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Franchise Portfolio Diversification: Trends Taking Shape in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

From full service to fast-casual to legacy fast-food brands, the one constant was disruption. This approach required fewer front-of-the-house staff to maintain a dining room, complied with government orders, and kept many brands from closing. Just as one issue seemed fixed, another presents itself.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand.

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In LA, Proof That Sustainability Can Be Chic and Profitable

EATER

Ashley Randall Photography Crudo e Nudo made a thriving restaurant business out of sustainable seafood by reimagining what service looks like We often presume to understand restaurant economics because we know what a chicken breast costs at the supermarket. “I I could make this dish at home for $5,” goes the refrain.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

Tableside ordering via tablets, tableside payment, POS systems designed with mobility and flexibility in mind have dominated the market growing out of the fast casual. We’re also seeing many of our clients find new ways to be more sustainable in sourcing their food products. “Will this look good on Instagram?

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How The Snug Took Control of Labor and Evolved Their Restaurant

7 Shifts

Here’s how they evolved their operations to sustain their business during the pandemic. However, self-operated delivery was not sustainable for their business concept and staff. “I As one of 7shifts’ most tech-savvy restaurant clients, the founders of The Snug always have their fingers on the pulse of the restaurant industry.

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How I Got My Job: Founding a Hip and Sustainable Canned Wine Company

EATER

The company currently offers five sustainably farmed, low-intervention wines that Olszewski has chosen to be widely pleasing. I got a full-ride scholarship to UMass Amherst, where I majored in sustainable agriculture and gender studies and minored in English literature. Only 30 percent of glass bottles are recycled in the U.S.,

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How To Unite Technology and Staff  For Restaurant Success

Modern Restaurant Management

News headlines give you a pretty good idea of what’s top of mind for employees at QSRs and fast-casual locations: Staffing Shortages : We’re still 14,000 restaurant jobs short of where we were in February of 2020. Three Strategies for Achieving Better Alignment The staff vs. tech dynamic isn’t sustainable.