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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers.

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Touring the Douro Valley with the Symington Port Family

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We’re pleased with our dry wine, but our family’s mission is fine port wine,” said Symington.??Nevertheless, Since the mountainous Douro Valley region doesn’t have biodiversity of agricultural crops, the future of the port trade may depend on sustainable practices. Photo credit: Deborah Grossman.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm.

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Changes at McDonald’s and Reducing Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. “Controlling the pace of the dining room – how often tables turn over and when to fill them again – has significant financial impact for restaurants,” said Jon Morin, OpenTable’s VP of Product Management. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S.

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