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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Highlights from this year’s study, which surveyed more than 1,100 consumers in November of 2023, included: Gift Card Spend Returning to Normal – Consumers said that gift card spending is bouncing back, with 69 percent of consumers purchasing the same amount of gift cards or more in 2023 compared to 2022. percent in 2023.

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Exploring Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

Since the pandemic, many chefs created fast-casual concepts and we see more and more tasting and prix-fix menus. From all the other conversations, I highlight, in the same chapter, many advice about leadership. I learned many lessons while writing this book, about leadership, about food, and about me as an individual.

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A new Era for Food & Hospitality in Commercial Property & Office Buildings

Future Food

Driving in-office participation is now an all too familiar topic that many property managers and asset owners must address following a wave of commentary in the media, architectural journals and thought-leadership papers across the property sector. Offices and commercial buildings have diverse populations with varying schedules and needs.

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Building a Culture of Care at 7 Leaves Cafe

7 Shifts

We had traditionally sit-down and quick-serve, and then fast-casual kind of birthed in the middle. All of my cohorts are having challenges sourcing , for lack of a better word. It's an ever-evolving process that requires leadership to show up every day and live their values. And we have not yet felt that here at 7 Leaves.

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What is a Unified Commerce Platform & Why Does it Matter?

Qu

At Qu, “unified” isn’t a term we throw around casually. More accurate reporting, analytics, and measurement practices using common APIs and data A word about data Data, when normalized at its source and not after the fact, serves as the vital heartbeat of the unified commerce platform.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Wing Zone Revitalization and Real Food BK

Modern Restaurant Management

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list. The group plans to grow both Ike’s and Bangin’ Buns through franchising starting in 2023. The team currently operates over 80 Ike’s Love & Sandwiches locations across the United States.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The best performing segments during Q4 (and those that achieved positive same-store sales growth) were family dining, fine dining and upscale casual. Upscale casual also achieved positive sales growth during Q4 but experienced a small dip in sales for the entire year compared with 2018. For more information, click here.

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