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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Some customers have the gift of foresight, using DoubleDash to add on recovery (or hair of the dog) essentials from nearby stores. bars & restaurants returned to and surpassed pre-pandemic levels of employment. Walk-in parties accounted for almost three-quarters of restaurant tables and were twice as common as reservations.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The importance of making guests feel comfortable. Incentivize guests to choose your restaurant. Barring a dramatic decrease in coronavirus infections, U.S. Restaurant operators should also focus on remarketing to guests through email or other means, as well as offering return visit incentives to keep customers coming back.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

restaurant recovery is underway, but it will take time for it to return to pre-pandemic levels fully,” said David Portalatin, NPD food industry advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America. The restaurant industry has made progress restaffing, but job recovery for the industry is lagging the overall economy. “The U.S.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-October 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the impact of cold weather on restaurant viability, why franchises need to be nimbler and the pandemic's effect on guest expectations. This is encouraging for restaurants, especially as only about 8 percent of respondents said that guests will be very unwilling. Restaurant Adaptation.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-May 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Guest Intent Shows Positive Trend. 77 percent are spending the same or more than pre-COVID-19, showing positive signs for bars, restaurants and suppliers. This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest consumer behaviors, local spend, and the best and worst cities in America for BBQ. Consumers Still Cautious. Staying Local.

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How Coronavirus is Impacting Restaurants

Aaron Allen & Associates

March 18, 2020 NRA Recovery & Relief Proposal The National Restaurant Association presents a restaurants recovery and relief proposal to the White House with projections of more than $225b in sales losses and 5–7 million jobs lost. Similarly, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh orders restaurants, bars, and nightclubs reduce capacity by 50%.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. Bars and nightlife businesses were among the hardest hit, with consumer interest down 81 percent. Yelp Economic Average. In the U.K.

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