Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

The restaurant industry was turned upside down in 2020, practically overnight. By prioritizing employee safety during a time of crisis, leaders set a strong example for their management teams and clearly demonstrate how the organization values its people. The goal is to emerge from this crisis stronger than ever. Overwhelming?

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7 Shifts

APRIL 23, 2021

Early on in 2020, we were scrambling to figure out ways to get food to customers and how to give staff enough hours and keep them on the payroll. Now as we enter a recovery stage, the biggest challenge that's emerged has become finding enough staff to fit the demand. This, of course, doesn't mean it's ok to serve bad food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. A new survey shows that Americans love new tech-driven options for ordering and retrieving food, but the flipside is that it is making them more impatient. In Love with Tech, but Impatient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2021

ahead of the February, 2020 pre-pandemic timeframe ($70.6 “A lot of restaurants are making it compulsory for the guests to be fully vaccinated, this is in tune with World Health Organization guidelines,” said Brad Cummins, founder of Insurance Geek, an insurance services platform. On the upside, U.S. That’s 6.6%

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Maintain visible hygiene cues : vaccinated consumers are among the most cautious and will continue to crave health and safety reassurance before returning to pre-COVID life. Pick-up and curbside delivery will gain stronger relevance post-COVID, and dine-in recovery will be stronger than pre-COVID levels. Since Q1 of 2020, 10.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. “The data strongly signals long wait times are a vulnerability for fast food restaurants as they compete for customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest news on restaurant recovery, delivery trends, top ice cream toppings and the ideal "delivery doughnut." 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.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 3, 2020

June 4, 2020) — Restaurant365 ® , the leading all-in-one restaurant management platform, today announced an additional set of tools designed to stimulate restaurant recovery. Restaurant365’s new features address the key areas currently facing restaurants: re-hiring, staffing, customer safety, delivery and profitability. “As

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

" Under the banner of its longstanding “We Help You Make It” promise to foodservice operators, US Foods Holding Corp. Also launching today, is a special edition of the company’s Food Fanatics magazine. To view all of the available resources or connect with a US Foods expert, visit the company’s website here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

" Under the banner of its longstanding “We Help You Make It” promise to foodservice operators, US Foods Holding Corp. Also launching today, is a special edition of the company’s Food Fanatics magazine. To view all of the available resources or connect with a US Foods expert, visit the company’s website here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Top frustrations when picking up orders include: order isn’t ready and having to wait (46 percent), food is ready but still having to wait (44 percent), food is cold (36 percent), order is inaccurate (36 percent), and no designated mobile order pickup line (22 percent). Loyalty programs are most popular for fast food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

COVID-19 has been a devastatingly destabilizing force for the food service industry. But a few short weeks would change everything, from in-person dining to supply chain access to consumer standards regarding health, safety, and sustainability. million people and still projected to achieve $899 billion in sales throughout 2020.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

Now, the building is the home of The 1894 Lodge, a bar and restaurant with a unique, chef-driven menu loaded with comfort food. Once his restaurant was allowed to reopen for dine-in service, Logan took necessary precautions to ensure his staff’s, customers’, and community’s health and safety. They stayed together.” was great.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 3, 2020

But much has changed since you’ve last had dine-in guests; consumer spending behavior and eating habits have been reset. Other than your most loyal customers, there is no guarantee that your old guests will return to dine with you while social distancing and other public health recommendations remain in effect.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 19, 2020

March 19, 2020 Domino's Announces Need for 10,000 Employees Domino's announces the need for 10,000 full-time and part-time employees to support increased demand for delivery. March 19, 2020. March 19, 2020 Cameron Mitchell Cameron Mitchell Restaurants announces it will be closing restaurants temporarily and laying-off 4,500 employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

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.” There aren’t a lot of products that are transparent about what is in your food.”

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2022

2021 saw the industry continue to rebound from the difficulties of 2020. These issues, along with continued surges in COVID infections, are slowing the recovery. . And off-premise dining continued its dominance, as consumers enjoyed the safety and convenience of eating at home. . Keeping guests happy will be complicated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature robots in fast food, virtual education and chef-inspired, plant-based ice cream. The deployment will put autonomous frying to work for enhanced production speeds, improved labor allocation and an added layer of health and safety in the cooking process. White Castle Employs Flippy the Robot.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

There has also been an increase in review content for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses (up 9X) and nightlife (up 13X). The findings, from research conducted by Reach3 Insights show a complex restaurant consumer marketplace that is ready to return, but still concerned about safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The importance of making guests feel comfortable. The importance of making guests feel comfortable. Most Important safety initiatives. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. 73 percent said social distanced tables.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner' SevenRooms released its “Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner” report, which uncovered new diner personas to help operators understand what motivates guests to dine out in this new era of hospitality. Just over one in five (21 percent) want restaurants to perform on-site health screenings.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2020

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. 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. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

” Traditionally, to enable delivery most sellers list their menu on food delivery platforms because the restaurant doesn’t have their own couriers. Processing is free on all on-demand delivery orders through July 8, 2020—up to $50,000 in sales. Plus, Square is also waiving dispatch fees until July 1, 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

restaurants, the industry demonstrated its resiliency against a variety of headwinds throughout 2020 by rising from a -35 percent traffic decline in April to a -11 percent visit decrease in December compared to year ago, reports The NPD Group. Carry-out ended 2020 holding 46 percent of off-premises order share. Restaurant Resiliency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the surge in online ordering, early returns on restaurant recovery and what customers want and expect from restaurants. Restaurant Recovery Stats. Companies are focusing on ways to guarantee the safety of their employees and guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news of the expected pent-up demand from guests, the Great Restaurant Restart and delivery trends. Additional key findings from the survey include: Over a third (38 percent) of respondents plan to have between 1-20 guests, with 32 percent planning to have under 50.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

from February 1 to April 30, 2020, during the early part of the pandemic. Additionally, the results indicate that the negative effect of COVID-19 was smaller for fast-food restaurants compared to full-service establishments. ” The Long Road to Recovery. percent demand decline. Beauty care, SPA, and fitness center.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2021

Six igloos for outdoor dining or 27 propane heaters or 183 tanks of propane to keep guests warm. Americans know that third-parties stand in the way of restaurant recovery, and, while 4 in 10 Americans (37 percent) say they want to do all they can to directly support restaurants, they know more is needed. Sluggish Restaurant Recovery.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2020

2020 has certainly been a year like no other for the industry. Here are our top 5 food and restaurant trend predictions for 2021 and beyond. Here are our top 5 food and restaurant trend predictions for 2021 and beyond. Now that 2021 is only weeks away, we are making predictions on what the new year will bring.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Ocean Spray is joining forces with Massachusetts Restaurant United and the COREcares Foundation for this hospitality stimulus, in addition to offering discounts on the brand’s cranberry products to support restaurants on the road to recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Applications are being accepted through December 31, 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“Over the past 40 years, TSFR has developed a strong reputation as a leader in the restaurant industry and fostered a talented and engaged team that delights our guests,” said Mark Schostak, Executive Chairman at TSFR. He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Unequivocally, restaurateurs and entrepreneurs in the food industry have been among the hardest hit, economically speaking, by the COVID-19 pandemic. When in doubt, always err on the side of being overly safe, overly cautious, and overly protective of the health and safety of your workers and clientele.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features tech companies winning funding, AI in the kitchen, DoorDash invests in brick and mortar and the gamification of food ordering. Production speeds are being tracked to increase and meet demand needs, reaching an average of 360 baskets of fried foods a day. In total, approximately 14,580 lbs.

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