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What Restaurant Owners Need to Grow: Legal Strategies for Long-Term Success

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From franchise compliance to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) terms, the right legal frameworks can guide a restaurant company to long-term, sustained success. Regularly reviewing and updating your FDD in response to industry and/or government changes will help protect your brand as you scale.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

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Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. ” Additionally, you will speak to or put in place written policies around employee and manager expectations and a code of ethics.

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MRM Research Roundup: AI Investment Heating Up and Summer Dining Dos and Don’ts

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The lowest ratings are related to the digital experience, which also shows the most deterioration. While customer experience and inventory management represent the first wave of AI adoption, survey responses indicate that a second wave of AI deployment is focused on boosting customer loyalty and enhancing employee experience.

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Hungry for Growth: The Restaurant Industry in 2022

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Several other pandemic-related trends will continue into 2022 and beyond, and new trends will also emerge. In addition, 75 percent of restaurant operators say recruiting employees was their top challenge, the highest level ever recorded. Increased Consumer Demand for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Policies.

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What’s Next?: MRM Restaurant Survival Guide Updates

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The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has launched the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to support U.S. restaurant employees financially impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Clic here to d onate to the Foundation’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. This fund is designed to help those struggling employees.”

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Safety Training and a Strong Safety Culture: The Recipe for Mitigating Restaurant Risk

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Data from the National Restaurant Association’s 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report revealed that nearly three in four operators were focused on sustaining growth. That won’t cut it in an industry that faces major risks associated with employee injuries and food safety.

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Cities Implementing Vaccine Mandates for Indoor Dining Are Seeing Stable Restaurant Visitation

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Another factor may be the sustained shift among the unvaccinated to utilize options other than indoor dining, such as outdoor seating, drive-thrus, to-go pickup and delivery orders. Other possibilities also include wide stability of traffic within metro areas, even if individual county or city limits are seeing more volatility.