Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Randy’s Donuts began franchising domestically in the summer of 2019. Randy's Donuts Plans Aggressive Expansion. In total, 165 stores are set to open.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. The new formats come on the heels of a major multi-unit franchise development strategy announced last month that is set to grow the brand to 2,000 units.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Curry Up Now will be the first restaurant is L2V’s portfolio and the investment will support the rapid growth and expansion of both corporate and franchised locations. "We

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. ICV will combine the remaining DRH and JK&T Wings sports bars, which it acquired in October 2019, making the combined company the largest franchisee of BWW.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

What can restaurant owners and managers do to better engage workers and increase retention in the long run? Often, this leads to rushed, poor communication between managers and employees, which in turn creates frustration among staff and even disgruntlement. But research shows recognition is more important than ever.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

From infamous chicken sandwich wars to on-trend plant-based burgers and acai bowls, it’s safe to say that 2019 was a trademark year for restaurants. With all of 2019’s success, restaurant operators are also facing challenges that can be addressed with the help of technology in the New Year. trillion in sales by 2030.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. ” Taco John’s Launches Aggressive Franchising Initiative. In 2019, Taco John’s unveiled an updated brand and restaurant design.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Tropical Smoothie Cafe signed two multi-unit franchise agreements to develop 38 new cafes across the state of Colorado, including a 27-unit deal and an 11-unit deal. . "My

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 21, 2020

The idea of using social media marketing to attract customers, all the while managing inventory and payroll, can be exhausting. But millennials and Gen-Z are quickly becoming the largest generation, overtaking baby boomers in 2019. A post shared by Dunkin’ (@dunkin) on Dec 30, 2019 at 12:00pm PST. What’s your brand?

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 27, 2025

But learning how to make his wife a great bagel ended up creating a business, Jeff’s Bagel Run, which now has 15 locations and is franchising. And it turned out to be Justin Wetherill, the founder of the uBreakiFix tech repair chain, who had built that company to more than 500 units before selling it in 2019. And he loved bagels.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. To that end, Krystal has engaged The Cypress Group, a specialized investment banking firm, to manage the refranchising initiative. Krystal Eyes Refranchising.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

First-time Chicken Salad Chick (CSC) franchise owner Claibourne (Clay) Rogers was introduced to the fast-casual concept in 2015 when she served as an account director at the brand’s public relations firm, Fish Consulting. They gravitated to franchising because they had no experience in opening a business.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Clever marketing and strong branding from a restaurant’s corporate offices can boost sales for franchised restaurants. A lack of communication can take a serious toll on franchise owners, particularly in the realm of finances. Restaurants that franchise tend not to own many locations as a company.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Leading the Tampa expansion are Tammy and Brad Cochran of Tampa Bay CSC, multi-unit Chicken Salad Chick franchise owners. ” The Dolly Llama Looking to Franchising.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

According to the Organic Trade Association , organic food products accounted for 90 percent of a $55B organic product industry in 2019. In 2010 the organic food sector reached $5B. COVID-19 just seemed to pour fuel on those growth numbers, and 2020 is on track to exponentially surpass last year's records.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. " Restaurant real estate changes to align with consumer preference.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

Take it Local : A large number of QSR locations are franchised, meaning the owner is operating similar to a small business. Local franchise owners can appeal to the local consumer by putting a personal face behind a big name QSR brand. It’s easy for consumers to believe these restaurants are fully protected by a corporation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. ” The company currently has over 460 locations system-wide*, with an additional 20+ stores slated to open by the end of 2019. New App for Wahlburgers. top photo.

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EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The California Restaurant Association , in fact, joined forces with a state gas utility, SoCalGas, to recently beat back a 2019 Berkeley ordinance banning natural gas in all new buildings, even though the rule wouldn’t have affected existing restaurants. Not all California restaurateurs agree. We’re very open to induction.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

For example, in 2019, a Cincinnati-based restaurant, Buffalo Wings & Rings, a franchise with 60 locations across the U.S, Restaurants can benefit from reaching out to diners on social media or via email to let them know their support is appreciated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. Lef f , Co-Managing Partner of Ervin Cohen & Jessup. Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features Grubhub's State of the Plate 2020 trend report, the fragility of "open," di g ital resilience and brand intimacy. Similar to Grubhub's 2019 Year in Food Report , diners are continuing to eat vegan and vegetarian dishes.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Clean Juice is the first and only USDA-certified organic Juice Bar franchise in the United States, serving a deliciously fresh menu of cold-pressed juices to protein smoothies, to avocado toast, and more. I've seen 7shifts from an employee side to a manager side to a corporate side, and it just works. It's simple. Elijah Selent. “My

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Toast secured a $400M Series F funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, TPG, Greenoaks Capital, and Tiger Global Management with participation from Durable Capital Partners LP, TCV, funds and accounts advised by T. She has a degree in hospitality management from Boston University and earned her MBA from the University of Miami.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

times the average monthly payroll costs during a specific period (calendar year 2019 for most). $10 Restaurants and franchises are waived from the SBA’s current affiliation rules within certain criteria – great news for entities with private equity investors. 10 million.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2024

The popularity of drive-thru continues as sales are up 30 percent since 2019. An intuitive content management system (CMS) empowers you to feature the right items and promotions at the right time of day to boost sales. But what do customers want from the drive-thru experience and how can QSRs better meet those needs?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

“We encourage that behavior of always giving back to the community that we have our stores in,” explained Kim Jackson, District Manager and Franchise Trainer for The Human Bean. Jean also saw the need for a robust labor management software that appealed to the requirements of a foodservice enterprise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2020

2019) It stands to reason that businesses would not have the ability to prevent the COVID-19 outbreak by reasonable care or foresight. However, the challenges presented as a result of this situation could easily affect people’s livelihoods for years. Black’s Law Dictionary 11th ed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Off-premise dining now accounts for 60 percent of total sales in 2020 compared to 40 percent in 2019. With many out of work in 2020, franchises like Sonny’s BBQ will offer competitive opportunities for potential franchisees to enter the food service industry and start their own business. ?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their perspection on 2020: What lessons did you learn and what do you feel the restaurant industry learned this year? Rick Camac Dean, Restaurant & Hospitality Management at ICE (Institute of Culinary Education). Here are their responses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2019

There are more than one million restaurants in the United States and the industry projects $863 billion in sales in 2019. And, although many people think that the restaurant industry is dominated by franchises, 70 percent of restaurants are single-unit operations, according to the National Restaurant Association.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Hoeckendorf began her journey with Boston Market at the beginning of 2019 and came on as the Senior Director of Off-Premise Sales. In 2004, Hoeckendorf started to explore new roles at Starbucks and worked in just about every café position including General Manager before being promoted to District Manager of Company Stores.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

“It has been heartwarming to see amazing acts of kindness throughout our system by our franchise owners, team members and customers over the last few weeks,” said Frances Allen, CEO of Checkers & Rally’s. " As of December 2019, the Feeding America network of food banks served about 40 million people a year. . "Subway's

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 4, 2020

Remember: The DOL is currently using reported income from 2019 to calculate the weekly benefit amount. Most of the issues reported to me involve lack of income during the 2019-time frame. The company also has a management division that manages full-service restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2020

The enacted version of the bill permits franchise locations to seek loans, because any business in the Food Services sector with not more than 500 employees per physical location is eligible to receive a covered loan. This provision corrects an error in the 2017 tax bill, which left out the 15-year depreciation on restaurant improvements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

“The genesis of this study was the ‘Fight for $15’ movement, which focused heavily on hourly service jobs, such as those in franchised quick service restaurants,” she said. As one visual example, here’s a closer look at Memorial Day’s 2019 vs. 2020 traffic: Holiday Expectations.

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