Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Merchandise orders–t-shirts, home-cooking kits, or anything else off-menu–have also steadily increased between 30-50 percent week-over-week for the last three weeks. New York businesses saw a decline beginning as early as March 9, 2020 and now show a 63 percent YOY decline. For more data, click here. Latest Sense360 Data.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Have you ever wondered how, despite changing climates and seasons, the same leafy greens you use in your menu items are available year-round? Whole operations, including field crews, trucks, equipment, and the technology required for pre-packaged salads, make this three-day trek twice a year. In 2019, the U.S. agriculture.

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Future Food

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Trends that will shape the future of your food and hospitality projects for 2020. The evolution, financial viability & marketability of plant based menu options. Menu shapers will become seriously experimental with the flexitarian crowd in 2020. The ‘whole experience’ is what matters.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 11, 2021

2020 was a tough year, and you made a ton of sacrifices and difficult decisions already. Install protective equipment such as glass screens or barriers for outdoor tables. Streamline your menu for profitability by offering your most popular items and food that travels well during winter like braises, curries, and kinds of pasta.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2020

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. New York businesses saw a decline beginning as early as March 9, 2020 and now show a 61 percent YOY decline.

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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? Download the full report here.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. Ordering online, paying with mobile phones, scanning QR codes for a menu, and a ton of takeout, are just a part of dining out now. since March 2020. Before March of 2020, front of house shifts made up 34% of all shifts.

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EATER

JULY 8, 2022

But several months into owning our own establishment, Joon Market, our optimism proved naive as we found ourselves in constant survival mode amid staffing shortages, increased labor and food costs, and supply chain issues that left cooking equipment and furniture stuck at the ports.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2020

But as we enter 2020, it’s important to recognize how digital technology drives our society and its major impact on consumer reactions and ordering habits. Free from the limitations of static signage, restaurants can effectively and visually educate their customers on menu items, pricing structures, and ordering protocols.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

And even in the thick of COVID-19, restaurants still saw a spike in Father’s Day traffic in 2020 and DoorDash reports that Father’s Day was the seventh busiest holiday of 2020 for delivery orders. Here’s what you’re going to want to look at to get ready for Father’s Day: Menu Marketing Staff Equipment. Spread the word! .

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

“The Discerning Diner report provides our members with the information they need to make choices around everything from menu selections and customer service options, to marketing initiatives and possible new revenue streams that today’s consumer is interested in. Sales velocity is now +35 percent vs September 7, 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

By leveraging advanced tech solutions that enhance guest experiences and deepen customer relationships, operators can increase guest loyalty to lock in key customers as spending habits change and the holiday season ramps up. Use marketing automation tools to send an email letting them know about an upcoming holiday dessert tasting menu event.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Though many of the market forces that shaped the restaurant industry in 2021 were closely linked to disruption from the pandemic's onset in 2020, 2022 brings new challenges — and opportunities. Simplified Menus. Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience. Serving smaller portion sizes.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Other popular menu items for group dining include the French onion soup, Sausage, and Chèvre flatbread, and the Steak Frites Au Poivre. In 2020, the restaurant won TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice award. The vibe in the restaurant is contemporary and casual, and the cuisine is locally sourced and seasonal. Seasons 52.

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Ordyx

DECEMBER 19, 2019

​ It is commonly attributed to overly-generous pours, spillage, broken equipment, returned drinks, and theft. Streamline Menu Designs ​A well-designed cocktail menu can serve as a valuable way to differentiate from the competition. Does your cocktail menu allow you to take full advantage of a packed house?

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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. Ordering preference is situational.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

As the world quickly came to a screeching halt in the early months of 2020, restaurants quickly accelerated an already existing shift towards digitalization to adapt to customers' new safety and priorities. The 2020 rush to digital is over, and now’s time to turn it from a necessity to an asset.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As travel season approaches, we anticipate seeing more people lean into making their vacation destinations feel more like home, with an increase in activities like cooking while traveling! million in February 2020. Employment finally surpassed pre-pandemic numbers : September 2023 marked the first time in 3 1/2 years that U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2019

As more meatless options become popular throughout the hospitality scene, Tripleseat released three popular menu options trending this holiday season as restaurants prepare for dinner parties. "We can anticipate more meatless menu trends in 2020 as chefs experiment with additional foods to replace animal products."

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Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 27, 2023

The agency also expects the 2023/24 harvest season to hit 54.9 Uganda Coffee Development Authority distributes wet processing equipment to 35 local farmers and co-operatives. The number of attendees at this year’s Sigep came close to the record number of visitors at the 2020 event, with people from over 155 countries present.

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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. Therefore, he developed a menu based on the technology. Jon Taffer with Cuisine Solutions and CREA Team Members; Photo Credit: CSI / CREA.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

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. PREP, an 83,500-square-foot culinary campus, houses multi-functional shared kitchen facilities featuring extensive equipment. Hot for Dave's Hot Chicken.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

The world has too, and this will impact the behaviour and preferences of 2020’s coffee shop consumer. While COVID-19 will no doubt affect 2020’s sales figures, many countries are starting to ease their lockdown restrictions, which could see the industry experiencing growth in the second half of the year. Next, consider your menu.

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Cheetah

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This winter be sure to have at least two vegan desserts with massive profit margins on the menu to increase ticket sizes and improve your bottom line. And if a restaurant is making its own pastries, the wages of a specialized pastry chef and modern equipment start to add up. Why Traditional Desserts Are Not Profitable.

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Sante

JANUARY 26, 2020

Event date: February 2, 2020 (All day). Ariete : Set in idyllic Coconut Grove, Chef/Owner Michael Beltran’s Ariete has established a name for itself as one Miami’s most dynamic restaurants, offering a contemporary menu of New American cuisine with Latin, particularly Cuban, influences. Kush photo credit: Gita Shonek.

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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. "The five existing cafes we have in Colorado have quickly become fan favorites, and the active communities here have continued to gravitate towards our better-for-you menu items. In 2020, 65.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Have A Well-Designed Menu. The menu plays a major role in determining the success of your food truck business. To design an attractive menu , you need to first come up with a cuisine that is niche enough to draw your customer’s attention. The next step is to figure out the variety of dishes that will go into your menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

If there are leftover ingredients from an event, use them on the next day’s cocktail menu. Use them to create a seasonal sangria or provide what’s left to the kitchen to use in their dishes. Work with your chef to choose locally sourced ingredients and garnishes as part of your venue’s food order. CBD Drinks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Online ordering is obviously huge in 2020, and customers are craving comfort food when they’re ordering in, according to Upserve’s new 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry data collected from the company's 10,000+ restaurant customers. State of the Industry. Holiday Plans Impacted by COVID.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

According to new research from the National Restaurant Association, 72 percent of people want a restaurant gift card this holiday season. Given that the 2019 holiday season is shorter than last year, brands will need strong gift card promotions throughout December to optimize their overall sales. Go with a Restaurant Gift Card.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Manifest surveyed 501 people about their food delivery and restaurant habits during COVID-19 and found that two-thirds of people ate in-person at a restaurant in July 2020. Nearly two-thirds of people (65 percent) ordered food delivery in July 2020 as food options remain in-demand, but restaurant profit margins decrease with delivery.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

2020 brought several changes to the way hospitality businesses around the world were able to run and serve guests. In 2020, 53% of all adults said that purchasing food through take-out and delivery is essential to the way they live 1. Outdoor dining and patio dining have proven to be reliable business drivers for restaurants in 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Currently, PJ’s Coffee has 124 locations and by the end of 2020, the franchise is expected to open an additional six cafes throughout the country. The recently updated menu also includes housemade chips and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Orlando: Up to 40 locations. Panama City: Up to six locations.

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BNG Point of Sale

JULY 16, 2021

A high turnover rate means people come back often enough because they like your menu selection so there is less urgency associated with their visit which results in longer stay times for guests and increased spending per customer. These important business models are what profitable restaurants don’t take lightly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

to add Meatless Farm’s plant-based products to its menu. Beginning today, guests can order from the restaurant’s ‘Meatless Monday’ menu, which consists of Pomodoro’s signature italian dishes, reimagined with 100-percent plant-based ground in place of traditional meat. It’s just a delicious meatball.”

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Next Restaurants

MAY 26, 2020

The webinar is on May 28th, 2020 at 4pm ET. High-end restaurants that tend to have a pricier menu should look to add more affordable “fast” food to their offerings. Instead, you can reach a compromise in your menu. You may also consider a rotating menu that serves in-season and readily available dishes to keep costs down.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

With self-cleaning technology, there are never issues with equipment going uncleaned. With multiple restaurants in a shared space, DoorDash will empower these merchants to offer their customers new menu offerings and pairings unique to the DoorDash Kitchens’ restaurants. Parts Town and Heritage Combine.

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