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MRM Research Roundup: Cautious Optimism, Beyond the Burn, and the Taylor Swift Economy

Modern Restaurant Management

It also zooms in on current challenges faced by owners/operators, menu prices and inflation, and tech/AI implementation. While guests may still be feeling the pain of rising menu prices at restaurants, fewer restaurants said that they raised prices this year compared to last year. What Drives Americans to Dine Out?

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Seven Top Restaurant Marketing Ideas And Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

While your restaurant may feature a diverse menu, delicious food, a great ambiance, and excellent customer service, you will still struggle to build a customer base without promoting it. Others tend to emphasize their cheaper menu options. A quick look at your POS data will identify the top three selling items on your menu.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The National Restaurant Association released its 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry Report which examines key factors impacting the restaurant industry including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and food and menu trends across segments from quickservice to fine dining. and report coauthor.

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Face Pay Network, Restaurant of the Future and The Main Course

Modern Restaurant Management

Creating and optimizing the menu based on US Foods’ exclusive food-costing tools, industry analysis and recipes designed by in-house chefs that focus on both profitability and diner trends. The two companies have joined forces to offer a version of Sally the Robot that will exclusively serve Saladworks’ rotating, seasonal menus.

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6 Ways to Strengthen Your Weak Restaurant Culture While Boosting Sales

7 Shifts

Plus, happy employees are more productive, reducing wait times for guests, and more likely to make recommendations or upsell menu items. The high-stress, aggressive and sometimes toxic environment is so well known, it's been made a caricature by mainstream media, is everything from Hell's Kitchen to Disney's Ratatouille.

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For Marginalized Chefs, Are Pop-Ups the Path to Success?

EATER

Mistry and the series’ two other chefs — Jenny Dorsey and Shenarri Freeman — were asked to create a pairing menu for two weekends, a cheese pairing, and a one-night chef’s table dinner, by working with the staff at J Vineyards to execute their food and choose wines. Food shapes our identities — it changes how I see myself and other people.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Virtual BBQ and Pieology in China

Modern Restaurant Management

Earlier this month, the barbecue brand launched their latest social campaign in support of first responders encouraging fans to post a photo of a hero from their community on their personal Facebook or Instagram profile for a chance to win free barbecue for a year or $500 towards a charity of their choice.