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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. This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes.

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Franchise Portfolio Diversification: Trends Taking Shape in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

From full service to fast-casual to legacy fast-food brands, the one constant was disruption. Labor shortages and other factors are affecting the global supply chain in never-before-seen ways, and certain commodities are intermittently not available, or if they are, they’re expensive.

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

Apicbase

2023 has been a challenging year for restaurant operators, caught as they were between rising food costs and labour shortages. 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.

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HORECA Middle East: 5 Opportunities in the Hotels, Restaurants, and Catering Industries

Aaron Allen & Associates

And forecasts for 2024-2028 are also positive, with Egypt expected to have the highest growth rate, followed by the United Arab Emirates. Some of these are: As part of Vision 2030 in Saudi Arabia, $500 billion are being invested in NEOM across 14 sectors including food, tourism, and entertainment & culture.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Wing Zone Revitalization and Real Food BK

Modern Restaurant Management

MRM's Franchise Feed features news on the restaurant franchise and MUFSO landscape. 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. Wing Zone Refresh.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The economic model makes more sense than traditional brick and mortar so many food businesses are moving in this direction. FAT Brands Chairman and CEO Andy Wiederhorn.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-January 2020 Super Bowl Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

percent from the previous year, led by underperformance in restaurant, food and nightlight categories, as well as brick-and-mortar shops. voted Republican in 2016 – North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Alaska – with services sectors and several food-related economic growth trended blue — Washington D.C.,

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