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Why Multi-Unit Operators Should Invest in Brands with Flexible Real Estate Options

Modern Restaurant Management

Despite the challenges that have been brought upon the restaurant landscape these past several years, the industry has thrived with innovation across all categories. As a result, the level of competition between foodservice brands looking to expand their footprints has naturally increased.

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The Value of Restaurant Business Intelligence for Multi-Unit Operators

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Making decisions for your restaurant without business intelligence is like trying to run a sushi restaurant without fish — without it, you aren't going to stay open for very long. It's what separates the restaurants that survive from the restaurants that thrive.

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Top Three Reasons Why Multi-Unit Operators Should be Looking at Fast Casual Brands to Expand their Portfolio in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Multi-unit restaurant owners in the have lots of reasons for wanting to diversify their brand portfolios. After experiencing significant headwinds of a pandemic followed by historic inflation, many multi-unit restaurant franchisees might be looking outside the industry for diversification.

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Successful Restaurants Leverage Their Digital Ordering Channels

Modern Restaurant Management

Consistency is essential for optimal user experiences, especially if you are a multi-unit operator. As the operator, you should be in the driver’s seat of your online ordering experience to make updates anytime and anywhere. As soon as a promotion is over, you can remove it from your site without skipping a beat.

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Shaping the Future of QSR

Modern Restaurant Management

In a recent report shared by TouchBistro on the State of the Restaurant Industry for 2025, data provides key insights into a year marked by both significant hurdles and notable resilience for the restaurant franchising industry and quick-service restaurant (QSR) operators.

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The Pros and Cons of Dynamic Pricing for Restaurants

Horizon Hospitality

For multi-unit operations, that cost alone could be huge. Implementation Could be Expensive Even though new data technology could create a mostly automated dynamic pricing system, implementation and upkeep will come at a cost. Restaurants must have digital menu boards.

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Surviving Disruption: How New COVID-19 Legislation Can Assist the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

While state depreciation rules may differ, this correction could be a big benefit to multi-unit operators making property improvements, allowing those businesses with QIP expense in 2018 and 2019 to potentially file amended federal income tax returns.