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Feast on Sushi, Steak, and Globalization at Iraq’s American-Themed Buffet

EATER

ABC Velp began attracting customers from near and far, including an Iraqi Christian named Nawzad Martani, who stumbled upon the restaurant in 2013 to celebrate his brother’s birthday. The restaurant finally opened in December 2017. Just like Eric Meurs, Martani was impressed. along with the U.K. Fatimah Fadhil Stuffed grape leaves.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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31 Restaurant Industry Statistics (That every Restaurant owner should know)

Bingage

The rapid change in nature…it can be anything in the form of technology, customer preferences, marketing trends or anything. Related Read – 13 Simple yet Creative New year Restaurant Promotion Ideas. There are 7 million employees in the restaurant industry. 2019, is about to end! Source ) 2. The industry employs 15.3

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

percent growth over the fourth quarter of 2017. “From a bigger-picture perspective, what we continue to see is an industry crippled by declining traffic but continues to experience guest check growth large enough to drive some small positive sales movement. percent since Q3 of 2017. percentage points over Q3.

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Top 3 Essential KPIs for Ice Cream Shops

Lavu

Gourmet and artisanal ice cream prevailed in 2016, globally-inspired ice cream flavors influenced 2017 shop owners, wacky ice cream flavors were trending in 2018, and in 2019, creative ice cream vessels appear to be the new hot trend (like Booyah’s ice cream taco ). Average Ticket Size . It’s also known as Sales per Guest.)

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How Restaurant CEO Priorities are Evolving in 2020

Aaron Allen & Associates

Here, we round up ten factors influencing how leaders are evolving their views and approach. guest experience initiatives that may be an investment in the near-term that pays returns in years ahead) will be ultimately rewarded. After re-franchising (to only 8% corporate stores), CKE Restaurants consolidated Carl’s Jr.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Having a strategy for plant-based is now a business imperative–your customers want it and your competitors are doing it. Qdoba Mexican Eats’ nation-wide Impossible Foods launch in 2019 made it a standout, with the restaurant chain allowing customers to add Impossible Foods’ plant-based meat to any of its core dishes.