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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth.

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How to Maximise Your Restaurant Profit Margin: 5 Key Strategies

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Understanding what influences your restaurant profit margin helps you assess the success of the business and make positive changes. The restaurant profit margin takes into account all your revenue streams, from in-house dining and takeaway orders to branded merchandise and meal kits.

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How the Tech Industry is Shaping the Future of Dining

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Innovations in efficiency, on the other hand, can lead to long-lasting success, as in the case of the McDonald’s brothers’ systematization of fast food orders. Besides the rise of apps, the second largest computing development to influence restaurant management system software is the cloud.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

“It’s encouraging to see consumers continue to rally and support local businesses, with many planning to purchase merchandise, specialty items and gift cards as holiday gifts.” 22 percent of customers are looking to buy restaurant merchandise. 24 percent of people are interested in gifting signature sauces.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

The data collected will help create future strategies to identify customer preferences influencing a company's sales and marketing strategies. We predict the rise of 'bougie' ingredients like caviar, lobster and truffle popping up at restaurants at more affordable prices and in more casual settings like fast casuals and QSRs.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

and joined the Marriott Corporation in 1965 to help launch its fast-food division, beginning with Hot Shoppes Jr., “My family has decades of experience in the restaurant business so the idea for 1aJob? ") offers job seekers — including critical essential workers – a fast and easy path back to work. Helps Hiring.

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22 Restaurant Advertising Ideas Driving Guests To Tables In 2022

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For casual establishments, consider putting promotional signs on the backs of bathroom stall doors and at the silverware stand. More appropriate at fast food, quick-serve, and casual dining establishments, floor graphics use arrows and guides to bring people to the right place in your restaurant with creative floor signage.