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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: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual. In the U.K. In the U.S.

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A Yum! Habit, Chasing DoorDash and BellaBot

Modern Restaurant Management

parent company of fast-casual restaurant chain The Habit Burger Grill, for approximately $375 million in a cash transaction. “As a fast-casual concept with strong unit economics, The Habit Burger Grill is a fantastic addition to the Yum! Beefing Up with Habit Acquisition. Brands, Inc. and internationally.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). Over the past two years, the number of Brits who have eaten meat-free foods* has shot up from 50 percent in 2017 to 65 percent in 2019.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Greek from Greece Grows and Hearts Afire for Mac & Cheese

Modern Restaurant Management

Founded in Dubai in 2017, Kitopi began serving Brooklyn in November of 2019, and expanded to Manhattan in early 2020, following successful expansion through the Middle East and London. "This “I wanted to combine the fast-paced style of the East Coast with the laid-back atmosphere of Greek coffee culture.

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Indian Fried Chicken Is Its Own Beautiful Thing

EATER

The fast-casual counter space on Manhattan’s 1st Avenue — once occupied by a late-night roast beef sandwich joint but abandoned years ago — might feel like fast food, with its buns and buckets, its fried potatoes, and its hyper-colored mural of a rooster. The fast-casual dining room at Rowdy Rooster. Clay Williams.

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How Restaurant CEO Priorities are Evolving in 2020

Aaron Allen & Associates

Here, we round up ten factors influencing how leaders are evolving their views and approach. Outsourcing and Rationalizing Corporate Headcount The C-suite is not recalculating or computing as fast as the variables of the calculus are changing. March 17, 2017. Read More ». What to Do When Sales Are Down.

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