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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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Switching to Biodegradable Utensils & Straws

KaTom

Restaurants these days rely more heavily on single-use utensils, and not just for to-go orders. Whether you run a restaurant with patio dining, a full-service concept focusing on carryout and delivery, or a sustainability-minded mobile eatery, switching to these products can lessen the plastic waste generated by single-use utensils.

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Hospitality trends restaurants should know in 2023

Open for Business

Digital ordering has been a game changer, and the latest trends for 2023 could change how hospitality businesses operate even more. Digital kitchen display systems could make paper tickets obsolete. Instead, they show orders on a screen and can even help manage how meals are coursed out.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

COVID-19 triggered an increase in remote, app-based ordering in the US On Premise. More than two thirds (69 percent) of consumers say it is still their preferred method, compared to 9 percent who want to order through their phone. While many younger people have embraced digital order and pay, older ones haven’t.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. When they do use them, more than a third (35 percent) say they will splurge and order more expensive items than usual.

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‘No Matter What Happens, People Know They Can Get a Meal From Us’

EATER

The pandemic, a growing need for its services, and the city government’s failed response to the crisis have forced the soup kitchen to rethink not just its model, but its mission in order to keep feeding people Just two blocks off Monument Square in Portland, Maine, downhill from the public library, sits a squat, gray flatiron building.

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White Castle Flips for Flippy and Burma Bites

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM News Bites features tech companies winning funding, AI in the kitchen, DoorDash invests in brick and mortar and the gamification of food ordering. The funding will be used to help more restaurants transition to online ordering during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. White Castle Flips for Flippy.