Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

While staffing has always topped the list of restaurant owner/manager pain points, it now seems to be at crisis proportions. March restaurant sale surged 36 percent year-over-year and nearly reached 2019 levels. And the situation isn’t likely to improve soon as more competition in the battle for talent is anticipated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As with most other industries, the biggest talking point for restaurants in 2023 has been artificial intelligence. . Each year, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asks experts for their views on the state of the industry. Here are some of their insights. Click here for the first part.

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JUNE 4, 2021

Break-even point. Sales per labor hour. Ideal menu price. Your CoGSs is an essential number to have when determining your menu prices, inventory and impacts your net profit margin. You can now determine what percentage this is off your overall sales to get a picture of your restaurant's financial health.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

According to the latest Financial Trends Insights from Black Box Financial Intelligence™ , based on data from the week ending June 28, restaurants sales continue improving. See the latest sales and traffic results here: Sales Improve but Restaurants Should Brace Themselves for Challenges Ahead. Financial Trends Insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Diary of Consumer Payment Choice report further revealed that consumers continued to use credit cards and debit cards for most of their payments, accounting for 57 percent of total payments in 2021 compared to 55 percent in 2020 and 54 percent in 2019. According to a PYMNTS survey of 3,250 U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2024

The popularity of drive-thru continues as sales are up 30 percent since 2019. An intuitive content management system (CMS) empowers you to feature the right items and promotions at the right time of day to boost sales. At leading restaurant chains, drive-thrus can account for 70 percent of sales or more , so every second counts.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Customer service: Interact with guests, solve customer complaints, and ensure the service is on point. Restaurant management covers several duties and responsibilities—from hiring team members, to dealing with customer complaints, to making on-the-fly decisions to control labor costs. If it gets the job done, why change it, right?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2020

Now that the new year is here, it’s the perfect time for restaurant operators to review their 2019 performance and identify areas that can be improved in 2020. Pricing events for happy hours and special occasions. Mobile phone manager alerts for voids and pricing event approvals. Employee time-off requests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

CGA’s latest sales data reveal significant increases compared to performance in 2020, during one of the worst periods of decline when full lockdown restrictions were in place. Reassuringly, On Premise velocity is showing positive signs of nearly reaching levels seen in 2019. The Value of Trust. Positive Signs for On-Premise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

broadline foodservice sales of plant-based meat have grown 37 percent in the past year. Del Taco was recognized for adding multiple Beyond Meat items to its menu in 2019 and for heavily advertising these offerings to meat-lovers, vegetarians, and vegans alike. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S.,

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2024

But there's more to it than adding up your inventory bill and comparing it to your sales. It is affected by seasonality, market prices, and even pop culture. And while it can vary by restaurant, your prime costs should hover somewhere around 60 to 65 percent of the total volume of sales. Table of Contents What is it?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2020

percent above 2019 levels for the equivalent Tuesday. Yet, compared to National Coffee Day 2019, which took place on a Sunday last year, visits were down 10.0 This edition of MRM Research Roundup features hot fall flavor trends, pandemic dining habits, National Coffee Day winners and what Gen Z audience wants. What Customers Want.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Focused on the retail, services and restaurant industries, the SpotOn ecosystem offers powerful technology to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at a price they can afford. These include marketing, website development, omnichannel payments and point-of-sale (POS) solutions. "We're SpotOn Secures $60M Funding.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Over the past year or so, coffee prices have been steadily increasing. The first sign that prices would increase was a sudden frost which hit some of Brazil’s major coffee-producing regions in late July 2021. Since then, prices have consistently remained above the US $2 mark. Understanding farmers’ economic vulnerability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features restaurant industry year-end totals, how restaurant labor is evolving, fast-food brand intimacy and top cities for locavores. An Unpopular Year. In April, the segment’s customer transactions declined by -70 percent compared to year ago, and improved its declines to -30 percent in December.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

In a State of the Restaurant industry report, the Natiional Restaurant Association sees a return to normal with predicted sales growth in 2023. Other top research lists how impactful the Super Bowl was for restaurants, the state of gift cards and top pizza cities. million by the end of 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2022

If, you were doing great in 2019 with a full staff, we need to look at the model that made you successful. Today we are all so shorthanded, we know that guests hate to see empty tables, and we feel the pressure to seat those stations to the point where our servers are now trying to handle 10 tables.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. This edition of MRM Research Roundup features diner expecations over the next few months, robots for QSRs, and the best cities for coffee lovers, vegans and vegetarians.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

Within a decade, it could be possible for an individual to approach a drive-through in an autonomous vehicle, order through an AI-powered voice ordering assistant, and eat food that was prepared by robots. One of the most obvious aspects of this interaction is that there is not a single human involved besides the consumer. Voice Ordering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Rowe Price Associates, G Squared, Light Street Capital, Alta Park Capital, and others. During the course of 2019, revenue increased 109 percent as tens of thousands of new restaurants joined the Toast community. Toast Secures $400M Funding. We’re thrilled to continue to support this incredible team in 2020 and beyond.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

over the years, our family has always made a point of eating at CPK. . over the years, our family has always made a point of eating at CPK. As part of its accelerated global growth focus, CPK intends to further expand in Canada, including to Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario. Giorgio Minardi and Naheed Shariff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?” Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

analyzed daily traffic from February 26 through March 7 and compared it to the equivalent period in 2019. This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features some surveys surrounding Coronavirus and the restaurant industry, the best locations for chefs, online payment fraud and top trends for QSRs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

Additionally, when buyers place an order through Square Online Store, sellers receive their contact information in the Square Customer Directory and are able to maintain sales history for those customers. Processing is free on all on-demand delivery orders through July 8, 2020—up to $50,000 in sales. Visa SMB Help.

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SpotOn

JUNE 17, 2025

50% of restaurant operators say off-premises represents a bigger proportion of their sales than it did in 2019. 50% of restaurant operators say off-premises represents a bigger proportion of their sales than it did in 2019. Everything needs to be just right. Everything needs to be just right.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their perspection on 2020: What lessons did you learn and what do you feel the restaurant industry learned this year? Here are their responses. Click here for part two. Anita Adams, CEO of Black Bear Diner. Shasta, California. Dennis Becker, CEO, Mobivity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. Additional 2020 Award Recipients: Top Delivery Sales : Lance and Blake Condray, Campbell, CA. million guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

Smart Foodservice had 2019 revenues of approximately $1.1 US Foods will finance the acquisition primarily with $700 million in fully committed financing from Citigroup and Bank of America and will fund the balance of the purchase price through its existing liquidity resources. US Foods to Acquire Smart Foodservice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. Takeout For Good.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

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. 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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2019

NCR and Zynstra have worked together for several years, reflected in the launch of NCR Software Defined Store introduced in January 2019 and in use by companies like Pilot Flying J. NCR Acquires Zynstra. NCR Corporation acquired U.K.-based based Zynstra, a provider of edge virtualization technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Frances Allen has been named Chief Executive Officer and a member of Checkers & Rally’s Board of Directors, effective February 17, 2020. Allen succeeds Rick Silva, who has decided to leave the company after 13 years as CEO and President. She is an accomplished leader in the restaurant industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“The concepts are designed with our consumer in mind and position our stores to grow sales within and outside the four walls, while reducing buildout costs for franchisees.” ” Many of the concepts are designed to grow off-premise sales, including ghost kitchen formats and smaller takeout footprints as low as 1,000 sq.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the rise of eCommerce, economic impact, dining during COVID and hot dog insights. Yelp's Economic Impact Report. Key findings for the restaurant industry include: Restaurant Closures Data. Restaurants had a high rate of permanent closures.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

Randy’s Donuts began franchising domestically in the summer of 2019. Despite tremendous initial interest in 2019, the Covid crisis put a halt to all discussions in 2020. Saudi Arabia had a successful pop-up store at the 2019 Riyadh Season and is opening its first permanent store in Jeddah this summer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The top three finishers from each industry have formed a team to compete for the honor of 2019 Aramark Culinary Excellence National Champions. The Best Chefs in the U.S. Aramark is hosting an intense culinary competition to determine its best U.S.-based based chefs. Fifteen chefs from participating U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2020

Restaurant Sales Velocity. Nielsen CGA released sales data with a particular focus on the states of Texas, Florida and Georgia that have eased shelter in place restrictions. New York: sales velocity is +13 percent from May 9 to May 16. California: sales velocity is +13 percent from May 9 to May 16.

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