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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy. Read the first part, here. For the second part, click here.

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93 Restaurant Industry Statistics Every Food Service Operator Needs to Know in 2024

Apicbase

To give you the full picture of the positives and negatives of what lies ahead for 2024, we combed through dozens of recent industry reports and compiled a list of 93 restaurant industry statistics. Restaurant Industry Stats 2024 – Our Top 10 10 restaurant industry stats for 2024 to keep in mind. Let’s dig in. billion by 2030.

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Chefs Love Wonder, the Latest App Trying to Disrupt Delivery. Will Diners Follow Suit?

EATER

Like Johnson’s fast-casual rice bowl restaurant, Field Trip, the food at Bankside was developed with delivery in mind. In early April 2024, Wonder seemed to invest in its in-house delivery operations even more by acquiring Relay, a New York City-based delivery service, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.

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Why Get a Restaurant Expert to Validate Your Plan

Aaron Allen & Associates

Originally published in the Aaron Allen & Associates newsletter on 02/12/2024. Will consumers like it just as much as the management team does? There were a number of acquisitions evenly distributed across segments, from snacks to fast casual to full-service and QSR. Is this the right way to stay ahead?

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Red Lobster’s Demise Was Never About the Endless Shrimp

EATER

Even when COVID hit in 2020, the company still managed to maintain positive cash flow as other restaurants floundered. Just four years later, in January 2024, Thai Union was ready to get out of the restaurant business , citing “sustained industry headwinds, higher interest rates and rising material and labor costs.”

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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. Ike’s appointed industry veteran Adam Rinella as Vice President of Development to help the booming fast casual brand reach even more markets. Rinella is skilled in bringing restaurant ideas into reality.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders and experts for their insights on what will impact restaurants in 2020 and the response was overwhelming. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education.

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