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Eight Ways Restaurants Can Prepare for a New Normal 

Modern Restaurant Management

For most fast-casual eateries, their necessary flow of people traffic as it exists may serve them well, but many restaurants will want separated functions to preserve the dining room experience. How restaurants are laid out, in terms of flow and concentration of seating, will be key sensitivities to address.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Wing Zone Revitalization and Real Food BK

Modern Restaurant Management

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list. Ike’s appointed industry veteran Adam Rinella as Vice President of Development to help the booming fast casual brand reach even more markets. Rinella is skilled in bringing restaurant ideas into reality.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

I see flat-fee QSR, hybrid or fast casual restaurants with fixed-price approachable menus of typically unattainable offerings, such as Burger Lobster (lobster) and Sugarfish (sushi, omakase) becoming more popular. For now, it's just a matter of figuring out how we're going to survive.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Greek from Greece Grows and Hearts Afire for Mac & Cheese

Modern Restaurant Management

“I wanted to combine the fast-paced style of the East Coast with the laid-back atmosphere of Greek coffee culture. “Every day we see stories of old, tired casual dining chains closing or filing for bankruptcy making room for high volume specialty full-service restaurants. and four highly successful locations in St.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

State of Digital Qu announced the results of its fifth annual survey of quick service (QSR) and fast casual (FC) restaurant brands. Digital ordering is still larger at fast casuals versus QSR. Half of fast casuals achieved 26-50 percent digital sales, while nearly half of QSRs had 11-25 percent digital sales.

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The Best Mexican Restaurants in Washington DC

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Celebrity Chef and Humanitarian José Andrés opened Oyamel in 2007, and it has been a favorite Mexican restaurant in the D.C. A casual Mexican restaurant, seating is limited in their Del Ray location, though more spacious in their Arlington locations. Oyamel is a top Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C. area ever since.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Chicken Sale-d Chick and The Dolly Llama and This Is It! to Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

Chicken Salad Chick has 137 locations throughout 16 states predominantly in the Southeast and is a leading fast-casual restaurant company. The fast-casual restaurants also feature homemade pimento cheese and egg salad, as well as fresh sides, soups and desserts. Terms of the deal are confidential.