Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 20, 2021

I know I wrote a post a little while back saying that there would be a restaurant apocalypse in 2020. Much longer than that and eating canned food and instant ramen will become very boring. There’s safety—and therefore comfort—in numbers. I did not see this curveball coming. The Post-coronavirus Economy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant won’t be a hub of contagion. Minimize the risk of contact between the customer and the cashier by installing a protective screen at cash registers.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 23, 2021

Early on in 2020, we were scrambling to figure out ways to get food to customers and how to give staff enough hours and keep them on the payroll. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. Adam Ranier, Writer, Restaurant Manifesto.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2020

I would suggest that during this opening phase restaurants should focus on the following: Comfort: This is a time to help people put aside their fear and rely on familiarity with food that is well prepared, flavorful, nutritious, and fresh. There are few certainties at this time except an understanding that this is not over.

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Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2020

2020 has been quite a learning experience. Part of its upsurge comes from off-premise dining becoming widely adopted due to the pandemic, but there’s been an overall uptick in digital sales that’s helped drive-thrus gain significant traction. This is now the new norm, and we know that some of these changes are here to stay.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Just as everyone was making their predictions for 2020 this time last year, a certain black swan event came along and caused a bit of a stir. Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Restaurants either embraced technology and survived, or didn’t. Takeout is king.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Just as everyone was making their predictions for 2020 this time last year, a certain black swan event came along and caused a bit of a stir. Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Restaurants either embraced technology and survived, or didn’t. Takeout is king.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. " Under the banner of its longstanding “We Help You Make It” promise to foodservice operators, US Foods Holding Corp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. " Under the banner of its longstanding “We Help You Make It” promise to foodservice operators, US Foods Holding Corp.

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Kounta

JANUARY 9, 2020

The hospitality industry is fuelled by people’s obsession with food. But what’s in store for the industry in 2020? Trend 1: Cash me if you can — cashless society will reach greater heights. Turning point: calling time on cash — Commonwealth Bank of Australia. What will change in 2020, however, is its reach.

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Future Food

OCTOBER 5, 2021

EMBRACING CHANGE TO SURVIVE AND MAXIMISE FOOD SERVICE SALES. The prolonged closures on food and beverage venues have ranged from hard to devastating, not just from a sales perspective, but on the lives of hospitality workers and their families. let’s be clear from the beginning, the new normal, is not normal as we know it.

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Xtra Chef

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Restaurant employees are heroes in 2020, risking their health — and in some cases their lives — by simply doing their jobs. They didn’t ask for a global pandemic , but they persevered through lost shifts, drastic cuts in tips, evolving safety protocols, and uncertainty about the future. Managing a Restaurant Gift Card Exchange.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. 43 percent plan to add an outdoor on-site dining space. "What

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Next Restaurants

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In an instant, we lost our normal ways of life in exchange for lockdowns and safety guidelines. Because you can never know how someone is feeling unless you speak to them, it is more important now than ever that restaurant managers are actively communicating with their staff as they plan for returns. By Adrian Johansen, Contributor.

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Focus POS

JUNE 2, 2020

First and foremost is the strategic recalibration of quick service restaurant (QSR) and fine dining business models. According to the National Restaurant Association, the food service industry has encountered a shortfall of $80 billion and counting. Make sure that your restaurant technology stack includes functionalities like: .

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Because the facility includes a kitchen for restaurants to prepare foods, the only equipment needed to operate a Dickey’s location is a smoker and a warming cabinet.

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Next Restaurants

MAY 26, 2020

However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant will remain safe from the contagion. The webinar is on May 28th, 2020 at 4pm ET. Don’t miss out, sign up now. Instead, you can reach a compromise in your menu.

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Black Box Intelligence

JUNE 12, 2020

Yet, the conversation has evolved over time as consumers have sought to process the rapidly changing environment and how it has impacted their dining habits. Ignorant workers and management. Twitter, 2/2/2020 . Key Themes in Social Chatter: A Coronavirus Timeline. Zach Stanford, Director, Insights at Black Box Intelligence.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features Canadian dining trends, American eating patterns, best and worst cities for burgers and pumpkin spice to the rescue. Dining Trends in Canada. Hiring Crisis Facts. That's because a whopping 85 percent of restaurant owners now report it’s very difficult to find the right help.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Others tout the benefits of increased safety and cleanliness (more on that below). Not accepting cash eliminates the risk of thefts and reduces crime rates in general. The fifth time the Park Café & Coffee Bar in Baltimore, Maryland, was held up at gunpoint, the owner decided to remove the cause: cash. Going cashless.

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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 periods, were down -5 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2020, and for a pre-pandemic view, down -11 percent compared to same month two years ago. ” 2.

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The Food Corridor

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It’s surely got to be better than 2020. To do this, let’s look back at 2020 and see what we think might be around the corner for shared kitchens in 2021. To do this, let’s look back at 2020 and see what we think might be around the corner for shared kitchens in 2021. We all know what happened next. . What to Expect From 2021.

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ChefMod

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But, how have they managed to stay up and running so far? According to a report by the National Restaurants Association, more than 110,000 restaurants and bars closed their business for good or temporarily by the end of 2020. Over 8 million restaurant employees lost their jobs [permanently or temporarily. Well, not anymore.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Nobody could have predicted that the pandemic, which culminated in total lockdown in March 2020, would have such severe financial consequences. Thus, COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of cloud kitchens in the food and beverage (F&B) industry. . Rebel Foods became a unicorn as it raised $175 million in its latest round at a $1.4-billion

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. The 2020 National Restaurant Association Show, which we had planned to hold in Chicago on May 16-19, has officially been canceled. Freiburger.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Now, as summer waned and restrictions relaxed enough to allow outdoor dining on sidewalks throughout the city, Techamuanvivit was readying the Kabuki’s driveway to accommodate dinner service and waiting for the go-ahead to launch Kin Khao’s new Dogpatch location. We do pay cash to some vendors at the farmers markets, but that’s about it.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Restaurant workers are made to feel powerless by design — and that keeps abusive chefs and toxic kitchens unchecked This is Eater Voices , where chefs, restaurateurs, writers, and industry insiders share their perspectives about the food world, tackling a range of topics through the lens of personal experience. They didn’t like it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. Holiday Traffic Not Enough. Same-store sales growth was 1.6

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The Food Corridor

MAY 22, 2020

And might be wondering what it actually means for you and your business – how will your clients safely produce food? What Will the Post-Covid World Look Like for Food Businesses? First of all, it might not be a post-Covid world, but more of a managed Covid world. Dining Out. When will large events open back up?

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As a restaurant owner, you need to prepare for a higher frequency of food production and table turnover while keeping social distancing norms in mind. In the restaurant industry, effective capacity management is critical to success which depends largely on how well you can control the traffic. Kitchen Display System .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. Yelp Economic Average. Consumer interest in restaurants dropped by 52 percent from March 10 to April 19. Trust in restaurants remains high.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 4, 2021

In March and April of 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the restaurant industry suffer far more job losses than any other sector. In March and April of 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the restaurant industry suffer far more job losses than any other sector. Well, go ahead and unlearn it. In total, 2.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the state of flavor, COVID-19 restaurant operations, public acceptance of delivery charges, the best of the best and the most allergy-friendly restaurant chains. DoorDash Deep Dish.

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EATER

JANUARY 5, 2022

At the Food on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the food service industry laid out its vision for a future in which customers never have to wait. We’re here to disrupt the food deliveries industry,” says Ben Thein, COO of Flytrex , an Israeli drone delivery company. Just don’t think too hard about how that’d work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. 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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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 25, 2021

The market has been extremely unpredictable since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. At the time when restaurants were shutting down dine-in services, Daryaganj was not into the food delivery business. The biggest challenge the industry is facing today is poor cash flow.

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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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