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[Data] Fast Casual Restaurant Trends: Sales and Labor

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Coming out of 2020, few restaurant types were better prepared for the new normal than quick service and fast casual. They had streamlined menus, more digital presence than their full-service counterparts, and dining rooms weren't an integral part of the fast casual experience. Fast Casual Labor Numbers. Table of Contents.

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Best Practices for Launching Online Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

Some of those challenges, particularly for smaller, local restaurants, include implementing online ordering, creating a digital presence, and offering delivery for the first time. Even before current events arose, online ordering capabilities and digital touchpoints were becoming nearly ubiquitous. Update Online Ordering Technology.

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

Modern Restaurant Management

These features include tableside mobile ordering, NFC contactless payments, and direct online ordering. They also have the choice of using the MarketConnect app to order and pick up from a designated shelf onsite, avoiding interactions and maintaining necessary social distancing.

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

EATER

I’d eaten my fair share of “barbacoa” at Chipotle, where its shredded-beef burrito was my splurge order. But as we reckon with the complicated intersection of social and political structures behind food, we have an opportunity to demand a very different future for fast casual. I thought I did. But the stakes are now higher than ever.

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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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From 2019 to 2020: Tech-xtualizing the Three Major Challenges Restaurants Face

Modern Restaurant Management

From infamous chicken sandwich wars to on-trend plant-based burgers and acai bowls, it’s safe to say that 2019 was a trademark year for restaurants. With all of 2019’s success, restaurant operators are also facing challenges that can be addressed with the help of technology in the New Year. trillion in sales by 2030.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The new report captures a steady rise in mobile ordering, reinforcing the critical importance of mobile initiatives for restaurant brands. According to the data, consumers deleted restaurant apps if menu items were missing or if there was limited ability to customize orders. Mobile orders are on the rise.

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