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Just Like Restaurants, Culinary Schools and Their Students Are in Limbo

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Roundtree, who graduated from the Charlotte campus of Johnson & Wales with a bachelor of science in culinary arts and food-service management in 2018, was working as a student teacher in the culinary arts program and had no idea what to tell the class about what to do next or when they’d be back.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Overall Redemption : The redemption rate for gift cards sold in 2020 tracked higher during the initial seven weeks after purchase, as compared to 2019 and 2018. But after the nine-week mark, 2020 gift cards were redeemed at a rate that was slightly lower than 2019 and significantly lower than 2018. Key Food Delivery Trends.

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Virtual Acceleration, Raising the Bar and Insult Monitor

Modern Restaurant Management

. “The addition of Toast Hardware grew our team’s productivity, increased our speed of service, and allowed us to serve more guests. Makes false positive monitoring possible: According to CNP’s 2018 Fraud Operations Study, 42 percent of businesses don’t know their false positive rates.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-February 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Service Management Group (SMG) published new research that highlights how quick service restaurant (QSR) brands can drive app adoption. The number of gift cards sold during this period was significantly lower than in 2018 and 2019. More than 75 percent of one-topping pizzas sold during Super Bowl were pepperoni.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018, 51% of chefs in the United States added vegan items to their menus. ” Prior to working at Bolay, Angela worked as a Nutritional Services Manager at Winter Park Memorial Hospital and as Managing Partner at Carrabba’s Italian Grill where she learned the ins and outs of the restaurant and hospitality industries.

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White Castle Flips for Flippy and Burma Bites

Modern Restaurant Management

.” Food Services Relays are being used to maintain distance and supplement smaller staff working in kitchen and delivery operations as food services reopen. Between 2010 and 2018, the consumption of fresh lemon in the United States has experienced an increase of 31 percent, going from 438.00 Gamifying Food Ordering.

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