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Social Marketing: Insights from Meta’s Restaurant Summit

Modern Restaurant Management

Advertising for the Hungry Consumer Digital channels are playing their greatest role in shopping to date, and it’s well known that many diners are looking up restaurant menus before visiting. It’s no wonder that advertisers are interested in using the latest ad products we’ve brought to market. in ROAS 4. The result?

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Hire and Retain Better Restaurant Workers in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

And in 2023, that’s the problem most hiring managers in the restaurant industry are facing. The key here is in understanding the two types of advertising – traditional v. Traditional job advertising allows you to have a fixed budget while using old job data to inform decisions as to where to post your jobs.

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Yelp Report: Breakfast’s Booming and Value’s Valuable

Modern Restaurant Management

To identify the Fastest Growing Brands, the data science team ranked brands using a blended metric including net new business openings, consumer interest, and searches on Yelp in 2024 compared to 2023. For this report, we measured consumer interest in 2024 compared to 2023. What surprised you about the results?

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Fighting for traffic, pizza chains push more discounts

Restaurant Business

The entire quick-service pizza sector grew by just 0.93% in 2023. deals this week as fast-food pizza chains work to reverse stubbornly weak sales. deals this week as fast-food pizza chains work to reverse stubbornly weak sales. Since the first quarter of 2022, the chains collectively have averaged a 0.19% same-store sales decline.

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Why Are People So Freaked Out About Seed Oils?

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A 2023 study reports that seed oils are the most common source of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid, which accounts for “over 25% of the total calorie intake for the average person.” Olive oil contains less polyunsaturated fat , and more antioxidants than canola oil.

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C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. And fast-food customers

Restaurant Business

Eleven percent say they usually eat inside the c-store, that’s up from just 3% in 2023 and 5% a year ago. But as convenience stores remodel their locations, a growing number of consumers are choosing to dine in-store. Members help make our journalism possible.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Consumer Data Analytics Reveal Dining Patterns to Attract Customers 

Modern Restaurant Management

More closures in 2023 could reduce the number of restaurants to about 630,000 locations. In August 2023, only eight percent of consumers we surveyed say they do not eat out, so dining out is “in” again. In Causeway Solutions’ September 2023 survey*, we asked more than 800 U.S.