurt their recovery. Online sales grew 19.9 percent and 95.6

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Changes at McDonald’s and Reducing Food Waste

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Increasing industry awareness of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act (“Act”) so as to encourage safe and effective food donation and recovery. This frees up time to focus on guests, while the features do the hard work on their behalf. Restaurant management can set these features, and then forget them.

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