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How Does a Single-Location Independent Operator Restaurant Compete with Chain Franchises?

Modern Restaurant Management

Even in the best of times, it’s mostly been an uphill battle for single location restaurants to compete with chain franchises. Differences in manpower, brand recognition, technology and marketing budgets have all presented significant challenges for single location restaurants to compete for market share. Direct Delivery.

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Innovative Technology Allowed Emerging Canadian Franchise to Expand Into US

Modern Restaurant Management

The simple reason is: technology. Now, with consumer behavior increasingly shifting toward intuitive and automated restaurant experiences, Canadian brands are faced with the need for the support, flexibility and efficiency of the right technology suite in order to confidently and successfully expand into the U.S. restaurant market.

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QSR Brands Can Leverage Technology to Overcome a Recession

Modern Restaurant Management

Many brands have been experimenting with new technology to help reduce the demand for labor and combat recent price inflation. We’ve been tracking how a recession would affect the QSR industry and looking at what role technology can play in lowering the cost of employment.

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Can Technology Solve the Restaurant Staffing Shortage?

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Over the past year, a record number of restaurants have invested in technologies to create more efficient operations and facilitate online ordering and delivery. In response, many restaurants have turned to technology to help address the labor gap.

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Technology Upgrades That Make a Difference

Modern Restaurant Management

Though much ink has been spilled over the difficult hurdles restaurants survived — and thrived — through, it’s also important to highlight the positive changes that are transforming the industry, and that includes technology. Technology, Then and Now.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Modular Chicken and 2020 Year-End Results

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Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Dave’s Hot Chicken is spicing up its 2021 franchise development strategy. Two of the nine franchise locations in Mexico are slated to open in 2021. Modular Chicken.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

Modern Restaurant Management

MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise (MUFSO) landscape. Curry Up Now offering a limited-time franchise development incentivethat allows experienced, multi-unit operators to sign a deal for a minimum of three Curry Up Now franchise restaurants rather than the typical five unit commitment.

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