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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

Navigating Emerging Challenges in Profitability In 2024, U.S. restaurants broke records with projected sales of $1.1 trillion in 2024. Additionally, labor shortages remain a critical pain point, driving up wages across the industry. trillion , a testament to the industry’s resilience.

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MRM Research Roundup: Holiday Spending, Franchise Optimism, and Pickle Energy

Modern Restaurant Management

This final edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup for 2024 features news of operator challenges and priorities, delivery trends, wages and hourly worker considerations. Those priorities include increased marketing and sales efforts alongside new benefits and programs to attract and retain staff.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

Modern Restaurant Management

billion transactions and $67 billion in sales in 2024. In 2024, restaurants across the country saw an average five percent increase in transactions and an average eight percent increase in profits with only four percent caused by price hikes. Restaurants see the highest volume of transactions during dinner (defined as 4 p.m.-9

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How Quick-Service Restaurants Can Use Technology to Reduce Wait Times in 2025

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With just two bartenders and one server, they served over 300 customers, generating significant weekend sales. Perfect for serving more guests with fewer staff. Mobile Apps : Pre-ordering cuts pickup times and boosts efficiency – restaurants fulfill orders up to 2.4x Apps also drive upselling , with 35% of users adding extra items.

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MRM Research Roundup: Diner Resiliency, Automation Technology, and Egg Prices

Modern Restaurant Management

Key data points: The demand for takeout and delivery has slightly outpaced the demand for dining in. This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining trends, hiring trends, tech trends, brunch trends, alcohol trends, and egg prices. Among delivery apps, DoorDash is the clear favorite.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

“It now accounts for a larger share of sales for 58 percent of limited-service and 41 percent of full-service operators compared with 2019—providing a critical path to restaurant resilience and growth despite ongoing economic pressures.” More than 60 percent say they’re ordering off-premises more often than a year ago.

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Coffee News Recap, 4 Jul: C price drops below US $3/lb, four new World Coffee Champions crowned in Geneva & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Editor’s note For the first time since December 2024, the C price has fallen below US $3/lb. However, with Brazilian producers predicted to have sold up to 90% of their 2024 harvest, the market’s direction hinges on whether the remaining crops are as plentiful as expected. lb over the next 15 months.

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