Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

One of the key functionalities within many QSR and fast casual mobile apps these days is the ability to order ahead and select curbside pickup. By bringing together CRM data as well as location data, marketers can begin to piece together a more well-rounded picture of their customers and their preferences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Marketing trends, mobile data insights show that Gen Z has a considerable appetite for restaurants, clean eating, fast-casual, and exciting twists on healthy dining options. The sheer market size of Gen Z and their discretionary spending dollars should make restaurants and food services businesses sit up and take notice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features consumers' dining desires, the power of personalization and the untapped opportunity in localized marketing. Quick service and fast casual segments continue outperforming full-service restaurants by a very wide margin.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features Grubhub's State of the Plate 2020 trend report, the fragility of "open," di g ital resilience and brand intimacy. State of the Plate 2020 – top foods across various cities. Top Foods of 2020. Financial Trends Insights.

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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? Chris Prociv, VP Marketing & Innovation at La Brea Bakery. Andy Rosenbloom, VP, Marketing, Buyers Edge Platform.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Shake up your quick serve restaurant (QSR) and fast casual dining marketing response with voice response via smart speakers and voice assistants. This opens up a vast new way for both online and offline marketers to engage consumers, in turn driving up response and revenues. Opens up a New Market Among Sight-Challenged.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth.

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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? WSJ reported that more than half of ad spending is shifting to digital platforms as the pandemic caused shifts in marketing strategies.

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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.

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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. Loyalty programs are most popular for fast food. Fast Casual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

In addition to the emergence of indoor dining, it explores rising competition between fast food and fast casual restaurant brands with COVID restrictions loosening. “The data strongly signals long wait times are a vulnerability for fast food restaurants as they compete for customers. . Fast food reigns supreme.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2021

With a new year comes new challenges, and after the year for the industry that was 2020, we want to help set your restaurant up for success in 2021. As restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan, too. Which is where your restaurant marketing plan comes in.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

According to Upserve’s 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry Report, the industry will collectively lose $240 billion, with casual dining sales volume down by 60 percent and fast casual down 50 percent. There’s no disputing that the past year has been extremely hard on the restaurant industry overall.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. According to a study by Panasonic , the percentage of restaurant businesses that consider themselves “tech-forward” doubled from 13% in January 2020 to 26% by August 2020. For fast-casual and quick-service restaurants—no more lines. since March 2020.

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Bingage

JANUARY 14, 2020

Related Read – Restaurant Marketing Ideas & Trends to Focus in 2020. Fast Food Restaurants. They are traditionally what consumers call fast food. Fast food is prepared and served quickly and inexpensively. Fast Casual Restaurants. Fast Casual Restaurants. Casual Dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features a gloomy start to the new year, dining trends for 2020, the importance of discounts, holiday gift card sales results, delivery frustrations, soda curiosity and a consumer culture report. An Uncertain Start to 2020?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food. And it is relevant to mention that this is not driven by fine dining or even upscale casual. Diners Show Holiday Spirit. Hassle-free holiday meals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2020

Unlike before, when you had to memorize the delivery numbers of your favorite fast-food chains, you can now order in with just a click. Thanks to the arrival of food delivery applications, the casual diner can now satisfy his or her cravings whenever he or she pleases. Online Ordering and Mobile Apps. Self-Service Tech.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In this article, we explore the fascinating insights derived from this episode of Restrocast by Ashish Tulsian featuring Karl Goodhew, offering a glimpse into the captivating transformation of a retail tech leader into a visionary figure in the world of fast-casual dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For more proof, just look at recent campaigns by market leaders like Domino’s Pizza, Chick-fil-A, and McDonald’s. Consumers are more willing than ever before to download a restaurant app. By comparison, delivery app downloads only grew by three percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

Traffic to restaurants in other markets, including the U.S., Australia, and Spain have since followed a similar upward trend, as those markets also begin to ease local travel restrictions. Retail, grocery, and restaurant online order for pickup orders grew 201 percent in April 2020 compared to February 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

diners spent nearly $27 billion last year on restaurant delivery, and the convenience-driven service still has more room to grow in 2020. There are platforms on the market that will hire a delivery workforce away from the restaurant, and lease them back to the operator. The Delivery Dilemma. But, flexibility will.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Quick service, fast casual and bars and taverns have exceeded where they were in February 2020. Beyond recruiting, many employers are responding to the tight labor market by sharpening their focus on the kind of employee experience they’re providing. Dealing Better with Labor Pains The industry needs more people.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices. “The market is still ripe for continued expansion and growth,” said Kapoor. “Their continued growth demonstrates the viability, feasibility and desirability of circular business models.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2021

They need to know if your brand is fun and casual, professional and fast-paced, or passionate and customer-service oriented. Take the Time to Understand Your Market. Putting some capital into marketing efforts can make all the difference for brands trying to expand into new markets. Have Processes in Place.

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Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2020

We discussed in our earlier blogs why it is a great time to buy a food franchise in 2020 through 2021. When you start a restaurant from scratch, much time must go into doing market research, creating business models and developing a new menu. The Benefits of Owning a Franchise Restaurant Business. But that is a lot of work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

By August 2020, Americans reported ordering takeout 2.4 The National Restaurant Association’s State of the Industry Report found 46 percent of family-dining and fine-dining restaurants added delivery options between March and December 2020, along with 44 percent of casual-dining and fast-casual restaurants.

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Foodable

JANUARY 14, 2021

Barron and LeFranc explore the brand successes and failures of 2020, and what that means for restaurants in 2021. Businesses that survived 2020 implemented delivery and takeout systems , turned to ghost kitchens, and invested in other technology that lowers staffing requirements.

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

A growing number of fast food chains are experimenting with seatless locations with only takeout or drive-thru options. Getty Images/iStockphoto As diners increasingly turn to delivery, the future of fast food may be one with no human interaction at all. People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2021

The old nursery rhyme, “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick” could sum up the actions of successful restaurant operators in 2020. QSRs and fast casuals are right to innovate and add to the drive-thru lane, but the investment is only as good as the execution, according to consumers. In other words, you have to be quick.

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Goliath Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The fast-casual brand Dave’s Hot Chicken has now more than 200 units committed despite its franchise initiative being just launched in October 2019 (3). The franchisor already went through the pains of trial and error and the expense of branding, marketing and putting systems in place,” says Daskowski (4). 2020, September 11).

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Foodable

MARCH 29, 2022

After more than a year of a bear market in innovation stocks that are not part of broad-based public equity benchmarks, we believe Instacart’s move marks the first major publicly announced valuation cut by a private startup. Fast Casual Drive-Thru? Listen to "200. Has Private Equity Money Dried up for Restaurants?" on Spreaker.

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Foodable

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The Fast Casual Nation podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurateurs who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. To keep listening to Fast Casual Nation, check out the podcast on iTunes Now!

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The simplest way to collect customer data in a quick-serve or fast-casual restaurant is to have customers supply it on a sheet of paper at the register. Recommended Reading: How to Boost Customer Retention with Your Restaurant’s Online Marketing Engaging Social Media Accounts ??

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The setting is festive, but you can also enjoy a casual date as well. Feby’s was a great place to stop by and enjoy fine dining with a casual feel. 821 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801 Phone: 302-482-3333 Visit Website. 829 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801 Phone: 302-250-4280 Visit Website. Get there fast!

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We spoke with Zack Shwab, one of The Snug’s co-founders, to learn about how their tech-savvy business evolved during 2020 and where they see the future of restaurants heading. According to an upcoming 7shifts study on the state of labor in 2020, outdoor dining was the largest revenue-driver during COVID, as reported by 37% of restaurants.

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