Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

Reassuringly, On Premise velocity is showing positive signs of nearly reaching levels seen in 2019. Matthew Crompton, CGA’s Client Solutions Director, Americas said: “Recovery is well and truly here, and for many states sales may be close to returning to normal levels. Sales velocity is now -4 percent vs April 10, 2021.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 3, 2020

As you move through IDEATION that will help to define what your restaurant concept, menu, systems, and staffing will look like as we eventually move out of this crisis, it is just as important to discuss and plan for the things that can go wrong. Assuming that it can’t happen to you is at best naïve, and at worst – tragic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Some customers have the gift of foresight, using DoubleDash to add on recovery (or hair of the dog) essentials from nearby stores. The Case of Optimism Restaurant owners and operators expect to see much of the same in 2024, largely due to increasing food and labor costs and decreased consumer spending or dining out due to economic inflation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Altering seating arrangements to improve spacing between guests. Offering easy-to-assemble, take-home meals. Takeout For Good.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Reach3 is taking an ongoing look at consumer sentiment about restaurants and food retailing to determine how Americans really feel about issues such as sanitization, social distancing and the potential for exposure to infection and how they might be a barrier to visitation as restaurants reopen. Food and grocery delivery options: 79 percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

restaurant industry closed one of the most unpopular years in history moving its way out of the steepest declines the industry has experienced since the Great Recession, reports The NPD Group. Although the fast-food industry placed sixth out of 10 industries, overall performance has improved six percent since the previous study.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

” The Weishaupt’s founded the Weishaupt Family Foundation in 2019 to give back to the community-at-large and distributed $50K in grants to nonprofit organizations in the New Orleans area. is rolling out a suite of features and extended price cuts through March 2021 to support restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. “The bites are baked just right; choose a dip then take a sip!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

When life presents unexpected expenses, such as urgent car or home repairs, an emergency fund can help keep families afloat, and prevent them from taking on debt or missing payments. In addition to a bold brand and innovative menu with unique takes on Indian Street Food, Curry Up Now offers franchisees industry-leading unit economics.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2020

However, growth in average spending per guest remains negative for full-service restaurants. According to Guest Trends Insights: Guest sentiment for “off-premise” restaurant offerings improved in March as restaurants began shifting their efforts toward improving to-go and delivery operations. While only 2.3

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

” At 3,900-square-feet, the build out of AQUAlounge is projected at $5 million, and construction is scheduled to begin in February of 2020. Guests may enjoy a variety of seating arrangements, two bars, as well as private cabanas and daybeds offering bottle service and other five-star experiences. million who spend $11.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Salata is on track to have 25 new franchise contracts secured by the end of 2019. The introduction of the franchising microsite follows a number of brand milestones for Salata in 2019, including: The debut of a new restaurant design (February). As 2019 winds down, Del Taco’s expansion plans are still heating up.

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 8, 2025

Mid to Late 2024: A period of modest recovery. Lower-income groups are increasingly opting for grocery over dining out. Guests are cutting back on extrassplitting entres, skipping drinks, and avoiding desserts. Guests prioritize: Great taste Positive staff attitude Consistency Cleanliness 4. in Q4 to 0.3%.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

Once we started to open up a little bit, we really emphasized how we take care of our employees and how we take care of our building as far as a cleaning aspect. It’s crazy what you’ll get out of it. I think they found out a lot about themselves as well through this.” You give them a platform and you empower your people.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

While we'd prefer a bit wider margin of safety at current levels, we'd encourage investors to take advantage of any post-transition weakness in the stock." Increasing industry awareness of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act (“Act”) so as to encourage safe and effective food donation and recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Cashiers came in third place taking up seven percent of all open roles. Diners will be planning ahead this year, with 31 percent planning to book three to four weeks out. Tock’s survey results reveal diners are continuing to seek out unique experiences when dining out this holiday season.

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Cheetah

APRIL 26, 2021

In 2019, we published The Beginner’s Guide to Opening a Food Truck Business , where we covered the basics of buying a food truck, choosing the right location, working with suppliers, and more. In fact, the industry is set on a quick recovery. Reading Time: 5 minutes. The long answer is IT DEPENDS. Table of Contents.

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Foodable

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It was like I was thinking about all the challenges with curbside pickup, you know you get dedicated parking spaces, there's all this negotiation around getting the spaces and it was like why can't a car just arrive in a parking lot, show up, and have somebody walk food out to their car in less than two minutes.”

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 21, 2025

Out of the Box: April 2025 In This Issue: The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends April 2025 Restaurant Industry Performance Trends In Detail Segment Focus Fast Casual: Current Performance Trends 1.1% Particularly, a signal that lower-income guests are going back to groceries instead of going out to eat. Comp Sales -1.5%

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Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

Dining rooms are reopening and with the promise of return to normalcy just a few days away, the unprecedented staffing shortage is dampening the hope of economic recovery. But it’s going to take more than a few. There is a way out of this labor crisis, and it’s going to take more than simply “adapting” to a temporary reality.

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2021

In August of 2019, it was reported that fast-food restaurants were losing 100% of their workforce every year. The industry’s labor challenges will persist through the economic recovery and beyond. The Brookings Institute studied the frequency of industry transitions between December 2019 and November 2020. of Employees x 100.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

The newly launched Restaurant Recovery Sales Flash is open to all operators. As of Saturday, May 9, on average almost 30% of the restaurants operated by the companies that participated in our Restaurants Recovery Sales Flash survey opened their dining rooms in some capacity. Collected and distributed 3 times per week.

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

To calculate comparable sales, take your net sales figures for the two years you want to compare, and subtract by one: (restaurant sales in the current period/restaurant sales in the base period) – 1. Learn what your guests are saying, so you can address their pain points and improve overall service. Average Check.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

However, we’re seeing some major shifts around menu creation, procurement, and dining habits of guests. The average profit margin for US restaurants in 2022 was 10.6% , showing it’s slowly inching back to pre-pandemic levels (12% in 2019). QSR Magazine , 2019) There are 155,448 single-location full-service restaurants in the US.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

” Using modular construction for restaurant development saves 10-15 percent overall, and allows for consistency and efficiency with the building process taking approximately five weeks to complete. 2021 will be big for us as we branch out of California and make our entrance into the Midwest and East Coast.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest news on restaurant recovery, delivery trends, top ice cream toppings and the ideal "delivery doughnut." 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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Intriguingly, it appears fast casual restaurants have started taking back the customers they lost to quick serve restaurants since the pandemic, with consumers visiting fast casual restaurants more often, up to 24 percent from 21 percent in May. Fast casuals are beginning to take back their customers. Drive-thru visits remain high.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner' SevenRooms released its “Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner” report, which uncovered new diner personas to help operators understand what motivates guests to dine out in this new era of hospitality. Diner Dynamics.

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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. In this year’s second quarter, off-premises grew by +5 percent compared to a year ago, driven by gains in carry-out and delivery orders.

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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. Drive-thru visits have increased 36 percent since the early days of the pandemic with 9 out of 10 visiting in the last month. Drive-Thrus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2021

Guest Intent Shows Positive Trend. Consumers going out three times or more has significantly increased in the past month, having increased by +7pp. 2 out of 5 consumers have returned to the On Premise because they wanted to go back to normal. percent compared to April 2019. percent compared 2019. percent and 95.6

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

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. ” The Long Road to Recovery. Asia Center for Tourism and Hospitality Research, the road to recovery could still be a long one. Paytronix Systems, Inc.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Among the highlights: Online Ordering sales of pizza (+9 percent), burgers (+10 percent), and fried chicken (+5 percent) were up from last year, but the largest trend in online ordering was sandwiches and wraps as guests give up on slapping bread together at home and restaurants pivot to menu items that travel well. Restaurant trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

“ “Many of us quickly shut down our businesses and paid our employees’ health benefits out of pocket because it was the socially responsible thing to do. Small actions like buying a gift card, ordering take-out, or leaving a review can make a difference.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature links for PPP Forgiveness, new Yelp features and more products and services for restaurant recovery. a WiFi marketing and analytics platform for digital agencies, in December 2019. Through a QR code, guests can easily scan the code and join the waitlist through Yelp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

“The trickle-down effect is far-reaching, robbing independent restaurant owners of their life-savings while taking paychecks away from the millions of individuals who rely on their jobs to make ends meet. Take a photo or video and share on social media using the hashtag #StepUpToTheTable.

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