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Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse

Black Box Intelligence

QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 Not only is turnover rising for all employees, the percentage of new hires that leave the company within the first 90 days of employment is also increasing. Sales growth in fine dining and upscale casual also eroded during the week. .

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

Modern Restaurant Management

Demonstrating the importance placed on the health and well-being of employees and customers. Creating clear and consistent communications with employees and customers to boost efficiency, morale and consumer sentiment. ” Highlights of the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint include: Principles for an effective reopening.

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Restaurant Insiders on 2020 Lessons Learned, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

We’ve always seen bartaco as a place to escape, and providing that comfort allows our guests to relax, have fun, and feel transported for a while. Lesson #1: Multiple factors are leading to businesses increasingly communicating via messaging – with both customers and employees. Shyam Rao, CEO and Cofounder, Punchh.

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The 11 Best New Restaurants in America

EATER

A thoroughly California take on boquerones, brined in salt, lime juice, basil, and garlic and casually adorned with torn mint and dribbles of oil, each bite is a small indulgence — only available from about April to October when anchovies can be pulled straight from the San Francisco Bay. Engagement: James Park, Adam Moussa. New York, NY.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Modular Chicken and 2020 Year-End Results

Modern Restaurant Management

The building is constructed off site then transported to the final destination for completion. “While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019.

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Soho House, Explained

EATER

Like the clubs, these restaurants are deliberately branded in carefully chosen, often transportive spaces. Just about every kind of casual restaurant format has gotten the Soho House treatment. The Soho House portfolio now includes more than a dozen different restaurants, many with multiple locations in cities with a Soho House club.