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On the Road to Relief: Restaurant Trends and Opportunities to Watch

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Despite price increases, data shows consumers still enjoy eating out. While factors such as convenience impact that decision, the experience of dining out is important. In 2024, restaurants should make the dining-out experience worth the price tag.

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Five Ways to Enhance and Improve the Takeout and Delivery Customer Experience

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Enhance Your Digital Presence Grubhub projects 40 percent of restaurant orders in 2023 will take place online. When it comes to delivery, you can take the process into your own hands. Dole Out Digital Deals Growing your digital presence enables you to level up your loyalty program and marketing campaigns.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. Nothing is fraud proof.

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Survey Says: Restaurateurs Are Making Expansion Plans

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Despite challenges including inventory costs, commission fees and staff turnover, many restaurant owners are expressing optimism about moving forward, according to TouchBistro’s 2024 State of Restaurants Report. So, to me, finding out that over a quarter of restaurants don’t have a website was a bit surprising.

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Restaurant Marketing Has Evolved: Unlock the Preferences of the Modern Customer

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Stemming from rising inflation, consumers are also uncertain on whether it’s less expensive to dine out or eat in. A Restaurant Pulse Check by Vericast found that nearly half of consumers plan to spend less on dining out in 2023.

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The State of Full Service Restaurants

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Additional findings inlcude increased inventory costs caused the greatest financial strain for operators in 2021 with 33 percent citing it as their top expense, followed closely by rent (30 percent) and labor (30 percent). Now, more than half of all operators (57 percent) report offering a loyalty or rewards program of some kind.

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

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In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. If you’re a pizza restaurant, plan on stocking up so you don’t run out of key ingredients in the rush! Rounding out the list in tenth place are quesadillas. Fifth place goes to guacamole.

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