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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Online ordering and delivery are one of the fastest growing aspects of the restaurant industry, up 124% in 2020. Restaurant inventory management software is a tool that helps digitally track and manage your kitchen inventory. Recommended Reading: 7 Creative Marketing Ideas for Restaurants. Online and Mobile Ordering Systems.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And three, above all, we see the need for digital marketing automation continuing and growing into 2021 and beyond. Companies rushed to market with new digital solutions out of necessity and customers were satisfied with the initial products. Now brands are trying to balance speed to market and operational readiness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Restaurant owners are using intelligent packaging to keep food warm, hygienic, presentable, and ready to eat from kitchen to customer plate. Cross-contamination at a restaurant refers to the transmission of germs or other hazardous microorganisms from food, equipment, or humans to food. What Makes Intelligent Packaging So Popular.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Reviewing the market landscape is a great way to get ahead of the competition. New safety protocols may hurt restaurants’ bottom line again, while also impacting retention rates due to business closures and lack of steady income. We’ve seen it throughout 2020 and 2021, and now 2022 is seeing a new version of the same.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Just as restaurants were on the path toward recovery after COVID-19 closures and safety restrictions, the current economic conditions continue to present challenges for the industry. Mobile apps are effective tools for easy, direct-to-customer marketing that keep restaurants in customers’ minds at home and on the go.

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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. So what’s next?

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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. The kitchen staff should have hairnets and gloves at all times. Have a Marketing Plan for Reopening.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2021

The NPD Group predicted that restaurant digital orders would triple in volume by the end of 2020 , with mobile leading the way. This amplifies the need for QSRs’ internal operations to work closely with their marketing teams to ensure accurate and timely updates. Automated Safety. Digital Menu Boards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

So much was different before March 2020. Restaurant’s safety protocols were done “behind the scenes,” and guests most likely didn’t care about the sanitation of high-touch surfaces or whether they were sitting within six feet of other tables. The Demand for Transparency. Restaurants Are Evaluating Differently.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. With drive-thru equipped buildouts as low as 1,200 sq.

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Sante

JUNE 9, 2020

Virginia-based Cuisine Solutions (CSI) has recently been tapped to assist with menu development, as well as kitchen design for the upcoming Taffer’s Tavern franchise. Safety is a key concern for our dining customers and that is what makes the Cuisine Solutions sous vide preparation so compelling. About Cuisine Solutions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. We are also leaning heavily into our People First Safety Always Plan to guide us through how we’re doing business, as we seek what’s best for all our teams, franchisees, and enterprise.”

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Increased demand for food delivery had already boosted the growth of ghost kitchens, and the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated both the popularity and profitability of the model. Ghost kitchens cut the cost of real estate and labor by reducing the restaurant model to accommodate off-premise food sales. What is a ghost kitchen?

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Ken Burgin

MAY 9, 2021

Is there equipment you’ve delayed purchasing that will be part of your backup plans? If equipment needs to be shut down, follow the correct procedures. Prepare reopening promotions – it’s called Disaster Recovery Marketing , and there are lots of options using the communication channels you’ve developed.

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The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 31, 2020

While the hurdles of 2020 may not end when the clock strikes midnight on December 31 st , the restaurant landscape is better equipped to deal with whatever comes its way. Ghost Kitchens Will Likely be Short-Lived. The past year saw the rise of ghost kitchens as a way to operate with lower overhead and labor costs.

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The Food Corridor

MAY 10, 2021

Bootstrapping a shared commercial kitchen is never easy. Here we take a look at some examples of community projects involving shared-use commercial kitchens that each received hundreds of thousands of dollars to make an impact in their communities. . million in grant funding was announced for the Local Agriculture Market Program alone.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Uncovering consumer confidence and preferences in an ever-shifting market as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, Restaurants Canada is shining a light on what restaurateurs and chefs can expect with the release of the 2021 Discerning Diner Report. Despite these struggles, Alignable also learned in its poll that the No. Dining Trends in Canada.

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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. Sales velocity is now +4 percent vs January 4, 2020. California.

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Once the lockdown restrictions were lifted, many people were still concerned about their health and safety when dining at restaurants. QR codes have been around since 2010, but they didn’t catch on for mainstream use in North America until the 2020’s.” How will this affect the restaurant business in the future? “QR in July, climbing 4.6%

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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. Use these additional measures to keep your employees safe: Provide Safety Gear.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 22, 2021

From banana breads and pancake cereals to mini pizza cereal and mug recipes, baking was on top of people’s minds whenever they picked up kitchen crockeries, as per the social media trends. For instance, managing finances, maintaining quality and consistency, and carrying out quality marketing. in the next five years. .

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Ken Burgin

MAY 9, 2021

Is there equipment you’ve delayed purchasing that will be part of your backup plans? If equipment needs to be shut down, follow the correct procedures. Prepare reopening promotions – it’s called Disaster Recovery Marketing , and there are lots of options using the communication channels you’ve developed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

White Castle launched a planned pilot with Miso Robotics – creators of the first autonomous grilling and frying kitchen assistant, Flippy – to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and robotics in the restaurant industry. Customers will see Black-owned carousels on DoorDash in select markets including Washington D.C,

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

Introducing cloud kitchens , commercial facilities purpose-built to produce food specifically for delivery. These commissary kitchens are sometimes also known as ghost kitchens, shared kitchens , or virtual kitchens with the delivery-only food brands operating within them called virtual restaurants.

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The Restaurant Times

DECEMBER 20, 2021

According to a survey by Bacardi Global Brand Ambassador in 2020, around 63% of US consumers prefer to drink low-to-no alcohol options to cut back on calories. Opening a healthy cocktail bar is challenging as it requires a lot of market research and a robust business plan. Design The Kitchen Layout. Choose The Concept.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“We’re excited to be launching our first market in our backyard, sunny Los Angeles,” said Stephen Klein, Co-Founder, and CEO. The robotic kitchen runs on batteries instead of a diesel generator. With self-cleaning technology, there are never issues with equipment going uncleaned. Door Dash Shared Kitchen. ?DoorDash?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

’ For example, employee (back of the house) digital signage is quickly growing across all brands and I believe by the end of the year almost every kitchen and/or breakroom will have screens deployed for communication. Attention is the new currency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

“Florida is an ideal market for us because there is an unmatched synergy between the sunshine state and our hometown of New Orleans, especially when it comes to tourism,” said David Mesa, Chief Development Officer for PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans. PJ's Hopes to Open 187 Locations Throughout Florida in Next 10 Years.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In 2020, we saw a significant rise in the number of food trucks. Before you invest in a food truck, conduct thorough market research to know what is selling and what is not. Map out your route, your kitchen supplies, storage, equipment, and the number of staff you want. Rules and Regulations . Social Media .

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The Restaurant Times

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Marketing Of Your Takeaway Restaurant. By this point, you would have certainly thought of the basics like location, uniform design, a logo, a beautiful menu, kitchen staff and the equipment required, and marketing in general. If not, let’s pause to think about marketing a QSR. Fire License. Lower Operational Costs.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Kitchen Display System . By eliminating bottlenecks in the back-of-house, a reliable kitchen display system (KDS) can increase your service speed. By eliminating the need to read handwritten checks or manually handle printouts from kitchen printers, the KDS helps to simplify and enhance the flow of work in the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

New GFI-commissioned data also released today reveals the size of the market opportunity on offer and shows that U.S. 58 of the top 100 restaurant chains are taking advantage of the plant-based market opportunity–even increasing their plant-based offerings from 25 to 50 percent of their menu, like Panera Bread plans to do.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Using order data from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 and a national consumer survey, DoorDash’s mid-year report checks in on popular food trends, nationally and regionally, how users ate through social distancing, cravings across the country, and more. Breakfast burritos were the 7th most ordered item on DoorDash in 2020.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

percent year over year according to Black Box Intelligence’s Market Share Report. Restaurants have had to keep up with this growth from a staffing standpoint amid the most difficult labor market in decades. data highlights: Despite summer dips, Starbucks remained the market leader, taking 27.9 percent of market share.

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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. ” 7.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Most Important safety initiatives. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. This is why remarketing to existing customers should be a critical component of any restaurant's marketing strategy. Broader SMB concerns.

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