Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Since guests cannot frequent their favorite establishments in person, they're now leaning on you to bring a "dine-in experience" to their homes. Now is the time to set expectations for how your guests will interact with your restaurant in the future. Share customer stories during this crisis through your social media.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza and U.S. million small businesses and protected over 30 million jobs for hardworking Americans," they said. "With How to create engaging social media content to stay connected with customers. For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A major pain point for our clients has been navigating regulatory compliance issues such as corporate officer updates, alcohol license and permit renewals, and training team members in proper alcohol service protocol. There are serious penalties for serving underage customers, including losing your liquor license and even jail time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2021

Restaurant owners were forced to grapple with a question they may have never thought they would have asked themselves pre-pandemic: “Will my business survive?” As vaccination rollouts continue and business restrictions lessen, a resurgence in patronage will likely begin. For customers, it became a new experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2021

In addition, restaurant owners will now be able to utilize all tips earned from service staff to redistribute this income amongst the entire operating team. The new tipping regulations represent a new era for the restaurant landscape that will either significantly help or hurt the industry’s post-pandemic recovery process.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

According to the data, consumers deleted restaurant apps if menu items were missing or if there was limited ability to customize orders. The data also points to a broken customer arrival experience. For restaurant brands, the digital pivot is imperative to getting the customer experience right.”

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Cheetah

APRIL 26, 2021

In 2019, we published The Beginner’s Guide to Opening a Food Truck Business , where we covered the basics of buying a food truck, choosing the right location, working with suppliers, and more. Parking lots near business centers and other profitable pre-pandemic spots suddenly dried up. In fact, the industry is set on a quick recovery.

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Rocket Fuel

MAY 1, 2023

This highlights the increasing consumer demand for convenience and the importance of offering delivery options for QSR operators. Higher guest checks for delivery: Guest checks for delivery have consistently been higher than other channels over the past three years.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

COVID-19 has been a devastatingly destabilizing force for the food service industry. This time last year, industry revenue was strong, job growth was evident, and small business diversity was alive. They’ll find themselves on the other side of the pandemic with renewed customer affinity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. “As already short-staffed restaurants reopen, they are grappling with how to manage both in-person diners and deliveries, while meeting growing expectations on speed and service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Small Business Administration (SBA) Jovita Carranza and U.S. million small businesses and protected over 30 million jobs for hardworking Americans," they said. "With How to create engaging social media content to stay connected with customers. For more information, visit: sba.gov/paycheckprotection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Execution will play a pivotal role in building customer trust and ensuring today's diners remain loyal." Both sides agreed that a negative take-out experience – ranging from a reduced menu to poor service – was a deal-breaker. Restaurants vs. delivery services. Can't touch this. See details here.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Here we list 5 ways camera tech can improve your business in the new year and beyond. COVID-19 has been a powerful driving force for AI tech particularly in this industry, as stay-at-home orders, social distancing and other safety measures forced operators to rethink how they interact with their staff and guests. Touchless Service.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 3, 2020

But much has changed since you’ve last had dine-in guests; consumer spending behavior and eating habits have been reset. Other than your most loyal customers, there is no guarantee that your old guests will return to dine with you while social distancing and other public health recommendations remain in effect.

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Touch Bistro

APRIL 28, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly begins to recede, many restaurants are turning to gift card marketing as part of their 2021 recovery plan. First and foremost, gift cards provide restaurants with an immediate source of revenue – cash that can be incredibly valuable in the early months of recovery. Attract New Customers.

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Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

Dining rooms are reopening and with the promise of return to normalcy just a few days away, the unprecedented staffing shortage is dampening the hope of economic recovery. A lack of workforce could easily derail many restaurants’ reopening plans, particularly small and independent establishments. Think about this for a minute.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

The newly launched Restaurant Recovery Sales Flash is open to all operators. As of Saturday, May 9, on average almost 30% of the restaurants operated by the companies that participated in our Restaurants Recovery Sales Flash survey opened their dining rooms in some capacity. Collected and distributed 3 times per week.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

. “With 100 years of quick service success, the time has never been more perfect to envision what the next century of White Castle and the restaurant industry looks like. The company will be matching loans for Black-owned businesses through a new partnership with Kiva and will match loans to U.S-based

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EATER

JUNE 26, 2020

Worries about the pandemic, slow business, and fewer jobs for servers are all creating obstacles to rehiring When the COVID-19 pandemic forced one Miami restaurant to shut its doors in mid-March, its management laid off 47 of their 55 employees. As such, there is no work available for bartenders and servers.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Each update highlights the most relevant and timely workforce, financial, guest and consumer trends. Dive deeper into the state of the quick service segment with our newest research: How Quick Service is Outpacing the Restaurant Industry in Sales & Traffic. Full-Service: Service Guest Sentiment Improved in Q3.

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Foodable

AUGUST 17, 2020

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date on the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. How has curbside delivery and a general push to drive-thru service affected Coca-Cola’s Freestyle Division? How have you as a company adjusted to consumers’ needs amidst COVID-19?

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2020

Mahesh Rajasekharan, CEO of Cleo, a software company that provides wide ranging big data integration solutions between businesses and applications, suggests that companies become more agile in their efforts to connect with multiple suppliers for the same product (3). “If What about issues concerning reducing food waste?

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 1, 2020

We hear of major restaurant companies that struggle, but pay far less attention to the small business, the independent restaurant that represents the largest segment of the industry and the most fragile. That independent operator measures their ability to survive in terms of a few weeks without sufficient business revenue.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

While numbers will vary, many full-service restaurants normally have margins between 3% and 5% , and enterprises like quick service restaurants maintained average margins between 6% and 9% before COVID-19 hit. Customers are now used to the convenience of delivery and takeout and the comfort of eating at home.

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Foodable

JUNE 8, 2020

Bbot allows restaurant guests to order food and drinks from their phone to their table. Customers do not have to wait for a menu, download an app, swipe their card, or even sign a receipt. We really believe what’s missing for small business owners is technology that helps them affect their top and bottom line,” says Simoni. “We

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 19, 2020

The economic slowdown, public markets in distress, supply chains interrupted, tourism coming to a halt, consumers staying at home (which — for many — translates to a lower disposable income), and huge uncertainty can have long-lived effects for many restaurant businesses. Ignoring macro risks is riskier than ever. March 18, 2020.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2020

He provides consultancy & project management services to a variety of clients, acting as the de facto sales & marketing lead on their behalf. These safety measures are also essential to retain customer trust. It is important to let the guests enjoy the experience, so among other things, the food presentation has to be amazing.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

However, we’re seeing some major shifts around menu creation, procurement, and dining habits of guests. This 85+ item list of food service statistics results from meticulous combing through dozens of industry reports. Agile businesses that invest in their own online ordering platforms stand to reap benefits from this shift in 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

This has resulted in an increased demand for additional cafes across the state, creating a tremendous business opportunity for experienced operators looking to diversify or be part of the brand's early growth in Colorado," said Craig LeMieux, area developer for Tropical Smoothie Cafe. "My ” Perfectly Designed Pizza Hut.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The importance of making guests feel comfortable. Incentivize guests to choose your restaurant. restaurants are very likely to have fewer dine-in customers this fall/winter than usual. Another potential revenue generator is offering meal kits that customers can cook at home themselves.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 19, 2020

Small Business Loans Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announces $11m in no-interest microloans for small businesses, including restaurants. Cheese’s, Wendy’s, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Golden Corral and other large brands across the country suspend dine-in service. March 18, 2020. March 18, 2020 L.A. March 9, 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. 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. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest facts and figures of restaurant operations, the state of business dining, and the mid-year gift card report. Quick service restaurants (QSRs), representing 81 percent of restaurant visits in the U.S., The State of the Restaurant Industry. foodservice industry. “The U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature help for small business owners and products for the 'new normal' for restaurants as they reopen. “This new feature helped us keep our doors open and continue serving our customers during the recent downturn,” he said. On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. Bars and nightlife businesses were among the hardest hit, with consumer interest down 81 percent. Yelp Economic Average. In the U.K.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Ocean Spray is joining forces with Massachusetts Restaurant United and the COREcares Foundation for this hospitality stimulus, in addition to offering discounts on the brand’s cranberry products to support restaurants on the road to recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. ” Next-Gen Toast.

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EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Capital-T Trends have had the space to take root as customers crowded into dining rooms and traveled around the country, bringing their excited energy with them to red-sauce Italian joints, vibey supper club-inspired spots, and so many pop-ups turned full-fledged restaurants. From a 22-seat room in D.C.’s It’s a winning approach.

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