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The Clean Eating Movement

Clean Eating Movement: Chipotle and Panera go head to head. The Clean Eating Movement has been gaining steam for a few years now, and while it has its base back in the 1960’s, it has gained considerable steam in the United States. Consumers want to be more informed about their food choices.  Movements such as […]

Managing the Restaurant Design Lifecycle

Restaurants and all businesses in general have very similar lifecycles comprising five stages beginning with the startup phase, where restaurant design is crucial, and ending with either a rebirth or reinventing of the business model as it begins to decline and deteriorate; or dissolution as a going concern due to irrelevance with current market trends. […]

The Rise of Fast Casual

Restaurant Industry Trends – Fast Casual It seemed as though the dominance of the fast food market segment would be forever enduring. This segment still dominates, but in terms of growth rate, the fast casual segment has been gradually eroding the fast-food market share, with McDonald’s, the leader of the fast food market chains, controlling about 20% […]

Restaurants: Preparing for Summer

Hilton Cabana Miami Beach You can see it coming, and you can feel its gradual approach. Days get longer and the somatic sensations of warmer days begin to influence our choice for a lighter wardrobe to accommodate the activities of the warmest period of the year affectionately called the summer season – compliments of the […]

Why restaurants should give in order to receive

National Restaurant Association Giving selflessly to charity has long been considered the hallmark of a beneficent character. And many restaurateurs, quite admirably, do it because it is the right thing to do without being aware of the associated financial rewards. The tax code provides restaurateurs some degree of tax relief that is available to businesses […]

Cracking the Millennial Code for Restaurants

In any case even the savviest of authorities strives to identify what the deciding factors are that influence Millennials and where they choose to spend their dollars when they go out. Millennials are an essential demographic; standing 90+ million strong, its the largest demographic accessible, by far. The study of “Millennials” is focused around how […]

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