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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. During peak seasons, considering outsourcing certain services becomes a practical solution to ensure seamless operations. Nothing is fraud proof.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

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According to the data, consumers deleted restaurant apps if menu items were missing or if there was limited ability to customize orders. Missing menu items are a deal breaker. Gaps in menu choices and ability to customize disappoint consumers. Gaps in menu choices and ability to customize disappoint consumers.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

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This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. March Sales Decline. percent in March.

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Setting the stage: a guide to opening a restaurant

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From budgeting and licensing to crafting the perfect menu, here’s everything you need to know about how to open a restaurant. Market research Before you even think about the menu or location, you need to understand the guests who will walk through your doors. Is there a shortage of healthy fast-food options?

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Frequency is rising fast too, and 43 percent of US consumers plan to visit venues more often than they did in 2019—nearly twice the number who will go out less (22 percent). “We think the best approach to reach the broadest audience is some sort of physical menu, supplemented by digital menu,” Hummel said.

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MRM Research Roundup: Holiday Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Additionally, the results indicate that the negative effect of COVID-19 was smaller for fast-food restaurants compared to full-service establishments. If there is a specific type of business that could benefit during the remainder of 2020, it could be the fast food industry. percent demand decline. Beauty care, SPA, and fitness center.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

As mentioned before, this expands the need for loyalty programs, and also demands an agile technology stack that can go where customers are, as well as bring customers in. Loyalty will continue to get more personal and less transactional. Gamification will play a larger role in driving brand loyalty.

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