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AUGUST 16, 2021

Consumer spending at restaurants was up +32 percent in the April-May-June 2021 quarter compared to the same quarter last year, and for a pre-pandemic view, flat compared to the same quarter in 2019. As of June 2021, food service and drinking places employed 11.3 million as of June 2021, 97 percent of the 151.1

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APRIL 20, 2021

consumers to better understand their feelings about planning events in 2021. 2021 will bring a restaurant renaissance unlike any we’ve seen before, with more consumers dining out and planning events than in years past. More than one in three (34 percent) said that they will be planning their event with 1-3 months’ notice.

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JUNE 3, 2021

In addition to the emergence of indoor dining, it explores rising competition between fast food and fast casual restaurant brands with COVID restrictions loosening. The data finds consistent consumer behavior across both restaurant categories signalling the distinctions between fast food and fast casual restaurants are quickly evaporating.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Sales velocity is now -3 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now -3 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now -3 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now +1 percent vs August 14, 2021. Sales velocity is now 0 percent vs August 14, 2021. amid COVID, but 2021 data indicates rapid recovery.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. In Love with Tech, but Impatient.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

More than half of restaurant operators said it would be a year or more before businesses conditions return to normal with food, labor, and occupancy costs are expected to remain elevated, and continue to impact restaurant profit margins in 2022, according to the National Restaurant Association's 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

According to the Plant Based Foods Association, plant-based foods in the U.S. are a $7 billion market, growing nine times faster than total food sales. The Good Food Institute reports that 98 percent of people who purchase plant-based meat are also purchasing conventional meat. Not sure how they compare?

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MARCH 23, 2022

percent from 2021 to 2027. Expansion of the food service industry, product innovations, and surge in number of quick service restaurants have boosted the growth of the market. These equipment will allow chefs to cook food to perfection. 3D Printing and Food. Moreover, there is drastic change in purchasing pattern as well.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

OpenTable reported a 44 percent growth rate from 2019 to 2021 in the U.S. in the online food delivery sector. The food industry continues to evolve in ways of making things faster and easier for consumers. Once seen as a job killer, automation has saved and will continue to serve an understaffed food industry.

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MARCH 1, 2022

QSR 2021 Performance. Revenue Management Solutions released its analysis of US quick-service restaurant (QSR) performance for 2021. To accurately assess the underlying trends of restaurant performance, RMS compared 2021 sales and traffic to pre-pandemic 2019 data. On average, sales were up 8.1 percent compared to 2019. .

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to the National Restaurant Association’s State of the Industry report, 68 percent of customers say they are more likely to purchase takeout or delivery of food than they were before the pandemic. Food and beverage sales in the restaurant and foodservice industry are projected to total $789 billion in 2021, up 19.7

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MARCH 3, 2023

A Return to Normal The National Restaurant Association released its 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report, which examines key factors impacting the industry including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and food and menu trends to forecast sales and market trends for the year ahead.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Who among us hasn’t ordered food through a convenient mobile application, with menu choices ranging from not just quick-serve or fast-casual restaurants, but convenience stores as well? According to Statista , dark kitchens’ global market size in 2021 exceeded $56.71 And why not? through ghost-kitchen operator ChefSuite.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food. ” The gift of food. Three quarters of all consumers are considering restaurant gift card purchases this year. Getting sauced. percentage points year over year.

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JUNE 14, 2023

Through dry periods, seasonal menus, product launches or limited time offers, gamification is an intelligent way to motivate engagement, drive competitive traffic, and activate specific behaviors among consumers in the food and beverage industry. The company discovered each customer had an average of 2.5

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JANUARY 25, 2022

The customers are already in your restaurant, where they can experience the menu and taste your food firsthand. This purchase won’t increase revenues or efficiencies, but will create additional costs. Efficiency will improve, because foods are easier to store and grab quickly. Recommendation : DON’T DO IT!

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MAY 19, 2022

percent from March 2021 to March 2022, accounting for the highest inflation rate since December 1981. Menu engineering is a top-down approach to increasing revenue while Actual versus Theoretical (AvT) – tracking the difference between theoretical food costs and actual food costs – is a bottom-up approach to controlling costs.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features top trends for 2020, how 2020 changed food and the year's top wines. While restaurants looked after frontline workers, diners lended their own efforts to support restaurants and their staff in 2020, offering donations, gift cards, tickets towards online classes and merchandise purchases.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of dramatic Valentine's Day shift, best food scenes, and the evolution of c-store foodservice. Food-away-from-home spending is likely to see modest growth as softer consumer spending patterns prevail. ” A Year of Challenges U.S.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Lavu, the restaurant technology services company, estimates 42 percent of food purchases are made online. What’s more, consumers tend to spend extra on their food when ordering by themselves, either through kiosks or branded apps. Improve Order Size and Revenue with Predictive Technology.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Online ordering is obviously huge in 2020, and customers are craving comfort food when they’re ordering in, according to Upserve’s new 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry data collected from the company's 10,000+ restaurant customers. More than half of respondents are purchasing gift cards to restaurants this holiday season.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

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. Nearly two-thirds of people (65 percent) ordered food delivery in July 2020 as food options remain in-demand, but restaurant profit margins decrease with delivery.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp. "With colder weather setting in and new restrictions going into effect across the country, our ongoing commitment to helping restaurant operators adapt during the pandemic has never been more important," said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. "Our

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MAY 18, 2021

The State of the Industry Report says yes, with 68 percent of consumers saying they’re more likely to purchase takeout from a restaurant than before the pandemic, and more than half of adults sharing that takeout or delivery meals are now “essential to the way they live.” So what’s next? Will these habits stick?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

” “Subway is an iconic brand and its philosophy of freshly made-to-order and better-for-you food delivered at-home and in-store is central to one of the greatest structural consumer trends we see in South Asia,” said Sameer Sain, Founder and CEO, Everstone Group. Bad Ass Expanding.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2021, Laura added the Wendy’s brand to her role with responsibility for implementing Develop­ment Days and quarterly business plans for TSFR’s 56 Wendy’s restaurants. He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager. The Awards are one of these programs.”

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would restart on-site inspections using a new ratings system. Litigation.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The survey was conducted in January 2024 among 522 US-based Food and Beverage professionals, including owners and managers from single-site establishments and small multi-site chains with fewer than 20 restaurants. Though inflation peaked at seven percent in 2021 and has since decreased to 2.97 percent in 2018.

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APRIL 21, 2022

We try to stay within a 50–100-mile max radius for our purchasing of vegetables and proteins. Patronize restaurants that engage in sustainable food purchasing, whether that is vegetables, fish or meat. It’s not just food, but also the supply chain. In the Hotel, we prioritize purchasing from local vendors.

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JUNE 17, 2021

With more than a dozen restaurants set to open in the first half of 2021, Freddy’s currently boasts a development pipeline on track to open more than 45 restaurants in 2021. Among the new openings in 2021 so far, Freddy’s has celebrated new locations in key markets such as Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia.

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MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). ” Frequent users adjusted their purchase behavior. In Asia, the third factor most often cited was provenance and food production methods. In the U.S.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

The bites will also be served with the option of twelve different dips, along with regular or sweet potato Tyga Tots, chocolate chip cookies, and beverages. General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

The modern Kitchen Display System (KDS) will be more interactive to increase operational efficiencies and improve quality of food for the chefs and their teams. Spirit-based, ready-to-drink beverages will continue show vast white space, and bourbon should continue to thrive. – Tim McLaughlin, Founder & CEO, GoTab. "We

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MAY 28, 2021

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. And because our food travels so well, guests never have to choose between quality and convenience."

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JULY 30, 2021

The partnership aligns Clean Juice’s core values of healthy, clean living with a focus on raising the nutritional and educational value of organic food and beverage choices available to consumers across the nation. Clean Juice will also feature Tebow in social media, web, point-of-purchase materials product development, and more.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The purchase is expected to be completed in September 2020. PopID accounts also tie to loyalty programs for automatic credit with every purchase. US Foods Ghost Kitchens. US Foods Holding Corp. Brands Inc. will acquire the Johnny Rockets restaurant chain from an affiliate of private equity firm Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

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