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Order and Pay at the Table: A Guide for Your Restaurant

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Use screen content to promote upcoming events, new menu items, coupons, and more. Quick Service: Fast food and quick service restaurants can invite customers to take a seat while they order and wait for their food. Fast Casual: Fast casual restaurants can offer speedier service without downgrading food quality using tableside ordering.

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MRM Research Roundup: Cautious Optimism, Beyond the Burn, and the Taylor Swift Economy

Modern Restaurant Management

Out of 25 brands, 17 are QSR or casual dining restaurants, marking a significant shift in why people are primarily visiting malls – to eat. Fast food dominates takeout, with 60 percent of Americans choosing it as their preferred option for ordering meals at home. Insight Key Statistic Americans Spending on Dining Out 55.7

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

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Food trucks, pop-up supper clubs, fast-casual restaurants, and brewpubs are all a part of the unique culinary fabric of this country. Learn About Fast-Casual Dining. Fast-casual dining is dominating the restaurant industry, and its growth is expected to continue at a rapid pace in a post-pandemic economy.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2021 Edition

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Casual Dining velocity has grown by 158 percent over the same period, suggesting many of the Casual Dining business models were able to maintain sales to some degree through pandemic restrictions. In fact, 30 percent of recent casual dining visitors think there is an opportunity to improve the quality of the beverage offer.

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Catering to Families: The Untapped Potential in the Restaurant Industry

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While they crave the value of QSR – 34 percent of families reporting higher spending at QSRs this month compared to 18 percent of childless households – they are inclined toward fast casual and full-service restaurants as well. Remember to leverage your digital platform to foster brand loyalty and repeat business, too.

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Understanding the Customer to Enhance Brand Experience

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More than ever, brands, especially QSR and Fast Casual restaurants brands, are taking advantage of the vast and varied platforms available for consumer engagement; most notably social media. In creating this social media persona, Burger King, and other brands, establish a voice. Guests are listening.

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Best Practices for Launching Online Ordering

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Take the casual-dining chain, TGI Fridays, for example. The best thing to do is find online ordering software that is easy to set up, fast to get started with and doesn’t cost a lot of money. Software that helps track where users are coming from and which coupons they like the most can be a huge factor in future success.