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What Does Lent Have to Do With Crispy Fish Sandwiches?

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And though Popeyes serves seafood year round, its offering a shrimp tacklebox and a fried flounder sandwich for Lent. While fast-food restaurants may offer spider-shaped doughnuts for Halloween or pink drinks for Valentines Day, Lent specials stand apart in that they revolve around the traditional dietary restrictions of the observance.

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The 11 Best Restaurant Event Ideas That Actually Bring In New Customers And Keep Regulars Excited

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Theyll love the exclusiveness of the meal and the opportunity to eat food that would typically not be served in your restaurant. Youll provide guests with printed pairing notesa list of each drink, the order in which theyll be served, and the flavor profiles for each wine or beer so customers can follow along as their guide speaks.

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Mastering the Art of French Dining

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Lunch is generally served from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., and, historically, most restaurants would serve dinner from 8 to 10 p.m. This is now changing with the advent of online booking systems that offer two seatings each night — usually with an earlier seating at 7 or 7:30 and the later at 9 or 9:30 p.m.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

The survey found that consumers have a short window before they get exacerbated with the time it takes to get their order: More than half (54 percent) of in-house diners don’t like to wait more than 10 minutes to be served and 76 percent are impatient after 15 minutes. Sales velocity is now +20 percent vs December 25, 2021.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. 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.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Respondents collectively serve more than 14 million covers annually and have more than 3.2 Failure to adapt will make securing a seat at the table an uphill battle for tech companies. Guests are happy to have an option directly from the menu that accommodate those dietaries rather than having to do special requests.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Ono’s robotic food truck will begin serving the greater Los Angeles community nutritious, delicious, and affordable smoothie blends for under six dollars, and prepared within 60 seconds beginning this Fall. Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.