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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Personalized Promotions Must Line the Loyalty Path

Modern Restaurant Management

While there was a brief dip in consumer awareness of menu price increases in late 2024, the spring of 2025 has seen a moderate rise, affecting dining habits and consumer perceptions of value. “With rising prices tied to eggs and imported goods, restaurants will need to think creatively about their menus,” Fink said.

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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Wine lists that resemble an encyclopedia of the wine making craft are just the price of admission. The price they pay is a lack of balance in their lives, relentless stress, and always concerns about when their star will lose its shine. Cooking should be fun and designed to make all involved happy.

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Restaurant Market Research: Ultimate Guide to Market Analysis

7 Shifts

Gathering and analyzing data lets you tailor your menus, services, and overall atmosphere to better meet diners' needs. Aside from improving restaurant customer experience , market research also helps you make informed decisions about location, pricing, and marketing strategies. Decide how you will measure the success of your research.

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How Does the Seasonal Transition Affect Produce Price and Availability?

Modern Restaurant Management

Have you ever wondered how, despite changing climates and seasons, the same leafy greens you use in your menu items are available year-round? Any weather-related issues can have a dramatic effect on supply and prices as lettuce transitions from one area to the next. In 2019, the U.S. ” 2020 Has Been a Challenging Year.

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Digital Menu Psychology: How to Influence Ordering Decisions Online

ChowNow

Where our eyes land first, how we interpret prices, and what descriptions stick in our minds—all of it is shaped by subtle design choices and cues we may not even notice. It’s rooted in behavioral science and backed by decades of research into decision-making, pricing, and visual perception.

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Restaurant Menu Engineering Techniques to Maximize Profit

ChowNow

You can have a crowd-pleasing menu, loyal regulars, and a packed dining roomand still watch your margins disappear. Too many restaurant menus are built on intuition and aesthetics, not real numbers. What Is Menu Engineering and Why Should You Care? Because not every dish thats popular is profitable.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025. Harmonizing Heat A desire for bold and complex sauces and spices has hit America in recent years.

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