According to a Recent Study/Survey … End-of-March 2017 Edition

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At Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine, we are research junkies and love to comb though reports to find things we think will be useful to our readership. This end-of-March 2017 edition features information on the impact of restaurants in the changing retail landscape, the popularity of craft beer worldwide, grilled cheese facts, peanut power and the importance of having clean restrooms.

Chain Restaurant SlowdownComing off a strong performance in 2015, Technomic's Top 500 chain restaurants experienced a deceleration in 2016 with cumulative sales growth checking in at 3.6 percent, down from 5.2 percent the prior year. Net unit growth stayed relatively stable at 1.7 percent, compared to 1.9 percent in 2015, pointing to declining customer traffic and weakening same-store-sales as the key reasons for the slowdown.

The Technomic Top 500 Advanced Chain Restaurant Report provides Technomic's exclusive one-year sales forecast by menu category, an expanded outlook and opportunities…