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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

7 Shifts

Numbers can give us insights into everything from profits and losses to average customer spend to how often employees cycle through. Employee turnover rate. For fine dining, around 30 percent. Labor cost includes all labor-related categories: Employees, both hourly wages and salaries. Employee Turnover Rate.

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Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse

Black Box Intelligence

Only fine dining did improve in sales growth. 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. Year-over-year check growth was 5.7%

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features consumers' dining desires, the power of personalization and the untapped opportunity in localized marketing. COVID-19 Consumer Dining Trends. Mixed take-out bag. Can't touch this.

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Meeting Off-Premise Demand While Rebuilding In-Restaurant Sales to Boost Profitability

Restaurant365

The rise of off-premise dining. Off-premise dining certainly accelerated during the pandemic. Dining room closures or capacity restrictions drove restaurants to increase their sales through off-premise channels. Is off-premise dining here to stay? Many guests are eager to dine in restaurants again.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. Family dining was another segment that was hit hard, which includes many buffet-based concepts. The top factor influencing the choice to buy alcoholic drinks with take out/delivery relates to ease and safety.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Must haves for local chain restaurant apps include easy ordering (66 percent), easy payment (61 percent), loyalty/rewards points (52 percent), and coupons and/or deals (52 percent). One in two ranked points and/or dollars off for rewards as most important followed by coupons. Dine-In Struggle. Brand Engagement.

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Tech Team-Ups and El Pollo Loco Romance

Modern Restaurant Management

" Said Silvestri, "Daniel Boulud is considered a true a pioneer of the revolution and evolution of fine dining and to nurturing emerging talents, and despite the many additions to the list of most celebrated fine dining chefs we see today, Daniel remains one of the most highly-awarded and recognized chefs in America and the world.