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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025.

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Native American Museum Cafes Preserve Tradition, Embrace Innovation

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The menu, which includes the ever-popular fry bread taco, tells a story of connection, innovation, and respect for legacy and Indigenous culinary traditions. Thirty Nine Restaurant opened in 2021, closed for reconceptualization in 2023, and is slated to reopen in early 2025.

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Seven Restaurant Trends That Will Define 2022

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Though many of the market forces that shaped the restaurant industry in 2021 were closely linked to disruption from the pandemic's onset in 2020, 2022 brings new challenges — and opportunities. Simplified Menus. Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience. Health-Conscious Food Will Dominate Menus.

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Managing Diner Expectations this Holiday Season

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These challenges are impacting menu availability, raising the prices of menu items, leading to short staffs, increasing wait times for diners, and changing operating hours and offerings. As we head into the holiday season, we expect consumers to return to in-restaurant dining with enthusiasm.

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MRM Research Roundup: AI Investment Heating Up and Summer Dining Dos and Don’ts

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percent menu-price inflation rate. With households increasingly treating dining out as a luxury, every menu item and service interaction becomes a potential make-or-break moment. Red Robin climbs 3 percent to 78 thanks in large part to its focus on menu and food. At the same time, U.S. chain sales grew just 3.1

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Win Big with Smaller Menus: How Tech Can Supercharge Limited Offerings On- and Off-Premise

Modern Restaurant Management

With wholesale food prices soaring 13 percent in 2021 and labor costs rising as worker shortages continue, many restaurants are looking for smart ways to lower costs and avoid passing them on to their diners. One such solution has been shrinking restaurant menus. One such solution has been shrinking restaurant menus.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: What Guests Really Think About Tech at the Table and Other Trends

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Paying at the table is seen as a much better restaurant experience for patrons, but Americans are mixed about viewing menus via QR code, according to exclusive research conducted for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine by Provoke Insights. Almost half of Americans still have reservations about eating at a restaurant due to COVID-19.