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Designing the Right Audio System for the Modern Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

One study from 2019 from HUI Research suggests that music is not only a key part of creating a restaurant’s brand experience, but choosing the right music can actually lift sales by almost 10 percent. Today’s restaurant operators and managers should recognize the importance that music plays in creating an inviting atmosphere.

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Is the Future of Restaurant Design Off-Premise Focused?

Black Box Intelligence

Chipotle Mexican Grill introduced Chipotlanes in 2019 and accelerated rollouts of the drive-thru system in 2020. Even so, the list is growing of brands that have unveiled new, futuristic designs that prioritize off-premise consumption over dine-in. Design Updates Not Limited to Limited-Service Restaurants.

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How I Got My Job: Designing NYC’s Coolest Restaurant Merch and Food Labels

EATER

From eye-catching labels for chile sauce to restaurant wallpaper, Overice founder Meijun Li translates culinary vision into visual design In How I Got My Job , folks from across the food and restaurant industry answer Eater’s questions about, well, how they got their job. The second part of my job is design.

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Inflation Is Impacting The Restaurant Industry. Here’s How To Fight It.

7 Shifts

To answer this question, we compared 2019 vs 2021 restaurant receipts. in 2019 and $99.50 For this question, we also used 2019 vs 2021 tip data. Patrons are tipping about 18% MORE than they were in 2019. in 2019 and $18.26 Recommended Reading: 6 Restaurant Menu Ideas And 3 Design Trends To Grow Your Revenue.

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Surgical Pricing Strategies: How QSRs Can Navigate Inflation

Modern Restaurant Management

Using the QSR traffic and sales data Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) has been gathering for 25-plus years, our analysts recently completed an exhaustive comparison of pre and post-pandemic data, comparing the first two quarters of 2022 and 2023 to the same period in 2019. Since 2019, however, QSR traffic has been down nearly 20% (18.4

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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. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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Winter 2019 F&B Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

California Grapples with Regulation of Home Kitchens : On October 7, 2019, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 377, to increase regulations on microenterprise home kitchens. New York City Bans Foie Gras : On October 30, 2019, the New York City Council passed an animal welfare bill package with a 42-6 vote. Legislation.

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