Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. During the peak of the pandemic, the number of diners seated across Yelp Reservations and Waitlist dropped essentially to zero. Sit down restaurants need to take a seat and pay attention. percent in 2020. percent to 77.9.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2020

But January 2020, though initially characteristic, became the start of a year that would deliver the longest “time-out” in history. ” No one knows for sure, but we are seeing glimpses of a trend that may be the answer for restaurant owners and operators: expanded outdoor seating. Inside Out.

Outdoor

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

32 percent of survey takers chose outdoor seating availability as a factor in their dining-out comfort level. A final piece of advice for restaurants is to invest in a user-friendly reservation system. As one visual example, here’s a closer look at Memorial Day’s 2019 vs. 2020 traffic: Holiday Expectations.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

Lacking cash reserves and the resources to access money (traditional bank loans), most restaurants were forced to lay off their employees. If, prior to the pandemic, your restaurant had a seating capacity of 120 seats, that may be reduced by 20 percent or more. 75 percent of the prior year’s monthly payroll cost.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Here’s a wild guess: your plan for 2020 didn’t involve a restaurant-crushing pandemic. In a typical month, we used to help restaurants seat over four million diners. They knew Yelp could do more than just help them seat diners. Neither did mine. In the first half of the year, that job suddenly got a whole lot harder.

Front of House

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. We will also see a rise in use of virtual waitlist and reservation platforms across restaurants. and abroad.

Food Safety

7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Restaurants took a major hit from COVID-19 in 2020, with sales dropping by 79% in mid-March. Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. Alternatively, bar seating must be closed until physical distancing requirements are eased.

Events

7 Shifts

MARCH 18, 2021

After a few weeks of uncertainty in February and early March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization. It hit a fast low on March 22, 2020 — with the industry as a whole seeing a 77% drop in sales. A year ago this month, our industry was rocked to its core.

Point of Sale

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 31, 2020

The same intensity will also mark what the restaurant bankruptcy “industry” as a whole will experience in the second half of 2020, through at least, the middle of 2021. Even in pre-COVID 2020, at least five restaurant chains filed for bankruptcy protection. providing and requiring PPE; taking reservations only for seating).

Retail

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. When online reservations first arrived, plenty of restaurants scoffed at the idea of axing customer interaction.

Online Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

The purchase is expected to be completed in September 2020. DoorDash will also offer $0 delivery fees** from all merchant partners in DoorDash’s program to support Black-owned businesses on DoorDash through the end of 2020. Seated Acquires VenueBook. Seated acquired digital event booking platform VenueBook.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A 2020 study on the psychology of queuing states that consumers are consistently inaccurate at estimating how long they think they’ve been waiting for. Those who are forced to wait longer than expected are 18 percent less satisfied with their experience overall.

Customer Experience

EATER

JUNE 4, 2024

Make reservations. For restaurants that accept reservations, reserve. It can be hard for diners to tell if a place requires reservations or not, so unless a restaurant specifically states on its website that it doesn’t accept them, assume you’ll need to book. If you make a reservation, honor it. at 20 o’clock.)

Fine Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

Also, depending on your local regulations, expand restaurant seating to ensure as much space as possible. Keep customers from congregating in waiting areas by adopting a reservations-only business model. At this point, you don’t have the facility to rely on cash reserves to splurge on marketing. Protect Your Employees.

Social Media

EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But what was for some an opportunity to celebrate the early arrival of changing leaves and everything plaid was a harbinger of bad times to come for restaurateurs now reliant on outdoor seating and the warm weather that allows it to survive. And he wonders how this will play out as the season changes. “I That’s when the money dries up.”.

Outdoor

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

” Evidence of indirect and/or contractually reserved control over essential employment terms may be a consideration for finding joint-employer status under the final rule, but it cannot give rise to such status without substantial direct and immediate control. .” The final rule will be effective April 27, 2020.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago, top photo, opened its doors to the public on Friday, November 15. Located on North Michigan Avenue and Erie Street on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, the opening of Chicago Reserve Roastery marks Starbucks sixth global Roastery and third location in the U.S. Oregon Convention Center.

Delivery

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. The contest ends on December 31, 2020. 2-11, 2020. 16-25, 2020. 13-22, 2020.

Serving

EATER

JANUARY 28, 2021

Amid a stark decrease in business and recreational travel, hotels across the country averaged 44 percent occupancy during 2020, compared to 66 percent the year prior, according to the American Hotel and Lodging Association. restaurants are forced to regularly innovate in order to stay afloat. Hotels have suffered similarly.

Hotels

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

CGA’s latest sales data reveal significant increases compared to performance in 2020, during one of the worst periods of decline when full lockdown restrictions were in place. velocity in Neighborhood Bars has grown by 447 percent vs the equivalent week in 2020. Positive Signs for On-Premise. California.

2021

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 17, 2020

trying to put new people in seats, a customer retention strategy seeks to spend time bringing existing customers back. For full-service restaurants, many POS or reservation systems can also help collect data for you. Recommended Reading: Simple Restaurant Marketing Plan for 2020 Reward Their Loyalty ?? You have to earn it!

Loyalty Program

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and restaurants are now trying to figure out how to adjust their websites accordingly. Restaurant design footprint will fundamentally change with more BOH kitchen size needed and less FOH seats as more people gravitate toward digital and delivery.

Mobile Ordering

EATER

MARCH 2, 2022

With only 22 seats and a strong reputation (built over a series of pop-ups and collaborations, with profits funneled to charities), Dame is popular enough to be booked solid every night. So with every seat filled, opening on Monday is more profitable than Saturday, while also affording staff and owners weekends off.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

million in February 2020. Diners prefer walk-ins to reservations : Diners were more spontaneous and made more plans to meet up and walk into restaurants. Walk-in parties accounted for almost three-quarters of restaurant tables and were twice as common as reservations. Eighteen hours was the average lead time for reservations.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2020

I closed my own restaurant, Mezze Bistro + Bar, and it was heartbreaking,” said Bo Peabody, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Seated, and a restaurateur with more than 20 years of experience. Click here for more information. “We know from other countries that this crisis will end. For more information, visit seatedapp.io

Seating

EATER

JULY 8, 2020

So, with safety top of mind, here are some alternative parks to consider for your 2020 summer escape, and, of course, the best places to eat — to go, dine-in, or dine-out — nearby. l , which reopened for reservations-only dine-in service with tables spread six feet apart, for wood-fired pizzas, steaks, and roast chicken. Getty Images.

Front of House

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. They also launched a new location in June of 2020 in Norco. It also offers a food truck option.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2021

But the good news is, across the industry, business is back on the rise—powered by limited in-person seating and continued diner interest in take-out and delivery. Reserve your low-margin items for in-person diners. If you own, run or work at a restaurant, it’s been a tough year with more uncertainty ahead.

Delivery

EATER

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Originally opened in 1976 as a partnership between Aisenstat and restaurateur Rod Gardiner, the tropical location of the chain followed the initial success of another co-owned business venture, Kobe Japanese Steak House, also in Waikīkī, which closed in 2020. Shelves of antique books accent various corner booth seatings.”

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

However, according to a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank, 37 percent of all Americans could not cover an unexpected $400 expense without going into debt. doubled the number of ghost kitchens worldwide since June 2020. Both indoor and outdoor seating is available. ” Nathan's Gets the Ghost.

Franchise

EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Checkerboarding” dates to the mid 1800s, when Navajos were forced onto reservation lands and assigned individual plots for subsistence farming, while other parcels were sold to railroad companies and private citizens. In the summer of 2020, piñon pickers were regularly selling nuts to local traders in Gallup for $15 a pound.

Retail

EATER

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The versatility of Piot-Sevillano champagnes and a brand new tasting center for the independent house, with views overlooking the vines and the Marne valley, is what led Christine Scher-Sévillano and her husband to start offering gastronomic picnics in 2020. Au Bon Manger (Reims). Starting from $26 for lunch). Sacré Burger (Reims).

Back of House

EATER

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Some of the restaurant’s familiar secluded booths remain, but much of the open space creates an atmosphere more suitable for groups thanks to larger tables, canary-colored banquette seating, and specially designed tables that can be easily pushed together. Mike Johnston retired in 2020, leaving Bob and Mark as its sole owners.

Dine-in

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

While TouchBistro has previously partnered with providers of loyalty solutions, this acquisition will provide the company with a proprietary solution that is much more deeply integrated into the TouchBistro platform and its ecosystem of products like Online Ordering and Reservations. ” Tyga Bites Launches. .

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

From food preparation to the seating and interaction with staff, Taffer’s Tavern will be a worry-free dining experience.” website and a winner will be announced on Independence Day, July 4, 2020. The new Rye location will have approximately 20 indoor seats and outdoor seating for 60.

Franchise

Future Food

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Food & Hospitality Restaurant Openings & a Taste of What Was 2020. A part of saying goodbye to 2020, our group of culinary colleagues shared dinner at Ish last Saturday evening. Making the reservation was easy, the booking was re-confirmed with a personal call at 3pm and via an email at 4pm last Saturday.

2020

Restaurant Clicks

JUNE 3, 2021

Lulu’s is a fantastic place to gather with friends, and we highly recommend making reservations. For weeks with predicted beautiful weather, we recommend making those reservations as far in advance as possible. Make a Reservation. restaurant received a 2020 Michelin Bib Gourmand. Make a Reservation. Laos in Town.

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