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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features What Feeds Us, top delivery apps, popular drinks and who is winning the chicken wars. In addition to the emergence of indoor dining, it explores rising competition between fast food and fast casual restaurant brands with COVID restrictions loosening. Fast food reigns supreme.

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HORECA Middle East: 5 Opportunities in the Hotels, Restaurants, and Catering Industries

Aaron Allen & Associates

We are seeing that the HORECA Middle East industry (Hotels, Restaurants, and Catering) continues to grow but in different ways, and operators are having a hard time identifying where the opportunities are. In the Kingdom, the number of restaurants shrank by 7% but the share of chains in sales increased by more than 20%. Maximize Value.

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What is the Average Profit Margin for a Restaurant?

Restaurant365

Fast Casual Restaurants. Fast casual restaurants, also known as fast food or quick service restaurants, involve ordering at a counter or doing some level of self-service. Although factors like franchise affiliation may affect profit margins, fast casual restaurants typically have an average profit margin of 6-9%.

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It’s Time to Measure Up: Creating and Executing a Menu for Success With Location-Based Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

While many brands will continue to work with third-party delivery services – out of necessity but also awareness – more and more are investing in their O&O apps. One of the key functionalities within many QSR and fast casual mobile apps these days is the ability to order ahead and select curbside pickup.

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

7 Shifts

Here are a few ideas: Contactless is King While contactless cards, drop off delivery, app-based payments, and QR codes have been around, the pandemic has made them more popular than ever. For fast-casual and quick-service restaurants—no more lines. There are many ways to digital technology into your business.

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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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Elevating Diners’ Experience and Restaurant Revenues During the Holidays

Modern Restaurant Management

QSRs, coffee shops, fast-casual restaurants, and full-service establishments all have one more opportunity to win over new diners and achieve record revenues. That is why multi-unit restaurants are leveraging a multitude of technologies to make every dining, delivery, drive-through, or takeout experience festive and memorable.

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