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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

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Overall velocity in the latest week is also positive compared to pre-pandemic levels, with Total US up +10 percent versus 2020. Sales velocity is now +11 percent year-over-year (comparing the same week one year prior). Sales velocity is now +85 percent year-over-year (comparing the same week one year prior). California.

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Is the Toxic Chef Trope Taking Over Kitchens Again? ‘Yes, Chef!’

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and Is It Cake? So, they rely on carefully sculpted narratives, tear-jerking confessionals, and production edits to cast stressed-out contestants as clashing heroes and villains, all to cement the show as the ultimate arbiter of good and bad on and off the plate. mean is back.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

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Ethics and comfort around AI: 37 percent of all respondents feel uncomfortable with AI-driven personalization compared to 33 percent who do feel comfortable. Additionally, 36 percent believe a restaurant is “more ethical” if it does not use AI, compared to those who see no ethical difference (30 percent). in the U.S.

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Tech to Trash Can – How Technology Is Redefining Food Waste

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News of these events, coupled with inflation, have led consumers to become increasingly conscious about food waste, adopting strategies such as better meal planning, using leftovers, and buying imperfect produce or upcycled products. The Department of Agriculture estimates that U.S. restaurants lose $162 billion annually in food waste costs.

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How To Use Images in Your Restaurant Email Marketing Campaigns

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GIFs have less detail and color vibrancy compared to a PNG, but they benefit from faster load times. The links can go to your home page, product pages, customer service page, blogs, or articles, wherever you need them to go! Instead of ‘image4’, rename it to something more descriptive like ‘crab cakes.’

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

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Meatless and vegetarian entrée options remain most popular among Canadians ages 18-34 (54 percent), compared to those 35-54 (37 percent) and 55+ (27 percent). The comparable week last year (to September 5 2020), while in recovery compared to the height of restrictions, was still lower than the same week in 2019. California.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-July 2020 Edition

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Excluding the previous two weeks (in which a shift in Father’s Day compared with last year affected sales results) the week ending June 28 had the best comp sales results for the industry since the week ending March 8; the week before a national emergency was declared due to the pandemic. Boston : Lettuce wrap: 268 percent more popular.

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