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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurants looked after frontline workers, diners lended their own efforts to support restaurants and their staff in 2020, offering donations, gift cards, tickets towards online classes and merchandise purchases. That’s not in isolation — from December 2018 to January 2019, dollar sales fell by $64 million.

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How Rotel Became an Essential Part of Any Queso

EATER

Merchandisers were able to scale up their production, which expanded the chile pepper’s reach and popularity across the south, including Texas. Original” Rotel was the fifth most sold canned canned good in the United States in 2018, with $69.1 million in sales in 2018. According to financial news site 24/7 Wall St.,

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Since then, gift card sales have declined, but online ordering and merchandise sales have both increased steadily: Online orders have increased 50 percent week-over-week for the last three weeks. “It’s essential we take advantage of every opportunity to wash our hands whether we are at home or in public.”

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What is a Virtual Restaurant? And How to Start One

7 Shifts

Joel Farmer, co-owner of Gerizim Cafe & Ice Cream launched his virtual restaurant Brooklyn Burger Factory on Aug 1, 2018, and is “now selling as many as 75 burgers a day, with revenue 28 times that ,” Bloomberg reports. billion in gross merchandise volume by 2022. There is no other food delivery app like Uber.

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How Walmart Got Its Hands on the Coolest Pantry Brands

EATER

When Walmart first reached out to Jing Gao, the founder of Fly By Jing , several years ago, she wasn’t quite ready for her self-described “tiny company,” which got its start on Kickstarter in 2018, to get involved with such a large retailer. It truly allowed us to jump from a regional brand to a national brand.”

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

“It’s encouraging to see consumers continue to rally and support local businesses, with many planning to purchase merchandise, specialty items and gift cards as holiday gifts.” 22 percent of customers are looking to buy restaurant merchandise. 24 percent of people are interested in gifting signature sauces.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018 she became the first solo woman to win Grand Cochon, a national whole hog cook-off. In 2018, the Frederick County United Way bestowed him with its first ‘Red Feather’ United Way Award, acknowledging his personal and organizational commitment to the organization. ” E Vehicles for F&B.

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