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MRM Research Roundup: Holiday Spending, Franchise Optimism, and Pickle Energy

Modern Restaurant Management

Renewed Optmism Ahead for Franchise Landscape The last five years have provided significant challenges to the restaurant franchise industry. Franchise 2.0: Meeting these consumer expectations and employee needs is pushing restaurant franchises towards artificial intelligence and automation. That’s up from $18.61

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TGI Fridays Files Voluntary Chapter 11

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In a statement, the owner and operator of 39 domestic restaurants in the casual dining chain, says its expects to use the time and legal protections made available through the Chapter 11 restructuring process to allow the company to explore strategic alternatives in order to ensure the long-term viability of the brand. "The

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New Restaurant Technology that Propels Business

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Digital Ordering Systems If you are still scheduling shifts with pen and paper, 2020 is the year to change that. Several franchise restaurants are already using them. Kiosks give fast-casual restaurants the opportunity to focus more on operations and the customer experience—it’s a win all-around.

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How Edge Computing Will Define the Future of Your Restaurant

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With escalating costs, persistent labor challenges, and operational inefficiencies eating into already thin margins, restaurant brandsparticularly enterprise fast casual and QSR chainsneed solutions that deliver immediate value and impact. Employing 15.5 Qu is a stark difference from our previous system.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

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– Dimitra O'Rourke, Broken Yolk Café’s VP of Tech and Franchise Support We’ve seen lasting change in the five years since the pandemic, still feeling the impact of the behaviors and actions of that time. – Rushi Patel is the CRO & Co-Founder of Homebase In January of 2020, my company launched.

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Melting Pot names its first new CEO in years

Restaurant Business

Crawford joined Melting Pot in March 2020 as EVP of operations. He will replace longtime leader Bob Johnston, who began working at Melting Pot as a dishwasher at 14 and later bought the concept with his brothers, growing it into a national franchise. He has held various franchise and operations leadership roles. Sign up here.

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

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MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise (MUFSO) landscape. Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices. KFC Foundation Launches MyChange. ” Curry Up Now Adds Incentives LTO.