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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

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In 2024, brands will continue to overcome the challenge of accessing and aggregating this valuable owned data to cultivate this level of hospitality and long-term brand loyalty. Stored value will also emerge as a critical element in loyalty programs, offering added flexibility and customer benefits. – Joe Hand Jr.,

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2021 Edition

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In addition to the emergence of indoor dining, it explores rising competition between fast food and fast casual restaurant brands with COVID restrictions loosening. “The data strongly signals long wait times are a vulnerability for fast food restaurants as they compete for customers. . Fast food reigns supreme.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

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We expect restaurants to place more emphasis on these things given increased competition in the space as operators aim to increase brand loyalty both internally and externally. This will cause restaurants to innovate their offerings amidst reduced menu sizes. Jay Fiske, Vice President, Powerhouse Dynamics. Kari Hensien, RizePoint CEO.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2020 Edition

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A consumer's brand loyalty was also impacted during recent events, with 33 percent of overall respondents citing an increase in loyalty to the brands they frequented during stay-at-home-orders. This sentiment was most prevalent with millennials, with 43 percent reporting an increase in loyalty.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

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The fast-casual brand continues to grow amid the pandemic and is on track to open more than 30 restaurants this year. Together, they are launching the Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership program, an innovative personal development training initiative that equips potential business owners to operate high-performing businesses.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2021 Edition

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Since this daypart has increased traffic during the pandemic, operators will need to innovate their food and beverage offerings to grow traffic. "Across "Quality, value, and innovation will always be relevant to the consumer, but we also need to recognize that in many ways the world has fundamentally changed."

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MRM Franchise Feed: Franchising for Heroes and Shaq-a-Roni for Charity

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The organization is run by Veterans and former First Responders with a passion for helping heroes in search of their next calling and offers a variety of programs to help veterans and current and former first responders succeed within the franchising space.

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