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What Consumers Want? A B2C Checklist

Modern Restaurant Management

Leverage consumer data to learn about preferences, dietary restrictions, and favorite foods. Sustainability: A Menu with a Dash of Environmental Conscience Sustainability is the new expectation as modern diners are growing increasingly ecologically conscious.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Despite the industry being at its most stable since 2019, customers being more educated and engaged around the issues impacting the food system, and massive strides made in creating sustainable and equitable conditions for staff, rising costs are greatly impacting both operations and the public’s dining out frequency.

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How to Write a FAQ or Frequently Asked Questions page for a Restaurant or Cafe

Ken Burgin

What are you doing for sustainability and recycling? What other dietary needs and preferences do you accommodate? Do you have a list of recommended entertainment or live bands? Are there any restrictions on the type of events hosted? How do I apply for a job at this restaurant? Do you charge room hire of private events?

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Leveraging transactional, behavioral, demographic, and offline data from their most valued guests, operators can effectively personalize every guest interaction based on their likes, dislikes, dietary restrictions, preferred payment methods, and more, to drive lifetime value. – Joe Hand Jr.,

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

From beer made from rejected cereal pieces to containers made from organic mushroom waste, food waste will lead the way for more sustainable consumption and innovation. Tomorrow's conscious consumers will be looking for eco-friendly packaging and products, while also seeking guidance on how to make their diets more sustainable.”

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MRM Plant-Based: Trends in Meatless and Copper Branch Expands in Time for Veganuary

Modern Restaurant Management

Menus are accommodating dietary preferences and identities, as well as taking various cultures into consideration, and even creating entire vegan menus. Some trends the industry is seeing include: To Infinity & Beyond…MEATS. Restaurants are serving plant-based burgers, with either Impossible Foods or Beyond Meats. . “Mrs.

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‘We’re Reclaiming Beer Because It’s Ours’

EATER

They govern every aspect of the function, from who can make potato salad to how to deal with your dietary restrictions to the variety of drinks you’ll see: juices, teas, Sprite , “sprite,” and — if you’re grown enough — brown liquor. Beer, though, is another question entirely. I’m not saying you won’t find any beer at the cookout.

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