Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

From infamous chicken sandwich wars to on-trend plant-based burgers and acai bowls, it’s safe to say that 2019 was a trademark year for restaurants. With all of 2019’s success, restaurant operators are also facing challenges that can be addressed with the help of technology in the New Year. trillion in sales by 2030.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Spark 2019: Re-Imagining Hospitality for the Restaurant Industry. The 2019 Spark conference, presented by HotSchedules and Fourth, brought restaurant industry leaders together to address challenges facing operators today. How can restaurant owners and operators address these obstacles? . Labor is changing. Related Posts.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 28, 2023

in Atlanta It's our job to understand the challenges that restaurant operators face, and provide the tools they need to simplify their operations and improve performance for their restaurant. There are fewer hospitality workers than there were in 2019. Staff at gusto!

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Using the QSR traffic and sales data Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) has been gathering for 25-plus years, our analysts recently completed an exhaustive comparison of pre and post-pandemic data, comparing the first two quarters of 2022 and 2023 to the same period in 2019. Since 2019, however, QSR traffic has been down nearly 20% (18.4

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Rocket Fuel

MAY 1, 2023

Despite this rebound, counter sales are still significantly lower than pre-pandemic rates of 34.82% in 2018 and 29.68% in 2019. Here are some of the most important learnings from 2022: Delivery channel growth: The delivery channel has grown by a staggering 1,343% since 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2020

California Grapples with Regulation of Home Kitchens : On October 7, 2019, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 377, to increase regulations on microenterprise home kitchens. This bill represents California’s continuing struggle to regular microenterprise home kitchen operations. Litigation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Finding and retaining employees remain among the biggest obstacles operators struggle with. Second, the shift of Thanksgiving into December of 2019 converts from tailwind to headwind this month. First, at 2.1

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Xtra Chef

JANUARY 28, 2021

The new Consolidated Appropriations Act brings about a few changes that all restaurant operators should know. In last year’s program, pursuing a PPP loan or tax credit required at least a 50% reduction in revenue for any quarter in 2020 compared to a comparable quarter in 2019. What is the PPP & ERC? What should you do next?

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

In the Food Service industry, 2019 is bringing in its own wave of fresh trends! According to researchers from Restaurant Business, natural food enhancements will continue to grow in popularity among restaurateurs in 2019. Use of local foods and flavors is also a Food Service trend that you can expect in 2019.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Certainly, 2020 brought challenges for the restaurant industry that most owners and operators didn’t see coming. COVID-19 has prompted massive changes in how restaurants operate. Other restaurants had to shift operations to a limited-capacity model, adjusting labor and food costs to match new sales levels.

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ChowNow

AUGUST 26, 2021

These cases became unbelievably frequent and they’ve somehow become so increasingly routine that it has made it impossible to continue to operate a business under these conditions.”. Online orders for food and beverage grew an incredible 93 percent between 2019 and 2020. Learn more by scheduling a free demo today.

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Cheetah

APRIL 13, 2021

Operating from San Francisco and the Greater Bay Area, we now service more than 10% of independent restaurants in the region. This is the story of our journey to operational excellence. So, in late 2019 we decided to part ways from Restaurant Depot to open our own fulfillment center. Solving Restaurants’ Most Pressing Problems.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Hotel Data Reveals the Latest Factors Driving Operational Success. As hospitality evolves to meet the needs of today’s complex environment, widely adopted processes and procedures have now expired in favor of safety, secured profitability, and lean operations. Top 3 Fundamentals of Running Vital Restaurant Operations.

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ChowNow

MARCH 26, 2021

These cases became unbelievably frequent and they’ve somehow become so increasingly routine that it has made it impossible to continue to operate a business under these conditions.”. Online orders for food and beverage grew an incredible 93 percent between 2019 and 2020. Learn more by scheduling a free demo today.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Before we look forward to 2020, we need to glance back at 2019. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine continued to grow, registering more than half a million page views. Again, most of our top posts showcased thought leadership on hot topics in restaurant management.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2021

For some business types, at least 33 percent of 2019 gross receipts must have comprised on-site sales to the public. Business operating expenses (e.g., The SBA had provided three calculation methods for businesses to use, depending on when the establishment began operating. This number is your annualized 2019 gross receipts.

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Xtra Chef

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The annual gathering, set to take place at the Denver Sheraton for the next three years, brings together leaders from multi-unit foodservice operators (thus, MUFSO ) to connect, advance partnerships and learn from one another’s best practices and cutting-edge innovations. MUFSO Conference 2019 Keynote Speaker, Gary Vaynerchuk.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Restaurant technology can simplify your operations to a great extent and . Technology can easily streamline your day to day operations on busy nights and weekends. Restaurant Technology To Prepare Your Restaurant For Full Capacity Operations. Also, they want all their dietary requirements and taste preferences to be satisfied.

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Xtra Chef

JUNE 13, 2019

BDO Restaurant CFO Bootcamp 2019 At-a-Glance. As a CPE-qualified conference for accounting professionals, there were several sessions dedicated to technical accounting topics, such as strategic tax implications for 2019 and best practices around accounting for tip credits so as to avoid potential litigation around back wages.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Connecting restaurant industry trends to your business growth and foodservice reach in 2021 This article sheds insights into what restaurant operators can learn from key restaurant industry trends in consumer behavior and foodservice operations in 2021 to keep their restaurants accessible to consumers and secure the bottom line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2022

have reduced their operating hours since 2019, according to a survey by Dataessential. The firm examined the operating hours for hundreds of thousands of locations across two time periods: October 2019 and October 2022., percent reduced their operating hours since 2019, while just 19.8 percent in 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 5, 2024

Data from the National Restaurant Association’s 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report revealed that nearly three in four operators were focused on sustaining growth. Things began to change for the restaurant industry in 2023 as the script flipped from cutbacks to a growth mindset.

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Hot Schedules

MARCH 11, 2019

As we enter the fourth industrial revolution, there’s a heightened focus on leveraging innovative technology in order to increase their operational advantages in the marketplace. Director of Restaurant Systems of The Cheesecake Factory , MURTEC attendees will uncover ways to streamline their operations and stay ahead of the competition.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 23, 2021

Why would I say such a thing when so many restaurateurs and chefs are beside themselves with trying to staff their operations, culinary schools are trimming their operations or closing their doors, and restaurants are unable to find the product they need through a distribution network crippled from pandemic uncertainty?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 29, 2021

The Small Business Administration has announced that grants will open on Monday, May 3 at noon EST. Restaurateurs and operators can begin the application process on Friday, April 30 at 9 AM EST. The application will remain open until funding runs out. Operational expenses ( including restaurant schedules software! ).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. Operator optimism and investment fuels future credit needs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2024

The food service industry has seen one of the largest increases in new business applications since 2019, with the introduction of food trucks and other non-traditional eateries. This has led to a significant increase the number of new business applications registered with the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The last couple of years have proven that digital experiences will continue to play a central role for quick-service restaurant (QSR) operators. For instance, savvy QSRs like Dunkin’ are upgrading their network operations center to improve connectivity for new digital assets, like Dunkin’s recently released mobile app.

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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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Cheetah

MAY 17, 2021

What Can Restaurant Operators Do with the Funds? Just how much financial support you may be eligible for depends on when you started operating your restaurant. The grants do not need to be repaid so long as you qualify and use them by March 2023. .

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Uncorkd

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The new tech trends that will surely shake up the restaurant industry in 2019, are augmented reality, mobile scheduling apps, and digital beverage management. The 2019 restaurant technology trends will impact almost every step of the dining and running restaurant operations. . A Step Into the Future: Augmented Reality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Then came the pandemic, and usage rates skyrocketed 750 percent in the last year and a half as restaurants turned to the technology to continue operating safely with contactless service. OpenTable reported a 44 percent growth rate from 2019 to 2021 in the U.S. from 2019 to 2020. in the online food delivery sector. Landing Pages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2021

In 2019, the hospitality industry found it exceedingly difficult to staff our properties. unemployment rate for March was six percent so, in theory, there are many more people available to work than in 2019. Many owners and operators have taken their eyes off the ball by getting into the political discussions of why they cannot staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2022

Overall new business growth was near pre-pandemic levels decreasing only one percent in 2021 compared to 2019. "Restaurant Yelp data shows a 56 percent increase in searches for restaurants at the highest price point in 2021 compared to 2019. " Mudan sees the opportunities ahead for restaurants, hospitality and entrepreneurs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 19, 2021

Labor markets were tight in the years prior to the pandemic, with nearly a million restaurant and hospitality jobs going unfilled as recently as 2019 , when Forbes sounded the alarm that “the ultimate service industry is experiencing epic problems in finding people to work.”

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Ken Burgin

MAY 27, 2019

What’s lost and gained in the much faster 2019 process? The original ‘recipe’ is probably not the same as the 2019 one – a different result for different times and customer expectations. Safety should not be compromised, given that everything is calibrated and practised many times. Will flavour be compromised?

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