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. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5 billion from the same period in 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Total restaurant visits were down -6 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019 but were up +23 percent from a year ago, recovering from a -23 percent decline in May 2020. Snack periods, were down -5 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2020, and for a pre-pandemic view, down -11 percent compared to same month two years ago.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Are you trying to differentiate your brand and stand out from the competition? The EV market experienced explosive growth in 2021, which is projected to continue into 2022. billion in 2021 profits for their EVs – more than six times higher than its 2020 earnings. In January, Tesla reported $5.5 onsite charging stations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

The fact is that customers who are uncomfortable and/or allergic to cleaning supplies, paints, insecticides, and other materials used in restaurants will not stay as long or spend as much money. " They have been selected by a growing number of diners who are conscious of cleanliness, safety, and health.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2022

restaurant sector is gaining steam after coming out of a two-year pandemic that shuttered doors and curbed eatery revenues dramatically. Food Delivery Issues. Midway through 2022, COVID-19 is still a problem, albeit nowhere near the size and scope of 2020 and 2021. That’s up from $640 billion in 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

As app-based delivery, drive-through and take-out services surpass indoor dining, not only does providing an excellent customer experience show customers you appreciate their business, but it also enables you to set the stage for customer loyalty that will continue to grow well beyond the pandemic.

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. Safety concerns. Restaurant labor costs are on the rise, adding additional stress to the bottom line, on top of supply chain issues and rising food costs. As of May 2021, limited-service crew wages increased 7.5%

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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. In Love with Tech, but Impatient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Commodities are in demand, but supply is short. Dine-out will continue to drive full-service traffic. Every segment should tighten its belt as consumers plan to dine out less in the future. Nearly three-fourths of respondents reported using the channel at least 1x weekly, a slight decline from May 2021. see below).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Over the last 18 months, restaurants have managed incredibly difficult challenges, primarily driven by having to operate with new, constantly evolving safety guidelines. As the restaurant industry begins to rebuild itself, restaurants are now confronted with supply chain shortages as well as a labor shortage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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EATER

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Supply chain disruptions were a theme of 2021, but thanks to viral recipes, some ingredients were hit especially hard I learned a hard lesson on a recent trip to my local Asian supermarket, Tan A. When I found the shopkeeper and asked him where the Kewpie was, he threw his hands up in disgust: “Sold out!

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. Safety concerns. Restaurant labor costs are on the rise, adding additional stress to the bottom line, on top of supply chain issues and rising food costs. As of May 2021, limited-service crew wages increased 7.5%

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 17, 2022

Just over 20 years on in 2021, Statista estimated that some 4.9 And ultimately, as the coffee sector has developed, technology has become more important across the supply chain. Considering the boom in online ordering, co-ordinating the preparation of coffee and food has never been so important. Guests continue to use less cash.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

That’s why we decided to donate 10 percent of sales of our off-premise take-out and delivery platform to No Kid Hungry. As a result of this trend, we’ve shifted our focus to provide more Take & Bake options and even have plans to launch additional varieties of our Take & Bake breads in early 2021.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. Towards the end of each calendar year, we like to take a look back at how the industry has shifted, the trends that have taken off, and try to pre-empt the future face of the industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Never Take Advantage of the Guest. At Finally Restaurant Group, we take pride in becoming part of the community in exceptional small towns across the country. ” He would never take them for granted with short-sighted decisions like cutting portions and raising prices, however tempting that solution may be.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throws of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Many of the sustainability practices that we were committed to pre-COVID flew out the door when we entered this unprecedented era.

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EATER

JANUARY 19, 2022

This is freaking me out,” one man confided to another, as they circled the area in confusion. In the meat department, the only item in a cooler normally filled with chicken breasts was a sign indicating they were temporarily out of stock “due to recent surges in COVID-19 cases and the resulting labor shortages.”. And then omicron hit.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Sourcing beef and pork from smaller local producers will alleviate some supply chain headaches. November 23, 2021 by Patricia Cobe, Senior Editor Restaurant Business. Protein demand is high as consumers return to dining in, but low supply and increased costs are impacting menu flexibility and profits. .

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EATER

APRIL 20, 2022

Critics say they make food inequity even worse. During the 2018 election campaign that swept her into office, a constituent quizzed her about the spread of dollar stores and the lack of healthy food choices in her district, where the residents are more than 80 percent Black. Fighting ‘Food Deserts’ or Helping Create Them?

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ChefMod

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Even a small vegetable vendor can take orders via some kind of online ordering platform. Automate Cost Allocation Many operators can attest to the numerous number of times they have struggled to create separate primary cost categories for their restaurants, especially Food, Beverages, and Supplies. Well, not anymore.

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Culinary Digital

MAY 16, 2022

Trend #1: Health consciousness, nutrition, & wellness According to research enacted by Statista, 64% of consumers regard healthfulness as a significant factor of consideration when buying food and beverages. In other words, the foodservice industry needs to offer more healthy foods to appeal to growing segments of the consumer population.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

When life presents unexpected expenses, such as urgent car or home repairs, an emergency fund can help keep families afloat, and prevent them from taking on debt or missing payments. There aren’t a lot of products that are transparent about what is in your food.”

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The Food Corridor

MAY 10, 2021

Especially if you are looking to make a difference in your local community, support small food businesses, or run educational programs. Happily, there are sources of funding out there for community-focused projects that aim to give something back to the local food community. March 3, 2021. August 2020.

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

And more and more often, whether we realize it or not, it’s also where we’re ordering our food. Introducing cloud kitchens , commercial facilities purpose-built to produce food specifically for delivery. Food delivery is nothing new, of course. Therefore, they operate behind the scenes and out of sight. billion by 2027.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 3, 2020

First, we know that consumers will continue to regard safety and sanitation in high importance, possibly going towards 2021 (1). Restaurants need to openly communicate their safety standards to their customers and make sure they are being perceived as a safe establishment.” A Safe Environment with a Touch of Convenience.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throes of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Many of the sustainability practices that we were committed to pre-COVID flew out the door when we entered this unprecedented era.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. The founders of Dog Haus – Hagop Giragossian, Quasim Riaz and André Vener – are taking their gourmet hot dogs, sausages, burgers, etc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Because the facility includes a kitchen for restaurants to prepare foods, the only equipment needed to operate a Dickey’s location is a smoker and a warming cabinet. Virtual kitchens handle food delivery and have additional staff at the facility, so the barbecue brand will only need to employ a limited number of team members.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This has led many specialty coffee roasters to partner with dedicated companies who manufacture or fill high-quality capsules for them, rather than taking this on themselves. Read on to find out what they had to say. Allen tells me it takes between 30 and 60 days to fully manufacture, fill, and package capsules.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 31, 2022

The sales picked up during the second half of 2020 due to government initiatives like ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ after the lockdown. The restaurants witnessed the lowest number of diners in the week ending December 13 since the ease of restrictions in May 2021. Timing is an essential aspect of food delivery service.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2022

While 2021 represented a shift back towards normalcy, we haven’t quite recovered as much as we’d like. 2021 Restaurant industry news. 2021 saw the industry continue to rebound from the difficulties of 2020. But staffing shortages and supply chain challenges cut into profit margins and created operational headaches.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In the last year we’ve been able to really focus on growing our off-premise business, and we found that guests enjoy our home-style comfort food in the comfort of their own homes. In fact, the data just came out on November 30) that all marketers (not just restaurants) have been forced to shift their media spend to digital.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 4, 2022

With so much change brought on first by the pandemic and more recently by supply chain and labor crunches, this first stop on Restaurant365’s Restaurant Transformation Tour hit the stage at just the right time. The State of Sales, Staffing, and Food Costs. At the end of 2019, nationwide food and beverage sales reached $864 billion.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Food truck businesses have never been more popular than they are now. In 2020, we saw a significant rise in the number of food trucks. Moreover, since the COVID-19 pandemic, many customers prefer to eat from food trucks rather than restaurants as they are relatively safer. 8 Things To Consider Before Starting Up A Food Truck.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

1), Sonny's BBQ has named three deserving employees to their newly formed Sonny’s Kindness Crew (video at top, each of whom embodies the spirit of BBQ, is passionate about spreading kindness and loves helping out their local community. This year for Giving Tuesday (Dec.

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