7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

Ordering online, paying with mobile phones, scanning QR codes for a menu, and a ton of takeout, are just a part of dining out now. Here are a few ideas: Contactless is King While contactless cards, drop off delivery, app-based payments, and QR codes have been around, the pandemic has made them more popular than ever.

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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Efficiently manage reservations: Ensure that the booking system is organized and avoids overbooking to prevent delays in table turnover. Use technology, such as a restaurant management software, to track who chose to reserve a table, and manage waitlists effectively. casual dining vs. fine dining).

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Seating Mobile Ordering Customer Service Cash Management 173

Lavu

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In fact, the demand for online restaurant ordering continues to grow among restaurant consumers. Restaurant owners and managers consistently look for solutions that allow customers to place orders online and have food delivered fast. Specifically, online ordering and delivery is gradually becoming a norm among restaurants. .

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Online Ordering Delivery Ordering Point of Sale 85

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 19, 2022

Traditionally, this has meant that the manager comes out and apologizes to the guest, then offers a discount or a comped meal. Widespread adoption of branded apps, online ordering and delivery, accelerated by the Covid crisis, has forced restaurants to deal with an issue that they’ve mostly avoided until now: chargebacks.

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Online Ordering Cash Management Mobile Ordering Food Order 190

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app. Ding* ‘Your order is being prepared by Chef Bot 19 and will be delivered to your table in approximately 19 minutes.

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Front of House Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Back of House 207

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2023

QR Codes and the Concept of Ordering or Paying Ahead The restaurant experience has changed in many ways, and, over the past few years, the pandemic accelerated a major shift. On-demand delivery has grown, and consumers have become used to quick service and ordering through their smartphones, even while waiting at restaurants.

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Customer Service Customer Experience 167

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Inefficient restaurant inventory management practices, improper storage, gaps in inventory logs, theft, and waste can cause even the most successful kitchens to struggle or fail. Below are the top seven inventory management mistakes restaurants are making, and how to correct them. Reduce the number of deliveries as often as possible.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2020

COVID-19 is already impacting restaurants across the world—some more than others, with restaurants and other eating establishments being shut down by government order across the country. How restaurant managers can navigate COVID-19. Focus on other channels like third-party delivery. Offer discounts on delivery/takeout.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 10, 2022

To cope with their current challenges, food-service businesses need to look back on their lockdown experiences — and keep on innovating in order to keep customers coming back for more. There's also growing demand for online ordering prior to arrival, so that restaurants can prep dishes before diners even reach their table.

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Customer Experience Online Ordering Customer Service Mobile Ordering 184

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

In just three weeks, they created a native solution that allowed Clover restaurant merchants to enable online ordering for delivery or curbside pickup. This digital innovation has been helpful for small business, with roughly 20 percent of all transaction volume for Clover restaurants running through online ordering.

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Small Business Customer Experience 245

SpotOn

MARCH 4, 2024

While those classic cash registers did wonders back in the day, point-of-sale (POS) systems have now become the industry standard for small businesses and restaurants. Alongside transactions, modern POS systems run software applications to help businesses manage their employees, reach new customers, and encourage existing ones back in.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Today, technology is at the helm of on-premise ordering processes. Customers in the restaurant industry can directly place their orders on tableside tablet systems. The new technology also allows servers to enter customer orders on hand-held devices. Tableside Ordering System. Recording payment methods used by each guest.

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Technology Ordering Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 78

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro.

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Loyalty Program Online Ordering Cash Management Point of Sale 189

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 212

Deliverect

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Pick the right one and you can streamline all your restaurant operations, from orders and payments to staff and inventory management. If your restaurant offers delivery, choosing one of our integrated point-of-sale suppliers means you’ll be able to sync with the biggest meal delivery services around the world.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

During a “normal” year, restaurant owners and operators face issues such as cash flow and capital, inventory management, hiring and training and providing excellent customer service. It’s important to monitor what’s selling so managers can order more in a timely manner, ensuring the most popular choices are always in stock.

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Mobile Ordering Point of Sale Cash Management Online Ordering 148

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 212

Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

Today, consumers want convenient and easy ways to order food from your restaurant. Luckily, that’s what an online ordering system can do for you. Statista notes that in 2020, 760 million users were using online ordering for their restaurant takeout and delivery orders, a 20% increase year-over-year.

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Online Ordering Blog Ordering Front of House 78

SpotOn

MAY 20, 2024

The ubiquity of tips, the prevalence of cash-free payments, and a lack of clarity around service charges have left consumers and operators alike searching for a sustainable solution.  When picking up a takeout order Tipping isn’t expected.  Restroom attendant  $1-5 cash or scan-and-pay tip.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Last year, one of the first brands to go cashless, Sweetgreen, changed its policy to accept cash at all its locations. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) started accepting cash after Amazon confirmed it would take cash payments in all of its previously cashless Amazon Go stores. To eliminate cash is to eliminate customer choice.

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Cash Management Mobile Ordering Fast Casual Employee Relations 152

Deliverect

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Managing any restaurant business is a daunting task, even more so when you’re running a delivery operation on the side. All the while takeaway receipts are flooding your cash register or counter. All the while takeaway receipts are flooding your cash register or counter. Get rid of the so-called wall of tablets.

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Delivery Food Cash Management Online Ordering 68

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

Aside from the traditional full-service or counter-service dine-in models, they aren’t set up to support the non-traditional service models such as ghost kitchens, drop-zones or first-party delivery that have become a necessity throughout the pandemic. On-the-Fly Menu Management. QR-Based, Contactless Ordering and Payment.

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POS Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Cash Management 106

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 193

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. Best practices for calculating cash flow. How to ramp up takeout and delivery operations. Tips for pivoting to retail.

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Webinar Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Online Ordering 191

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

Working with Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine, In July 2020, Reach3 Insights conducted a study exploring consumer expectations around the dine-in restaurant experience amid COVID-19. Ordered food from a drive-thru. Ordered food for pick up (via online, phone, etc.). Ordered food for delivery (via online, phone, etc.).

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Consumer Goods Food Safety 206

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features consumers' dining desires, the power of personalization and the untapped opportunity in localized marketing. Ninety-five percent of Americans and 87 percent of those in the UK noted they often ordered take-out before stay-at-home orders began.

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2020 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Fast Casual 193

Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Restaurant management software can streamline restaurant operations, helping you become more efficient and profitable. However, not all restaurant management systems are created equal — and the tools you have access to can play a large role in your success. Cloud-based management. User-friendly order management.

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2020 Management Management Mobile Ordering 117

Focus POS

JUNE 2, 2020

It could be argued that the restaurant industry has been hit the hardest when it comes to stay-at-home orders and social distancing mandates; however, the resilience of the restaurant industry cannot be denied, and as restaurateurs shift their thinking from, “How am I going to survive?” Illness Resurgence is Highly Likely .

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BNG Point of Sale

JANUARY 19, 2021

Running a POS system for your business is a key way to speed up orders and improve customer service; this is a universal truth for both restaurants and bars alike. What Are The Benefits Of a Restaurant Management System? As a business, you still need a cash register, and every point-of-sale system will include one.

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POS Cash Management Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program 98

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution.

Food Safety 207

Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 207

Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

Four-page menus do not reflect business common sense – inventories become unmanageable, waste is much more difficult to manage, the level of expertise required of employees grows exponentially, consistency and quality are challenging, and profit is hard to predict and realize.

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Customer Experience Cash Management Customer Service Front of House 387

Deliverect

JULY 24, 2020

The lockdown accelerated the adoption of online ordering and delivery tech as dining rooms closed and people were stuck at home. It has also brought contactless ordering and payment to the fore, especially as restaurants prepare to reopen with new sanitation and distancing measures in place. Delivery tech.

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Technology Mobile Ordering Front of House Online Ordering 110

Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

There are so many things to think about — from inventory management to restaurant payment and billing and more — it can be difficult to keep track of it all. That’s where restaurant management software comes in. In this roundup, we will take a look at some of the best restaurant management software out there.

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Management Management Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 120

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Managers lack the tools to properly schedule employees and plan for shifting consumer demands, and as a result, businesses are paying for redundant overworked labor, or having to manage with inadequate labor due to hiring challenges. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education.

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2022 Food Supply Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 186

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Owning the delivery revenue stream. Delivery has become a staple for restaurants who never thought it would have to be. A large number of restaurants launched their own delivery service just to stay afloat during the pandemic. Of the restaurants surveyed, 27 percent launched their own delivery service. Menu price changes.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Hotels Food Safety 219

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their views on trends. With more options to work outside of the hospitality industry, operators must offer employees more scheduling flexibility, facilitate transparent communication between management and team members, and avoid overworking staff.

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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 178

Restaurant365

MAY 25, 2022

According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry, below is the percentage breakdown of adult (age 18+) consumers who say they would be likely to use the following options if they were offered by a restaurant in their area they patronize: Order and pay for food or beverages using a restaurant website: 74%.

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