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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. Nothing is fraud proof.

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Fewer Seats, More Shelves: How Restaurants are Preparing for the Takeout Order Boom

LevelUp

Since 2014, online ordering for pickup and delivery has grown 300% faster than dine-in traffic. As takeout sales outpace dine-in sales, many restaurant brands are innovating to accommodate off-premise customers — or even prioritize them. Pickup shelves at sweetgreen. Source: Yelp ). Assembly line at sweetgreen.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

“Restaurateurs and chefs will need to continue to innovate in order to increase margins on takeout and delivery, but they can count on people visiting in-person instead of just virtually as restrictions subside.” Convenience is key when it comes to technological innovations, especially when appealing to younger audiences.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

We look forward to continuing to innovate and find ways to make ordering plant-based at Taco Bell even more accessible at a great value,” said Taco Bell Corp Chief Food Innovation Officer Liz Matthews. We have long been a haven for vegans and vegetarians, who replace meat for beans on almost any of our menu items.

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Digital Experience Demographic Preferences

Squirrel Systems

Having the one-to-one relationships that omnichannel marketing and loyalty programs can provide is critical, but so is understanding the broader market forces that impact your business. Guests born between 1997 – 2014. Menu innovation is important, but preferences differ. Loyalty programs are a vital capability here.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

Modern Restaurant Management

This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors. “This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. To be able to offer these types of resources means a lot.

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Kitchen Gross Profit Margin and Food Cost 

BNG Point of Sale

Since 2014, online orders have expanded faster than in-person orders, with 60% of diners ordering at least once a week. While employing a third-party online buying service can help you get new consumers, it is also an innovative idea to include a native online ordering system inside your website–making it the perfect restaurant space.

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