The Future of Restaurant Loyalty: How AI, Data & Experiences is Driving Repeat Biz
Well-designed programs not only turn one-time visitors into repeat, high-value customers but also provide businesses with valuable data to fuel…
Quick Commerce’s Role in Expanding Regional Specialties to Tier-2 & Tier-3 Towns
Quick commerce is helping to connect cities and towns while supporting small producers. Every order is a step toward making India’s food culture more…
Focused Flavors: How Single-Cuisine Restaurants are Redefining Dining Scenes
Single-cuisine concepts can contribute approximately 50 to 65% of dine-in revenue in metro portfolios where specialists dominate new openings.
Scooping Success: The Sweet Boom of Ice Cream Cafés
Leading the pack with a cool 30–35% market share is Amul, followed by homegrown favorites like Naturals and NIC, as well as established giants such…
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Actor Shilpa Shetty’s Restaurant Bastian to Shut Shop in Bandra, Mumbai
The restaurant became Mumbai’s favourite, especially a popular food spot for food lovers and celebrities in Mumbai since 2016.
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The Pros and Cons: Comparing Franchise vs. Independent Specialty Restaurants
Aspiring restaurateurs in India's vibrant and expanding food and beverage industry must make the crucial choice of whether to join an…
Beyond Borders: Turning Collaboration into Profit
Papa John's to open 650 restaurants in India by 2033.
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The Future of Dining: Balancing Authenticity, Drama, and Sustainability
The restaurant industry is projected to reach 79.7 billion dollars by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 15%.
Pouring Culture, Craft, and Commerce in a Cup
While the grab-and-go culture is growing rapidly. By 2033, the grab-and-go culture in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.26%.
The Secret Sauce to Building Tomorrow’s Restaurant: Lessons from the Pathbreakers
The lesson is simple: find your market, position yourself smartly, and price right.
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Brewing Hot: Why Customer Feedback Is the Secret Ingredient to a Cafe's Success
The market size of coffee is 1.8 billion dollars, while the tea market is 2.12 billion dollars. India ranks among the top 5 coffee exporters and top…
Cracking the Code: What Makes Global Brands a success in India
With over 1.4 billion consumers, a rising middle class, and a youth demographic that dines out or orders in at least 4–6 times a month, the appetite…
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The Pros and Cons of Franchising Your Restaurant in India
Restaurant franchising is a significant growth opportunity. The desire for fast growth, brand enhancement, and a potentially profitable revenue…
8 Strategic Pillars to Run a High-Performing Restaurant Franchise
Franchising not only build a strong brand identity but also helps in successful expansion strategies. Around 30-40% of restaurant businesses are…
Should restaurants opt for their own delivery fleet
While the industry was quite numb for the last few years, the pandemic has caused the industry to make some noise against the food aggregators.
McDonald's December revenue nears pre-covid level, targets 25-30 stores in FY22
In December, McDonald's did almost 97 per cent of the pre-COVID-19 sales, Ebitda margin for the month of December was 13.1 per cent
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Impact of COVID-19 on fundraising in F&B space- Has anything changed?
What this translates into when it comes to fundraising is that the investment interest & intent runs high where technology is playing a critical role across business functions as much as feasible and viable.
Restaurants demand rationalization on GST, safety-net for workers in budget 2021
The finance minister has quite a few things on their table, ranging from increasing the pace of digitization, lower GST rate, stimulus package for the sector.
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5 key learning for Restaurant and food business operators from 2020
The biggest learning from 2020 is that we need to be agile in order to course correct quickly as per the demand of the situation.
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How to Open a Restaurant Successfully
Changing lifestyles and transforming food habit is fueling the growth in the restaurant business.
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Assurance, Convenience and Access: 3 Keys for McDonald's sales recovery in Q2FY21
As a result, the company more than doubled its overall sales over Q1FY21, achieving close to 70% of pre-COVID levels.
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How McDonald's is ensuring safety, hygiene and deliciousness post re-opening
The brand has maintained separate kitchens, equipments, utensils, and cleaning cloths for veg and non-veg food right from the start of its operations in India.
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Are drive-thrus new ray of hope for Global chains during coronavirus pandemic
In India, McDonald's opened its first drive-thru in In India in Navi Mumbai's Kalamboli in 2001.
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How Grabfood is working with Restaurants in Malaysia and helping them grow demand for affordable food
Grab has made various efforts to digitalise micro, small and medium enterprises on the Grab platform to adapt to the new normal.
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