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COVID-19 Fuels Growth in Organic Food Options

Modern Restaurant Management

Despite COVID-19 and the dramatic impact on the QSR/Fast Casual restaurant space, Clean Juice experienced something slightly different and more in line with what was happening in the organic food industry as a whole – a surge in interest and growth.

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An Eater’s Guide to Bentonville, Arkansas, the Home of Walmart

EATER

Fast-forward 40 years to when Walton’s daughter Alice opened the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2011, making the town a destination for art lovers. Drager Creative Courtesy of Visit Bentonville The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which opened in 2011. The museum is also home to High South restaurant Eleven.

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Must Be Something in the Sunshine

Modern Restaurant Management

BurgerFi got its start in 2011 in southeast Florida with its first location opening in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. We know our flavors have mass appeal and we expect to compete well with all fast casual chains as we make our way into new cities.”

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

Modern Restaurant Management

” Creating Multi-Brand Platform of Premium Casual Restaurant Concepts. News of the agreement comes one month after The Saxton Group announced plans to diversify its brand portfolio with Jaggers, a fast-casual concept created by the Texas Roadhouse Corporation. BurgerFi International Inc. Sankranti Likes Atlanta.

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More People Are Dining Out at Restaurants for Thanksgiving

Goliath Consulting

In fact, in 2011, 30 million Americans were expected to eat out on Thanksgiving. 1 Since 2011, some Americans have made ditching the prepping and cooking in the kitchen on Thanksgiving the new tradition. However, in 2022, this number might have just increased a bit more since 2011. Shorten hours.

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14 Restaurant Management Tools to Make your Business More Efficient

7 Shifts

As both fine dining and casual restaurants have been busy implementing new technology over the past several years, we can now see the real-life effects. For example, Nick Kokonas, a chef at the Alinea Group in Chicago, started experimenting with restaurant CRM solutions in 2011.

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A Yum! Habit, Chasing DoorDash and BellaBot

Modern Restaurant Management

parent company of fast-casual restaurant chain The Habit Burger Grill, for approximately $375 million in a cash transaction. “As a fast-casual concept with strong unit economics, The Habit Burger Grill is a fantastic addition to the Yum! Beefing Up with Habit Acquisition. Brands, Inc. Gibbs, chief executive officer of Yum!