Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2021

On the produce side of things, supply drastically shifted away from foodservice to retail. This was painfully evident when a couple of my coworkers and myself went to eat at a fast casual chain and waited over a half hour for food. As restaurants are now bouncing back strongly, the supply chain is adjusting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

Year of Experimentation Square released early insights from its forthcoming annual Future of Commerce report, providing a unique look at the restaurant, retail and beauty industries across the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Fast-casual visits overall were down 3.8 ” A Year of Challenges U.S. percent in December and 11.3

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Marketing trends, mobile data insights show that Gen Z has a considerable appetite for restaurants, clean eating, fast-casual, and exciting twists on healthy dining options. Wendy’s and Burger King are two masters in the genre, sparking lots of interest and engagement that’s helping to drive fast-food growth.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

With the simplification of removing cash, restaurant owners are able to prioritize fast transactions at the point-of-sale, which can be especially important for QSR and fast-casual concepts. Sweetgreen reported the ability to process as many as 15 percent more sales an hour thanks to its cashless payment system.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

With increasing restrictions on public movement and offline retail operations, the growing demand for online shopping amid the COVID-19 pandemic is propelling global mobile wallet industry growth. Mobile wallet providers offer attractive discounts and cashback to encourage maximum transaction through this digital payment system.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual. In the U.K.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Quick service and fast casual segments continue outperforming full-service restaurants by a very wide margin. By June, the median company in quick service and in fast casual had increased their number of hourly employees per location compared to their pre-pandemic staffing levels. How Is Casual Dining Doing?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Technology is ever-changing and constantly disrupting industries – from restaurants and retail to healthcare – and everything in between. In the short term, it’s QSR that will experience labor improvement, then fast-casual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

From grocery to retail; offering an opportunity for consumers to linger or pop in to pick up a meal not only adds revenue opportunities but also foot traffic and consumer preference data. Where a Brunello or Barola may retail for $50, an Etna is closer to $15. The “restaurant anywhere” experience will expand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

retail sales excluding automotive increased 3.8 Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales, representing all payment types and is not adjusted for inflation. Overall retail sales saw a 3.8 Online retail sales grew 6.7 percent year-over-year from November 1 through December 24. percent YOY.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

Flynn now owns and operates a combined total of 2,355 quick-service, fast casual and casual dining restaurants, generating $3.5 We are optimistic the Fuzzy’s brand will resonate with those in the area looking for affordable, approachable, fast casual dining,” said Pittsley.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

This trend will manifest itself at many levels, whether in retail labeling or how restaurants describe their menu items to customers. We predict the rise of 'bougie' ingredients like caviar, lobster and truffle popping up at restaurants at more affordable prices and in more casual settings like fast casuals and QSRs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This might mean weaving elements of fast-casual dining into your design. On top of that, retail sales of plant-based foods that directly replace animal products grew by 17% from August 2017 through August 2018. Renovation is becoming a common theme in the restaurant industry. It could also include using minimalist concepts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

With increasing restrictions on public movement and offline retail operations, the growing demand for online shopping amid the COVID-19 pandemic is propelling global mobile wallet industry growth. Mobile wallet providers offer attractive discounts and cashback to encourage maximum transaction through this digital payment system.

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Marketing Loyalty Program Fast Casual Coupons 450

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2024

Adults 18+ specific questions about non-alcoholic beverages to help inform restaurants, retailers, event planners, and food and beverage firms with business strategies. Whether someone is the designated driver, pregnant or choosing to abstain from alcohol for health reasons, alcohol-free socializing is on the rise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Fast food, fast casual and sit-down restaurant apps have seen the biggest jump since last April. Orders from fast food apps increased 38 percent, fast casual apps increased 71 percent, and sit down restaurants increased 88 percent. 86 percent have ordered directlyfrom a restaurant app in the last six months.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Quick-service restaurants pride themselves on the ability to serve up fast, inexpensive casual meals to diners who don’t always have the time to cook. In fact, Research from IHL Group shows cash handling can cost retailers from 4.7% Customers Want Payment Options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

Honeygrow, the Philadelphia-based fast casual restaurant, for instance, engages customers only through image-rich digital kiosks, collapsing menu, ordering, and check-out into a single experience. To work fast, work in parallel to define what we’ll do and how we’ll do it. Diner Preference.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Future of Commerce Square released its fourth annual Future of Commerce report , with comprehensive analysis on how business owners and consumers are considering the evolution of the restaurants, retail, and beauty industries. The fast food industry saw the largest reduction in spending year over year (five percentage points).

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Goliath Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The fast-casual brand Dave’s Hot Chicken has now more than 200 units committed despite its franchise initiative being just launched in October 2019 (3). Up-and-coming restaurants like Fajita Pete recently announced it will triple locations from their new franchise deals (2). The same benefit would apply to new franchise buyers.

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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. In 2024, generative AI will humanize retail and restaurant jobs The pace of technological advancement will grow a hundredfold in Gen Z’s lifetime.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2021

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). Meanwhile, sales at cafes, fast-food restaurants, coffee shops, and casual-dining establishments fell by 27 percent. Conclusion.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

" At least 4 in 10 operators in each of the three limited-service segments — quickservice, fast casual, and coffee and snack — believe the addition of drive-thru lanes will become more common in 2023. Retail foodservice, specifically convenience store foodservice traffic, was a growth area for the industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

While demands on retailers and restaurants are clear, these results indicate a level of contradiction or conflict between consumer habits and expectations. While there are some contradictions in place, the research reveals growing demands on retailers and restaurants relating to food waste, plastic use and safety concerns. billion U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 4, 2024

That’s much more money than I ever had to spend on marketing but a drop in the bucket compared to what other fast casual brands spend for much less impactful results. What was your thought process behind the provocative title? They want to know your restaurant’s story.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

Headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, Cuisine Solutions services more than 22,000 restaurants, as well as first and business class on the top 10 airlines in the world, retailers and major hotels. Fast casual restaurants continue to outpace industry growth and we see a great deal of opportunity for business owners in this urban market.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2024

With that in mind, fast casual dining is trending in the restaurant industry in terms of demand for retail spaces. Places like New York, San Francisco and Chicago are not doing so well with retail taking a beating due to security/theft-related issues. Cost conscious consumers are looking for budget-friendly options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2022

The coffeehouse chain will become one of Bakkt's flagship retailers and embrace crypto through its payment app. Piya has no confirmed locations, but it will have a private omakase dining room and a fast-casual area where NFT holders can access exclusive events. Camboflare.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Fast-Casual Fast Growth Rising prices in recent years have evidently been good for someone: Fast-casual restaurants. ” That report finds that, through the first half of 2024, fast-casual restaurants saw visit growth of 3.2 The fast-casual burger chain increased prices by 2.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list. Ike’s appointed industry veteran Adam Rinella as Vice President of Development to help the booming fast casual brand reach even more markets. Rinella is skilled in bringing restaurant ideas into reality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2020

The study, which focuses on fast food and fast casual restaurants, compares pre- and post-crisis trends and topics such as delivery preferences (including 3rd party platforms) based on consumer segments, deep dives into consumer segments that value different order and pick up channels, and willingness-to-pay both in-store and for delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2023

Who among us hasn’t ordered food through a convenient mobile application, with menu choices ranging from not just quick-serve or fast-casual restaurants, but convenience stores as well? Consider an organization that delivers the insights you need fast and provides industry-recognized research on such timely topics.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2020

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. “Because of this sweeping success, our focus has changed from concentrating solely on vying for shelf space with grocery retailers,” added Clark. Phoenix Saute.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2024

A restaurant that serves fresh swordfish with grilled vegetables, for instance, will probably have a higher food cost percentage than a fast-casual restaurant that serves fried fish and chips, since the fish may come frozen and the french fries can be bought in bulk. Restaurants have two kinds of costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The fast-casual brand continues to grow amid the pandemic and is on track to open more than 30 restaurants this year. Seizing an opportunity to revitalize the restaurant industry, Fazoli’s is encouraging challenged quick-service or fast-casual restaurant operators to convert their existing shells into a Fazoli’s.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Fast casual chain Sweetgreen's missions statement has helped it exapnd to 75 locations since it's founding in 2007. Take global fast food behemoth McDonald's brand mission, for example: “McDonald's brand mission is to be our customers' favorite place and way to eat and drink. Fast Food & Fast Casual.

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