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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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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Since then, gift card sales have declined, but online ordering and merchandise sales have both increased steadily: Online orders have increased 50 percent week-over-week for the last three weeks. New York businesses saw a decline beginning as early as March 9, 2020 and now show a 63 percent YOY decline. Foot Traffic Decline.

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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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Inside the Starbucks Collectors Cup Market, Where a Single Tumbler Can Sell for Nearly $2K

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In May 2020, Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra told CNN Business that his site had seen a 100 percent increase in sales of Starbucks merchandise, much of it centered around cups and mugs. They started buying cups from previous collections released in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and other locales, and trading amongst themselves.

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I’m Shillin’ It

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The apex by the early aughts was the introduction of a new McDonald’s slogan and subsequent jingle that has held sustained global cultural resonance — ba-da-ba-ba-baaaa, I’m lovin’ it — with the assistance of Justin Timberlake, the Neptunes, and Pusha T. In his book, Stoute described the process of writing the jingle as “reverse engineering.”

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Coffee News Recap, 22 Apr: High levels of coffee leaf rust found in Vietnam, PRF Colombia announces new Host Sponsor & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The B2B coffee and tea magazine closed in 2020, but will now operate as an online publication. In 2020, Starbucks provided the FNC with US $3 million to distribute 23 million coffee seedlings by 2023. UK roaster Origin Coffee wins 2022 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. Wed, 20 Apr.

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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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