Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Although mandated dine-in restrictions have held back all restaurant segments, particularly full service, consumer demand for restaurant meals and the ability to serve the demand with a host of off-premises services, like digital ordering, delivery, drive-thru, and carry-out, are the silver linings that enable the industry to persevere.

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EATER

APRIL 30, 2025

Organize all your orders dine-in, online, and third-party and fulfill them in a flash, right from your POS. In September 2020, amid COVID-related dine-in restrictions, Huang started using its kitchen for a delivery-only pop-up, selling a cross between Nashville hot chicken and Sichuan fried chicken.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In addition to bringing customers to your restaurant, your 2021 marketing should focus on bringing your restaurant to them. Your online menu is the crux of your restaurant’s digital marketing efforts. Everything you do should funnel customers towards your mobile menu to encourage takeout orders. Delivery Apps.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

But as reality of the pandemic sunk in and dining rooms remained closed, it became apparent that ordering delivery and takeout was the best way to help restaurants weather the storm — and there was a significant consumer appetite to do so. By August 2020, Americans reported ordering takeout 2.4

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

The study also uncovers consumers’ QSR competitive positioning, brand preferences, delivery trends, and use of new technology. Sales velocity is now -5 percent vs April 10, 2021. Sales velocity is now -3 percent vs April 10, 2021. Sales velocity is now -7 percent vs April 10, 2021. California.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

Diners are increasingly turning online to get their favorite dishes with same-store pickup orders in the U.S. Diners are increasingly turning online to get their favorite dishes with same-store pickup orders in the U.S. on DoorDash (2021 vs. 2020). on DoorDash (2021 vs. 2020). While Friday at 6 p.m.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

The impact of the global pandemic has fast-tracked the restaurant industry's need for digital ordering, particularly for off-premises dining options. Research company eMarketer forecasts that by the end of 2021, there will be 44.1 million users of food delivery apps in the U.S., and up to 53.9 million by the end of 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In fact, as digital platforms have become more prominent during the pandemic for ordering takeout and delivery, restaurants can use the time their customers spend on their smart phones to their advantage. The Customer Online Journey Needs to be at the Forefront.

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Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Here are our best guesses for the business trends of 2021. Brands like Starbucks are increasing their drive-thru prevalence to accommodate the demand for contactless orders (1). Which brings us to the next point on deliveries. DELIVERY: Food deliveries have soared in the past couple of months. of total sales (4).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 2, 2021

shared insight into customer payment transaction data indicating that the recovery of the full-service restaurant industry continued in the second quarter of 2021. Sales velocity is now +1 percent vs July 17 2021. Sales velocity is now +2 percent vs July 17, 2021. Sales velocity is now +2 percent vs July 17, 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Of course, delivery also spiked, but the underlying thread between each of these dining preferences is the use of mobile for ordering and pick-up. In fact, according to a report by Bluedot , 86 percent of respondents surveyed said they have ordered directly from a restaurant app since the start of the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

On top of that, nearly half of all restaurants offered delivery services during the pandemic. As a result, the use of self-ordering kiosks and QR codes during the pandemic went up by 750 percent, with 77 percent of survey respondents saying they would prefer contactless ordering and payment once the pandemic ends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2021

Since many customers will be interested in ordering takeout this year, you can add your specialty menu on a landing page or directly on your website. Some people will be planning to order from their favorite restaurant for the holiday, but others might be looking for a new restaurant to try. Set menu deal for two. Make It Interactive.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

In just three weeks, they created a native solution that allowed Clover restaurant merchants to enable online ordering for delivery or curbside pickup. This digital innovation has been helpful for small business, with roughly 20 percent of all transaction volume for Clover restaurants running through online ordering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With customers opting for alternatives to dine-in, restaurants adapted to build solutions to offer takeout, delivery and curbside pickup options. The concept goes far beyond a simple online menu or QR code. Every dine-in experience starts with a menu, so having yours available online is the first step to going contactless.

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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. Ghost kitchens are reliant upon another hot trend that will continue into 2022, food delivery. Delivery Options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

Restaurant and bar employment (as of July 2021) remains down by 1.5 Expect to see more self-ordering kiosks already present at Taco Bell, Panera and McDonalds. Home Delivery, Contactless Society, Increased Remote Work and the Gen-Z Digital Generation. million since the start of the pandemic.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Many quick-serve and fast-food restaurants thrived using delivery and drive-thru channels. Technologies like digital menus, QR codes , contactless ordering, and payment at the table suddenly became the norm.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Many quick-serve and fast-food restaurants thrived using delivery and drive-thru channels. Technologies like digital menus, QR codes , contactless ordering, and payment at the table suddenly became the norm.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Delivery and curbside pick-up reduced on-site staffing. The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Digitize Your Ordering Function and Enhance Your Presence. Menus were trimmed to a fraction of original size. Inventory stock changed significantly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2021

But, along the boulevard of online ordering, new locations are built with a handful of pixels, not a truckload of bricks. First, identify a gap in the market—often using a delivery system’s regional data to see which cravings went unsatisfied. New idea, online menu, real food. It’s that’s simple.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 5, 2022

As per a recently published report by Future Market insights, the Takeaway and Delivery Food market is going to witness accelerated demand in the coming years with online food platforms. As restaurants shuttered across the world due to the pandemic in 2020, deliveries and takeout orders soared.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Over the past year, many restaurants have reduced the stress of the system by having consumers order online, by phone or mobile app, while additionally offering curbside delivery at the nearest point of retail. Throughout 2021 and beyond, that answer will largely depend on how restaurants adjust their loyalty programs.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Through stay-at-home orders and extended shutdowns, restauranteurs had to be nimble and creative, relentlessly searching for new business avenues and strategies to keep their businesses afloat. Now that 2021 is only weeks away, we are making predictions on what the new year will bring. Off-Premise Purchases Will Continue to Dominate.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2021

Data acquired about your actual consumers can be used in both online and offline marketing campaigns. Consider online marketing for restaurant engagement to be a long-term commitment. Online Delivery. Online ordering applications should keep the customer's attention and be simple to use. The answer is yes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2022

Multichannel Ordering. One of the biggest COVID-born shifts in the industry was the widespread adoption of technology solutions to streamline the ordering process. Text and online ordering and self-service kiosks enabled with contactless payments became mainstays in franchises. Direct Delivery. Marketing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Looking ahead to 2021, there are three trends we see defining the restaurant and hospitality industry. Therefore, we expect that the “New Normal” of operations will be here to stay at least until summer if not into the fall of 2021. By this point, most restaurants have experimented with their concept and menu to adapt.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Among the other insights: Restaurants expect 62 percent of their revenue to come from takeout or delivery in 2021. 58 percent of restaurants prefer to use their own app or website for delivery. Nearly half of restaurant owners or managers plan to continue offering digital menu access using URL or QR codes in 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2021

QSRs entered 2021 looking much different than they did a year ago, after having made significant and creative changes to their business models in the wake of the pandemic. Operations were changed to support delivery, mobile ordering, drive-thru, and self-service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Overall, the biggest lesson we’ve taken from this unpredictable year is that in order to successfully spread the spirit of BBQ and kindness, we need to be transparent with our communities, engage with our most loyal customers, and be there for them in hard times. Looking Ahead to 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 5, 2022

The restaurant industry lost $240 billion in profits in 2020 , and in 2021 is projected to fall about $167.5 Restaurants that incorporated digital solutions such as contactless ordering and delivery have been able to continue safely serving customers despite closures and shortages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Suddenly, the ability to engage customers digitally – to take orders via apps and websites, to fulfill orders via delivery and curbside pickup, all occurring “outside the four walls” – became existential. In March of 2020, the world changed. Something happened along the way, though.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Additonally, ninety-six percent of operators experienced supply delays or shortages of key food or beverage items in 2021 – and these challenges will likely continue in 2022. Help (Still) Wanted Throughout the Restaurant Industry. While the restaurant and foodservice industry added back 1.7M Roughly half of U.S. Roughly half of U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

According to Tork research, 44 percent of people say they feel good knowing they are supporting local restaurants when they order takeout or delivery. Fifty percent of people who do not order takeout or delivery report meals being too costly as their primary reason. Offer a variety of ordering options for your diners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

The privacy landscape underwent numerous changes in 2020 and will continue to evolve into 2021. Apple has announced plans to restrict its IDFA (identifier for advertisers) in 2021. A majority of restaurants have shut down in-person dining and are relying more heavily on online orders and delivery.

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