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…
Where is the fast-food industry heading amid pandemic
Edelweiss estimates that while the entire food services market plunged 82 percent year-on-year in the first half of FY21, the contraction that organized chains such as Domino's, Burger King, McDonald's (West & South) reported was restricted to 45 percent.
How to ensure quick ROI when opening up a restaurant business amid crisis
The focus should be on increasing yield per square foot of space and ensuring that rental cost is kept as minimal as possible. Engineering the menu will ensure that high-selling food products are focused upon.
Restaurants standing up for the nation, what is the nation doing for them?
Not to forget that, most restaurants in India and around the world work on slim 10 to 15 percent EBITDA margins with hardly three weeks of cash flow.
What does restaurant recruitment in Covid world looks like
It is being estimated that over two million people directly employed in the sector may be rendered jobless.
Upgrading Hospitality industry sanitation to retain during the pandemic
Enterprises in the hospitality sector should work with the best technical service providers to maintain a foolproof digital transformational plan for the future.?
Are high rentals draining out restaurant business
In a typical revenue share model, the landlord gets 80 percent of market rental or 15 to 18 percent of the top line, which according to many restaurateurs are higher.
7 keys for growing your restaurant start-up amidst the pandemic
The rat-race has been a prolonged move, yet many succeeded to stand out. And the only reason they stood out was because they chose smart work instead of the dominating hard-work-culture.
With no dinner biz in Maharashtra post 8 pm closure, restaurants fear big loss
However, home delivery of food will be allowed during the night but it may not be able to meet the same number as dine-in.
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Why it is right time to expand to tier 2 cities for restaurants
With the business potential of tier-2 cities getting huge as much as that of big cities, turning investments into profits are way easier due to lower overheads.
How restaurants can reduce labour cost and pour in more profitability
Labour costs account for one of the highest expenses, amounting to approximately 45 percent of the total operating costs and in some cases, it may be as high as 75 percent.