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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

And while automation and robotics can help streamline some elements of operations, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's a newfound appreciation for human connection and dining experiences. Using LPR, restaurant staff can link an order to a customer's car and use it as an identification to deliver their order once ready.

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Inside the Starbucks Collectors Cup Market, Where a Single Tumbler Can Sell for Nearly $2K

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The drinkware retails between $20 and $30, and is almost always sold out on the Starbucks website. Spaulding’s first beloved cup retails for $24.95 The resale market really ramped up during the pandemic, as cup collectors found themselves stuck at home and many actual retail locations were closed.

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THE END OF BEING CIVIL, KIND, LAW ABIDING AND PROFESSIONAL

Culinary Cues

I have watched in horror as mobs break into stores and steal merchandise, terrorize employees and customers, and do so without any consideration of the harm being done, or the laws that are designed to protect. We can fix this, but we cannot simply expect someone else to fix it for us. We need to start today – where we are.

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How Walmart Got Its Hands on the Coolest Pantry Brands

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With more than 4,600 stores across the United States, Walmart is the definition of a retail behemoth. Known for its “Every Day Low Prices,” the chain is the country’s dominant grocery retailer. Going into a retailer like Walmart isn’t a decision any company can make lightly. It was just way too much for one person to deal with.”

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Engaging Customers During COVID-19. Consumers prefer an easy experience when they do choose to order food or buy products or services online. Things to think about here are whether you are providing a COVID-sensitive pickup experience. For projections, click here. However, they need to know that you have this capability.

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The Corner Store, Curated

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boiler seem practically sculptural” — positioned itself less like a food market and more like a high-end retailer, one available to the masses, but subsidized by the rich. In recent years, specialty grocery stores have been courting a different kind of customer — one who has an appetite for what’s cool and new, if not necessarily gourmet.

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Tamper-Proof Delivery and TacoTuesday.com

Modern Restaurant Management

“I applaud all of the chefs for excelling in the kitchen, and thank them for their devotion and dedication to continuously innovating our customers’ dining experience.” Starbucks' Largest Immersive Coffee Experience. Stephen Aheimer. Richard Grab. Allan Wambaa. FirstEnergy Stadium. Oregon Convention Center.

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