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The Marketing Value Combo: The Most Important Deal for Fast Casual Restaurants to Perfect in 2025

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Lean into Personalization and Control Another unique benefit of many FCRs is the ability to customize meals to meet diners’ unique preferences and dietary needs. Additionally, consider innovative items that make traditionally expensive flavors accessible to diners at FCR prices.

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Customization is King – How to Juggle Customization and Efficiency

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And, with so many people following a wide range of dietary restrictions and lifestyles, many restaurants have started trying to offer “Create Your Own” options to a market that is growing in popularity. and ultimately, they still may need to alter it from the menu options set aside for those restrictions.

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Turning Pain Points into Strengths: How to Create a 360-Degree Dining Experience

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As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and the hospitality industry begins to reemerge, now is the time for restaurants to look at how to turn their pain points into strengths through technology. Digital, always-present menus also provide rich imagery and ample details that enhance the menu items’ appeal.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

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Growing menu innovation and healthy fast food further drive the growth of the market. This transition towards healthier options has benefited QSRs in bringing a wider base of customers, such as those with a focus on nutrition and dietary needs. When presented with the use case of in-route food ordering, 76 percent were interested.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

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Since every part of Ono’s assembly process is monitored by hundreds of sensors to ensure there is no spillage, cross-contamination, or inconsistencies; customers with dietary restrictions, allergies, or simply specific preferences no longer have to worry that their blend might include ingredients it shouldn’t.

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MRM Research Roundup: Labor Struggles, Holiday Habits, and Food Truck Trends

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It continues: “And with many fast-casual restaurants upping their convenience games with drive-thrus and other innovations , the distinction between the two segments has become increasingly muddied.” This suggests a changing landscape in holiday drink menus, with a growing demand for innovative and flavorful spirit-free options.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

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46 percent would love to manage their dietary preferences with their favorite establishments. Illinois reports a +85 percent year-over-year increase in sales velocity in the week to January 1, largely due to the stringent COVID-19 restrictions which were in place at the start of 2021. Sales velocity is now 0 percent vs January 4, 2020.

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