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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

Tableside ordering via tablets, tableside payment, POS systems designed with mobility and flexibility in mind have dominated the market growing out of the fast casual. What issues have affected the industry over the last five years in the topics of marketing, design, operations, law, finance, technology and equipment?

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The Guide to Success with Ghost Kitchens for Restaurant Owners

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Ghost kitchens emerged in the back half of the 2010s as delivery apps began to take hold of the dining market. And like the 2008 financial crisis showed us the necessity of food trucks , the pandemic brought ghost kitchens into the light and accelerated their growth. Table of Contents. What is a ghost kitchen? What is a ghost kitchen?

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

While the company has products specifically designed for each vertical, such as appointments, eCommerce, online ordering and reservation management, its uniqueness lies in offering high-powered capabilities that every business needs. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc. secured $60 million in Series C funding.

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Why Cali BBQ is a Digital-First Restaurant

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We started our restaurant in 2008, during what is now known as The Great Recession. Then we started to tell our own story online. And we transformed it into a media company during a global pandemic in 2020. To say we’ve had to learn to be resilient at Cali BBQ is an understatement. We became a global media company. Before my “Oh S**t!”

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-May 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Many guests complained of long wait times for curbside pickup orders. Gen-Z has had the most significant adoption rates, with over 14 percent of Gen-Z consumers using 3PD to order from a restaurant since March 15th of this year. Restaurant Sales Velocity. measured on-premise outlets increased by +25 percent from May 9 to May 16.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

Modern Restaurant Management

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind.

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My Drinks Company Folded. But That Doesn’t Make It a Failure.

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In 2008 I began bartending at Please Don’t Tell. After launching and then closing Proteau just three years after it hit the market, John deBary has come to realize that sales aren’t the only way to measure success Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about failure. My career in the beverage industry had an extremely auspicious start.