Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 10, 2021

The food and beverage industry is on a hiring frenzy. A recent study by The Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that, despite regular hiring since this spring, the food and beverage industry still remains 1.5 In order to meet this massive shortfall, restaurants have had to up the ante on their recruitment drives.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The ripple effects of the pandemic continue: the National Restaurant Association finds that off-premises dining continues to happen much more frequently than before, with 66% of consumers more likely to order takeout in 2023 than they were before the pandemic. ChowNow ChowNow is a customized online ordering app for restaurants.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The ripple effects of the pandemic continue: the National Restaurant Association finds that off-premises dining continues to happen much more frequently than before, with 66% of consumers more likely to order takeout in 2023 than they were before the pandemic. ChowNow ChowNow is a customized online ordering app for restaurants.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Starting a food delivery business can really make a difference for restaurants or any food business, helping them reach more people and make more money. You need to invest in reliable and easy-to-use delivery platforms that work well with your restaurant’s ordering system. Is online food delivery a profitable business?

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 22, 2022

Over the past few years, demand has been growing for coffee that is easy to prepare and high in quality – and we’ve subsequently seen a rapidly-growing market for self-serve coffee machines emerge. I spoke to three industry professionals to find out more about the self-serve coffee market. What are self-serve coffee machines?

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 20, 2024

At first glance, it might seem that the purpose of food lockers is to provide fast, secure order pickup for busy students and guests. College and university dining leaders use smart food locker solutions in a variety of unexpected ways, depending on the unique challenges they face. But that’s just the beginning.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. According to Feeding America , nearly 40 percent of all food in the U.S. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. restaurants lose $162 billion annually in food waste costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As we close out 2022, food production is at risk. We’re still facing product shortages, exacerbated by ongoing supply chain interruptions and the Russian-Ukrainian war stalling food shipments – including 9.5 Inflation is causing food prices – and food insecurity – to soar. . Focus on Sustainable Food Production.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 11, 2023

Today, nearly 60 percent of adults expect to use their phones to access key restaurant features, including ordering food. And more quick-service and casual dining restaurants are adopting QR code ordering to improve operations. QR code ordering also improves order accuracy, leading to fewer mistakes and less food waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you want to have a successful restaurant, great food is not an option — it is a necessity. Still, great food is not enough. Any restaurant can have great food. Great food with a great concept is a winning combination that will bring diners back again and again. Will you serve saki or bubble tea or both?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2024

Rethinking Beverages The typical drink upsell—soft drinks and coffee or tea—has decreased over the past few years as customers increasingly eat restaurant food at home. In its place, we’ve seen an explosion of specialty beverages that serve as enticing add–ons or stand-alone orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2024

More than half (55 percent) of global consumers say automated food preparation is unacceptable for both quick service and table service restaurants, while nearly half (49 percent) say they’re likely to order food through an artificial intelligence tool, such as a chatbot or drive-thru.

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EATER

MARCH 11, 2024

They try to lock you into ordering for yourself. If you want to order like an Eater staffer, remember: Everything is a shared plate if you believe in yourself. You just order enough food for everyone, regardless of what section it comes from. There are some rules to ordering this way. Is this food meant to comfort?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2024

While consumers might seek culinary experiences they can’t have at home, they have vastly different expectations for how they engage – whether via phone, app ordering, third-party take-out, or dining in, they want the same seamless interactions they’ve come to expect in all areas of their lives. ” It gets better.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Good words sell food. The data to analyze with food is the following: food sales, food costs, sales mixture, food inventory, cost of goods sold, menu pricing, invoice reviews for accuracy of pricing, stock on hand, beginning and end of day protein counts, and daily sold items. Purchasing of Foods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hospitality operators are rapidly turning to contactless ordering and payment solutions to help navigate the long road back to normal from COVID-19’s impacts. " While contactless ordering and payment is here to stay, many operators remain concerned about how this new service model will impact their guest experience. ."

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This crucial aspect significantly influences the financial success of your Quick-Serve Restaurant (QSR) and plays a pivotal role in thriving within a competitive market. A quicker drive-thru experience translates to delighted patrons, positive word-of-mouth, and the capacity to serve more customers, ultimately leading to increased profits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

billion in food sales demonstrating a 34 percent increase from the prior year, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Uber Eats expected to deliver $10 billion worth of food in 36 countries in 2019. With some TPO services, restaurants only pay a pre-set delivery amount once an order is placed.

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EATER

JUNE 5, 2020

In recent years, cops were denied service at an Arby’s in Florida , and at a Whataburger in Texas, where an employee refused to serve them because she said cops had beaten up her boyfriend. Immediately, I just didn’t feel comfortable making that order,” one employee told Eater. also spoke out against serving the police.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In August '19, Deliverect reached the 1 million processed orders milestone, after having been in business for only 10 months. We're super excited that now, just 4 months later, we’ve just hit 2 million processed orders! We live in the era of online food delivery. Around 30% of the food sector’s turnover comes from online orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The fusion of technology and food service is transforming the way restaurants operate, enhancing customer experiences, and shaping the future of the industry. From the way we place orders to how they’re prepared, every facet of the food service sector is being touched by technology. billion and is expected to grow to $223.7

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2024

Drive traffic to your restaurant’s social media page by adding QR codes to posters, food packaging, receipts and table tents. Reviews spotlight areas for improvement and ways to serve future customers better. Serve Up a Personalized Customer Experience The more you personalize your customer experience, the happier your customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

Similarly, Taco Bell Cantina is also reinventing its dining journey by offering a shareables section on its menus, showcasing local artwork, opening kitchens, and serving alcoholic drinks like twisted freezes. Additionally, digital menus and order-ahead options enhance convenience and offer personalized customization.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Movie images: Janus Films, MovieStillsDB, Walt Disney Studios/MovieStillsDB, New Line Cinema/MovieStillsDB, Getty Images What to add to your Netflix queue when you want to feel really hungry For just about as long as there have been movies, food has played a meaningful role in film. But what exactly constitutes a great food movie?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2023

Food-related content has been a staple of social media since its inception, as it brings users closer to a world of exciting dishes than ever before. Showcase a Dish or Recipe Your food is ultimately the star of the show, and it deserves to take center stage. rich, zesty, delicate, etc.)

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EATER

MARCH 19, 2024

French in Boston styles itself as a brasserie serving ratatouille and trout almondine. Annabelle Brasserie in Houston serves moules au vadouvan, while Chicago’s Bistro Monadnock has moules marinieres. French food, by virtue of its history, is familiar. Some take a more playful approach — at D.W.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Pizza Ordering Predictions HungerRush released the results of a national dining survey on 2024 pizza ordering predictions for The Big Game (February 11) and National Pizza Day (February 9). The data revealed an overwhelming 72 percent of diners plan on ordering pizza this year on either The Big Game, National Pizza Day, or both.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

Looking ahead, we predict a day when cultivated meat will find its place as a default choice -on menus, because it delivers on taste, nutrition, and food safety, in addition to environmental sustainability and animal welfare. Beyond the realm of food, a similar shift has occurred with electric cars.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By Dmytro Spilka, Contributor Embracing digital transformation and utilizing a digital ordering system can provide greater levels of convenience for your restaurant with better efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Taking the next step in readying your restaurant or food delivery service for digital ordering can come with many benefits.

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ChowNow

JULY 1, 2021

Their signature flaky croissants and toasted sandwiches, served alongside handcrafted coffee, have sustained the Charlotte area since 2011 with four neighborhood locations. . While known for their “slow food” approach, Jack knew that the business would eventually need to embrace technology to stay competitive.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Since the last few years, online ordering has evolved on so many levels. With technology getting more advanced each passing second and customers becoming increasingly tech-savvy, online ordering has become more prevalent around the world. From traditional ordering via phone calls to digital menus, it is now the age of self ordering.

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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It is calculated by dividing the number of guests served by the number of tables available during that time period. For example, if a restaurant has 10 tables and serves 30 guests in a four-hour period, its table turnover would be 3. The ideal turnover rate changes based on type of restaurant. How to Calculate Table Turnover Rate?

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Restaurant Clicks

JULY 13, 2021

Chinese food is the ultimate take-out food, its sweet, sour, tangy, and spicy sauces make marinating vegetables, meats, and seafood more perfect the longer it sits. While American Chinese food may not be authentically Chinese, it is certainly one of the most popular cuisines for dining out or ordering in.

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Deliverect

APRIL 21, 2021

Last week we reached 30 million orders processed across our 30 markets around the world. Even back then, long before COVID and lockdown, we saw that restaurants needed technology solutions to help them better serve the changing habits of their customers. 30 million orders milestone. It just makes my job a lot easier.".

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

A growing number of fast food chains are experimenting with seatless locations with only takeout or drive-thru options. Getty Images/iStockphoto As diners increasingly turn to delivery, the future of fast food may be one with no human interaction at all. People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

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