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‘Repurposed Spaces Offer Three Key Advantages for a Fast-Casual Brand: Cost, Time, and Customers.’

Modern Restaurant Management

With big-box retailers closing up shop, more than 140 million square feet of desirable retail space has become available, presenting the opportunity for restaurants such as fast-casual concepts to expand their businesses. In more recent years, there's been a wider adoption of fast-casual concepts.

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Sound Decisions about Music in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Let’s look at the reasons that full service/fast casual restaurants may have music issues. Because of copyright law, the music also needs to be properly licensed and the artists credited. Rather than handle this on your own, you can work through a licensing company that pays the fees on your behalf.

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Average Restaurant Profit Margins: What They Are And How to Improve Yours

ChowNow

Restaurant type: Whether you run a fine dining, fast casual, or quick service concept plays a big role in potential margins. Add in things like equipment repairs, licensing fees, and other expenses, and youre constantly fighting to stay ahead of significant cost increases. Theres no one-size-fits-all number.

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From acqui-hire to vaporware: The new restaurant tech ABCs

Restaurant Business

The coffee giant is licensing the company’s order fulfillment tech while also bringing aboard Empower’s six engineers. For fast-food restaurants, where every second counts, this could be a particularly valuable tool, especially as more transactions come through digital channels.

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How to Read a Restaurant P&L (Profit and Loss) Statement + Free Template

SpotOn

If you're a fast-casual place and only offer a couple of alcoholic beverages, then "alcohol" should be enough. Spotify, ASCAP/BMI licensing fees), and special events. Think of your lease, insurance, and licenses. Those sales line items should match the ones in your POS reporting. Music & entertainment.

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Restaurant Profit Margin: 7 Ways To Actually Make Your Operation More Profitable

SpotOn

Quick-service restaurants—like cafes, fast food, and fast casual—are estimated to have decent profit margins with lower food and labor costs. There's a basic version for fast calculations and and advanced one if you really want to get into the weeds. More on that below. Overhead costs.

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How To Become A Bartender: A 6-Step Guide for Total Beginners

SpotOn

  Because of this common perception, we’re going to break our list into two parts: Tasks customers see Tasks customers don’t see I want to do it this way to pull back the curtain on just how much work goes into the appearance that someone is casually hanging out, making drinks. It depends on your starting point.