QSR June 2022

Full-service restaurants continue pushing their way into the quick service world. And it’s no great mystery why.

Full-service restaurants are getting their “quick service” on like never before. ¶ Though not necessarily a new story in the ever-evolving restaurant industry—to be certain, full-ser vice heavyweights like Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises and acclaimed chefs such as Rick Bayless have marched into the limited-service world before—sit-down restaurants migrating into the quick-service environment is becoming a more common place tale these days. ¶ While a competitive industry has long forced restaurants of all stripes to be creative, the pandemic demanded it, especially as COVID-19 shuttered dining rooms and paralyzed many full-service operations.

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