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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. Fast food far outpaced fast casual and casual dining restaurants by more than 2X in the past month. Fast Casual.

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Eater’s Best New Restaurants 2022

EATER

In 2022, by far the most normal-feeling year in, well, years, chefs and restaurateurs have been chasing passions and opening dream projects. The cocktail menu is stacked with impressive, multifaceted nonalcoholic drinks, fitting of Gourdet’s impassioned activism around sobriety and recovery in the restaurant industry. Eat here now.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

The new model will launch in 2022 and enables the company to advance work-life-balance for employees, while enhancing the workability and connectivity of the Restaurant Support Center teams. Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices.

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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. 2021 will be big for us as we branch out of California and make our entrance into the Midwest and East Coast.”

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Restaurant Food and Service Sentiment Improving As Traffic Woes Continue

Black Box Intelligence

Restaurant Guest Satisfaction Snapshot™ – March, 2022. The restaurant industry continues to post growth year over year, but the rate slowed down considerably during March as the industry is starting to lap over a period of accelerated recovery last year. Guest counts have not been able to keep up. Top 5 Restaurant Brands.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

Among the highlights: On or Off Prem Same-store catering transactions increased +71 percent in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Overall, “large parties,” or a party with eight or more guests, had a +2 percent increase in same-store transactions in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. 1 percent from Q3 2023 to 16 percent.

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MRM Franchise Feed: TCBY at 40 and, Mr. Potato Spread to Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

Features of the new restaurant design were determined following a thorough brand study on drive-thru operations and Guest habits, and include a double drive-thru lane, parking stalls for curbside pickup, a walk-up window, and patio seating. ” Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S.,

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