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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. percent from 2018 to 2019, sales for the whole weekend only increased about four percent. First, at 2.1

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Canada moves to protect citizens from E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce from the Salinas Valley

Bill Marler

Under the SFCR, FFV businesses, including those who import romaine lettuce, are now required to obtain a Safe Food for Canadians licence and maintain: preventive controls that address food safety hazards; preventive control plans that document risks to food and how they are addressed; and. coli O157:H7 from 2010 to 2019.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

Del Taco was recognized for adding multiple Beyond Meat items to its menu in 2019 and for heavily advertising these offerings to meat-lovers, vegetarians, and vegans alike. Just a few months after Burger King’s successful Impossible Whopper launch in August 2019, the restaurant chain added the Impossible Whopper Jr. to its menu.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-October 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

percent above 2019 levels for the equivalent Tuesday. Yet, compared to National Coffee Day 2019, which took place on a Sunday last year, visits were down 10.0 percent year over year that Tuesday compared to the same day in 2019, and down 37.9 Moreover, nearly 1/4th of the world’s food supply is adulterated annually.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Chick-fil-A regained its 2019 ranking as the fast-food company with the strongest Brand Intimacy, which is the emotional science behind the bonds we form with the brands we use and love. Fast Food performs better with men than women and with younger consumers versus older ones. percent when compared with 2019.

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FDA Testing Reveals Low Occurrence of PFAS in Meat and Seafood

Food Safety Tech

Per the FDA, no PFAS have been detected in over 97% (788 out of 813) of the fresh and processed foods tested from the TDS to date. The FDA has been testing fresh and processed foods since 2019 to estimate dietary exposure to PFAS from the general food supply, with nearly 1,300 samples tested to date. food supply.”

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Legislation would give the FDA, and CDC power to collect samples from animal farms during outbreaks

Food Safety News

coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce in 2019. Booker also said the legislation would improve transparency in the country’s food system. It is clear that corporate consolidation has negatively impacted the safety of our nation’s food,” said DeLauro. For example, during a 2018 romaine lettuce E.

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