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HotSchedules Spark 2018: Reigniting your Restaurant Brand through Innovation

Hot Schedules

That’s why more than 230 industry leaders and innovators gathered in Austin, TX, for the 2018 edition of Spark, a conference by HotSchedules. We could go on all day about all of the things we learned at Spark 2018, but let’s try to boil it down to our three big takeaways: The Power in Partnerships.

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Raw and Ready: Growing a Healthy Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

The owner of Delicious Raw, a healthy fast casual concept launched in 2013, is looking to grow the brand and create a one-stop-shop for healthy consumables for a broad audience. We first launched Delicious Raw in 2013 and once we opened our Miami Beach location in 2018, there was no turning back. Flemming Madsen.

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Why Do Fast-Casual Restaurants Get a Pass on Appropriation?

EATER

But such is the world of giant quick-service and fast-casual business : Find interesting, “trendy,” flavorful ideas from any culture, dilute them into their most mass-marketable forms, and reap monetary gain without acknowledging the sources. billion in revenue and close to 2,500 locations as of 2018 , Chipotle’s influence is undeniable.

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Plant Based Protein Adds Innovation, Sustainability and Profits to Restaurant Menus

Sante

Rather today’s consumer demands menu innovation as well as eco-friendly and sustainable practices. Buyer's Edge compared case purchases of meat substitute products by its 20,000+ restaurant customers from 2018 to 2019. Restaurants can accomplish these goals while adding to their bottom line. from $62 a case to $99 a case.

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6 Innovative Restaurant Marketing Strategies To Win Customer Trust In Omicron Times

The Restaurant Times

More casual eateries may wish to just give regular customers a discount. In 2018, Domino’s New Pizza Chef, for example, employed augmented reality to provide customers with a real-time experience of creating a pizza combination via a mobile app. . When done effectively, restaurant loyalty programs can increase repeat sales.

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10 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

7 Shifts

After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (52%, up from 31% in 2018) and payroll software (50%, up from 28% in 2018), according to a study from Toast. Restaurant technology has seen innovation in the form of smart devices for the commercial kitchen. CrowdTangle.

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Exploring Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018, he launched the podcast, Flavors Unknown, featuring a series of conversations with acclaimed and award-winning chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists from around the United States. Since the pandemic, many chefs created fast-casual concepts and we see more and more tasting and prix-fix menus.

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