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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food. 22 percent of customers are looking to buy restaurant merchandise. Except for Los Angeles, none of these other major markets cracked the top five last month.

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Are specialty coffee shops becoming more common in airports?

Perfect Daily Grind

And what do specialty coffee businesses need to consider when entering this market? However, in 2020, both Starbucks and HMSHost decided to end the agreement. To overcome these difficulties, specialty coffee shops in airports should provide some seating for customers who prefer to stay in. Read on to learn what they had to say.

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Gift Card Marketing During COVID-19 and How It Can Help Restaurants

Touch Bistro

As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly begins to recede, many restaurants are turning to gift card marketing as part of their 2021 recovery plan. In other words, gift card marketing is a valuable way to diversify your revenue stream, while increasing customer volume – two factors that are essential to business recovery in 2021. Boost Sales.

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Pivoting From an Economic Downturn

Modern Restaurant Management

percent in April 2020. There is hope for a strong return in 2020 Q3, similar to the recovery in Asia during the SARS outbreak in 2003, with additional caution that this pandemic is unprecedented; therefore, economic recovery will take a while. Another side of your expenses will need to be marketing. The unemployment rate was 14.7

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How food and hospitality can flourish in the next normal

Future Food

The data compares the footfall for the week of May 27 to the average for January/February 2020. Ben Shewry has turned Attica into a take-home emporium with dining kits and merchandise sales. That seems like such an old-fashioned business model now.” Vargetto says "we could have served people a thousand times over."

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Restaurant Reopening Checklist: Tips for Thriving

Restaurant365

Familiarize yourself with the Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employer Paid Leave Requirements (FFCRA), which are effective through December 30, 2020. Design a process to ensure guest separation while they are waiting to be seated. Merch4relief.com is a great resource for restaurants that are new to merchandise sales.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-November 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Online ordering is obviously huge in 2020, and customers are craving comfort food when they’re ordering in, according to Upserve’s new 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry data collected from the company's 10,000+ restaurant customers. State of the Industry. Holiday Plans Impacted by COVID. The sheer convenience.

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