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Restaurants with Strong Brand Identities Captivate Gen Z

Modern Restaurant Management

As one of the largest generations of consumers, they continually influence the ways restaurants innovate, and there are identifiable characteristics that differentiate Gen Z consumers from their older counterparts. Gen Z in particular, as a tech-savvy group, are experts when it comes to navigating mobile ordering experiences.

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MRM Research Roundup: Seasonal Hiring, Online Ordering and Feeding the Workplace

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on summer restaurant employment, indecisiveness ordering, online ordering trends, and the world's best cities for food. percent stating these hikes have changed their ordering decisions.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand.

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4 Best Third-Party Delivery Services Alternatives For Your Restaurant Compared

Cheetah

While they claim to be a lifeline for restaurants amidst lockdowns and an increasingly delivery-driven world, the fees of major food delivery apps are not exactly sustainable. Black and Mobile. Black and Mobile is a black-owned delivery app alternative. Think we’re pulling your leg? Table of Contents. Now that’s good karma.

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Three Strategies to Increase Customer Retention

Modern Restaurant Management

Today, customers find restaurant brands through influencers, social media, review sites, and multiple channels. At the core, customer retention focuses on improving the restaurant's ability to build long-term relationships and sustainability in the industry. With so many options, staying fresh and agile is important.

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Navigating the Future Plate: 2024 Restaurant and Menu Trends and the Role of Technology

Squirrel Systems

As we settle into 2024, the restaurant industry stands on the cusp of transformative changes, shaped by evolving consumer preferences, sustainability concerns, and a relentless pace of technological innovation. They support online ordering, mobile payments, and loyalty programs and can integrate with third-party delivery services.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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