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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With many restaurants closed for in-person dining on and off throughout the pandemic, the food service industry shifted to delivery and takeout as a business imperative. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5 billion from the same period in 2019.

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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. There has also been an increase in review content for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses (up 9X) and nightlife (up 13X).

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Rewards Network, together with American Airlines AAdvantage Dining and United Airlines MileagePlus Dining, surveyed their members to learn more about what they anticipate their dining habits will look like over the next few months. Some highlights inlcude: Consumers' projected dining out frequency.

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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? From the very beginning we worked to attract loyal guests seeking an authentic, family dining experience. Shasta, California.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

The guidance focuses on food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing. Each section includes a list of actionable items an operation should consider as it evaluates its safety procedures. First is an enhanced restaurant management platform. Employee health.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. March Sales Decline. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 26, 2021

The state of dining has transformed over the last year and a half and continues to rapidly evolve. According to NPD Group data, takeout and delivery orders have increased dramatically, with takeout jumping from 18 percent to 60 percent within the FSR segment from 2019 to 2020. In the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2020

A survey by restaurant management software company Upserve found that 64 percent of respondents were either slightly or very optimistic about the future. Food costs are one of the highest costs for restaurants, ranging anywhere from 20 percent to 40 percent , according to point of sale system provider TouchBistro. Revamping the Menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

With the restaurant industry expected to lose up to $240 billion by the end of 2020 , the economic effects of the pandemic will be felt for many months – and even years – to come. Shifting Delivery and Dine-In Experiences. and abroad. So what can restaurants do to adapt their offerings to this changed consumer?

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2022

According to the National Restaurant Association , the dining industry should generate $899 billion in revenues in 2022. That’s up from $640 billion in 2020. With change in restaurant management so dynamic, industry experts say that now is a good time to review and even revamp restaurant insurance policies.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

B Corp Restaurants As of early 2024, almost 150 restaurants around the world have achieved the certification, from fine-dining independents to fast-casual chains, with hotels, breweries and food delivery companies also dotting the list. Green Restaurant and Slow Food were others we considered.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

While the company has products specifically designed for each vertical, such as appointments, eCommerce, online ordering and reservation management, its uniqueness lies in offering high-powered capabilities that every business needs. Tastewise, an AI-powered food intelligence solution, launched in the UK. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Why Measure Food Safety Performance? Achieving food safety excellence should be a continual goal. Therefore, a restaurant's food safety goals should evolve along with these changes. To begin measuring food safety performance, an organization first needs to establish its KPIs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

Wally Sadat, CMO of The Kebab Shop, a chain of restaurants in California and Texas, has been using On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store during our beta test and said it helped him manage costs and retain customers during recent months. Processing is free on all on-demand delivery orders through July 8, 2020—up to $50,000 in sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Especially in a time where the industry is in flux because of the pandemic, juggling things like food costs, keeping shifts full and food safety can feel more difficult than ever. Modern restaurant technology can provide peace of mind to operators worried about food safety violations, labor law mistakes, falsified data and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2021

Thousands upon thousands of restaurants were forced to close for safety reasons, some permanently. Now more than ever, restaurant owners need to improve the way dining places are run to survive these uncertain times. The pandemic has ravaged many businesses in the country and few industries were hit as hard as the restaurant industry.

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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. Directly managing a delivery workforce comes with a slew of management and administrative-related burdens and costs for operators. trillion in sales by 2030. The Delivery Dilemma.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

The restaurant industry was turned upside down in 2020, practically overnight. But the resiliency of this sector is not to be underestimated: Navigating all new business pressures, management took on every challenge thrown at them to keep their heads above water and prepare for the next wave of normalcy. Overwhelming? Yes, absolutely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought endless changes to the restaurant industry, but perhaps the most significant has been the rise of the contactless dining experience. With customers opting for alternatives to dine-in, restaurants adapted to build solutions to offer takeout, delivery and curbside pickup options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

Boosting retention can save companies the expense of replacing staff which the National Restaurant Association calculates to be as high as $2,000 per worker and $15,000 per manager. From ordering food to reserving a table, they want to do things digitally. Here’s how: Digitally Enabled Workers Will Stay with the Company Longer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

And Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) solutions represent a vital component to generate revenue for restaurants by filling up dining tables with customers who feel safe and confident. " They have been selected by a growing number of diners who are conscious of cleanliness, safety, and health. Measures and Use Cases.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Historically, food service businesses formulated a single year-long budget tailored to labor needs, food costs, average daily revenues, capacity levels and customer trends – all of which were in relation to historical results and relatively stable. Unfortunately, it could take as long as 6-12 months before the entire U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Comfort food, outdoor dining, Riesling and streamlined menus were top trends for 2020, according to Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants ' seventh annual Culinary & Cocktail Trend Forecast for 2021. Health food, eating local and personalized experiences. Culinary: 2020 Takeaways. Home-Cooked” Takeout.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Off-premise dining was already on-trend in the restaurant industry well before COVID-19. According to Morgan Stanley estimates, online delivery is set to grow from $260 billion in 2017 to $325 billion in 2020 – and possibly $470 billion by 2025. Eating out, or taking out, is never just about the food. Simplify Their Lives.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Brick and mortar stores will need to elevate their dining experience to be more appealing and more flexible to the changing attitudes and perceptions of the American public.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2020

Most restaurants now are dealing with a fraction of their normal staff due to the reduction in operations, either because of state by state social distancing requirements and/or a diminished number of patrons who are willing to dine out these days. Let the patrons know what you are doing to assist with safety measures.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Our focus this year has been to find ways that Sonny’s is uniquely positioned to help guests navigate our new normal – from safety concerns, family meal solutions, and even the monotony of being trapped at home. Off-premise dining now accounts for 60 percent of total sales in 2020 compared to 40 percent in 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2021

Eight out of 10 consumers said they expect to continue their current dining habits beyond coronavirus , so the time is ripe to reevaluate the processes and tools QSRs use that prohibit adaptability. The entire restaurant industry has been hit particularly hard as consumers have drastically reduced their spending on dining out in every format.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Open Up More 'Ghost Kitchens' Restaurant locations are having a hard time keeping up with all the mandated restrictions to dining in. It’s a giant expense to gear up to reopen, invest in perishable supplies, rehire staff, upgrade safety measures … all just to close up shop again. Go All In on Digital Delivery.

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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. With less inventory and even fewer customers coming in, we recommend that you widen your margins and revamp your offerings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Contactless payments started as a safety precaution for many quick-service restaurants (QSRs) – allowing them to offer a curbside service that kept patrons out of the dining room. That meant streamlining their operations – and consumers quickly got on board. Curbside pickup adoption has been remarkable.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Be Transparent About Safety. Over the past year, restaurants have had to evolve their communications to consumers with a sensitivity and transparency never before required around issues of safety and health. Doing everything to ensure your customers feel safe dining with you will remain priority #1. Think Beyond Your Four Walls.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Since April, our team at Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) has been asking consumers how they are interacting with restaurants. In RMS’ third consumer survey assessing US consumers’ attitudes toward dining , fielded Aug. By comparison, the dine-in segment saw no increase from May to August, despite lifted restrictions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 21, 2020

C3 looked to answer those questions and others when we surveyed over 500 parents with young kids (ages 4-10) during the third week of June 2020. As families tentatively return to restaurant dining rooms, they’re filled with excitement, worry, and high expectations. A Mix of Excitement and Anxiety. Keeping Kids Safe.

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