article thumbnail

MRM Research Roundup: Labor Struggles, Holiday Habits, and Food Truck Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

The survey was conducted in January 2024 among 522 US-based Food and Beverage professionals, including owners and managers from single-site establishments and small multi-site chains with fewer than 20 restaurants. This sample size ensures statistically robust and representative data for the industry. percent year-over-year, compared to 0.4

article thumbnail

MRM EXCLUSIVE: The Tipping Point Is Now

Modern Restaurant Management

With both restaurants and guest feeling the effects of inflation, tipping has become a topic of confusion and intrusion for diners, according to Restaurants: Consumer Trends Fall 2023/Winter 2024 , a report produced by Provoke Insights in collaboration with Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Celebrating 90 Years of Fresh, Maine Lobster

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with co-owner Stuart Snyder to discuss the Southwest Harbor, Maine landmark’s past, present and future. Over nine decades, Beal’s Lobster Pier, which has become one of Maine’s great food and waterfront destinations for the over 3.5-million

article thumbnail

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

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. In recent years, the food service industry has undergone a rapid transformation of automation and increased technology usage.

article thumbnail

How to Grow Your Catering Business

Goliath Consulting

You may even get client requests you’re not used to, like having to add a food truck or using non-traditional type venues you would have never thought of using (1). According to Daniel Smith, writer for QSR Magazine, “technology is playing a prominent and escalating role in catering.

Catering 378
article thumbnail

How Martha Moments Creator Andrew Ritchie Built a Martha Stewart Community

EATER

Andrew Ritchie Ritchie caught up with Martha at the Toronto Food Show in 2014. Andrew Ritchie: I kept seeing this beautiful magazine in the checkout line at the grocery store in college. At the time, she had two new TV shows, a new magazine launching, and a consistent stream of new partnerships and product lines emerging.

2001 144
article thumbnail

Exploring Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

" Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door: 50 American Chefs Chart Today’s Food Culture " by Emmanuel Laroche offers insights from leading chefs and readers will walk away with advice and inspiration from noted chefs, restaurant owners, bartenders, and industry leaders, all of whom have shared their stories in their own words.

Food 450