MRM Research Roundup: End-of-March 2020-COVID-19 Edition

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This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features foot traffic analysis due to the COVID-19 outbreak, food trends evolving due to Coronavirus and changing shopping behavior.

 COVID-19 Foot Traffic AnalysisAlthough the restaurant market is seeing a decline in foot traffic overall, the share of visits across categories is beginning to stabilize, according to the latest briefing from Sense360. The company is conducting daily analysis to keep up to date on foot traffic patterns. 

Casual dining's share of restaurant visits was in free-fall from the 15th to the 22nd, and now has reached a more stable trend. Conversely, Pizza's share of restaurant foot traffic had been increasing, and now has leveled off. This may be due to restaurants increasingly promoting take-out and drive-through, or consumers getting sick of eating food from grocery stores.

Placer.ai dove into Washington state data to see if the local impacts could reveal trends on…