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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

To keep up with changing consumer preferences, operators noted that their top areas of investment in 2022 include mobile ordering (54 percent); delivery services (47 percent); technology such as new POS digital signage or other in-store tech (45 percent); and alternative payment methods (37 percent). "Consumers Fast is not fast enough.

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Franchise Portfolio Diversification: Trends Taking Shape in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

For example, a CBS MoneyWatch article from June of this year cited several well-known fast-casual brands' move to boost prices as much as 4 percent to help offset higher labor and other costs. More recent price increases have nearly doubled this number. For example, Aloha Poke’s concept does not require staff to man a 30 ft.

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On the Road to Relief: Restaurant Trends and Opportunities to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

And despite warnings of an imminent recession at the end of 2022, the U.S. Adapt to Growing Price Fatigue Since the pandemic, controlling food costs has been a major challenge for restaurant operators. When prices for staple ingredients like chicken rose dramatically in 2023, restaurant operators were forced to increase their prices.

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Seven Restaurant Trends That Will Define 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Unprecedented labor and supply chain pressure will drive most of the restaurant trends that will define 2022, industry analysts say.

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7 Guest Preference Predictions for 2022

Restaurant365

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throws of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Below are our 7 guest preference predictions for 2022. Sustainability will be top of mind. Each provides something different.

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How does foreign exchange affect the price of coffee?

Perfect Daily Grind

For the most part, both the price of arabica and robusta rely on futures contracts. These are legal agreements to buy or sell a particular commodity at a predetermined price on a set date. Fluctuations in the market can influence prices paid by roasters and consumers and prices paid to farmers, as well as their production costs.

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Coffee News Recap, 9 Sep: US coffee shop sales to grow by 10.5% in 2022, August robusta prices increase by 9.2% & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

European Sensory Summit 2022 takes place Zurich, Switzerland. by end of 2022. Colombian coffee production increases 4% in August 2022. However, exports in August 2022 fell by 23% to 872,000 60kg bags, compared to more than 1.1 However, exports in August 2022 fell by 23% to 872,000 60kg bags, compared to more than 1.1

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