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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

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We look forward to continuing to innovate and find ways to make ordering plant-based at Taco Bell even more accessible at a great value,” said Taco Bell Corp Chief Food Innovation Officer Liz Matthews. We have long been a haven for vegans and vegetarians, who replace meat for beans on almost any of our menu items.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. The first gusto!

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Veganuary and Beyond: Capitalizing on Growing Plant-Based Trend

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Veganuary—the practice of going vegan for the first month of the year—began in 2014 and its numbers have doubled each year. The new Rouxbe program was designed to help empower culinary teams to innovate menu options that support vegan, gluten-free, and other specialty diets.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

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“Restaurateurs and chefs will need to continue to innovate in order to increase margins on takeout and delivery, but they can count on people visiting in-person instead of just virtually as restrictions subside.” 87 percent of Canadians are interested in ordering food sourced from local farmers or using Canadian produce.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

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Just Salad is the first restaurant investment for Closed Loop Partners, a New York-based investment firm and innovation center focused on scaling the circular economy in North America and beyond. “We are impressed with Just Salad’s innovative approach to embedding zero-waste principles across their business.

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Without the Tourists, the Fate of Portuguese Food Is Unclear

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million in 2014 ) — and a wave of businesses, including restaurants, opened in response. More innovative takes on traditional cuisine often end up relying on the foreign patrons; without their financial support, many of the more experimental Portuguese restaurants’ days are numbered.

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MRM People & Places: Cassoulet War, Zagat Stories and AQUAlounge

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This growth is fueled by an aggressive expansion plan for their restaurant and consumer customers, as well as an eye towards ongoing innovations like the Green Circle Chicken, a unique vegetable-fed bird that eats excess vegetables rescued from restaurant kitchens and markets. Zagat debuted Zagat Stories.

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