Long-term Outlook Fuels Innovation at Marco’s Pizza
Reached last week, Jacob Webb said sales at his Marco’s Pizza restaurants in Utah are up more than 40 percent compared to the same time last year. “It’s totally unprecedented,” said Webb, who has nine stores in the Salt Lake City market and is also the brand’s area...
McKinsey Restaurant Report Offers Grim Reality, Some Ideas
McKinsey put out a report advising the restaurant industry how it might survive or thrive in the “next normal.” Noting that the pandemic has most severely impacted restaurants in urban areas, the authors outlined nine possible scenarios for the restaurant sector’s...
Survey: Attitudes Shift toward Health; Preferences toward Carryout
In a recent survey, consumers shared their attitudes and perceptions of delivery. In some ways, it has shifted as more people utilize third-party delivery and off-premises in general, but a lot of pre-pandemic attitudes remain the same. In a survey of more than 1,000...
Wingstop Takes Flight in April
Wingstop’s first-quarter results were good, but in the early weeks of the second quarter, the company’s deep commitment to digital operations sent its sales skyward. The company reported a 9.9 percent same-store sales increase through the quarter which ended March 30....
Delivery Trends ‘Up 30-40 Percent,’ Grocery Especially
It’s hard to quantify how many more people are ordering during the COVID-19 crisis. A new survey from Sense360 shows that 21 percent of respondents are now working from home, with 15 percent saying they would order groceries online, but just 5 percent planning to...
Outstanding Operators
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