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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. To capture their attention and loyalty, businesses, including restaurants, must prioritise easy access and convenience. Read the first part, here.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Bluedot released the fourth installment of its State of What Feeds Us report which has kept tabs on consumer behavior and restaurant habits throughout the course of the pandemic. This latest report offers a year in review of shifting consumer restaurant habits precipitated by the pandemic. Fast food reigns supreme. Drive-Thrus.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest news on restaurant recovery, delivery trends, top ice cream toppings and the ideal "delivery doughnut." Total restaurant visits were down -6 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019 but were up +23 percent from a year ago, recovering from a -23 percent decline in May 2020.

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New Lawsuit Argues Tipped Minimum Wage Violates Workers’ Civil Rights

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As a young, lighter-skinned Black woman of mixed heritage, Melton says she was often assigned by her managers to the busiest, most front-facing sections of the restaurant along with her white and young coworkers. Today, One Fair Wage, which represents over 200,000 service workers and 800 restaurant workers, is filing an appeal to the U.S.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 March Sales Decline. percent in March.

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Indian Fried Chicken Is Its Own Beautiful Thing

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Restaurants like New York’s Rowdy Rooster are showing how Indian fried chicken is not just a riff on the Southern American staple Chintan Pandya and Roni Mazumdar, the pair behind restaurant group powerhouse Unapologetic Foods, want you to know that their new fried chicken restaurant, Rowdy Rooster , is not the “McDonald’s version” of Indian food.