Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

In fact, the number of diners seated via Yelp was up 48 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019. Nearly 6,600 new restaurant and food businesses opened in May 2021, a 42 percent increase from May 2020 and down by only 21 percent from May 2019. When ordering drinks, almost 3 in 5 prefer ordering through table service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

New restaurant and food businesses are opening at pre-pandemic levels, with the number of new openings increasingly more in line with 2018 and 2019 volumes, according to third quarter data for the Yelp Economic Average (YEA) report. There were only 100 fewer new restaurant openings in September of this year, compared to September 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. Fast food far outpaced fast casual and casual dining restaurants by more than 2X in the past month. Fast food reigns supreme.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While there was a strong desire to return to pre-pandemic norms, many businesses underestimated the lasting impact of COVID-19 on customer behaviours and preferences. Customers displayed a pronounced preference for flexibility, seeking the capability to modify loyalty programs in response to evolving consumer trends and demands.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Consumer Goods 192

Black Box Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2022

All industry segments were able to achieve positive same-store sales growth during November when compared to their sales for the same month back in 2019, which undoubtedly is welcome news for the industry. Luckily, as staffing levels have gradually improved within recent months, customer satisfaction has turned a corner.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As consumer options and demand shifted, businesses were forced to adapt and prioritize new technologies and alternate ordering experiences that would allow them to deliver on customer expectations. This allows for brands to have a direct relationship with customers, and in turn, create more personalized, frictionless engagements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Total restaurant visits were down -6 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019 but were up +23 percent from a year ago, recovering from a -23 percent decline in May 2020. Snack were up this May +8 percent compared to May 2019 and up +3 percent compared to two years ago. Physical service is still valued. Visits at P.M.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we have news on understanding customer loyalty, beverage insights, restaurant supply loyalty, the influence of discounts, the state of payments and the evolution of gift cards. The impact of COVID-19 on customer behavior was experienced swiftly f by all industries. The Value of Trust.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Numbers can give us insights into everything from profits and losses to average customer spend to how often employees cycle through. Average customer headcount. Customer Acquisition Costs. Customer Retention Rate. Fast-casual: 28.9%. Casual: 33.2%. Upscale casual: 30.4%. Average Customer Headcount.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

One thing local restaurants know how to do is anticipate their customers’ wants and needs. 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. The average was $1,923. Menu price changes.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Hotels Food Safety 219

Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Leading the industry in average check growth during October were casual dining and quick service, while the segments with the smallest increase in check were fine dining and upscale casual. The best performing segment based on 3-year sales growth for the fourth month in a row was quick service, followed by fine dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

March restaurant sale surged 36 percent year-over-year and nearly reached 2019 levels. “We are seeing sign-on bonuses at fast food and fast casual locations, something never seen before in the industry. This has overarching impact on the ability of full service, most drastically affected by the pandemic to ever recover.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2019

For the first time in two years, growth was negative during the third quarter of 2019 with same-store sales growth of -0.4 percent for the third quarter of 2019, it doesn’t show much of a decline from the average 0.8 All segments experienced negative same-store sales growth during the third quarter of 2019. percent growth.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Family and Upscale Dining are Best Performing Segments, Casual Dining Hurting. Upscale casual rounded up the list of best performing segments based on same-store sales growth during October. After a strong 2018, casual dining is experiencing a downturn this year. Pay Increases Necessary for Restaurant Managers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Although mandated dine-in restrictions have held back all restaurant segments, particularly full service, consumer demand for restaurant meals and the ability to serve the demand with a host of off-premises services, like digital ordering, delivery, drive-thru, and carry-out, are the silver linings that enable the industry to persevere.

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2021 Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Download 186

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This new year is a perfect time to begin shaping a long-term vision and identifying opportunities for growing your restaurant or food services business over the next ten years. The sheer market size of Gen Z and their discretionary spending dollars should make restaurants and food services businesses sit up and take notice.

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Reporting the biggest acceleration in sales were the Full-Service segments. The segment with the largest growth was Fine-Dining, followed by Upscale Casual, and then Casual Dining. . Yet, customer habits don’t always translate to customer approval or glowing reviews. For one: food. rating. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the year ahead, we will continue to offer our customers the true and authentic service our brand is known for, making sure they feel taken care of when visiting any of our more than 500 restaurants across the country. Moreover, in the coming year, early access to novel menu additions is set to become a sought-after offering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

According to research done in July 2019 by the Pew Research Center, 26 percent of adults spend the entire day online and 43 percent are online several times during the day. Furthermore, about 60 percent of customers order food online at least once a week and 31 percent order online at least twice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2021

Consumer spending at restaurants was up +32 percent in the April-May-June 2021 quarter compared to the same quarter last year, and for a pre-pandemic view, flat compared to the same quarter in 2019. Quick service restaurants (QSRs), representing 81 percent of restaurant visits in the U.S., foodservice industry. “The U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2020

The report found that most local economies nationwide slumped in 2019, down 1.3 percent, largely contributed to the 2019 drop and marked the largest quarter-over-quarter decline since 2018. . Uncertainty around trade policy also hindered local economic growth in 2019,” said Carl Bialik, Yelp’s data science editor.

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EATER

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Illustration by Bea Hayward Once a luxury reserved for posh dinners, fish roe has become the snack du jour at restaurants across the country — and it’s blurring the lines between casual and formal dining Caviar has gone on a journey over the past few years. At Ladder 4 Wine Bar in Detroit, you can add 28 grams of Kaluga caviar to hash browns.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Restaurants will adopt mobile-first hardware architectures and API-connected software platforms that can be unified at every digital touchpoint, from order taking at POS or self-service, to food prep in smart kitchens, to service in-house, and finally delivery to in-restaurant tables or the customer’s front door.

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For our clients, we offer granular data on financials, consumers, customers and workforce, as well as competitive intelligence that they use to benchmark against the competition. Broadly, the restaurant industry is divided into two umbrella categories based on the type of service provided. Limited-service restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

However, according to a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank, 37 percent of all Americans could not cover an unexpected $400 expense without going into debt. We couldn’t think of anyone better than Tebow and his foundation to fulfill our dream of faithful community service.” ” Curry Up Now Adds Incentives LTO.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Full-service restaurant chains, which primarily rely on dine-in customers and had few if any off-premises services when the dine-in restrictions went into effect, bore the brunt of the transaction declines throughout the pandemic. For full-service restaurants now, it’s about government restrictions.

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Black Box Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2022

All industry segments were able to achieve positive same-store sales growth during November when compared to their sales for the same month back in 2019, which undoubtedly is welcome news for the industry. Luckily, as staffing levels have gradually improved within recent months, customer satisfaction has turned a corner.

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Fast Casual Point of Sale Front of House Fine Dining 40

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

The more seamless this experience is for customers, the more likely they are to order through a venue today and in the future. Whether a customer is ordering for an at-home event, or visiting a venue in-person, operators should use all the tools at their disposal to create magical moments at every interaction.”

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 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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Fast Casual Guest Recovery Fine Dining Point of Sale 84

Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2021

Chipotle Mexican Grill introduced Chipotlanes in 2019 and accelerated rollouts of the drive-thru system in 2020. These next-generation restaurant units address customer demand for a seamless ordering and pick-up experience. For many limited-service restaurants, this could mean additional drive-thru lanes or take-out windows.

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Foodable

MARCH 29, 2022

Fast Casual Drive-Thru? In 2021, the fast casual chain opened 31 units, with 18 in suburban and residential communities, Neman said. 18, 2019, the restaurant "paid them less than the required federal minimum and overtime wages and forced them to participate in an illegal tip pool with non-tipped employees." Nusret Miami (No.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Demand for restaurant services is often dictated by the economic health of a region. When households have extra income, they will eat out more often and the National Restaurant Association found that 2019 should see continued sales growth. This might mean weaving elements of fast-casual dining into your design.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Additionally, the results indicate that the negative effect of COVID-19 was smaller for fast-food restaurants compared to full-service establishments. The index details the average household expenditure for food away from home in 2019 compared for the early part of the pandemic for every county in the U.S. Shopping malls.

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Loyalty Program Fast Casual Online Ordering Consumer Goods 118

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Full-Service Restaurants Hit Hardest by the Crisis. Engaging Customers During COVID-19.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2021

Local Restaurants Leading the Return Over Casual Dining Chains. Casual Dining Chains come in #2 with 52 percent likely to visit. Its customers also sold 67 percent more tacos and 76 percent more burritos this Cinco de Mayo than last year. percent compared to April 2019. percent compared 2019. The Spending Pulse.

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2021 Consumer Goods Small Business Fine Dining 186

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2020

. “As Thanksgiving was celebrated so late in the month, it fell into December for 2019 according to the calendar we use for reporting.” This was the best 2-year growth rate in all of 2019 and the fifth consecutive quarter in which the industry has been able to post positive growth under this longer-term view.

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2020 Point of Sale Online Ordering Consumer Goods 94

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 31, 2020

In 2019 alone, companies seeking bankruptcy protection included Perkins, Houlihan’s, Restaurants Unlimited (multiple locations including Kincaid’s and Palomino), Kona Grill, Granite City, and The Palm. A Little History. Additionally, many shopping centers and malls added more restaurants, in part to replace lost retail tenants.

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