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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

percent growth over the fourth quarter of 2017. percent since Q3 of 2017. The best performing segments during Q4 (and those that achieved positive same-store sales growth) were family dining, fine dining and upscale casual. Same-store sales growth during Q4 shows restaurant sales decreased by -0.1 percentage points over Q3.

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31 NYC Wine Bars You Should Check Out

Restaurant Clicks

Here, you can casually sip on some wine and nibble on small plates designed to share. Anfora is very much a casual wine bar. Plus, its small plates feature influence from California too. It offers creative dishes with French influence, like the croque monsieur or madame and the quiche of mimolette. Make a Reservation.

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Who’s the Most Food-Famous of Them All? 

EATER

Ask the Extremely Online who Alison Roman is and they’ll probably provide you with a different answer than someone who casually picked up one of her cookbooks at a local bookstore. From 2017 to 2019, search interest for Brown at these Thanksgiving peaks was even equal to search interest for Martha Stewart. Where : All U.S.

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Where to Get the Freshest Sushi in San Francisco

Restaurant Clicks

From elegant and intimate omakase experiences to fun and casual fusion finds, this city has it all. Owned by 2017 Michelin Star Chef Geoffrey Lee and his business partner Tom Truong, Jun-Ji serves incredible nigiri sourced from Japan, all of which pairs beautifully with their extensive sake selections.

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‘It Was a Losing Fight to Write Anything That Wasn’t “Ethnic”’

EATER

But as the casual viewer noticed — and as stories about Bon Appétit ’s corporate culture have revealed in recent weeks — it is almost always only white food writers, chefs, and recipe developers who get to adopt personas that go beyond their ethnicity. In many cases, the employees’ personalities were turned into their personal brands.

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Modernization’s Impact on the Foodservice Investment Thesis

Aaron Allen & Associates

Creating a compelling and modernized investment thesis requires superior intelligence and insights relative to understanding the landscape and how the consumer and competition are being reshaped, from the decline of casual dining to the rise of new formats. in 2017) and EV/Revenue of 1.4x (up from 1.0x foodservice market. In the U.S.,

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