The Restaurant Times

JUNE 29, 2020

Cloud kitchens, also known as virtual restaurants, dark kitchen, ghost kitchen, and delivery-only restaurants, have taken the restaurant industry by storm. The cloud kitchen concept is also being welcomed in the Saudi Arabia F&B space. How To Market Your Cloud Kitchen In Saudi Arabia.

Email Marketing

BNG Point of Sale

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

POS systems are devices used by waiters and managers to place orders at tables, online, and communicate them to the kitchen. This new online ordering system allows waiters, managers, and customers to send orders directly to the kitchen. Contactless delivery means customers can still enjoy their favorite meals in safety.

POS

The Restaurant Times

JUNE 11, 2020

Cloud kitchens are delivery-only restaurants with no storefront or dine-in facility. A cloud kitchen business primarily accepts orders online from third-party online food aggregators and its own online ordering enabled website. Understanding the Cloud Kitchen Business . The Promising Future of Cloud Kitchens .

Online Ordering

EATER

MARCH 30, 2022

Vendor Rigoberto Morales sells chicharrones in LA’s Pinata District in 2019. Outside the Big Saver Foods market in the small Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno, a cluster of sidewalk vendors wait in the parking lot for hungry customers to finish their shopping and stop by for a pupusa or an agua fresca.

Food Safety

Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

Companies are focusing on ways to guarantee the safety of their employees and guests. To participate in the Sales and Traffic Tracker, please email marketing@blackboxintelligence.com (this is for restaurant operators only). There is also an increase of to-go restaurant sales in the first market affected. Key Insights.

Point of Sale

BNG Point of Sale

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

POS systems are devices used by waiters and managers to place orders at tables, online, and communicate them to the kitchen. This new online ordering system allows waiters, managers, and customers to send orders directly to the kitchen. Contactless delivery means customers can still enjoy their favorite meals in safety.

POS

The Restaurant Times

DECEMBER 20, 2021

However, another survey conducted by IWSR in 2019 states that some of the current alcoholics in the US are seeking low sugar and low-to-no alcohol drinks, which indicates a shift in demand towards relatively healthier beverages. Opening a healthy cocktail bar is challenging as it requires a lot of market research and a robust business plan.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“This new model will allow our franchisees to go-to-market quicker than ever before, while reducing the overall development and operational costs,” said Jim Stevens, president of Golden Chick. INAA will develop 10 restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, with the first location scheduled to open this year.

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Miso Robotics launched global commercial availability of the Flippy Robot-on-a-Rail (ROAR) – a zero-footprint, cost-efficient intelligent robotic kitchen assistant for the evolving commercial kitchen. With Flippy ROAR, production speeds increase and social distancing concerns in the kitchen are quickly addressed.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Chris Prociv, VP Marketing & Innovation at La Brea Bakery. The bakery, which distributes to grocery stores nationwide, is now built to better accommodate both customer and consumer needs while continuing to put the safety of employees and customers first. Andy Rosenbloom, VP, Marketing, Buyers Edge Platform.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature sobering statistics from Yelp, a ghost kitchen franchise model, franchise explosions expected and falling for for an improved PSL. Ghost Kitchen Franchise Model. Yelp Sees COVID Effect. See all of our Yelp Economic Average reports and other resources at yelpeconomicaverage.com.

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And three, above all, we see the need for digital marketing automation continuing and growing into 2021 and beyond. Companies rushed to market with new digital solutions out of necessity and customers were satisfied with the initial products. Now brands are trying to balance speed to market and operational readiness.

2021

EATER

MAY 29, 2020

As a former trader, as someone who follows markets and who looks at statistics and enjoys that aspect of the hospitality business in order to provide better hospitality to optimize operations and all those things, I very quickly extrapolated it to my own restaurants, to the Alinea group. I said we need to put safety precautions in place.

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

She moved to information technology in 1994 where she was instrumental in putting in the first network and email system for SBCI. Bill directs all operational and strategic planning and execution for the Applebee’s, Del Taco, MOD Pizza, Wendy’s and Olga’s Kitchen brands.

Food

EATER

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

At King Arthur, the brand that became synonymous with the millions of sourdough loaves baked during the pandemic, business boomed : In 2019, it sold 23.7 Though tabletop mills are not uncommon in Germany, Mock hoped to make his mills (or really, any mill, he says) a staple in American kitchens, too.

Consumer Goods

EATER

JULY 6, 2022

Multiple former female employees also allege that the farm’s nearly all-male leadership created a sexist environment in the livestock program, culminating in a 2019 letter-writing campaign to Stone Barns leadership and the resignation of two employees in protest. A staffer in the Stone Barns greenhouse in 2019.

Agriculture

Apicbase

MAY 29, 2024

Every few months, a media article declares the death of ghost kitchens as a viable business model. Market data, however, tells a different story. The truth is ghost kitchens are alive and well. Indeed, they have been around for over a decade: a NYT article from 2019 dates them back at least to 2013.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.).

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features tech companies winning funding, AI in the kitchen, DoorDash invests in brick and mortar and the gamification of food ordering. We are excited to support their mission to help independent restaurants optimize online ordering and generate incremental revenue from under-utilized kitchens.”

Online Ordering

Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

By August 2021, the rolling 12-month hourly turnover rate was an alarming 19 percentage points higher than it was in 2019. . Total digital food sales, which includes online sales through full- and limited- service restaurants, traditional and delivery groceries, as well as meal kits, represented 4% of total sales in 2019.

Fast Casual

ChefMod

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Focus on Online Shopping For the last 15 years, the online shopping and ordering market has grown exponentially. Optimal Supplier Integrated Pricing Gone are the days when vendor pricing organization was done through texts or email. The other meeting happens electronically via text, email, or a website or app.

2021

EATER

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Diners might not notice these shortages — many restaurants make it their mission to operate in a way that obscures any difficulties in the kitchen — but if you look closely, you’ll see them: Menus are slimmer, because ingredients erratically come and go from suppliers’ lists.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2020

Engage Acquires Boston Market. Boston Market® was acquired by Engage Brands, LLC, one of the Rohan Group of Companies, owned by real estate investor and restaurant operator, Jignesh (Jay) Pandya of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. “The hospitality market has clearly taken a powerful hit during this time of crisis.

Guest Recovery

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

For the 2019 financial year, Grubhub had 23 million active customers, recorded 180 million orders, GMV of $5.9 WorkMerk partnered with Robert Irvine to launch VirusSAFE Pro, a mobile health and safety checklist and verification software solution that will help businesses reopen around the country. We could not be more excited.”

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

Top Foods Across Major Markets. Thai Thani – 2021 NW Market St B, Seattle, WA 98107. They don’t have the luxury of time or space to check emails on a computer, join a town-hall meeting with the CEO, and other programs/activities that only office workers can have access to. Cinnamon apple pie: (+584 percent).

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