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How Restaurants Can Manage Food Costs During Disruptions

Modern Restaurant Management

Experts have deemed recovery from the pandemic “complete ,” but a new set of challenges has emerged for restaurants: labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, and extreme weather. Form Open Lines of Communication : Share your needs and challenges and be receptive to their feedback. percent annually.

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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. The Return of Lunch Lunch is back!

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PPP Part Two and More News Restaurants Need to Know Now

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The length of the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the severity of the decline remains unknown, but reopening will need to be done carefully with possibly dramatic changes to pre-pandemic approaches to capital management, sanitation, operations, and marketing.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

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This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. Personalized communications aren’t creepy, they’re expected. There was a subsequent recovery of +10 percent in the week to January 1 vs December 25.

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

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This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

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BIBO will work on general sales, marketing and communication, brand development, and new product launches. OpenTable will recommend which actions restaurants can take like running a marketing campaign or managing guest reviews to help them grow their business. “We believe there’s strength in numbers,” White said.

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

Modern Restaurant Management

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis.