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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-October 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The Manifest surveyed 501 people about their food delivery and restaurant habits during COVID-19 and found that two-thirds of people ate in-person at a restaurant in July 2020. Doordash is the most popular food delivery app with 12 percent of people using the app in July 2020. Nielsen CGA 2020 Hotel Beverage Study.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Q1 Yelp Economic Average (YEA) , which takes a holistic look at the local economic changes since the start of 2020, focused on the economic impact of COVID-19. Key restaurant findings from the Q1 2020 YEA include: More than 30,000 restaurants have shut down – temporarily or permanently – as of Sunday, April 19. Eating 2020.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

These regulations will likely expand beyond predominantly large entities to include smaller establishments, driving widespread adoption of food waste diversion practices across the industry. – Frenchie Audette, VP of Food Service at Divert In 2024, the restaurant industry continued to adjust to changes sparked by 2020.

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

Bill Marler

The CFIA plays a critical role in safeguarding a healthy food supply system, ensuring the foods Canadians eat are safe and facilitating the trade of food and food products internationally. Romaine lettuce is associated with elevated food safety risks. Quick Facts. coli O157:H7 from 2010 to 2019.

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Boost Your Restaurant Business with Five Local Marketing Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

Necessary safety protocols and the heightened risk of contracting the virus in closed quarters combined to shut down majority of businesses in 2020. Restaurants were harder hit than most because many food related businesses weren’t ready to transition to digital services. The Pandemic and the Restaurant Business.

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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. McDonald’s moved up one spot to second place in the BIS COVID Study, while 2020’s top brand, Starbucks, moved to third.

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Canadian Food Supply Nearly 100 Percent Compliant With Chemical Residue Standards

Food Safety Magazine

The vast majority of food on the market in Canada meets standards for chemical residues, according to a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) report summarizing sampling activities conducted in 2020–2021.