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MRM Research Roundup: Delivery Fraud, the Playground Effect, and Top 100 Places to Eat

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Identifying Challenges and Uncovering Opportunities SpotOn unveiled its 2025 Restaurant Business Report , revealing the financial challenges restaurant operators face and the opportunities to strengthen their businesses. On a year-over-year basis, small business sales (+2.1 Independent operators feel the squeeze the most.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

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New data from the National Restaurant Association’s 2025 Off-Premises Restaurant Trends report highlights how off-premises dining has become both a consumer preference and business essential, with the convenience and availability of takeout, delivery, and drive-thru now deeply embedded in everyday life.

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

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Restaurants Order Up Tech, AI, and Dynamic Pricing As far as technology goes, 26 percent of respondents said they’d like to start using new tech to help run their business, which is up seven percentage points from last year. Consumer searches for malls on Yelp decreased 13 percent year over year.

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Boost Your Restaurant Business with Five Local Marketing Tips

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The pandemic has ravaged many businesses in the country and few industries were hit as hard as the restaurant industry. So it makes good business sense to revamp your marketing strategies. The Pandemic and the Restaurant Business. Thousands upon thousands of restaurants were forced to close for safety reasons, some permanently.

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Tamper-Proof Delivery and TacoTuesday.com

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lines of business (Business Dining, Education, Healthcare Hospitality, Leisure, and Sports & Entertainment) beat the kitchen heat in sector championships to earn their spot in the national competition. .” Comprised of top three finishers from each business sector final). Business Dining. Sean Fetters.

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From Ghost Kitchens to Living Kitchens: A New Vision for Food Service’s Next Great Space

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Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Small farms and producers struggle with distribution, so use scale to lock in better prices and fewer drop-offs that benefit everybody.

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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

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Reduce the number of deliveries as often as possible. Consolidating vendors and the number of deliveries made each week will save money. Schedule deliveries carefully by designating appropriate receiving hours with vendors. Mistake #7: Employee Theft Theft is rampant in small businesses.