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How Fast-Casual Marketers Can Prepare for 2022 Dine-in Traffic

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Food that naturally travels well—chicken wings, burritos, Chinese food—was bound to have a leg-up. Smart QSR and fast casual chains like Chipotle and Shake Shack reconfigured their strategies to lean heavily into delivery apps, digital ordering, and loyalty programs. But the platform is where the real winners shook out.

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Raw and Ready: Growing a Healthy Fast Casual

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The owner of Delicious Raw, a healthy fast casual concept launched in 2013, is looking to grow the brand and create a one-stop-shop for healthy consumables for a broad audience. I traveled all over the world and have lived in a number of different countries, and I always had a great appreciation for food and ambiance and hospitality.

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A Matcha Shortage Hits TikTok’s Favorite Brands

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A novice matcha drinker, Lee travels to Japan often and always buys one or two tins. Matcha’s growing global popularity as a casually drunk beverage, as opposed to something ceremonial, has also “come back full circle into Japan” and driven an uptick in domestic interest, Mangan says. They expire very fast,” she says.

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‘ForkFight’ – Go Behind the Curtain of Dallas’ Fast Casual Food Scene

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Mark Brezinski has been heralded as "the father of Dallas’ fast casual food scene" He has opened more than 50 restaurants in the DFW area including Pei Wei Asian Diner, Bengal Coast, Velvet Taco and his newest venture Bizzy Burger Merchants. What impact do you feel you’ve had on Dallas’ food scene?

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Food, It Turns Out, Has Little to Do With Why I Love to Travel 

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It’s the people that make a place — but these days, human interaction is hard to come by I used to love to travel. Let me be clear: I absolutely would not and do not recommend frivolous travel. I paid, and was promptly handed my food and thanked with genuine, casual appreciation for coming in. The burrito was excellent.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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Cultivating Global Connections The rising popularity of food tourism is fueling consumer curiosity to experience authentic flavors from across the globe, with travelers taking to TikTok and Instagram to showcase their culinary adventures.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Consumer Data Analytics Reveal Dining Patterns to Attract Customers 

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For casual dining habits at restaurants like Olive Garden: 56 percent said they ate at casual restaurants frequently or occasionally. 29 percent said they rarely ate at casual restaurants. Travel and Dining Habits Next, we looked at travel preferences and how that relates to dining, and we found some interesting patterns.