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How Restaurant Owners Can Prepare for the COVID-19 Cold Weather Lull

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Should you consider entering the food truck business? In fact, the industry had a turnover rate of 75 percent in 2019 and this trend was aggravated in 2020 by the pandemic. Recruiting the right people and investing in them from day one can save you the hassle of finding new people every 6 months. Hire the Right People.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Man Known as ‘Putin’s Chef,’ Explained

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Earlier this month, Prigozhin reportedly visited several Russian prisons in an effort to personally recruit fighters. Who is this preposterously notorious food-industry professional? He left prison in 1990 and began his rise in the food world with a St. This was the proper beginning of Prigozhin’s food empire.

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MRM Research Roundup: Coronavirus Stats and More

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analyzed daily traffic from February 26 through March 7 and compared it to the equivalent period in 2019. believes the coronavirus is not going to have a single blanket impact on all aspects of the economy or even the retail economy or food sector more specifically. Imports during 2019 totaled 21.6 11-16, 2019.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

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They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The economic model makes more sense than traditional brick and mortar so many food businesses are moving in this direction. FAT Brands Chairman and CEO Andy Wiederhorn.

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Ukraine’s Chefs Are Determined to Fight

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A volunteer prepares food in to-go containers at Ramen vs Marketing. Those restaurants joined other hotspots like the Kyiv Food Market, a buzzy food hall that debuted in 2019, and Ramen vs Marketing, a local chain of ramen shops launched in 2016. Courtesy Mary Mykhailenko. And they are determined to fight.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

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In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature Ono Food Co, DoorDash, Parts Town and Heritage Foodservice, Rouxbe, Presto, Burger King and Uber Eats, Pared, Tork, Restaurant Technologies, Willie Degel, Bolay, Ritual, Preoday and TISSL, AdTheorent and Voodoo Doughnut. Ono Food Co. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Currying Up Favor and Committed Taco

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Curry Up Now began as a food truck in 2009 and was founded by husband and wife duo, Akash and Rana Kapoor, and supported by co-founder and Senior VP of Operations, Amir Hosseini. Our business growth in the last decade has positioned us to create change for good and implement creative solutions for our planet, our people and our food.

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