According to a Recent Study/Survey … End-of-August 2018 Edition

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This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's "According to ..." research roundup features information on restaurants closing for Labor Day, best and worst states for tipped workers, "near me" shopping report, hot new restaurant openings, Gen Z most-talked about brands, football food trends, popcorn flavor innovation and most scenic cities. 

Open for Labor Day?Since hundreds of thousands of restaurants use Square to run their businesses, they took a look at how many restaurants closed for Labor Day. Millions of people travel for the long weekend (all needing to eat, and sometimes planning for specific restaurants), but Square has seen more and more restaurant operators make the call to give their workers holidays off, too. 

Here are the top cities:

Top 10 cities where the most restaurants are closed (all have over a third of their restaurants closed on Labor Day):

Phoenix - over half (53 percent) of restaurants closed for Labor Day

Orlando - 41 percent of…