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How Organic Ingredients Can Enhance Your Restaurant’s Sustainability Initiatives

The Rail

Consumers prefer to dine in establishments that prioritize eco-friendly practices. Today, we will explore the advantages of organic products and Paleo pantry essentials to show you how to source these ingredients to foster a greener dining experience. Let’s explore some of them. Here are some of these strategies.

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28 Strategies to Cut Costs in the Restaurant Business

Lavu

Running a successful restaurant in 2025 means more than just great food—it requires smart financial decisions. With rising ingredient prices, labor shortages, and tighter margins, operators must find strategic ways to reduce restaurant costs without compromising quality or customer experience.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Off-Premises Dining Is Essential Nearly 75 percent of all restaurant traffic now happens off-premises—meaning that almost three out of four restaurant orders are taken to go. “Off-premises dining has become a key revenue driver and an essential way to engage consumers,” said Dr. .

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. This was largely due to a favorable shift in the Thanksgiving holiday. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percentage points.”

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Have Delivery Apps Changed What a Restaurant Is?

EATER

Although we did offer delivery, our menu decisions, like most of our decisions, had up until that point prioritized the entire dining room experience. The pandemic has forced restaurants to accommodate delivery in order to stay relevant. And there’s no going back now. But it was an upgrade in flavor deemed worth the investment.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature real-time data on consumer behavior and the move to #cutoutcutlery. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc. secured $60 million in Series C funding. The round is led by DST Global with participation from existing investors including Dragoneer Investment Group and Franklin Templeton.

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What’s Packing Your Food? Restaurant Delivery Packaging Trends

Goliath Consulting

And as Alicia McCabe, senior director of Food Packaging Category at Georgia-Pacific Professional, stated, “It’s important for consumers to have a good dining experience, even outside of the restaurant. It also means that the packaging should allow for easy transport while keeping foods sealed and protected from spills or physical damage.