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The Comfort of Pumpkin During the Pandemic

Modern Restaurant Management

While the PSL is a seasonal beverage reserved for the autumn months, Starbucks has offered it earlier and earlier every year. The Saturday and Sunday following the PSL’s launch, foot traffic was a mere 7.7percent and 6.2percent below 2019 levels of the equivalent Saturday and Sunday in 2020.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Some customers have the gift of foresight, using DoubleDash to add on recovery (or hair of the dog) essentials from nearby stores. Diners prefer walk-ins to reservations : Diners were more spontaneous and made more plans to meet up and walk into restaurants. Nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of all reservations were made on mobile.

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Time to Make a Resy | Season 3, Vol. 7: Resy

Foodable

Established in 2014, the app services over 5,000 restaurants globally in over 200 cities, overseeing restaurant reservations via back-end management software. The company was also acquired by American Express in 2019. Restaurants shouldn’t have to pay for the guests who are trying to come to them.”

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How Coronavirus is Impacting Restaurants

Aaron Allen & Associates

March 18, 2020 NRA Recovery & Relief Proposal The National Restaurant Association presents a restaurants recovery and relief proposal to the White House with projections of more than $225b in sales losses and 5–7 million jobs lost. March 13, 2020 OpenTable reports reservations down 36% YOY in the U.S. December 31, 2019.

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How Coronavirus is Impacting Restaurants

Aaron Allen & Associates

March 18, 2020 NRA Recovery & Relief Proposal The National Restaurant Association presents a restaurants recovery and relief proposal to the White House with projections of more than $225b in sales losses and 5–7 million jobs lost. March 13, 2020 OpenTable reports reservations down 36% YOY in the U.S. December 31, 2019.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

Modern Restaurant Management

However, according to a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank, 37 percent of all Americans could not cover an unexpected $400 expense without going into debt. Through Q2, the healthy lifestyle eatery has generated sales approaching its total 2019 sales. Compared to Q2 in 2019, Coolgreens increased sales by 79 percent.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Consumer spending at restaurants was up +32 percent in the April-May-June 2021 quarter compared to the same quarter last year, and for a pre-pandemic view, flat compared to the same quarter in 2019. Despite the gains, FSR dine-in visits are down -37 percent from the second quarter of 2019. foodservice industry. “The U.S.

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