Restaurant Business

JUNE 20, 2025

during the three months ended May 25, marking the brand’s best same-store sales performance since the last quarter of 2022. The chain has kept its menu prices lower than inflation, and it has invested in other limited-time specials, such as its popular Never-Ending Pasta Bowl, in an effort to appeal to price-conscious consumers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

High menu prices have been an issue in the industry in recent years due to inflation, resulting in a decline in traffic as diners wish to spend less. In 2025, operators can offer elevated foodservice experiences at more affordable prices through emphasizing value in LTOs to drive sales.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The numbers come from the 2022 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report of the vegan brand Beyond Meat , from which PLNT Burger gets its patties. And this was on top of general griping about his restaurant’s high prices compared to other Asian restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley, says Yang. We had been at $2.50

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 13, 2025

This set the precedent for future astonishing auction prices, which have since surpassed US $10,000/kg. With the 2025 BoP auction scheduled for 6 August, all eyes will be on the bidders of the 97- and 98-point coffees, as many eagerly anticipate the extent of the prices they’re willing to pay. in the year-ago period.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

billion in 2022 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3% Search and filtering options (by cuisine, price, dietary preferences, etc.). Mapping APIs from providers like Google Maps or Mapbox typically use consumption-based pricing models, where costs increase with usage. from 2023 to 2030.

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The Rail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Problem with Restaurants’ Supply Chain Food Waste You’ve probably felt forced to raise menu prices to offset losses incurred by wholesale prices rising and fewer people eating out. The consumer price index for restaurant food costs increased by 7.7% from 2021 to 2022, the most significant increase in nearly one decade.

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The Rail

JUNE 23, 2025

By Briana Hilton, Contributor Yelp listings indicated that about 53,800 restaurants began operations in 2023 — a figure that represents a 10% increase from 2022. One 2022 Harvard Business Review (HBR) article details an interview with Jon Moy, owner of the food truck Moyzilla, highlighting the value that simple changes can make.

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EATER

MAY 27, 2025

Creator Tu Nguyn, known as @twaydabae , first hosted two group trips to Vietnam in 2022 following an invitation from Trova Trip, which acted as a middleman between Nguyn and a travel agency in Vietnam, simplifying the logistics and curation. Yawk Creative Agency A meal at a locals home during one of Anela Maliks tours.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 8, 2025

price point. The offers come two weeks after Pizza Hut introduced a line of premium Hut Lover’s Pizzas, each priced at $12.99. Traditional pizza chains have long competed on price, because consumers generally have little brand loyalty. By Jonathan Maze on Jul. Photo courtesy of Domino's. It’s not just those three.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 21, 2025

Founded in 2022 in Vancouver, the chain has 13 units there, and will also continue to grow north of the border. And the idea is to give guests more choices, while giving them control over the experience and price. Only this one is fast casual. Big Way Hot Pot has opened its first U.S. by the end of 2025. and all are company-owned.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Full year reporting on insolvency in July (comparing financial year 2023-24 to 2022-23) indicated a 42% surge in insolvencies on the previous year – up to 1576. Less choice might be the obvious downside for customers but then focus can move to the quality of food being made and potentially deflect menu price increases.

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Black Box Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Traffic declined at a higher rate (albeit marginally vs 2022) and sales were notably lower. If brands have no choice but to raise prices, their focus should shift to delivering other parts of the value equation. Balancing Price and Value to Reach Success October 2024 marked a pivotal month for the restaurant industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

What’s more, 72% of consumers said they now see convenience stores as a “real alternative” to quick-service restaurants, up from 56% last year and 45% in 2022, Intouch Insight said. In-store sales at convenience stores hit a record $335.5 billion in 2024 and are expected to top $3 trillion by 2028, the report said.

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Lavu

JUNE 30, 2025

Provides Actionable Insights: Real-time data and custom reports help optimize menu pricing, staffing, and inventory. If certain menu items aren’t selling well, managers can tweak pricing, portion sizes, or even presentation to improve their appeal. billion by 2022 , growing at a rate of 13.5%

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SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The average profit margin in the restaurant industry is 5% , according to a National Restaurant Association report in 2022. Next, the software integrates with the point-of-sale to perform menu engineering —the analysis of an item's popularity (sales) to its profitability (menu price - recipe costs). Innovative.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

And in times like these, when the price of one dinner at a buzzy new restaurant can easily break a budget, its been a balm to do something nice at home. LM: Since 2022, one of our typical date nights is a date night in. Ive been seeing N since 2022. We call it Conservas Saturday. What does date night mean for you?

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

She has been the SVP and controller since 2022, but has on multiple occasions served as interim principal financial officer for the company during periods of CFO transition. The company is consolidating those functions to improve efficiency and collaboration. Ewan Davenport is the new president, international for CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc.

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EATER

MARCH 11, 2025

Jaya Saxena, correspondent Outages and supply chain challenges mean higher prices The early days of the pandemic were marked by unexpected price hikes (a run on flour and yeast) and unpredictably empty shelves (the great bucatini shortage of 2020 ). food prices have risen by 23.6 food prices have risen by 23.6

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 6, 2025

Editor’s note New York’s Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recently announced that as of March 2028, arabica futures contracts will no longer be priced in US cents per pound. Instead, ICE will implement a US $/tonne (or metric ton) pricing mechanism, although a new date has not yet been confirmed for this transition. Robustas slid 3.5%

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Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 18, 2025

Accra, Ghana) Tue, 15 Jul – Lucky Cup opens 6,000th store amid China price war. Robusta prices fell to their lowest levels since May 2024 after Brazil’s crop reached 69% completion, as improved supply prospects outweighed remaining quality and demand concerns, according to Safras & Mercado. from total figures in 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

And customers questioned the value they got for their money at all three chains in written reviews, citing high prices, watery drinks and dissatisfying customer service. The median price they would pay for a medium cup of coffee was $4. A common complaint was that drinks were not full or had too much ice. percent for Starbucks, 4.3

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 14, 2025

According to CivicScience data, consumers say they’re likely to cut back on restaurant spending if tariffs lead to higher prices. Then came the chicken-and-egg problems, which were already underway by 2022 due, again, to extreme weather wiping out infrastructure, but then before Christmas 2024 we had avian flu imperiling egg production.

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Sante

MAY 8, 2025

2022 Domaine Bousquet Gualtallary Cabernet Sauvignon ($25). A bargain-priced, Cabernet blend from the Medoc with fruity yet lean raspberry flavors and a touch of leather at the finish. 2022 Brion “Caldwell Vineyard” Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon ($210). 2022 Trailside Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon ($225).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Restaurants will respond by cutting back portion sizes and adjusting prices accordingly—something we haven’t seen in decades. We find that many local restaurants are able to secure a high level of customer loyalty and are able to command premium pricing over many franchise restaurants as a result.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Unemployment remained low throughout the tightening cycle and wage growth is helping consumer purchasing power catch up to prices which today are rising more slowly. A reduction in future legal immigration could pose a significant challenge to the industry and drive both prices and wait-times higher. • Manufacturing : The U.S.

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EATER

MAY 16, 2025

Since opening in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2022, Neng Jr.s I do have concerns if it even feels right to have this fine dining or special experience restaurant at this price point when theres still so much suffering, Silver wonders. The Neng Jr.s team reflects on recovery.

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EATER

MARCH 19, 2025

Though their contents are always a surprise, as the retired mechanic describes it, hes able to get fresh produce and stuff that a lot of us cant afford because of the price of groceries. Its been a lifeline for Broyles, who injured his shoulder in 2022 and has been unable to work since.

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Society Insurance

MARCH 4, 2025

Between 2013 and 2022, California, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas accounted for 61% of such verdicts in the country. Outside of the restaurant industry, nuclear verdicts affect almost everything, from the prices of common household products to availability and affordability of insurance, according to Oriana Senatore, U.S.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Getty Images Bird flu outbreaks have caused egg prices to rise, forcing some restaurants either adapt recipes or raise menu prices Toward the end of 2024, James Wong of the San Francisco bakery Breadbelly was already mentally preparing for his egg prices to go up: They also spiked at the end of 2022 and 2023 , due to nationwide bird flu outbreaks.

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EATER

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The Food Sovereignty Fund was born, and delivered 170,000 pounds of food grown on local regenerative farms in 2022 and 2023. However, the incoming administrations policies threaten to slash SNAP and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and drive the prices of imported groceries higher.

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Black Box Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2025

The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index remained at its lowest level in May since July 2022. When prices rise rapidly, trade-downs to lower price options, offered by LSR, and trade-outs towards grocery accelerate. Especially in the face of the rapidly eroding consumer optimism in recent months.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2025

Between 2013 and 2022, California, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas accounted for 61 percent of such verdicts in the country. .” Nuclear verdicts can occur from a dispute in a restaurant parking lot to a food safety issue as well as exist outside the restaurant industry.

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Sante

MARCH 16, 2025

2022 Esporâo “Monte Velho” Alentejano Red Wine Reserva ($18). 2022 Capezzana “Barco Reale” di Carmignano ($19). Prices listed are generally SRP or from wine-searcher.com. A lot of energy in a mildly oxidative style, with tart apple flavors and stony minerality. 2017 Tahuan Tahuantinsuyu Cabernet Sauvignon ($17).

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EATER

JANUARY 22, 2025

Would prices automatically increase as much as 60 percent? Of the $22 billion in distilled spirits imported to the United States in 2022, $4.6 Trumps 2019 tariffs on steel and aluminum remain in place, and have caused price increases for consumers on a wide range of goods, including canned foods. Heres what could happen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 9, 2023

While it’s understandable to believe everything is back to normal – according to our QSR monthly trends, August 2023 traffic was down just half a percent compared to 2022 – the landscape has taken a seismic shift. percent) and trending downward since January 2022, when it was just 15.5 percent lower than 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2022

Revenue Management Solutions just released its Q1 2022 consumer sentiment survey, and it appears the industry’s concerns have moved beyond the pandemic. As we enter Q2 2022, it’s a different view. When asked why they were getting less value from a restaurant visit, 82 percent reported higher prices.

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