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2022 Reflections: The Year That Was for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Technomic is forecasting that the industry’s total value will only be 90 percent of 2019’s value in real terms. Increasing menu pricing has helped to offset costs and so far, has continued to attract customers since grocery prices are outpacing the increases in restaurant tickets for dining out." percent in July.

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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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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

46 percent would love to manage their dietary preferences with their favorite establishments. CGA’s latest BeverageTrak data reveals that seasonal trends over the last weeks of 2021 loosely mirrored those seen in 2019 – with a strong build up to Christmas followed by a decline in the week immediately before December 25.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Leveraging transactional, behavioral, demographic, and offline data from their most valued guests, operators can effectively personalize every guest interaction based on their likes, dislikes, dietary restrictions, preferred payment methods, and more, to drive lifetime value. Is it any wonder transactions are declining industry-wide?

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Despite the industry being at its most stable since 2019, customers being more educated and engaged around the issues impacting the food system, and massive strides made in creating sustainable and equitable conditions for staff, rising costs are greatly impacting both operations and the public’s dining out frequency.

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MRM Plant-Based: Trends in Meatless and Copper Branch Expands in Time for Veganuary

Modern Restaurant Management

Menus are accommodating dietary preferences and identities, as well as taking various cultures into consideration, and even creating entire vegan menus. The online survey of 1,000 Americans was fielded by in September 2019 by Edelman Intelligence for Lightlife to measure perspectives on the plant-based category.

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How To Get Your In-House Online Restaurant Ordering System Up And Running

The Restaurant Times

Takeout, drive-through, and delivery accounted for 60% of all restaurant and foodservice sales in October 2019, according to the National Restaurant Association. As a restaurant owner, you have complete control over your restaurant’s online ordering and pickup/delivery experience, including the menu, price, and delivery area.