Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

MRM's Franchise Feed features news on the restaurant franchise and MUFSO landscape. Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list. The group plans to grow both Ike’s and Bangin’ Buns through franchising starting in 2023. Wing Zone Refresh.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 1, 2022

BITAC Food and Beverage. Website: BITAC Food and Beverage. Spanning three days in one of the world's most renowned food destinations, this conference has something for everyone, with courses for independent owners and multi-unit operators. Food Marketing Conference. Website: Food Marketing Conference. When: March.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2021

MRM Franchise Feed features the latest news in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO landscape. Überrito Fresh Mex Embarks on Aggressive Franchise Program. UNO Rewards GMs. UNO’s gift of travel and leisure will serve as a way to recognize all of its General Managers’ hard work throughout the past 16+ months.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Because the facility includes a kitchen for restaurants to prepare foods, the only equipment needed to operate a Dickey’s location is a smoker and a warming cabinet.

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Restaurant Business

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Gen Z prefers quick service and fast casual restaurants, according to Piper Sandler’s Taking Stock with Teens semi-annual surveys and other recent research. a leading freshly brewed beverage brand with over 1,400 franchise locations worldwide, Chatime recognizes Gen Z as its fastest-growing customer base.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Curry Up Now began as a food truck in 2009 and was founded by husband and wife duo, Akash and Rana Kapoor, and supported by co-founder and Senior VP of Operations, Amir Hosseini.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2023

In other encouraging news, franchise operators believe that, although most restaurants are not fully staffed, the labor situation has stabilized. This demographic will likely be challenged by juggling many competing needs such as housing, interest rates, other critical needs in addition to their food basket. Is there investor interest?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

Recognizing this shift, Freshii , a fast-casual franchise with hundreds of locations globally, created a corporate partnership that enables companies to offer meal kits and market baskets at a discount to their employees. ” Reviving The Supply Chain.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Chicken Salad Chick has 137 locations throughout 16 states predominantly in the Southeast and is a leading fast-casual restaurant company.

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Foodable

JANUARY 6, 2022

The Fast Casual Nation Podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurants who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. Powell currently runs the franchise operations and directly works with the general managers and the franchisees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

This has dramatically impacted the core of the food and restaurant industries, specifically healthy and organic food. Eating organic is by no means a new concept brought on by the pandemic, but the shift in mindsets has thrust this niche food sector into overdrive. The Organic Food Boom. And the numbers are impressive.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2021

Since the start of the pandemic, safety measures such as social distancing, lockdowns and mask-wearing have completely changed our understanding of how consumers spend on food. We saw customers stockpiling on groceries and supplies in homes instead of going out to eat, raising retail sales by 29 percent over the previous year (1).

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Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2022

That’s where the franchise expansion model comes into play. If you’re considering this business model, make sure you fully understand what a franchise restaurant is. How To Franchise A Restaurant? Develop your franchise using a proven roadmap for franchisors. Restaurant Franchise Definition.

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Apicbase

OCTOBER 17, 2023

” A Glimpse into Kotipizza’s Empire: Kotipizza: A 305-unit fast-casual chain. This wholesale & Logistics company ensures franchisees are well-stocked with quality supplies at the best price. Franchisee Support: An open line of communication and ongoing dialogue are the lifelines of the franchise partnership.

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Apicbase

OCTOBER 17, 2023

” A Glimpse into Kotipizza’s Empire: Kotipizza: A 305-unit fast-casual chain. This wholesale & Logistics company ensures franchisees are well-stocked with quality supplies at the best price. Franchisee Support: An open line of communication and ongoing dialogue are the lifelines of the franchise partnership.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Tropical Smoothie Cafe signed two multi-unit franchise agreements to develop 38 new cafes across the state of Colorado, including a 27-unit deal and an 11-unit deal. . "My

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Just as there is no single food and drink formula for restaurant industry success, there is no simple formula for a healthy profit margin. Your restaurant profit margin can be influenced by food and inventory trends, your geographic location, the state of the broader economy, and a wide range of other factors. Fast Casual Restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. Many industries, such as rideshare services, gas stations, event tickets and more, utilize dynamic pricing due to supply and demand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

2023 has been a challenging year for restaurant operators, caught as they were between rising food costs and labour shortages. Food costs increased in 2023: according to one survey, 60% of operators reported that all or most suppliers raised their prices , up from 50% in 2022. trillion), while food-at-home spending grew by 10%.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

Pace of recovery for fast casual brands has slowed down considerably, although results continue to be much better than for full-service restaurants. State of the Plate 2020 – top foods across various cities. Disclaimer: The top foods below have seen the fastest growth on the Grubhub platform during the first half of 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

As Americans reach for a potential post-pandemic world, the restaurant industry continues to reel from two years of economic, staffing and supply chain chaos. Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. Get Creative.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Across the board, from independent owners to multi-unit franchise operators, restaurants are losing money every month, and they continue to struggle to serve their communities and support their employees.” Comfort Food. Food Safety Supply Chain. Contactless Everything. Superior Service. Family Size It. Entertain Me.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Management companies provide restaurants with a franchise like operating system without having a franchise agreement. Britt Cloud, Goliath’s Consulting Chef, directs back of house operations and works with the current chef/kitchen manager to restructure inventory, food costing, menu, labor, and health policies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Fatigued by cooking at home, consumers are anxious to dine at their favorite restaurants according to a new Oracle Food and Beverage study. Americans preferred to pick-up their food (38 percent US vs. 22 percent UK), while the UK preferred home-delivery (57 percent UK vs. 33 percent US). How Is Casual Dining Doing?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2020

Data supplied by Tenzo, found that vegetarian and vegan meals have seen a sales increase of 2.1 percent in the first week of January across fast casual and quick service restaurants in the UK as compared to the first week of December. Phoenix Saute. Chef Anthony Spino.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2020

This is a game changer in quick-serve and fast casual restaurants." "Students enjoy the convenience of self-ordering opportunities, and we've seen demand for our food service operations increase since installation across our campus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In the last year we’ve been able to really focus on growing our off-premise business, and we found that guests enjoy our home-style comfort food in the comfort of their own homes. Food delivery was an already booming industry, but when COVID hit it increased even more.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

AUGUST 15, 2023

At the same time, governments are playing an important role with initiatives that complement the development of the HORECA market on the supply side — creating the conditions for investment and labor to be poured into the space. The Etihad Rail railway will connect the UAE with the rest of the Gulf. Restaurant Due Diligence Mitigate Risk.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. This emergency action will not disrupt the production or supply of BACARDÍ rum. National Restaurant Association Show Canceled. Brands, Inc.

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KaTom

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Being a popular and delicious food item that can feed several people for a reasonable price, it’s no surprise that pizza has catapulted to the top of the pandemic comfort food pyramid, with delivery-driven concepts grabbing a big slice of the pie. California Pizza Kitchen’s Dining Room Woes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp. "With colder weather setting in and new restrictions going into effect across the country, our ongoing commitment to helping restaurant operators adapt during the pandemic has never been more important," said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. "Our

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The younger generations don’t just want great food, they expect memorable experiences. Making guests feel that their food is being prepared and served in a safe way will be integral. They’re going to be looking for more visibility into the production of their foods and look for continued ingredient transparency from brands.

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Kounta

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Even the state of the broader economy has an impact on the decision, with Franchise businesses tending to do better than independently owned businesses when the economy is doing poorly. Do you buy a Franchise or an Independent Business? A Fast-Casual? Do you start a Restaurant from scratch, or buy an existing Restaurant?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

“The restaurant scene was the natural next step for Meatless Farm following our fast-growth in grocery stores across the globe. Protein Bar & Kitchen now operates 19 fast casual restaurants with 13 in Chicago, four in and around Denver and two in Washington D.C. Plant-Based More Mainstream. Impossible Meatballs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 7, 2020

Chicago-born, minority-owned, female-led Azteca Foods celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, signifying a milestone of achievement for the family business, which has flourished from humble beginnings into a multi-million dollar operation. Azteca also supplies freshly made products to the Food Service and Industrial channels.

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