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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Expect to see more self-ordering kiosks already present at Taco Bell, Panera and McDonalds. Retail Is Remodeling and Partnering. Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal.

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Four Industry Trends to Boost Your Restaurant Business

Modern Restaurant Management

On top of that, retail sales of plant-based foods that directly replace animal products grew by 17% from August 2017 through August 2018. Approximately 38 percent of dining trips somehow involve the use of a mobile device, a Windstream Enterprise study found. Menu Upgrades.

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Why Driving Traffic is Still Central to Restaurant Marketing

RGU

Providing in-store tablets and touch-screens to allow for self-serve ordering and implementing digital signage and opening online click-and-collect services are all now quickly becoming de rigueur. retailers value the impact on both visits and sales that DTS can drive for their brands and cite that as a key reason for investing.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Consumers are still very willing to get mobile and visit your stores for pick-up.

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The Great Birria Boom

EATER

In LA at the time, traditional birrierias were mostly weekend-only, family outings for breakfast, and Mexican-American crowds were used to ordering from large taco menus, but the ambitious brothers had bigger dreams. “We “We thought that it’d be a hit if people ate birria while they waited to get their haircuts.”.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds.

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New HotSchedules Features Support Oregon’s Fair Work Week Requirements

Hot Schedules

Enacted in July 2018, the scope of this ruling includes retail, hospitality or food service employers with 500 or more employees. Once your employees opt-in with either the mobile or web app, they will be flagged in the Scheduler making it easy to offer additional shifts to your volunteers. Want to Learn More?