Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. Good 2020 for Mountain Mike's. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. .

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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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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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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

2020 State of the Restaurant Industry. The National Restaurant Association released its 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry Report which examines key factors impacting the restaurant industry including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and food and menu trends across segments from quickservice to fine dining.

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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 18, 2020

Retail, grocery, and restaurant online order for pickup orders grew 201 percent in April 2020 compared to February 2020. March – April 2020 Global Food and Grocery Delivery app download rankings show Uber Eats ranked #1 and Grubhub ranked #8. Shifting Dining Habits. percent had been sheltering-in-place during the pandemic.

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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. ” As multitasking increases, so will this form of response and communication. It’s fun, frictionless and fast. Voice Response Taps into Emotions.

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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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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. The Benefits of Owning a Franchise Restaurant Business. Also, there are quite many top-ranked, affordable franchises under $25,000 you can buy if you do your research right (5). Good Balance of Independence and Dependence.

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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. Here’s the kicker: Gen Z will make up 40 percent of all consumers by the end of 2020. In 2020, meet Gen Z where they live.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2020

Casual dining's share of restaurant visits was in free-fall from the 15th to the 22nd, and now has reached a more stable trend. In a newly released deck, it shows the steep decline of foot traffic to America’s businesses in March 2020 due to the spread of Covid19 and associated governmental “shelter in place” orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With fewer front-line staff available for customer interactions we’re bound to see digital signage utilized to communicate instructions and order status as well. Demand is on the rise: There will be a huge demand for events and event space as people who cancelled events in 2020 will rebook in 2021. Most definitely.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 21, 2020

For our next restaurant spotlight, we talked to Joseph Badaro, owner of Hummus Labs , a fast casual Mediterranean restaurant, in Pasadena, California. After running his own catering business for years, Badaro fulfilled his lifelong dream of opening his own restaurant in April 2020. He found that partner in ChowNow. .

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million tons in 2020 and 12 million tons in 2021. On the other hand, fast food restaurants are on the rise , with 0.8% Deloitte , 2023) Between February 2020 and December 2023, the share of on-site traffic decreased by 13% (from 39% to 26%), while the share of off-premise traffic increased by an equal amount (from 61% to 74%).

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The fast-casual brand continues to grow amid the pandemic and is on track to open more than 30 restaurants this year. Salata built on this momentum and new loyalty audience in 2020, driving awareness of its new native delivery offering through a free delivery week, in partnership with DoorDash. Holsom by Yogurtland.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

” According to a survey conducted by the National Restaurant Association, the restaurant industry is expected to lose $240 billion by the end of 2020. In addition to using third-party platforms, restaurants must develop their own muscle to communicate and transact with consumers. Learn About Fast-Casual Dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

The previous spike we saw in community supported agriculture and grocery has started to dip (down 54 percent and 26 percent, respectively), as people head back into restaurants and cook at home less. Consumers have become accustomed to the new forms of communications and services, and there’s no going back.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Q1 Yelp Economic Average (YEA) , which takes a holistic look at the local economic changes since the start of 2020, focused on the economic impact of COVID-19. Key restaurant findings from the Q1 2020 YEA include: More than 30,000 restaurants have shut down – temporarily or permanently – as of Sunday, April 19. Eating 2020.

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RGU

FEBRUARY 25, 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. Here’s the kicker: Gen Z will make up 40 percent of all consumers by the end of 2020. In 2020, meet Gen Z where they live.

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RGU

FEBRUARY 25, 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. Here’s the kicker: Gen Z will make up 40 percent of all consumers by the end of 2020. In 2020, meet Gen Z where they live.

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RGU

FEBRUARY 25, 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. Here’s the kicker: Gen Z will make up 40 percent of all consumers by the end of 2020. In 2020, meet Gen Z where they live.

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EATER

MARCH 22, 2022

This combination of content, fast-casual dining, and the Garfield character led to a unique experience for visitors. When COVID-19 broke out in the spring of 2020, Mazri declared it a hoax , spawning a flurry of backlash. link] — GarfieldEATS (@GarfieldEATSco) November 13, 2020. link] continues forever. Who needs them!

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Restaurant365

MAY 7, 2021

million down from February 2020.” Employment at quick-service and fast-casual restaurants was down just 6 percent over the same period.)” Your culture is what distinguishes your restaurant, so your hiring should communicate what makes your restaurant special. million jobs — lower than a year ago.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 13, 2021

Communication is always a problem in restaurants with large teams like Canyons. By using 7shifts communication tools , the team has also had a dramatic improvement. The team has it communication divided among departments: “We can make each manager almost independently have communication with their people or department,” says Crumpton.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers. First, at 2.1 Over-the-Counter.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 20, 2021

alone, a 2020 report shows that 111 million people were using food delivery apps. For fast casual, casual, and full-service restaurants, the average profit margin is around 6%. Popularity. Another big benefit of partnering with a third-party restaurant delivery service is that you gain access to a built-in diner network.

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The Food Corridor

MAY 22, 2020

It also gives advice on managing cash, communicating with customers and the public should things go wrong, and practical tips on implementing hygiene and distancing measures to stop the spread of the virus, all very much applicable to shared kitchen owners and all kinds of food businesses. Editorial credit: vesperstock / Shutterstock.com).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Nearly 6,600 new restaurant and food businesses opened in May 2021, a 42 percent increase from May 2020 and down by only 21 percent from May 2019. Plus in the first quarter of 2021, DoorDash’s non-restaurant orders climbed more than 40 percent from the fourth quarter of 2020. ? Pennsylvania. North Carolina.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Two additional cafes are under construction and slated to open in early 2020 in Highlands Ranch and Littleton. Salata is currently in high-growth mode and is actively seeking to expand into new markets in 2020. In 2020, 65. Salata is on track to have 25 new franchise contracts secured by the end of 2019. A rebrand (June).

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MAY 26, 2021

in bankruptcies in 2020 ). We help suppliers effectively communicate the differentiators in their products and turning outbound sales strategies into inbound interest. The entirety of the global foodservice industry has been turned on its head by the most disruptive force to ever hit it. Learn More. Driver Shortages. Natural Disasters.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

According to the latest Yelp Economic Average (YEA) report, there were more new businesses openings than at any other period over the last 12 months and business reopenings are at the highest level since the second quarter of 2020. “Wages across the country are definitely up for the industry, in virtually every location.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2021

During the second quarter in 2020, which covered the height of the pandemic lockdowns and restaurant dine-in restrictions, QSR off-premises orders increased by +9 percent over the same quarter in 2019, driven by solid growth in drive-thru and delivery orders. million in April 2020, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many rules that held true prior to 2020 no longer apply, so restaurant owners are exploring new boundaries that resonate with the post-pandemic world. Restaurants communicated more with their customer base to explain higher taxes, credit card fees and delivery charges, thus making dining out more complex for the customer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

Clean Juice Chief Executive Officer, Landon Eckles described 2020 as challenging but resolute in lauding its franchise partners and support staff in the company’s response to the global pandemic. Additional 2020 Award Recipients: Top Delivery Sales : Lance and Blake Condray, Campbell, CA. Clean Juice Celebrates Franchisees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Along with the technology focus, the brand developed a new logo and restaurant design that will help communicate the brand’s mission and values in a more vibrant and energetic yet approachable way. Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

Flynn now owns and operates a combined total of 2,355 quick-service, fast casual and casual dining restaurants, generating $3.5 Chief Communications Officer. KFC’s first donation of one million pieces of chicken was directed towards frontline and essential workers in March 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Fourth, the Internet and its many apps, online reviews, and socially viral communication speeds will continue to disrupt restaurant industry traffic, revenues, brands, and survivability even more over the next decade. In the short term, it’s QSR that will experience labor improvement, then fast-casual.

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