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Hungry for Growth: The Restaurant Industry in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

Several other pandemic-related trends will continue into 2022 and beyond, and new trends will also emerge. Food and beverage sales in the restaurant and foodservice industry are projected to total $789 billion in 2021, up 19.7 Here's a summary of what to expect and what restaurants can do to stay ahead. Staffing Shortages Continue.

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A Guide to Black Box Intelligence Data: How to See Current Trends Broken Down by Restaurant Category

Black Box Intelligence

These are fast-changing times for all types of restaurants. Quick-service and fast casual restaurants fall under the limited-service umbrella. Fine dining, upscale, casual family dining and casual dining restaurants fall under this category. Fast casual restaurants. Casual dining restaurants.

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New Lawsuit Argues Tipped Minimum Wage Violates Workers’ Civil Rights

EATER

If this is the case, however, it would effectively render Darden immune from Title VII lawsuits, given that its employees are barred from participating in lawsuits in the company’s contracts. Even major fast-food chains like Chipotle and McDonald’s now pay nearly double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 in some states.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Employee recruitment and retention continues to be a major challenge for operators in 2020, with low unemployment rates and growing job openings. Alcohol is a key driver of sales in the fine dining segment, with nearly two-thirds of orders including alcoholic beverages. Using pre-prepared and private label products.

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The Latest Restaurant Customer Service Data & What It Means For You

Black Box Intelligence

We use this data to formulate a net sentiment score across six categories: food, beverage, service, ambiance, value and intent on return. Pandemic-related issues continue to be the dominant factors driving restaurant customer satisfaction trends. Casual dining is also trending?about about 10% higher than the industry.?Relatedly,

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The best performing segments during Q4 (and those that achieved positive same-store sales growth) were family dining, fine dining and upscale casual. Upscale casual also achieved positive sales growth during Q4 but experienced a small dip in sales for the entire year compared with 2018. Looking Ahead.

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Meeting Off-Premise Demand While Rebuilding In-Restaurant Sales to Boost Profitability

Restaurant365

” In addition, across all major segments, from fine dining to quick service restaurants to fast casual, owners and operators reported that “off-premises dining represents a larger proportion of sales than it did pre-coronavirus.” ” In fact, P.F. Is off-premise dining here to stay? Track Your Labor Costs.