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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the latest Financial Trends Insights from Black Box Financial Intelligence™ , based on data from the week ending June 28, restaurants sales continue improving. See the latest sales and traffic results here: Sales Improve but Restaurants Should Brace Themselves for Challenges Ahead. Financial Trends Insights.

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5 Ways to Control Food Costs in Your Restaurant

Margin Edge

Creating recipes and setting your initial menu pricing is Restaurant 101. Your recipe costing is based on specific ingredient prices, and those will change frequently even if you’ve negotiated set costs with your suppliers. Pricing on some ingredients is innately volatile because of seasonal availability or market forces.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features a gloomy start to the new year, dining trends for 2020, the importance of discounts, holiday gift card sales results, delivery frustrations, soda curiosity and a consumer culture report. Same-store sales growth was -2.1

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Topline numbers show robust restaurant sales growth during November. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percent in November, which represents the third consecutive month of positive sales growth and the strongest since January. Thanksgiving typically represents lower sales volumes for most industry segments.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

Modern Restaurant Management

“The concepts are designed with our consumer in mind and position our stores to grow sales within and outside the four walls, while reducing buildout costs for franchisees.” ” Many of the concepts are designed to grow off-premise sales, including ghost kitchen formats and smaller takeout footprints as low as 1,000 sq.

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Nickel and Dine: How to Stay in Control of Your Food Costs

Margin Edge

Creating recipes and setting your initial menu pricing is Restaurant 101. Your recipe costing is based on specific ingredient prices, and those will change frequently even if you’ve negotiated set costs with your suppliers. Pricing on some ingredients is innately volatile because of seasonal availability or market forces.

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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). broadline foodservice sales of plant-based meat have grown 37 percent in the past year. This data covers U.S.