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

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Franchise 2.0:

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. ” Taffer's Tavern Inks Multi-Unit Deal. metro area.

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Staying on Top of FDD Requirements for Risk and Insurance

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s hard to escape the continuing boom in restaurant franchises. Quick-serve brands are leading the trend, and not just for restaurants, but for franchises overall. Even experienced operators know that navigating the compliance requirements laid out by each state’s franchise registration rules isn’t easy.

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How To Retain Restaurant Staff And Survive Mass Resignation

The Restaurant Times

Whether you own an elite fine dining establishment or a fast-food franchise, you’ve probably experienced the challenges of finding and retaining a strong restaurant staff. . The long-term benefits of providing health insurance outweigh the drawbacks, but getting past the initial obstacles is the difficult part.

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Ghost Kitchen Franchise and Pandemic Resources

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature sobering statistics from Yelp, a ghost kitchen franchise model, franchise explosions expected and falling for for an improved PSL. Ghost Kitchen Franchise Model. After signing a franchise agreement, owners are operational on the platform within 10 days. Yelp Sees COVID Effect.

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Upping the Ante: This Week in Restaurant Staffing

Modern Restaurant Management

It featured recruitment content and live sessions with Chipotle employees highlighting its benefits, career paths, cooking demos, and more. On Monday, May 17, Applebee’s will host a National Hiring Day event at franchise and company-operated restaurants nationwide. They have the demand from customers, but not enough employees.

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Mastering Restaurant Metrics: Your Comprehensive Guide to Business Success 

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Overhead Rate Overhead expenses are the indirect costs a restaurant incurs, such as operational expenses like rent, utilities, taxes, administrative staff salaries, insurance, licences, and permits. Together with gross profit, net profit margin is also an important franchise restaurant performance metric.