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The Pros and Cons of Dynamic Pricing for Restaurants

Horizon Hospitality

The hottest topic of discussion at industry conferences lately has been dynamic pricing for restaurants, a data-backed strategy that adjusts menu prices on demand. Staying open during off-peak hours has become too expensive for many, and operating hours have been reduced across the industry.

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Top Three Reasons Why Multi-Unit Operators Should be Looking at Fast Casual Brands to Expand their Portfolio in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

That doesn’t mean they are trading in their filet mignon for a fast-food burger, but rather they are looking for a more culinary-driven menu at a lower price point. Savvy restaurant franchisees should be looking at fast casual brands to meet this consumer where they are.

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Survey Says: Restaurateurs Are Making Expansion Plans

Modern Restaurant Management

Inventory : Generally, when food costs go up, operators will raise their menu prices by a small amount. But what we’ve found is that operators have been leaning on menu price hikes to cover their expenses for more than two years now, and they’ve finally reached the limits of what consumers are willing to pay.

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The Value of Restaurant Business Intelligence for Multi-Unit Operators

7 Shifts

When menu engineering, you'll get an easily digestible visualization of which menu items are most beneficial to your restaurant, which ones need their prices raised/costs dropped, and which ones should be discontinued in favor of a different menu.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Virtual BBQ and Pieology in China

Modern Restaurant Management

Six units throughout Irvine, Orange and Tustin. Two units in Los Angeles. “Since launching the franchise initiative in October 2019, we have been energized by the interest and excitement from experienced multi-unit operators who want to get involved with the brand,” said Bill Phelps, CEO of Dave’s Hot Chicken.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

Modern Restaurant Management

“Our new formats are incredibly attractive to today’s multi-unit operators, who are looking for chef-driven food quality at a lower investment than a traditional QSR. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind. With drive-thru equipped buildouts as low as 1,200 sq.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

More than 80 percent of the respondents were C-Suite, VP, or director-level executives at multi-brand, multi-unit operators with a minimum of 20 locations in the United States. percent) while shops in other states raised prices, some by a whopping 43.3. percent percent (looking at you North Dakota).

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