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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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To Protest and (Refuse to) Serve

EATER

On July 4, 2019, Tempe, Arizona police officers were outraged. In recent years, cops were denied service at an Arby’s in Florida , and at a Whataburger in Texas, where an employee refused to serve them because she said cops had beaten up her boyfriend. also spoke out against serving the police. A location of Di Bruno Bros.

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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. To light the way , a new wave of fast casuals is actively changing the status quo.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Consumer Data Analytics Reveal Dining Patterns to Attract Customers 

Modern Restaurant Management

restaurants today than in 2019 and it is not clear when —if ever — they’re coming back. That’s roughly 72,000 fewer than in 2019. For casual dining habits at restaurants like Olive Garden: 56 percent said they ate at casual restaurants frequently or occasionally. including restaurants.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. First, at 2.1 Sunday sales were up 22.8

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2019 Restaurant Trend Report

Goliath Consulting

In the Food Service industry, 2019 is bringing in its own wave of fresh trends! The desire for convenience and the popularity of fast-casual dining remains important to diners in this new year. To protect this asset, diners choose restaurants that serve quality food in an efficient manner.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Intriguingly, it appears fast casual restaurants have started taking back the customers they lost to quick serve restaurants since the pandemic, with consumers visiting fast casual restaurants more often, up to 24 percent from 21 percent in May. Fast Casual. Fast casuals are beginning to take back their customers.

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