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What’s on the Menu? — January 6, 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

In this column, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine looks at newly introduced menu items from top brands. Sweetgreen launched Green January, an opportunity for customers to jumpstart a healthy routine in the new year through real, fresh food. SONIC® Drive-In is introducing a new Under $2 Craves menu. Golden Menu.

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Beyond Menus: Creative QR Code Uses for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

The technology allowed patrons to bypass physical menus and access digital menus instead, lowering the risk of spreading the virus. But QR codes offer much more than a pathway to a menu on our phones. Up the personalization ante by providing QR code ordering. Businesses use the 2D barcode in new, exciting ways every day.

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Menu Prices Are Rising, But Loyalty Programs Can Help Restaurants Stay Ahead

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s an unsavory fact: food is getting more expensive. In October, the USDA reported year-to-date averages, noting that food-at-home (grocery store) prices have increased 2.5 percent and food-away-from-home (restaurant) prices have increased 3.6 If current projections from the U.S. Rewards for Loyalty.

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Menu Trends and Promotion Ideas for Winter 2022

Goliath Consulting

Some may say they hate the cold, but they love what the season brings: joy and cozy, comfort foods. Winter is known as the season of celebration and the best time to overindulge in rich meals and comfort foods. Winter Menu Trends. Use the menu trends listed above to form a seasonal menu for guests. Coffee and Tea.

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Ordering Channels and Preferences Have Shifted: How Restaurants Can Win The Customer

Modern Restaurant Management

Surging prices have been top of mind for consumers for two years and counting, leaving restaurant leaders questioning how inflation might influence diners’ behavior and overall spending habits, including their usage of digital ordering and third-party delivery apps– both of which gained momentum during the pandemic.

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The Rise of Exclusivity: VIP vs Traditional Discounting

Modern Restaurant Management

But rapidly rising labor and food costs over recent months has heightened pressure on already tight restaurant margins. Exclusivity can offer as much or more traction as a traditional coupon or discount, with far less impact to a brand’s P&L. Additionally, the Backdoor “Secret.”Menu

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. Pizza Ordering Predictions HungerRush released the results of a national dining survey on 2024 pizza ordering predictions for The Big Game (February 11) and National Pizza Day (February 9).

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