Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“As many companies look to create a new normal for employees, Church’s has chartered a course that focuses on sustaining our team members and securing the continuity of our business,” said Karen Viera, Chief People Officer for Church’s Chicken. ” Curry Up Now Adds Incentives LTO. .

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Since 2020 completely turned the industry on its head, you can’t make comparisons like you used to. To drive your growth rate higher, implement marketing and social media tactics that will help you win over new guests or find ways to get current guests to come in more frequently. Comparable Restaurant Foot traffic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The importance of making guests feel comfortable. Incentivize guests to choose your restaurant. Restaurant operators should also focus on remarketing to guests through email or other means, as well as offering return visit incentives to keep customers coming back. Small Business Recovery. Broader SMB concerns.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Takeout and delivery has continued to sustain interest on Yelp, still up 148 percent based on consumer interest relative to pre-pandemic levels. Hotel guests said they feel “extremely safe” knowing a hotel room is cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants compared to leading consumer brands1. percent to 77.9.

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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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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

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

JUNE 24, 2020

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. Moralejo and Skelton are both experienced leaders who will make an immediate impact in the recovery and acceleration of the business post crisis. Visa SMB Help.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2021

Guest Intent Shows Positive Trend. While the recovery has not been universal or consistent – due to geographical, economic, and household differences – there are a number of key overarching trends. percent vs. 2020, when widespread shut-downs crippled the industry, and were up 5.7 Online sales grew 19.9

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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. “We know that seismic changes continue to take place within the food and media industries.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2020

2020 has certainly been a year like no other for the industry. With the industry’s recovery expected to be sluggish, some even estimating that the full recovery could take years (1), there’s little doubt that this trend of off-premise dining will continue to grow in 2021. Changing Priorities.

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Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

Dining rooms are reopening and with the promise of return to normalcy just a few days away, the unprecedented staffing shortage is dampening the hope of economic recovery. By May 2020, the industry shed 5.9 During 2020, white male restaurant servers made on average $5 more per hour than Black women. million jobs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

of food over 9,720 baskets since the pilot was instituted in late September 2020. Lunchbox plans to use the capital to scale growth nationally to serve the restaurant industry’s need for efficient and revenue-driven solutions to sustain the current economic depression. In total, approximately 14,580 lbs.

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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 17, 2021

Features of the new restaurant design were determined following a thorough brand study on drive-thru operations and Guest habits, and include a double drive-thru lane, parking stalls for curbside pickup, a walk-up window, and patio seating. ” Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S.,

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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. Altering seating arrangements to improve spacing between guests. Takeout For Good. Redesigning workflows to ensure safe distancing between employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A $50 million Investment in The Global Farmer Fund, providing access to capital so coffee farmers can use these funds to strengthen their farms and farming practices to be even more productive and sustainable. " Upserve generated revenue of approximately $40 million3 for the trailing twelve-month period ending September 30, 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

San Diego Entrepreneur and Mission Beach area residentn Brad Hunter is disrupting the luxury hospitality industry with an entirely uncharted concept: AQUAlounge , an floating nautical experience slated to debut in San Diego, California in fall of 2020. “I found inspiration on my travels. Photo by Sylvain Gaboury/PMC).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2020

2020 Trend of the Year “Vegan Goes Viral” (cringe). While we may never use the word “viral” again, 2020 was still the year that vegan cuisine entered the mainstream. Added benefit: plant-based menu items often have lower food costs, allowing for increased profit margins or lower price points for your guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2020

We encourage Congress and the Administration to consider bipartisan options to support the industry’s recovery.” The jobs numbers released last week reinforced that PPP is working by keeping employees on payroll and sustaining millions of small businesses through this time.” 350,000-1 million. $1-2 1-2 million. $2-5

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

The newly launched Restaurant Recovery Sales Flash is open to all operators. Coronavirus and the Restaurant Industry: Key Insights – May 13, 2020. . This suggests guests may be favoring their local independent favorites for these dining occasions as dining rooms reopen. Key Insights – May 6, 2020. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis. On Point With Off-Premise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

“Our customers have been through a lot in 2020, and we want to be sure that they are able to successfully reach their patrons and embrace this new way of dining,” says Ed Wayda, senior brand manager for Smithfield Culinary. The contest ends on December 31, 2020. New Features from OpenTable. Self-Fill Bottle Program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature links for PPP Forgiveness, new Yelp features and more products and services for restaurant recovery. Both applications give borrowers the option of using the original eight-week covered period (if their loan was made before June 5, 2020) or an extended 24-week covered period.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

” Throughout 2020, the culinary team at Walk-On’s will feature select burgers from the menu as the “Game On Burger.” ” With plans to grow over 50 locations in 2020, Walk-On’s’ expansion will allow the Game On Foundation to further its reach and help even more young athletes thrive.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

Surprisingly, 2021 traffic also was even with or slightly lower when compared to the highly volatile 2020. We’ve noticed that the increase in basket size is partly due to more guests being on the same check and that, in fact, the share of single-party orders has declined.” percent compared to 2019. .”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The fourth quarter was not good for restaurant sales; each month posted worse same-store sales growth than the previous month, according to Black Box Guest Intelligence. In addition, colder winter weather eliminated some potential for outdoor restaurant dining, favored by many guests who believe patio seating is a safer option.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

" "Chris takes the reins of this great company at a time of strong, sustained performance, and the Board has every confidence that he is the best leader to set the vision and drive the plans for the Company's continued success. This frees up time to focus on guests, while the features do the hard work on their behalf.

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EATER

JANUARY 18, 2022

Then, in 2020, an eerie silence took hold, interrupted only by scattered footsteps echoing through deserted alleys. During the COVID pandemic, the Emirates quickly achieved one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, and reopened to tourists for Expo 2020 Dubai, a huge world’s fair that acts as a cultural and technological showcase.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Today, her success has finally proven to her parents that cooking is a viable and sustainable career for women. As part of the effort, KitchenAid is partnering with JBF to create more possibilities in the kitchen for culinary professionals as they face a difficult recovery. BYOM is mobile-responsive and easily updated.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

However, we’re seeing some major shifts around menu creation, procurement, and dining habits of guests. ReFED , 2022) 43% of diners say that they would pay more to cover sustainability practices implemented by restaurants… and some say they won’t even order if a sustainable packaging option isn’t available.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the impact of cold weather on restaurant viability, why franchises need to be nimbler and the pandemic's effect on guest expectations. This is encouraging for restaurants, especially as only about 8 percent of respondents said that guests will be very unwilling. Restaurant Adaptation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the latest on PPP loans and newest tech and products to help restaurants on the road to recovery. 7010 – Paycheck Protection Program (PP) Flexibility Act of 2020 which extends provisions of the act to give more time to both use and pay back the funds. PPP Goes Flexible.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Each update highlights the most relevant and timely workforce, financial, guest and consumer trends. Full-Service: Service Guest Sentiment Improved in Q3. Powered by Black Box Guest Intelligence. Guest Intelligence tracks 6 main categories ‘food’, ‘beverage’, ‘service’, ‘ambiance’, ‘value’ and ‘intent on return’.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2020

With the strategic and financial backing Jay and his team bring, we will continue to focus on key operational initiatives to improve guest experience, menu development, and focus on the growth of our brand. ” America's Recovery Fund. A broad-based, efficient recovery fund is the best path forward.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2019

“This is something we were expecting given the underlying relentless erosion of guest counts and the fact that the industry was headed towards tougher previous year sales comparisons as we went into the second half of 2019,” said Victor Fernandez, vice president of insights and knowledge for TDn2K. percent during the same period.

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