Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2023

There is a widespread new appreciation for restaurants, an encouraging sign for the future, according to The Bank of America 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report. How would you characterize 2022 for restaurants? In 2021, restaurants saw a rebound, leading many to approach 2022 with rose colored glasses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Fast forward to 2022. Who makes the magic happen?

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Foodable

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Listen to "Digital Consumer Trends 2022" on Spreaker. Startups will need to focus on quality and innovation to overcome labor, technology, and equipment challenges when building out their units. Brands will need to continue to enhance their digital business to keep consumers connected in order to create loyalty and drive sales.

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Foodable

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this session from Fast Casual Global , host Paul Barron chats with Josh Chanin, Energy Efficiency Consultant of California Energy Wise and Jonah Goldman, Co-founder, Director of Strategic Marketing of PLNT Burger , to explore the reasons why emerging and startup brands are the new pioneers on how restaurants will be created.

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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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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. Technology has clearly played a huge role in restaurant modernization, especially in light of the pandemic.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 1, 2022

Advertised as a place for “uninterrupted private meetings between decision-makers and solution providers,” BITAC allows for several in-depth conversations between attendees and suppliers of equipment , furnishings, and technology needed to scale and sustain a restaurant business. Topics: Restaurant Equipment and Technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2022

The entire industry was forced to adopt a decade’s worth of delivery and curbside technology in a matter of months just to stay functional as consumers first battled lockdowns and later their own hesitancy to return to dining-in. Consumers too squeezed the industry, particularly in the early days of the pandemic.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Other casual dining concepts involve similar investments; for example to open a Chilis franchised unit the opening cost is $3.4 Wendy’s is among the most expensive fast food restaurant franchises, at an approximate cost of $2.8 Restaurant equipment and signs. The total investment to open a Buffalo Wild Wings ranges around $3.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. The new model will launch in 2022 and enables the company to advance work-life-balance for employees, while enhancing the workability and connectivity of the Restaurant Support Center teams.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

JULY 29, 2022

Restaurant robotics is a term that is used to describe the use of technology in restaurants to automate certain tasks. And even though there are only 1 service robots for every 1,500 restaurants (globally, as of 2022), many are coming out of the prototype phase and can do almost anything a human can.

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Transact

OCTOBER 25, 2022

But Taco Mac’s road to growth faces many of the same challenges that other brands are encountering in 2022: labor has never cost more, and it’s difficult to properly staff a restaurant in order to keep up with demand. Having TransAct as a partner when it comes to equipment and certain software is a big help to us,” Everett says. “As

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

A 1,400-square foot model without interior seating is also currently in development and will be equipped with a drive-thru and walk-up order window. Pieology, top photo, welcomed a new franchise group that will begin opening a number of Pieology’s fast-casual dining locations in Ohio. " Pielogy Expands in Ohio.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

With drive-thru equipped buildouts as low as 1,200 sq. The fast-casual brand continues to grow amid the pandemic and is on track to open more than 30 restaurants this year. The program’s goal is to create 100 Black-owned franchise restaurants by the end of 2022 and to continue growing that number.

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Restaurant365

JULY 8, 2021

.” In addition, across all major segments, from fine dining to quick service restaurants to fast casual, owners and operators reported that “off-premises dining represents a larger proportion of sales than it did pre-coronavirus.” ” In fact, P.F.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Notably, not enough investment in technology and digital transformation. Simultaneously, economic challenges have placed increased financial scrutiny on brands, compelling them to reevaluate their loyalty technology as a whole with a focus on how to do while ensuring smooth transition for guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

The transaction marks the addition of the first fast-casual concept to Yum! “The Habit Burger Grill is a sweet spot within fast-casual because of its delicious California-inspired menu with premium ingredients at a QSR-like value, strong unit economics and tremendous untapped growth potential in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Eight months after the acquisition by Capriotti’s, Wing Zone is rolling out a brand refresh which features technology upgrades, a revamped menu, an energized restaurant design and experience, a new logo and other assets designed to further position the brand as one of the undisputed leaders in the chicken wing category.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

We’re excited to open our first restaurants near our headquarters in west Michigan in 2022.” We are now even more equipped to take on challenges,” Elliott said. As first-time franchisees, the duo is ready to open their first location by Q1 of 2022, with plans to open four more locations each following year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

." Pandemic Pivots Become Permanent The temporary "pivots" developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings, and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry's "new normal." San Francisco only saw approximately 2 percent growth.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 30, 2022

As a restaurateur, if you wish to beat the competition, you need to invest in modern business technology to help you differentiate yourself from others. One such new-age technology is the restaurant point of sale (POS) system. With the advancement in technology, the scope for restaurant POS systems has become quite widespread.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Among the highlights: On or Off Prem Same-store catering transactions increased +71 percent in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Overall, “large parties,” or a party with eight or more guests, had a +2 percent increase in same-store transactions in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. emerges, top tech investment for 2024.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Greek from Greece (gfg) Café, the authentic Greek fast casual phenomenon, recently opened its fifth New York location at 100 Purchase Street in Rye. “Gfg is the leading brand in the Greek fast-casual cuisine, but it also has innumerable benefits for franchisees,” said Dan Rowe, CEO of Fransmart.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Sandra (Sandy) Reinhardt: Vice President of Information Technology | 30 years. She moved to information technology in 1994 where she was instrumental in putting in the first network and email system for SBCI. She is now responsible for all aspects of technology across the Schostak family of companies and office.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

The majority of fast-casual and fine dining operators are meeting this challenge head-on by adding new offerings monthly,* driving increased competition with bar-and-grill operators. billion and focused exclusively on providing capital to rapidly growing, capital efficient software and other technology companies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

by 2022 through Starbucks first supply chain Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with a solar farm in Virginia. Seven i fast casual restaurants will begin offering Tractor Beverage Company's Certified Organic, Non-GMO and All-Natural beverages. PathSpot Teams with Opus. PathSpot Hand Scanner. Tractor Adds Pouring Partners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Restaurant brands (in four categories including pizza, fast-casual, fast food, out-of-home coffee) representative of each of the quadrant values include: The Loyalty Map Multiple. Other driving factors include increasing internet penetration, growing transactions through ecommerce, and increasing advancements in technologies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

On the ordering side, the brand improved its signage for to-go orders and is also planning to leverage technology with the rollout of a new online ordering system. The first of the three new restaurants is slated to open in Jacksonville in spring of 2022. Chris Dull. and worldwide.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2020

Fast-food restaurants also took a hit, down 1.5 These services will account for 70 percent of all delivery orders by 2022, with the user base expected to increase 53 percent by 2024. At fast-food restaurants, 70 percent of the meals Americans consumed were of poor dietary quality in 2015-16, down from 75 percent in 2003-04. .

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