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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. After a tough 2017, family dining has been experiencing a resurgence and had strong same-store sales growth during 2019. 58 percent of restaurant companies said recruiting difficulty increased for restaurant managers. percentage points over Q3.

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3 Ways to Get the Most Value From Content Marketing

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In order to make your content useful, you should recruit writers who understand the material. Some even argue that the entire practice is dead and shifting towards different strategies, like influencer marketing. As we just learned, consumers still prefer blog posts as one of their top methods for learning new skills.

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

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The campaign provides free evidence-based resources and creative materials to hospitals and other organizations to encourage people to start with a small change that can influence larger shifts in their diet and can improve their health and help reduce environmental impact. as well as in other healthcare systems around the country.

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

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The most notorious is Mario Batali of Food Network fame, who had numerous sexual harassment allegations made against him in 2017. Is there something in the hiring or recruiting process that leaves women out? Every recruit gets a copy of the Hopdoddy “Journey”. Most of these incidents don't make headlines.

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The Latest Beard Awards Drama: A Smashed Award and Resignations

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My issue is that this is a symptom of historic corruption and a misuse of influence that only seems to get worse the more significant these awards seem to get. Toward the end of our cycle, which is where we are now, we begin recruiting new members and judges who will be invited to apply for the next awards season. My issue isn’t that.

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Stone Barns Claims It’s Fixing Agriculture. Former Employees Say the Farm Was Plagued by Dysfunction.

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Because of the pervasive influence of the Rockefeller family and Stone Barns in the relatively small world of sustainable agriculture, a number of people who spoke for this story did not wish to be identified. Workers plow fields at the Stone Barns farm in Pocantico Hills, New York, in April 2017.