Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Here are our best guesses for the business trends of 2021. Part of its upsurge comes from off-premise dining becoming widely adopted due to the pandemic, but there’s been an overall uptick in digital sales that’s helped drive-thrus gain significant traction. 2020 has been quite a learning experience. of total sales (4).

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Focus POS

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Read on to discover the five restaurant industry trends for 2021 and beyond. This way, staff no longer had to spend time taking orders over the phone and could help with sanitization efforts or assist limited staff in the kitchen. It goes without saying that in 2021, online ordering is here to stay. Outdoor Dining.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 23, 2021

To offer a truly immersive dining experience, let your guests indulge more than just their taste buds the next time they visit your restaurant. Establish a sense of arrival with unique signage and seating for guests waiting for tables, like London, U.K.-based In fact, color alone can influence up to 90% of a guest’s initial impression.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Takeout is Taking Over. How quickly can third-party delivery groups get in and out of the food and beverage space? From a safety perspective, communal tables can be easily adjusted based on current CDC recommendations as certain seats and portions of the table can be blocked off to limit capacity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2021

With increased talk of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the rise of the Delta variant , restaurant owners are still adapting their dine-in operations to keep up with the times. As a part of this process, many operators have once again turned to outdoor dining as a lifeline to help recover lost revenue and make customers feel at ease.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 6, 2021

Factors to Incorporate in Your 2021 Restaurant Forecasting. Restaurant forecasting isn't really a "nice to have" - it's a step all successful restaurateurs have to take. When successful, they keep a restaurant in the black - but they require time, dedication, and a good bit of math to get right. Tools to Help Restaurant Forecasting.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Indoor Dining Blueprint Governor Cuomo recently announced their new blueprint for indoor dining , which somewhat opens up indoor-only restaurants to the public. And restaurants also pose possible risks, concentrations of people inside [for] indoor dining. What support is available for New York restaurants 1.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2020, the pandemic forced over 111,000 bars and restaurants in the United States to close permanently, severely impacting the drinking and dining scene abandoned last winter. Guests do not want to simply walk through a doorway and be seated in the corner, away from the excitement.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Enjoy a buckeye football game, go to the zoo, or take a stroll through the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. If you’re interested in celebrating special occasions, Columbus has plenty of restaurants with private dining available. Check out our list for the best private dining options in Columbus, Ohio!

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

With so many people out in a sea of stars and stripes on the 4th of July, how do you get them to come to your restaurant? The right 4th of July specials will drive traffic to your restaurant, helping you take advantage of one of the biggest celebrations of the year. The short answer is offering enticing 4th of July specials.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Maybe it’s to take your grandmothers’ recipes to the masses. You have the advantage of a built-out kitchen with equipment, bars and dining rooms, technology, parking lots, and more. With restaurant startup costs restaurant startup cost averages at $275,000 or $3,046 per seat for a leased building, According to Sage accounting.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We started the Restaurant Growth Podcast in 2021 to provide a platform for the best and brightest minds in the restaurant and hospitality industry. We wanted to take a look back and highlight some of our favorite moments during our first season. This will make sure you're not putting them out into the world.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

to keep customers in the know as to their location’s dining modifications, designated a Sanitation Team Member at every location to ensure safety and sanitation measures were being met, and for those dining with us, we completed a sanitation checklist to provide insight into the efforts we take to keep our communities safe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2022

COVID shut down the hospitality industry from March of 2020 to mid-2021. I don’t have one client who has all the servers necessary to run their operations, which results in a lot of complaints about long waiting times once the guest is seated. Very often service slows down when we seat parties of eight or more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2023

The client was an integral part of the design process from the very early stages until the final close out. The project was originally concepted in 2017, went on hold in 2020 and began construction in 2021. Two-story high windows that extend up to the second floor classrooms so that other students can peer in.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

And now, with vaccinations on the rise and looser restrictions in place, Father’s Day 2021 presents a perfect opportunity for your restaurant to go big. Just follow our Father’s Day preparation and marketing tips, and dad will have no eggscuse not to take advantage of your Father’s Day specials.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Connecting restaurant industry trends to your business growth and foodservice reach in 2021 This article sheds insights into what restaurant operators can learn from key restaurant industry trends in consumer behavior and foodservice operations in 2021 to keep their restaurants accessible to consumers and secure the bottom line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As we head into the holiday season, we expect consumers to return to in-restaurant dining with enthusiasm. Digital waitlists and reservations help consumers minimize wait times at restaurants to get seated sooner upon arrival. At Arepitas in Round Rock, TX, Yelp user Emely T. That didn't hinder the service.”

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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. 43 percent plan to add an outdoor on-site dining space. "What

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 11, 2021

When your business is located in an affected region, the federal minimum wage takes a back seat to the state or city rate. Minimum Wage Rates for 2021 by State. state minimum wage rates for 2021 and the planned increases: Alabama: $7.25/hour state minimum wage rates for 2021 and the planned increases: Alabama: $7.25/hour

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Culinary Digital

AUGUST 10, 2021

Dining out not only evokes cherished memories and family traditions, but it also gives senior living residents one of life’s greatest pleasures. Amid the COVID pandemic, foodservice operators might have ramped up outdoor dining and curbside pickup. in the forecast period of 2021 and 2026.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 26, 2021

Our guide will help take some of the labor out of Labor Day for you and your staff! Like most holidays that fall on a Monday, people use Labor Day to take advantage of the three-day weekend to travel. While Labor Day is a day off for those in the corporate world, it’s the opposite for the hospitality industry. All hands on deck?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 10, 2021

With pandemic-related restrictions being eased and dine-in being allowed again, restaurant owners are in need of a lot of staff. If patrons are dining in, they can simply include a table number when they place their order so that the food can be brought to where they are seated. million jobs (12 percent) short.

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Future Food

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Melbourne based dining barriers to meet covid safe requirements (Image via Facebook). 2021 is going to be, in the parlance of your local footy team, a rebuilding year. On the other hand, there are significant doubts as to whether international tourists will balance out Aussies going abroad.

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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. consumers being new to ordering meal delivery services (up from 47 percent in March 2021). meal delivery consumer spending.

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to. 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

JULY 31, 2020

Anyone who has worked the back of the house at a popular restaurant knows how chaotic the kitchen can feel during a restaurant “rush” hour—knives, spoons, and spatulas being swung around, glassware flying, line cooks and sous chefs furiously plating food and sending it out.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 11, 2022

Here is a 2021 Recap of the Indian restaurant industry. . Technological Advances Kick Start 2021 The Indian Restaurant Industry. As the year 2021 approached, everyone preferred to forget about their problems and look forward to a bright and promising future. With that concerts and food festivals started taking place.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As general counsel to over a dozen restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and Orange County, I have seen a lot of changes since the first shutdown orders came out in March. How will the restaurant survive if seating capacity is reduced to 50 or 25 percent long term? However, the PPP Loans were only a stop gap measure.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Maybe it’s to take your grandmothers’ recipes to the masses. You have the advantage of a built-out kitchen with equipment, bars and dining rooms, technology, parking lots, and more. With restaurant startup costs restaurant startup cost averages at $275,000 or $3,046 per seat for a leased building, According to Sage accounting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With many restaurants closed for in-person dining on and off throughout the pandemic, the food service industry shifted to delivery and takeout as a business imperative. As we venture further into 2021, here are the trends from the COVID era we believe are here to stay: Food Safety Will Remain Consumers’ Top Concern.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In addition, pop-up restaurants (100 openings) and seafood markets (84 openings) experienced an increase in openings compared to the same period in 2019, catering to consumers' interests in novel ways to dine and shop for food outside of traditional restaurant experiences.

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Restaurant Clicks

APRIL 8, 2021

But don’t worry, the summer of 2021 will be our big comeback! All of these locations are open for 2021 and currently follow safety guidelines to provide you with the best drinking experiences. . All of these locations are open for 2021 and currently follow safety guidelines to provide you with the best drinking experiences. .

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The Rail

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Restaurant workers were often abused during the apex of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and into 2021. In just eight months, Starbucks worker unions petitions went from practically non-existent in August 2021 to almost 260 by April 2022. Here are our top restaurants stories of 2022. Restaurant Workers Increase Union Efforts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

While many brands will continue to work with third-party delivery services – out of necessity but also awareness – more and more are investing in their O&O apps. This puts the customer in the driver’s seat and removes the reliance and uncertainties on timeliness of delivery offered by third parties.

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EATER

MARCH 2, 2022

Here, Eater looks at all the costs in a popular restaurant dish to see what goes into it, and how much profit comes out. To Patricia Howard and Ed Szymanski ( 2021 Eater New Guard ), closing their Manhattan restaurant for the weekend makes total sense. I could make this dish at home for $5,” goes the refrain. It’s certainly unusual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In terms of trends, it is clear that in 2023 technology will continue to shape and enhance the restaurant industry and we will see operators adopting new technologies to create an even more seamless and frictionless experience for guests, while still maintaining unique and engaging dining experiences. For part one, click here.

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