EATER

OCTOBER 18, 2023

| John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images Once shunned by millennials, “uncool” chains are gearing up for a comeback For years, millennials were blamed for the death of the casual chain restaurant. And fast-casual chains , like Chipotle and Panera Bread, have been booming for years, with no signs of slowing in that sector.

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Apicbase

JUNE 2, 2022

But… there’s another side to the restaurant profitability equation — menu pricing. What is menu pricing? Menu pricing is the process of assigning a sales price to your menu items. Unfortunately, in its strive for efficiency and leanness, the restaurant industry is still sleeping on data-driven menu pricing.

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Restaurant Clicks

JULY 13, 2021

While American Chinese food may not be authentically Chinese, it is certainly one of the most popular cuisines for dining out or ordering in. Chang’s is that it has a great indoor dining atmosphere with dim lighting and a full bar. Chang’s franchise to form its own in 2017. You’re bound to find at least one of them in your area.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the impact of cold weather on restaurant viability, why franchises need to be nimbler and the pandemic's effect on guest expectations. restaurants are operating at less than 100 percent capacity in their dining rooms. Patio dining in colder weather. Restaurant Adaptation.

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The Rail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Aside from high gas prices, gas-powered vehicles pollute the Earth with dangerous greenhouse gasses that cause global warming. A fleet of electric vehicles is most suitable for more extensive restaurant operations, whether fast food, fine dining, or catering businesses. Trivia and other games are often available too.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

A full-service restaurant typically includes table service and more involved customer service experiences, spanning fine dining to a sit-down dinner. With greater labor costs, FSR can fall into the 3-5% profit margin range, depending on restaurant size, menu item prices, turnover rates, and location. Fast Casual Restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

There’s just not the same amount of volume in takeout as there is in in-person dining.” Additionally, the results indicate that the negative effect of COVID-19 was smaller for fast-food restaurants compared to full-service establishments. Upscale/fine-dining restaurants. percent demand decline. Shopping malls.

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Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

You may not have noticed, but some brilliant restaurant chains and franchises are shaking up the dining culture of the Nordic countries, both with new concepts and by revamping old ones. These restaurants are scaling fast, and quite often venture far beyond their country of origin. Fast Casual Restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

parent company of fast-casual restaurant chain The Habit Burger Grill, for approximately $375 million in a cash transaction. Founded in 1969, The Habit Burger Grill operates nearly 300 company-owned and franchised restaurants across the United States and in China. Beefing Up with Habit Acquisition. Brands, Inc.

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Focus POS

JUNE 17, 2019

Keep in mind that there are other variables to take into account besides just the price of the system itself: additional expenses, such as ongoing support and training costs, and ways the new system will save you money, such as reductions in waste, labor costs, or shrinkage. POS for Restaurant Franchise Management. What is my budget?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

From the very beginning we worked to attract loyal guests seeking an authentic, family dining experience. With restaurant dining rooms closing unexpectedly and inconsistently from market to market, the industry realized the ability to communicate frequently and rapidly to their customers is critical. Shasta, California.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Vetting dining room, bar, and kitchen staff over the next decade will require probing more during job interviews, seeking candidates with more responsible lifestyles, advanced educational aspirations, and other evidence of a disciplined, drug-free work ethic will become even more of an HR imperative. Of course, people will always dine out.

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Kounta

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Australians now dine out more than Americans, and opening a restaurant has become a compelling business proposition that is hard to ignore (Eating Out in Australia 2017). Do you buy a Franchise or an Independent Business? A Fast-Casual? A high priced Fine/r Dining Restaurant? Business Planning. “By

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 11, 2023

Even technology comes with a price tag, continuous innovations and wide adoption make them more accessible and cost-effective. . But why should you automate order taking when everything is working fine for you? . According to Fast Casual research , 8 out of 10 US customers use voice search to locate restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the latest report from Tripadvisor , which outlinines the road to recovery for the travel and dining industry, restaurants are showing the first signs of recovery, leading the way for hospitality businesses. Around one in six (16 percent) will avoid dine-in experiences altogether in favor of delivery or take-out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Low priced / value perceived / big ticket items brought down to a fixed low price. The utilization of ghost kitchens means more money and opportunity for restaurant operators, without large price or labor hikes. With the rise of delivery and take-out, restaurants will start getting creative with the in-dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

” The survey, conducted by Untold Insights on behalf of Oracle Food and Beverage, polled 502 consumers in the United States in November 2020 about their dining and gifting plans for the holiday season. And it is relevant to mention that this is not driven by fine dining or even upscale casual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. The transaction marks the addition of the first fast-casual concept to Yum! National Restaurant Association Show Canceled. Brands, Inc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Fast food options usually fall into two buckets: fast, healthy, and unaffordable, or fast, unhealthy, and affordable and nothing in between. Combining our backgrounds in tech, automation, and culinary fine dining, we knew we could fill this void to give more people access to healthy, high-quality food.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

US Foods will finance the acquisition primarily with $700 million in fully committed financing from Citigroup and Bank of America and will fund the balance of the purchase price through its existing liquidity resources. At the closing of the acquisition, US Foods’ pro forma net leverage is expected to be approximately 4.0x

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