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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. I have been fortunate to work with Sleepy Bee Cafe since its founding in 2013.

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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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Chef-owner Colleen Marnell-Suhanosky opened the restaurant in 2013 after working for renowned Boston chef Lydia Shire and at various East Coast restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern in New York City. Meg Wilcox is an environmental journalist covering food, agriculture, water, environmental health and justice, and sustainability.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

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Dash From the Past: A Decade Delivered In 2013, things started off small, with a simple idea. Today, we’re looking back on the decade to see how much our tastes have changed since 2013 and what’s stayed consistent — our passion for chicken sandwiches, for one. Since 2013, more than 600 million (!)

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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

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They were gaining in popularity prior to the pandemic, with the Census Bureau estimating 5,970 food trucks in 2018, “nearly double the 3,281 in 2013.” Mobile food trucks are adopting new technologies, reducing costs, and responding to change. ” That number grew to 23,873 in 2020.

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From Shutdown to Stardom: How Cranes, D.C. Stayed Open and Increased Daily Sales by 1,000 Percent During a Global Pandemic

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” In 2013, Moncayo opened his first restaurant there, Bam!, He decided to keep things small and sustainable, focusing not on the sales, success or profitability of his restaurant, but the quality of service for its guests. uniquely combining Spanish and Japanese cuisine. A second location? For now, Pepe says he is in paradise.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-May 2021 Edition

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Investing in Sustainability Alternatives to Animal-Based Foods. Fermentation companies have raised more than $1 billion in investments since the first GFI-tracked investment in 2013, 57 percent of which was raised in 2020 alone. And 34 percent have only one month or less left of cash reserves (that’s up 4 percent from April).

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The Stages of Gentrification, as Told by Restaurant Openings

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As the Michael Bloomberg mayorship (2002 to 2013) stoked massive residential development projects to accommodate the city’s growing population, more white-collar professionals found themselves in Brooklyn. Black residents, who made up 78 percent of the Crown Heights population in 2000, only accounted for 57 percent by 2013. [1-CHART

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