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‘Everything Matters’ – Experts Discuss 2022 Restaurant Outlook

Modern Restaurant Management

Most notably, consumer spending at restaurants appears to be holding-up relatively well this summer despite aggressive menu-price increases in the first-half of the year." Consumer spending at restaurants appears to be holding-up relatively well this summer despite aggressive menu-price increases in the first-half of the year.

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What We Miss When Vacation Rentals Become Contactless

EATER

It cost three times the standard price — and Maggie says she missed seeing and talking with her guests — but it was a hit with travelers from New York and Philadelphia who needed an escape. The Odhners segmented off a later addition with its own entrance for themselves, and allowed guests to have their run of the rest of the house.

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5 Key Profitable Strategies for Cloud Kitchen Businesses in the UAE

The Restaurant Times

This move comes in response to the rising demand for cloud kitchens as health, safety, and hygiene took center stage, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and led to the fundamental shift in consumer demand. Unlike a traditional restaurant, these delivery-only kitchens can price their menus much more reasonably.

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

Modern Restaurant Management

This can include deciphering which tactics are working well for your neighboring competitors, creating a limited delivery/takeout menu, setting seasonal promotions, and implementing added health/safety standards. For example, a salad with a carbon footprint of 0.41 kg CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) will cost $4.10.

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MRM Franchise Feed: flip’d and the Juicey Awards

Modern Restaurant Management

Highest Average Ticket Price : Michelle Constantino, Naperville, IL. continues its aggressive nationwide growth, the highest standards of cleanliness and food safety best practices remain at the franchise’s core values. Additional 2020 Award Recipients: Top Delivery Sales : Lance and Blake Condray, Campbell, CA.

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The Future of Dining: Industry Expert Insights

Modern Restaurant Management

Integrating true digital experience into customer service will enable you to utilize customer data — driving decisions about merchandising, pricing and promotions. Food robotics has emerged during the pandemic as a very viable solution to health, safety and sanitation concerns. Two examples: 1.

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California’s Upcoming Fast-Food Ballot Measure, Explained

EATER

257 or the FAST Recovery Act , aimed to protect workers like Vilorio by convening a council made up of workers and corporate and franchise representatives to “establish sector-wide minimum standards on wages, working hours, and other working conditions related to the health, safety, and welfare” of fast-food workers. “In