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MRM Research Roundup: Labor Struggles, Holiday Habits, and Food Truck Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

The survey was conducted in January 2024 among 522 US-based Food and Beverage professionals, including owners and managers from single-site establishments and small multi-site chains with fewer than 20 restaurants. This sample size ensures statistically robust and representative data for the industry. percent year-over-year, compared to 0.4

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Food Truck Design 101: How To Design A Food Truck

The Restaurant Times

If you are planning to start your food truck, you must know that it involves a lot of work because you will be competing with more than 35,000 food trucks that are currently operating in the US. The number of food trucks has grown almost four times in the last decade resulting in very high competition.

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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Conventions and meeting spaces, theme parks and hotels, and restaurants are finding it better to reduce indoor seating as it requires too much maintenance and risk.

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8 Successful Restaurant Concepts & Ideas to Inspire and Guide You

7 Shifts

Fresh: Modern vegan and vegetarian food with an emphasis on whole and natural ingredients. From casual restaurants and coffee shops to fast food chains and new trending restaurant concepts like the virtual restaurant , there's a restaurant concept for every owner and every diner. Example: Cluster Truck. Fast Food Chains.

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8 Ways Food Trucks Have Helped the Restaurant Industry Adapt to the Pandemic

MBB Hospitality

Food trucks have helped ease the transition from pre-pandemic times til now. Here are 8 ways food trucks have helped the restaurant industry adapt to the pandemic. While this was a hard hit for brick-and-mortar restaurants, this was time for food trucks to shine. The food that you ordered is hot and fresh.

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FULL HOUSE, ALL HANDS ON-DECK

Culinary Cues

The anxiety building up to a full house in the hotel packed with a series of food events has made it impossible to relax. The event wall was filled with clip boards, each holding the food function of the day. All our ingredients were already in-house, only a produce ordered remained and we expected the truck around 9.

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How to apply for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants

7 Shifts

Any establishment that serves food or beverages to guests is eligible. Food trucks, carts, or stands. Outdoor seating construction. Food and beverage inventory. Who is eligible to receive grants? This includes: Restaurants. Bars and lounges. Pubs and Taverns. Breweries or wineries with a tasting room.