MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2020 Edition

21 Min Read By MRM Staff

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," digital resilience and brand intimacy.Financial Trends InsightsAccording to the latest Financial Trends Insights from Black Box Financial Intelligence™, based on data from the week ending June 28,  restaurants sales continue improving.

See the latest sales and traffic results here: Sales Improve but Restaurants Should Brace Themselves for Challenges Ahead.  

Excluding the previous two weeks (in which a shift in Father’s Day compared with last year affected sales results) the week ending June 28 had the best comp sales results for the industry since the week ending March 8; the week before a national emergency was declared due to the pandemic. 

Limited-service brands continue doing much better regarding sales growth year over year. 

Quick service has reached nine consecutive weeks of strong…