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Five Reasons Restaurants Are Upgrading Tech in 2021

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The trends the industry had in 2019 toward improved tech stacks, better reporting, and streamlined operations can’t wait any longer, and restaurants are finding the budget to put toward technology again. Better Compliance with Health and Safety. Technology Consolidation.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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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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Secure Safer Off-Premise Dining

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According to NPD Group data, takeout and delivery orders have increased dramatically, with takeout jumping from 18 percent to 60 percent within the FSR segment from 2019 to 2020. The state of dining has transformed over the last year and a half and continues to rapidly evolve. In the U.S., 1-NPD Group/CREST®, October 2020.

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Enjoy the Holiday Gifts of Efficiency and Savings

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You’re still at just 75 percent of your 2019 head count, and even increasing wages isn’t attracting the people you need. They were previously experiencing kitchen backups because they could only fit so many of their most popular entrees in their ovens at any one time … Or so they thought.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Virtual BBQ and Pieology in China

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Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Digital Dining and ‘Restaurant Recovery’ Show

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Tripadvisor® launched a new suite of “Travel Safe” tools to help consumers find, filter for, and validate health and safety information to feel more confident with their future travel choices across town and around the world. Travel Safe features are available in all 49 markets where Tripadvisor operates.

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‘Bring the Dining Room Experience to the Windows’

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Simply put, the experience should look, feel, smell, and sound differently from their last visit in 2019. What do guests want from QSRs now and how is that changing? Great question. Attention is the new currency, and no empathy will be felt from the guest's perspective if the experience has not evolved since the world reopened.