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15 Must-Have Restaurant Marketing Tools in 2024

7 Shifts

You got into this business because of your passion for food and hospitality. Alexandra Leung Gibb, the founder of F&B Marketing, reiterates the importance of proper branding in restaurants : “Without branding, a food or drink business loses the opportunity to emotionally connect with its target audience on a deeper level.”

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The Top Restaurant Stories of 2023

The Rail

Lower profits were in part due to rising food and labor costs (which also saw a slow down in 2023), and also inconsistent consumer behavior due to inflation. of workers in the “food services and drinking places” industry were union members in 2022. Stay tuned for our annual industry predictions for 2024 – coming soon!

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MRM Research Roundup: Seasonal Hiring, Online Ordering and Feeding the Workplace

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on summer restaurant employment, indecisiveness ordering, online ordering trends, and the world's best cities for food. A majority of diners (89 percent) prefer physical menus, and 51 percent say QR codes slow down the ordering process.

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Touchless Ketchup, Icing on the Frosting and Bobacino

Modern Restaurant Management

Together, the initiative supported the food and beverage community by providing more than 500,000 freshly cooked meals and much needed supplies across 19 relief kitchens nationwide. Sharebite launched Sharebite Stations, a streamlined, post-COVID compliant solution for facilitating contactless food delivery at offices.

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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. Plant-based Menu Items.

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Where to Eat in 2024

EATER

Where to find the best food around the world in 2024 There’s a big world of food out there and it’s never been easier to taste all of it. All 12 culinary destinations on this list are hitting their strides in 2024, according to our global network of on-the-ground contributors, making them obvious choices for hungry travelers.

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