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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features top trends for 2020, how 2020 changed food and the year's top wines. BentoBox released its comprehensive 2020 Restaurant Trend Report. The most ordered menu item of 2020 came from South Carolina chain, New York City Pizza, and its “New York” thin-crust pizza.

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How to Create a Successful Visual Brand for Your Restaurant in 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

But, if you have a playful style that could be embodied by a mascot character, consider developing a fun mascot figurehead to speak directly to your customers from your social media posts, signage, menu, website, and maybe even merchandise. Serve up furniture made from sustainable materials along with your seasonal fare. Your Website.

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Vaccine Flair Could Be the ‘It’ Accessory in Restaurants This Summer

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The restaurant group has always been savvy about merchandising, serving up Greek soft-serve yogurt in branded versions of the iconic “we are happy to serve you” paper coffee cup. In January 2020, the company launched COVID-specific vaccination pins , and has sold thousands a week since. They show your personality.

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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. We're experiencing the highest unemployment rate recorded since the Great Depression.

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Takeaway.com 101: the essential guide for restaurants

Deliverect

In 2020, the company merged with Just Eat to form one of the leading global online food delivery companies, Just Eat Takeaway.com. Just Eat Takeaway.com currently operates in 20+ countries, with its subsidiary Takeaway.com serving Belgium, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Portugal and Romania. Sales of merchandise and packaging.

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Ultimate Restaurant Website Design Guide for Beginners

7 Shifts

Collect” websites that you admire to serve as inspiration for your restaurant website design makeover by bookmarking links when you come across them. Recommended Reading: Simple Restaurant Marketing Plan for 2020 How to build your restaurant’s website You’ve done all you can to prepare for your restaurant website design or redesign.

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5 New Restaurant Trends That Will Boost Your Profitability

Cheetah

Instagrammable merchandise like T-shirts is a relatively simple way of reaching that lifestyle vibe and driving social media engagement. Delivery Apps and Takeout Services Restaurants leaving third party delivery apps and starting their own takeout service is one of the most disruptive phenomena of 2020.