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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

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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HORECA Middle East: 5 Opportunities in the Hotels, Restaurants, and Catering Industries

Aaron Allen & Associates

These macroeconomic trends are expected to foster activity in the foodservice industry, especially emphasizing the demand side: consumption, tourism, and B2B services. Some of these are: As part of Vision 2030 in Saudi Arabia, $500 billion are being invested in NEOM across 14 sectors including food, tourism, and entertainment & culture.

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Must Be Something in the Sunshine

Modern Restaurant Management

Perez Grajales said Central Florida is a perfect place due the diversity of the culinary offerings, large tourism industry and exposure to global palates. We know our flavors have mass appeal and we expect to compete well with all fast casual chains as we make our way into new cities.” Meson Sandwiches.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

As the pandemic raged, hordes of hospitality workers shifted to in-office or at-home jobs, leaving a large labor gap to be filled, especially as tourism returns to pre-pandemic levels. As the demand for robotics increases, solutions like franchising and bringing robots closer to home will augment market growth and penetration.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

We’ve already seen a surge in loyalty programs over the years, and now, with mobile accelerating as fast as it is, there’s great opportunity for brands to follow suit and introduce their own digital offers and rewards platforms. We don’t even need statistics to prove that curbside and takeout has exploded, but will it last?

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-June 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

According to new research from faculty members in Temple University’s School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) and the school’s U.S.-Asia Asia Center for Tourism and Hospitality Research, the ability to visit restaurants is one thing folks have greatly missed over the last few months.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

And it is relevant to mention that this is not driven by fine dining or even upscale casual. Steak was the most mentioned menu item in casual dining when describing a positive food experience. For full-service restaurants, the menu item that got the largest number of positive guest mentions during November was steak.

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