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Balancing Dining Experiences with Cost-Conscious Strategies

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Minimizing Menu Price Increases : Just because diners are still eating out and ordering in, does not mean they are happy about higher menu prices. For back of house, operators should focus on tech that drives speed, efficiency, and cost savings. What can restaurant operators do to bring in new guests and keep them coming back for more?

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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Restaurants are already experimenting with using AI to handle drive through orders to allow human employees to focus on customer interactions in the restaurant. Restaurants are already experimenting with using AI to handle drive through orders to allow human employees to focus on customer interactions in the restaurant.

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Innovative Models Keep Restaurant Revenue and Supply Chain Flowing

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The concept now branded Freshii WFH (Work From Home), is an offshoot of their COVID response program, which focused on local hospitals and provided meals to front-line doctors and nurses in a safe and timely fashion. If restaurants aren’t ordering as much food to serve in house, suppliers end up with a backlog of perishable goods.

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

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launched its COVID-19 online operator resource, the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint. The Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury , released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. US Foods Holding Corp.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

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Adaptability became non-negotiable as takeout, delivery, and digital ordering shifted from secondary revenue streams to essential lifelines." " As we mark the fifth anniversary, MRM magazine surveyed restaurant insiders about the pandemic’s lasting impact on their businesses and the industry.

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Wrapping Up a Restaurant Marketing Trend

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At the beginning of the pandemic, Paul Dioguardi, owner of Colorado-based Hickory House Ribs, realized there was only so much he could do with the amount of available restaurant tables so he decided to focus on growing the catering side of the business. ’ Just having this van parked out front drove that sale.”

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