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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

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Fast Food and QSR Value The United States Fast Food & Quick Service Restaurant Market size was valued at US$ 248.8 billion by 2033, according to The "United States Fast Food and Quick Services Restaurants Market Size and Share Analysis – Growth Trends and Forecast Report 2025-2033" from ResearchAndMarkets.com.

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Restaurant Staffing Crisis Solutions: Experts Weigh In

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“We are seeing sign-on bonuses at fast food and fast casual locations, something never seen before in the industry. Fast casual will continue to push out full-service brands because they can assemble food in front of you and get food to the customer more quickly.

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MRM Research Roundup: Holiday Spending, Franchise Optimism, and Pickle Energy

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Restaurant leaders expect waves in the year ahead, with 32 percent pinning recruitment and retention as their top challenge, 27 percent most concerned about rising food costs, and 21 percent flagging sales volume as the main hurdle. Cottage cheese had a social media-fueled renaissance. Lunch traffic is down -0.1 percent YOY.

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Turning Restaurant Staffing Challenges Into Opportunities

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Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. And with inflation and wage growth driving a majority of the country’s economic discussions, this reality will add to the pressures on restaurant owners and managers to find ways to recruit and retain workers.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

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” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. In the short term, it’s QSR that will experience labor improvement, then fast-casual. Restaurants need to be instagrammable.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Kitchen of the Future, Restaurant Sherpas and Dunkin’ Hirin’

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To shine the spotlight on the immediate opportunities that exist for all Americans to find employment at franchised restaurants of an iconic brand that holds a unique place in people’s daily lives, Dunkin’ is launching its first-ever national advertising campaign aimed at recruitment.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

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To be successful, restaurant operators will look to strike the perfect formula of on- and off-premises for their business as consumers strive for convenience, but continue to look to the social escape that restaurants provide. Operators are finding social media to be an invaluable tool to attract and retain customers.

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