Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Adaptability became non-negotiable as takeout, delivery, and digital ordering shifted from secondary revenue streams to essential lifelines." Self-ordering kiosks, QR codes, mobile apps and loyalty reward cards have created more personalized experiences, which increase the likelihood customers will return.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The tool from the East Coast vegan chain — a digital take on a split-flap mechanical display that appears on its website and in the chain’s ordering app — estimates the amounts of water, land, CO2, and oil saved by eating vegan burgers. The “ PLNT Impact Tracker ” on PLNT Burger’s website wants you to think about what you’re eating.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Those priorities include increased marketing and sales efforts alongside new benefits and programs to attract and retain staff. However, the industry has renewed optimism, driven by the adoption of digital and mobile ordering, menu creativity and heightened expectations around AI. Franchise 2.0:

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Photo: Shutterstock Made-to-order food, value offerings, loyalty programs. Increasingly, however, they are becoming the hallmarks of convenience-store foodservice programs. Made-to-order food is now second only to gas as a driver of c-store visits. By Heather Lalley on Jun.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 8, 2025

Earlier this week, Domino’s brought back its “Best Deal Ever,” a $9.99, any-pizza offer when customers order them online. Traditional pizza chains have long competed on price, because consumers generally have little brand loyalty. The entire quick-service pizza sector grew by just 0.93% in 2023. price point.

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Lavu

JULY 4, 2025

From self-order kiosks to real-time kitchen display systems, digital solutions are reshaping the way these restaurants operate. Here’s how technology is making it possible in 2025: Self-Service Kiosks : Reduce order wait times by 40%, shrink queues by 25–40%, and increase average check sizes by 30%. The impact?

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Lavu

JUNE 30, 2025

A well-designed POS system improves restaurant operations by streamlining order management, speeding up transactions, and delivering real-time insights that help optimize every aspect of the business. Enhances Order Accuracy: Directly sends orders to the kitchen, cutting mistakes by 25% and improving customer satisfaction.

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2025

Metric Application Sales Velocity Helps adjust ingredient orders based on seasonal demand. In 2023, the restaurant reviewed past summer POS data and found some interesting trends: sales jumped by 60% in August, and specific drinks saw a 45% increase between March and July. Customer Flow Identifies busy times to better schedule staff.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Why Lavu is the Best POS System for Pizza Restaurants: Custom Pizza Ordering Made Easy Lavu simplifies complex orders, enabling quarter-by-quarter customization and accommodating unique customer requests. Its industry-leading 91 NPS score reflects high customer satisfaction and loyalty. Heres what to look for when choosing one.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." The pandemic made speed, accuracy, and seamless ordering non-negotiable.

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SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

At the beginning of 2024, the NRA reported that 73% of operators expected profit to be less or the same over the year, with 38% saying they didn't make any profit in 2023. Handhelds enable servers to take orders and payments at the table instead of running to and from the POS, making them twice as efficient.

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SpotOn

JULY 8, 2025

But Chef Mangiduyos is most at home tweaking Spam musubi with pickled Daikon and preparing catering orders of Kalua pork and Mac Salad that transport diners to Hawaii without the plane ticket or jet lag.    After many years of combined hospitality experience, Khara and Andy opened their brick and mortar in 2023.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 14, 2025

Stuff your website with keywords and other content that relates to what prospective customers are likely to be looking for, and watch the orders roll in. Google is a main thoroughfare for restaurant discovery, with more than 60% of consumers using the search engine to get restaurant information, according to a PYMNTS study from 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Another case showed how a bad actor was able to access 400 different accounts on a single device in order to consume thousands of dollars worth of promotions in just 30 days. In fact, in a 2023 Coast survey on animal fats, half the sample of 1,000 respondents gave a thumbs-up to animal fats for taste and versatility in the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

COGS Are Key as Hiring Pressures Decline In 2024, 16 percent of operators say analyzing and managing the cost of goods and services and supplier and vendor management are top pain pointscompared to 12 percent in 2023. Fast food dominates takeout, with 60 percent of Americans choosing it as their preferred option for ordering meals at home.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2025

Despite the fact that consumers are paying more to visit and order from restaurants this year – 12.5 28 percent of consumers say they are ordering takeout and delivery more frequently than last year. Additionally, households making less than $50k ordered takeout and delivery far less frequently than their wealthier peers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Off-Premises Dining Is Essential Nearly 75 percent of all restaurant traffic now happens off-premises—meaning that almost three out of four restaurant orders are taken to go. More than 60 percent say they’re ordering off-premises more often than a year ago. Older adults still prefer in-person ordering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Among full service operators, about half reported automating everyday business operations, with online ordering (57 percent) being the most common automation, followed by invoicing (54 percent) and email marketing (53 percent). One strategy for reducing costs has been the increased use of technology.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 22, 2025

2023 Market Correction vs 2025 Market Drop Although the tariffs are not expected to directly impact restaurant costs as much as other sectors, the runoff effects of the downturn have affected the revenue of hospitality businesses across the industry. Between July 31st and October 27th, 2023, the stock index fell from 4,588 to 4,117, a -10.3%

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. In 2023, we can anticipate businesses really focusing in on value and doing what they can to attract and retain both employees and guests. For part one, click here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In 2023, the restaurant industry faced several challenges and made some missteps along the way. As with most other industries, the biggest talking point for restaurants in 2023 has been artificial intelligence. Co-founder, Carbonate Looking back at 2023, I witnessed a significant shift in how restaurants approach loyalty programs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. This will enable brands to better manage off-premises orders and balance their hybrid operating models. Loyalty will continue to get more personal and less transactional.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For many, that solution lies in technology such as self-service kiosks, QR codes, and online ordering. Come 2023, it will be increasingly important for restaurants to factor technology into their budgets to adapt to the changing economic landscape and better meet consumer demand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2023

In February 2023, our Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) data analytics team advised on the benefits of attracting and keeping frequent diners. According to our Q1 2023 survey , frequent users were not just visiting QSRs; they planned to keep visiting. But don’t just take our word for it. Why does this matter to your bottom line?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2024

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on summer restaurant employment, indecisiveness ordering, online ordering trends, and the world's best cities for food. percent stating these hikes have changed their ordering decisions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 10, 2024

According to September 2023 numbers from the National Restaurant Association , 49 percent of restaurants reported year-over-year increases in same-store sales. economy demonstrated resilience in 2023—with GDP, employment rates and consumer spending remaining relatively stable or even growing. Coffee in 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2023

Enhance Your Digital Presence Grubhub projects 40 percent of restaurant orders in 2023 will take place online. Create or enhance your website and make sure you offer an “order online” option that is easy to find. Manages orders at peak hours so the kitchen isn’t overwhelmed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With both restaurants and guest feeling the effects of inflation, tipping has become a topic of confusion and intrusion for diners, according to Restaurants: Consumer Trends Fall 2023/Winter 2024 , a report produced by Provoke Insights in collaboration with Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. Pizza Ordering Predictions HungerRush released the results of a national dining survey on 2024 pizza ordering predictions for The Big Game (February 11) and National Pizza Day (February 9).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. Nothing is fraud proof.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Surging prices have been top of mind for consumers for two years and counting, leaving restaurant leaders questioning how inflation might influence diners’ behavior and overall spending habits, including their usage of digital ordering and third-party delivery apps– both of which gained momentum during the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, given the current circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability and impending recession in 2023 , traditional norms are shattered. With integrated point-of-sale (POS) systems, the entire dining process is streamlined, from when customers order to when they pay for their meals. Ordering screens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2024

Many operators are starting to realize that this omni-channel approach is increasingly essential to guest engagement in order to ensure they’re top of mind from the moment customers discover your restaurant (which often begins online) until well after their meal ends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Restaurant operators have scrambled to launch loyalty programs and subscription services in recent years – capitalizing on new technology to keep that “old” customer, often 16x more valuable than a new one. The younger generations were also the most likely to order takeout and dine in. Hint: rewards help.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

. – Frances Allen, President and CEO, Checkers Brand loyalty took priority in 2023. Building these relationships with customers is key to attracting new guests and fostering long-term brand loyalty across locations. – Christine Barone, President, Dutch Bros. – Joe Hand Jr.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Of those surveyed, 68 percent compare prices before making a menu choice, and 67 percent know the price of the menu item they’re ordering. We recommend incorporating the following strategies in your 2023 planning: Schedule regular value messaging into your 2023 marketing calendar. Take advantage of loyalty programs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

Brands find themselves at a pivotal juncture, where they have the opportunity to both captivate customers and secure their loyalty through a thoughtful blend of innovation and tradition. Additionally, digital menus and order-ahead options enhance convenience and offer personalized customization.

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