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Restaurant Startup Growth and Business Outlook for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

It also ended with continued economic growth and low unemployment, making it a profitable, yet challenging year for small businesses in the food service industry. However, a tight labor market and stubbornly high food prices will continue to weigh on restaurant margins in 2024. Census Bureau.

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4 Strategies for Managing Your Food Budget When Grocery Prices Keep Rising

Culinary Services Group

However, almost three years later, the prognosis for food prices isn’t getting any better. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2% again in August, continuing a pattern of increased prices since the beginning of the year. All in all, the U.S.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-January 2020 Super Bowl Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The report found that most local economies nationwide slumped in 2019, down 1.3 percent from the previous year, led by underperformance in restaurant, food and nightlight categories, as well as brick-and-mortar shops. percent, largely contributed to the 2019 drop and marked the largest quarter-over-quarter decline since 2018. .