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Fine Dining vs. Casual Dining: What’s the Difference?

SpotOn

It's what makes the restaurant industry such a vibrant, innovative space. Full service restaurant concepts fall into two broad categories: casual dining and fine dining. Casual and fine dining restaurants offer different menus and experiences to guests and require different expertise and operational knowledge for success.

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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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Fewer Seats, More Shelves: How Restaurants are Preparing for the Takeout Order Boom

LevelUp

Since 2014, online ordering for pickup and delivery has grown 300% faster than dine-in traffic. In its early years, digital ordering provided an opportunity to access tech-savvy customers and boost sales. Now, it is crucial that quick-serve and fast-casual restaurants offer the ability to order online.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022. Roughly half of U.S. There will continue to be ample opportunities for growth in 2022 and beyond."

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Contactless ordering at the table, virtual host stands, and online staff wellness checks have all become standard operating procedures for us now. Innovative and inviting outdoor seating is going to be crucial in order for restaurants to survive. Scott Lawton, CEO and cofounder at bartaco.

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Integrating Tech from Other Industries into Your Restaurant Business

Next Restaurants

Takeout orders and delivery have taken the lead in a world where it’s difficult to sit in a crowd. Updates and innovations continue to happen every day and staying on top of them can help you understand which ones will benefit your business the most. Self-Ordering Kiosks. Digitized Payments.