{"id":13045,"date":"2017-07-04T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/premierfoodsafety_OLD\/?p=13045"},"modified":"2017-07-04T07:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T14:00:03","slug":"report-fast-casual-off-to-a-rough-start-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/report-fast-casual-off-to-a-rough-start-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Fast Casual Off to a Rough Start in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shortabstract\">\n<p id=\"abstract\">BDO frequently gives an update for restaurants and their performance over the year. The report for the beginning of 2017 shows a drop in performance for several restaurants, specifically with a drop in fast-casual dining experiences. The overall average decrease was 0.7 percent, with a 2.0 percent decrease in the fast-casual category. Some restaurants, however, did report an increase in sales. The pizza industry as a whole improved over the start of the new year, as well as certain chains like Chipotle and Panera Bread.the possible cause for the overall drop in sales in fast-casual could be attributed to a desire in consumers for a more aesthetically pleasing atmosphere, due to social media trends. BDO recommends that restaurants increase and maintain a social media presence to cater to these consumers.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"readmoretext\">Read more: <\/span><a id=\"source\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qsrmagazine.com\/news\/report-fast-casual-rough-start-2017\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: Fast Casual Off to a Rough Start in 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"task_trail\" style=\"display:none\">(abstract 335VBRURDJ08GJ7DZ7RMOPROWYTE9J 3GM6G9ZBKNXRZ66X4DPOGHTTXE6MTH AXQCHRZYGTE2F)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BDO frequently gives an update for restaurants and their performance over the year. The report for the beginning of 2017 shows a drop in performance for several restaurants, specifically with a drop in fast-casual dining experiences. The overall average decrease was 0.7 percent, with a 2.0 percent decrease in the fast-casual category. Some restaurants, however, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}