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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

Read on for predictions from industry insiders that include chili crunch, black limes, newstaglia, stealth health, and elevated snacking. Culinary and Cocktail Trend Forecasts Kimpton is returning with its annual Culinary + Cocktail Trend Forecast highlighting predictions from its global team of restaurant and beverage talent.

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MRM Research Roundup: AI Investment Heating Up and Summer Dining Dos and Don’ts

Modern Restaurant Management

Quick-service restaurants maintain a steady customer satisfaction score of 79 (on a 100 point scale), while full-service restaurants — despite slipping 2 percent to 82 — remain one of the highest-rated industries in the Index, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Restaurant and Food Delivery Study 2025.

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Olive Garden sales surge on delivery and free take-home meals

Restaurant Business

Restaurants less so How the owner of Krystal and Logan's Roadhouse makes it work Financing Olive Garden sales surge on delivery and free take-home meals Same-store sales rose 6.9% at the Italian casual-dining chain as its investments in affordability and Uber delivery paid off. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience.

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Restaurant Industry in Review: Trends from October 2024

Black Box Intelligence

Out of the Box: Monthly Restaurant Industry Update Restaurant Industry in Review: Trends from October 2024 OCTOBER: BY THE NUMBERS 0.5% Comp Sales -2.5% Here are the most significant October 2024 Restaurant Trends. Sales +1.9% +2.3% -4.5% -0.6% +0.1% +0.6% +0.4% -0.1% -2.3% -0.4% +0.4% +0.5% ’23 Dec. ’23 Jan.

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The 2024 Restaurant Industry Trends: A Year in Review

Black Box Intelligence

Comp Sales -3.2% Comp Traffic Best Region: New England Best Segment: Family Dining Best Cuisine: Breakfast Worst Region: NY-NJ Worst Segment: Fast Casual Worst Cuisine: Sandwich The December 2024 Restaurant Industry Trends + A Year in Review 2024 saw many ups and downs. Same-store sales growth in December: -0.3%

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Restaurant Industry in Review: Trends from February 2025

Black Box Intelligence

Out of the Box: February 2025 In This Issue: The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends February 2025 Restaurant Industry Performance Trends In Detail Segment Focus QSR: Current Performance Trends -2.5% Comp Sales -5.7% Comp Sales -5.7% Sales +0.1% +0.6% +0.4% -0.1% -2.3% -0.4% +0.4% +0.5% +2.8% -0.3% +2.5% -2.5%