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MRM Franchise Feed: Modular Chicken and 2020 Year-End Results

Modern Restaurant Management

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. Good 2020 for Mountain Mike's. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. . percent over 2019.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-June 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features recovery data, POS performance and shifting habits of diners. On the Road to Recovery. New Zealand was the first to record a strong trend towards recovery, in correlation to its success in containing the spread of the virus to date.

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The State of New York Restaurants in 2020

7 Shifts

Operations for 7shifts, I have been based in the New York technology and hospitality space for years (including a leadership role at Yelp for nearly a decade). According to 7shifts’ Restaurant Data Hub , New York restaurant sales recovery has been slower than the overall United States (and Canadian) average. As the Head of U.S.

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How Restaurants Can Emerge Stronger

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry was turned upside down in 2020, practically overnight. How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? The goal is to emerge from this crisis stronger than ever. Many even want to.

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How Can Restaurants Emerge Stronger?

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry was turned upside down in 2020, practically overnight. How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? The goal is to emerge from this crisis stronger than ever. Many even want to.

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The Fog of War Is Clearing. Now What?

Aaron Allen & Associates

Your customers, crews, stakeholders, and shareholders all put their faith in your judgment and leadership. It’s the same thing over and over, and constant coverage we’re consuming on the pandemic in multiple facets — now on to restaurant recovery from COVID. But who has the playbook for this sort of thing? You did the best you could.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

” In 2020, seed-stage venture capital firm Liquid 2 Ventures (L2V) added Curry Up Now as the first restaurant in its portfolio with an investment that supports the expansion of corporate and franchise locations nationwide. doubled the number of ghost kitchens worldwide since June 2020. ” Nathan's Gets the Ghost.

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