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MRM Research Roundup: AI Investment Heating Up and Summer Dining Dos and Don’ts

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Benefit expectations vary by restaurant type: For example, respondents from casual dining restaurants hope to achieve a significantly greater benefit in enhancing customer experience (60 percent) compared to those in the quick service, fast casual and café segments (48 percent). What's Fueling QSR and Fast Casual Visits?

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

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introduced "Perkins Griddle Go," a fast-casual concept for quick on-the-go meals, in 2024, with the first store opening in late October. percent MoM Casual Dining Hit Hardest April saw a -6.4 Family Dining & Fast Casual Also Down Family Dining: -3.2 percent MoM Fast Casual: -0.9 Perkins American Food Co.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

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Meanwhile, according to consumers, here are some opportunities for restaurants: Packaging : 90 percent say they’d order a greater variety of items if the food maintained on-premises quality during delivery; over half would pay more for premium packaging that supported quality during transport.

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Turning Restaurant Staffing Challenges Into Opportunities

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Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. Other benefits to consider include transportation subsidies, expanded employee meal programs or discounts, increased sick leave or paid time off, childcare stipends, and, of course, cash bonuses. Promote Yourself.

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MRM Research Roundup: Labor Struggles, Holiday Habits, and Food Truck Trends

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Fast-Casual Fast Growth Rising prices in recent years have evidently been good for someone: Fast-casual restaurants. It continues: “And with many fast-casual restaurants upping their convenience games with drive-thrus and other innovations , the distinction between the two segments has become increasingly muddied.”

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

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Takeout and delivery increased 300X in a couple of weeks relative to reservations and wait list on Yelp. dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual. Restaurant Industry Consumer Perspectives. In the U.K.

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Tamper-Proof Delivery and TacoTuesday.com

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Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago, top photo, opened its doors to the public on Friday, November 15. Located on North Michigan Avenue and Erie Street on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, the opening of Chicago Reserve Roastery marks Starbucks sixth global Roastery and third location in the U.S. Oregon Convention Center.