Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors. 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.”

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

That’s not just due to safety and health concerns ( ball pits are known to be bacterial cesspits ). By the end of 2021, dine-in visits to fast food chains had fallen to just 14 percent of restaurant traffic, compared to 28 percent pre-pandemic, according to the market research firm NPD Group. Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find one.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind.

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Once the lockdown restrictions were lifted, many people were still concerned about their health and safety when dining at restaurants. The company focuses on online ordering, and it also works with many restaurants, bars, food halls, ghost kitchens, and other food and beverage restaurant and venues. Total Food Service , September 2021.

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Culinary Digital

AUGUST 10, 2021

With an increasing demand for safety and hygiene, the foodservice industry needed to prioritize the health and safety of these communities. Things have changed, where restaurants make dining rooms adaptable features through steps like adding seating times and dividers to define personal space better.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Restaurants had to quickly adapt by adding outdoor seating while creating an inviting atmosphere, as well as offering the same experience your customers are used to receiving at your establishment via delivery and takeout. Intuit reports that by 2021, the gig economy will surge and add 9.2 Shyam Rao, CEO and Cofounder, Punchh.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The ezCater Catering Growth Platform is uniquely designed to help restaurants get incremental catering orders and manage their catering operations. The design includes dining room seating zones, dedicated third-party delivery and pickup shelving, a closed kitchen, digital menu boards and a redesigned logo. "The

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

Introducing cloud kitchens , commercial facilities purpose-built to produce food specifically for delivery. These commissary kitchens are sometimes also known as ghost kitchens, shared kitchens , or virtual kitchens with the delivery-only food brands operating within them called virtual restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their opinions on what we can expect in 2021. As restaurants begin to gather more data, we will see the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation to drive safety and growth. Our outlook for 2021 is optimistic. Here are their responses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Jockey Hollow Bar + Kitchen's Chris Cannon. Most of us go into the business under-funded and therefore not ready for a “rainy day” Something a lot less serious than COVID, such as hurricane damage or a kitchen fire, could put many permanently out of business. We learned how vulnerable an industry this is.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

US Foods Ghost Kitchens. launched US Foods Ghost Kitchens, a program designed to guide restaurant operators every step of the way when opening their own operation, helping them easily add a new revenue stream. US Foods Holding Corp. We help the operator through every major decision.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 26, 2020

It is difficult to argue with safety precautions designed to keep people well and thwart the spread of the virus. _John Lanchester. [] THE MAGIC OF WORKING IN A PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN HAS LOST ITS SHINE. HERE’S TO A VERY PROMISING 2021. You notice it when it’s there, and you particularly notice it when it isn’t.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

We are offering restaurateurs the opportunity to operate a second brand within their existing brick and mortar location, increasing their bottom line by also becoming a virtual kitchen owner.” DeliverThat also released an extensive driver education program to ensure the level of quality and safety during current Covid-19 conditions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

Noodles & Company Launches Ghost Kitchen. Noodles & Company launched its first ghost kitchen test in Chicago. Noodles & Company's Humboldt Park ghost kitchen is located at 3220 W. This expansion is part of the brand's established presence in the market and increases its off-premise capabilities.

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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. Aramark Creates Safety Plans. ” Examples of safety and service enhancements include: A culture of safety and wellbeing for employees and customers. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2020

The transaction is subject to the approval of Postmates stockholders, regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q1 2021. BurgerFi’s estimated 2021 net company revenues and 13.6x BurgerFi’s estimated 2021 adjusted EBITDA of $10.5 Its new Business Dining 2.0

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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. We are excited to support their mission to help independent restaurants optimize online ordering and generate incremental revenue from under-utilized kitchens.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2021, Laura added the Wendy’s brand to her role with responsibility for implementing Develop­ment Days and quarterly business plans for TSFR’s 56 Wendy’s restaurants. Sandy is a graduate of Walsh College with a Bachelor’s of Accountancy and accomplished the designation of Certified Scrum Master in 2017.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2021

The announcement comes after the COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges for the hospitality industry, particularly for restaurant General Managers who grappled with unprecedented obstacles, such as labor shortages, customer and employee safety, and supply chain delays.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Thus far in 2021, the company has expanded across Las Vegas at the Convention Center, LINQ Hotel, and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder Casino, as well as reopened with the unveiling of the new Virgin Hotel. In 2021 thus far, 13 new operators have signed on for 154 units, bringing the total to 35 operators and 420 units open or in development.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority. Taffer's Tavern, the new full service tavern concept created by Jon Taffer, signed a multi-unit franchise deal with Cuisine Solutions, a manufacturer of sous vide foods, to bring the ‘Kitchen of the Future’ to the D.C.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

DD Green Achievement restaurants, which were designed to save between 15 to 20 percent of energy use as compared to traditional Dunkin’ restaurants, have proven to save approximately 33 percent of energy use, on average, when compared to conventional Dunkin’ locations, outperforming design anticipations.

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EATER

JUNE 14, 2023

Joules Garcia When Valeria Socorro Velazquez Lindsten set out to reopen her acclaimed Chicago bakery in a new space, she found raising money was only half the battle When the lease on Valeria Socorro Velazquez Lindsten’s bakery was up in summer 2021, she began remodeling an old dry cleaner up the road to build out her dream shop.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Restaurants and event spaces can offer consumers incentives to book post-holiday parties in the spring months of 2021. When it comes to contactless technology, more than half (51 percent) Americans want to use mobile ordering directly from their seats, versus 18 percent self-service kiosk at concessions, 3.8 ” 15.9

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Diners might not notice these shortages — many restaurants make it their mission to operate in a way that obscures any difficulties in the kitchen — but if you look closely, you’ll see them: Menus are slimmer, because ingredients erratically come and go from suppliers’ lists. The Great Material Shortage.

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EATER

JULY 6, 2022

The livestock program that Algiere inherited included thousands of animals, with pigs, sheep, and goats, as well as a poultry operation with chickens, geese, and turkeys — all part of larger symbiotic system designed to foster a virtuous cycle of rich soil, healthy animals, diverse crops, and delicious meat and eggs.

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EATER

MAY 16, 2024

Just recently, KNEAD Hospitality + Design , which operates more than a dozen restaurants in the DC area, introduced reimbursement of childcare costs — up to $1,800 per quarter — for salaried employees, which comprise 110 of their 920 staff members. Adriana Sanchez is a freelance character designer and illustrator based in Los Angeles

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

65 percent wipe down bathroom and kitchen surfaces. However, by 2021, nearly 50 million people will be using food delivery apps. Other findings of note in the Digital Trust & Safety Index include: New ways to pay, new ways to steal : The most common payment type associated with fraud? 47 percent wipe door knobs and handles.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature top foods of 2021, customer satisfaction, the Good Food 100 and shopping sentiments, State of the Plate. Unlike 2020, diners opted for the plant-based versions of delivery classics so far in 2021. Thai Thani – 2021 NW Market St B, Seattle, WA 98107. Top Side Dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.). Chick-fil-A.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

For the respondents who reported having outdoor seating (or planned to add outdoor seating soon) and whose climates allow them to seat people outdoors nine or fewer months of the year, the decision to “weatherize” the patio for the colder weather was split. ” Off-Premise Focus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Subject to satisfaction of the conditions, completion is anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2021. Rentable storage space designed to store equipment and perishable products. Bright, naturally lit, spacious walkways and seating areas comfortable to roam between or work from. F&B Shared Workspace Opens.

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