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Food Safety Never Takes a Holiday 

Modern Restaurant Management

With the season of food and Thanksgiving when holiday food is at the forefront, what are defined standards and procedures that restaurants should keep top-of-mind to set the expectations regarding food handling and preparation during the holiday rush? Cool foods rapidly to get out of the Temperature Danger Zone.

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How To Open A Casual Dining Restaurant In The USA

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Steps To Open A Casual Dining Restaurant In The USA. A casual dining restaurant serves moderately-priced food in a comfortable and laid-back setting. In a typical casual dining restaurant, guests are waited on by servers and bartenders. To open a casual dining restaurant, you need to plan and decide the basics.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. As the trend of digital nomadism continues to rise in the future, catering to this growing demographic becomes increasingly important.

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

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For both safety and ease, there isn’t a better option. For fast-casual and quick-service restaurants—no more lines. Reducing contact on high-touch devices in your restaurant is a difference-maker for its cleanliness and safety of your team. Our #1 thing is that we don’t want to discriminate how people get our food.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

There's a growing recognition that mobile apps alone cannot cater to all aspects of loyalty, paving the way for alternative solutions like kiosks and more integrated loyalty program structures. This started years ago with the fast casuals, but everyone will start to adopt beverage innovation widely.

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Expected Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

While daily specials delivered in family boxes might be quite affordable and frugal, food delivery itself often costs more than the meal for one which can hit monthly discretionary spending quite hard. They became even more cost-efficient, food waste conscious and generally more responsible. Online Ordering Will Continue to Thrive.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Throughout subsequent waves of the pandemic, the reports explored the growth of off-premise strategies including the spike in mobile apps and, more recently, captured softening safety concerns among consumers when they began favoring shorter wait times over safety protocols. ” Highlights from the report include: Fast Food.

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