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Plant Based Protein Adds Innovation, Sustainability and Profits to Restaurant Menus

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Rather today’s consumer demands menu innovation as well as eco-friendly and sustainable practices. Buyer's Edge compared case purchases of meat substitute products by its 20,000+ restaurant customers from 2018 to 2019. There is also reduced cancer risk and a lower risk of food poisoning from undercooking plant based protein.

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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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YEA: Restaurants Showing Resiliency with New Openings

Modern Restaurant Management

New restaurant and food businesses are opening at pre-pandemic levels, with the number of new openings increasingly more in line with 2018 and 2019 volumes, according to third quarter data for the Yelp Economic Average (YEA) report. There were only 100 fewer new restaurant openings in September of this year, compared to September 2019.

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What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022?

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E xperts predict the global hotel industry in 2022 will return to 80 percent of 2019 demand — as more vacationers return to the fold and business travelers book trips once more, how have your offerings adapted to post-pandemic consumer demands? For these travelers, the dining experience will be back on the menu. b3lineicon|b3icon-heart-care|?|Heart

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2022 Reflections: The Year That Was for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry once again proved its resilience in 2022 as it dealt with ongoing obstacles like inflation, supply chain, labor shortages and more. Technomic is forecasting that the industry’s total value will only be 90 percent of 2019’s value in real terms. Here are some of their insights.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

15 percent have ordered alcoholic beverages with food for delivery or takeout, on par with the 18 percent of Canadians that say they’re likely to do this. “The developments and improvements made to delivery and takeout containers, food quality and speed have made a lasting, positive impression,” says Barclay.

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Are Restaurants Ready for the Federal Minimum Wage Increase?

Modern Restaurant Management

federal minimum wage is expected to increase to $15 an hour which will put more pressure on businesses—especially in the hospitality & restaurant industries which employ 37% of workers who earned the federal minimum wage in 2019. One innovative centralized call center for a large U.S. As an example, a large U.S.