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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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On Menu Ingredients 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. I am concerned that rising insurance costs may force some chains to exit the market.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Krystal Refranchising and Pieology in China

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" Macaluso hired Cypress to insure a consistent and disciplined approach to the process. Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza signed a multi-unit development deal that will grow the brand’s footprint in Southern Louisiana. “We love the fast-casual pizza category and have been keeping a close eye on Blaze Pizza.

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Ghost Kitchen Franchise and Pandemic Resources

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As people head back into restaurants, fast casual and common delivery foods continue to decline at a slow rate, including fast food (down 19 percent), cheesesteaks (down 8 percent), chicken wings (down 15 percent) and pizza (down 7 percent). Restaurants can serve guests fast and with minimum human contact.

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