Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2025

More than half (54 percent) of independent restaurant owners report making half as much or less than this same time last year, according to a report from Alignable with 51 percent saying customer spending is “much lower” than 2024. The only path to successful innovation is through collaboration with manufacturing partners.

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Supplies Operations Food Supply Consumer Goods 221

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

The year 2024 promises a journey of adaptation and fierce competition for the restaurant industry as it manages stronger-than-expected economic data and slowing inflation while dealing with the headwinds of short labor supply, more demanding customers and an uncertain political environment. The key lesson both establishments teach?

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2024 Customer Experience Compost Loyalty Program 473

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Revenue growth in 2024 was largely driven by menu price adjustments. Although concerns about customer sensitivity influenced pricing decisions, only 9 percent of restaurants did not change prices in 2024, down 19 percent from 2023, indicating a stronger shift towards strategic price increases. Labor costs continue to rise.

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the dynamic world of culinary innovation, 2024 marks a pivotal year where technology intertwines with the art of dining. These intelligent systems streamline food preparation, optimize cooking processes, and even facilitate communication among kitchen staff. is redefining kitchen operations.

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2024 Technology Kitchen Safety Website Management 368

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 23, 2024

According to the 2024 Technomic Breakfast Study , waffles are seeing a surge in popularity beyond breakfast—now appearing in appetizers, snacks and even desserts with operators realizing an economic boost. “Waffle-omics” is a term we use at Golden Waffles. It really is so easy to innovate around waffles.

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Back of House Seasonal Menu 2024 Customer Experience 221

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

The discussion included food, beverage, nutrition, lifestyle and unique aspects of boutique and high volume foodservice. Food trucks that bring food to patrons where they live and work has become a part of everyday life. Today’s restaurant guests are more knowledgeable and food savvy than ever before.

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2024 Food Truck Fast Casual Allergens 474

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Offering Bento Packs for individually portioned meals and a la carte buffet-style trays for customizable group settings, L&L’s catering options bring Hawaiian-style comfort food to events large and small throughout our locations nationwide. As of 2024, over half of U.S.

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2025 Loyalty Program Social Media Fast Casual 419

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of dramatic Valentine's Day shift, best food scenes, and the evolution of c-store foodservice. As they grapple with rising costs across their supply chain, 71 percent of restaurants plan to increase prices this year.

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Marketing Loyalty Program 2024 2025 221

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

We are seeing these healthy living trends impact both menu offerings, with a continued rising interest in plant-based offerings and functional beverages, as well as food packaging, with increased consumer concern around chemicals like PFAs. Personalized Branding: Creating Unique Experiences Personalization is a key theme in 2024.

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2024 Sustainability Consumer Goods Food Supply 275

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

billion transactions and $67 billion in sales in 2024. In 2024, restaurants across the country saw an average five percent increase in transactions and an average eight percent increase in profits with only four percent caused by price hikes. Companies saw a sales boost in 2024 as loyalty transactions increased by over 30 percent.

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Fast Casual Food Point of Sale Mobile Ordering 251

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Technology Integration – Restaurants leveraged AI, IoT, 5G, and quantum computing to optimize operations, enhance inventory management, streamline supply chains, improve food safety, and more. Regulatory Compliance – Staying abreast of evolving food safety regulations remained a persistent challenge in 2023.

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Dietary Restrictions Food Safety Food Supply Food Truck 309

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

According to Business Insider , 60 percent of restaurants who implemented AI technology say it's critical in improving their supply chain process. Moreover, predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms are being utilized for demand forecasting, effectively minimizing food waste and optimizing inventory management.

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2024 Dietary Restrictions Customer Experience Customer Service 309

Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

The fast-food franchisor is asking a federal court to sign off on its decision to terminate Paradigm Investment Group’s franchise agreement. Private-equity firm Savory Fund made a major investment in casual-dining chain Hawkers Asian Street Food. million last year, that’s more than double the next closest chain. Sign up here.

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Operations Leadership 2025 Fast Casual 232

Restaurant Business

JUNE 24, 2025

Hart joins food-and-games investment company Emerging The Chicago-based company is behind Puttshack, F1 Arcade, Flight Club and the upcoming Poolhouse. The growth capital firm behind the food-and-games brands Puttshack, F1 Arcade and Flight Club has added more restaurant industry firepower to its leadership team. Photo: Shutterstock.

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Leadership Food Fast Casual 2025 236

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

The food delivery company said Wednesday that it has acquired Symbiosys, an ad tech company, in a deal valued at $175 million. This is where, especially for restaurants, we’re leading the charge and innovating,” he said. “To By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 11, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn DoorDash also unveiled AI-powered ad targeting.

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Advertising Fast Casual Social Media Leadership 234

Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

2024 was a tough year for restaurants. But it wasn’t quite so bad for fast-casual concepts , which outpaced other categories with 9% growth in 2024, according to Technomic. The salad chain said it also sees opportunity in California, where the fast-food minimum wage is $20 per hour. Members help make our journalism possible.

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Fast Casual Leadership 2025 2024 147

Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

billion and international food delivery service Deliveroo for $3.9 Premium Food An eye on food waste inspires a chicken salad that becomes a best seller Behind the Menu: Millers All Day repurposed leftover breakfast waffles into croutons to create a new signature—the Chicken and Waffle Salad. billion, both in cash.

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Reservations Leadership Advertising 2025 216

Restaurant Business

JUNE 12, 2025

Employees then load the food into a robot and send it on its way. The customer unlocks their food using a code in their delivery app. The company integrates with DoorDash and Uber Eats, and restaurants can opt in to having Coco bots deliver orders placed through those apps. Orders come in like any other delivery order would.

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Delivery Leadership 2025 Advertising 194

Restaurant Business

JUNE 18, 2025

Thompson Street managing partner Bob Dunn described the 130-unit Bubbakoo’s as an “innovative and compelling brand that resonate with a broad and growing customer base.” The New Jersey-based fast-casual chain has been acquired by private-equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners, the company announced Wednesday. Terms were not disclosed.

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Fast Casual Leadership Franchise Franchising 179

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While these tools have so far proven revolutionary as time-savers, the months ahead will reward innovation-minded restaurant leaders willing to go beyond these entry-level AI uses and find new ways to leverage it for improved customer engagement, back-end data processing and more. This will continue with those in the middle getting squeezed.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Consumer Goods 492

Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2025

Premium Food Nick the Greeks Mediterranean Steak Bowl has a fine-dining pedigree Behind the Menu: New executive chef Luis Moreno is elevating the menu without complicating operations for the fast casual’s franchisees, starting with a bowl that pushes the boundaries of flavor.

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Fast Casual Leadership 2025 Loyalty Program 147

Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

And fast-food customers Chef Jonathon Sawyer discusses his Chicago restaurant, Kindling, and his latest TV appearance Are we reaching peak chicken tender saturation on menus? It’s easy to score what’s marketed as a Dubai Chocolate Bar at specialty retail food stores; in New York City a 7-ounce bar sells for about $19. Sign up here.

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Bar Fast Casual Leadership Back of House 165

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

But last week, it revealed that DoorDash Ads reached a $1 billion annual revenue run rate in 2024. The service is less profitable than other channels, and restaurants don’t control the data or the experience once the food leaves the building. The company generated total revenues of $10.7 billion last year.

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Leadership Advertising 2025 Reservations 191

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

The convenience-retailing giant on Wednesday announced a Craveables Value Menu, pitting it in head-to-head competition with fast-food chains also looking to win consumers over with low prices. The prices for both restaurant food and food from grocery and convenience stores rose 0.3% Food prices overall are up 2.9%

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Fast Casual Cash Management Retail Leadership 179

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

The Atlanta-based company is hoping that more modern food and restaurants will help its brands break through with younger consumers. Last June, the 260-unit chain dropped “Restaurant and Bakery” in favor of the more streamlined Perkins American Food Co. That means you can now get boba at Perkins. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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Fast Casual Front of House Back of House Leadership 191

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 19, 2025

Strong demand from the EU and US markets has driven this growth, despite persistent logistical bottlenecks and global supply shortages. increase in volume and a 120% rise in value compared to the same period in 2024. The move underscores a renewed focus on sustainability and innovation in Latin America.

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2025 Café Events Sustainability 119

Restaurant Business

JUNE 27, 2025

Los Angeles has become a hotbed for bagel concepts like Courage Bagels, Hank’s Bagels, the Yeastie Boys food trucks, and more. Premium Operations Sweetgreen wants to shake its reputation for expensive salad The fast-casual chain is working on its value perception in a way that spotlights menu innovation and avoids discounts.

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Fast Casual Franchise Franchising Leadership 165

Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

Newsletter The latest from Restaurant Business, sent straight to your inbox. Sign Up Thanks for signing up! Have consumers moved on?

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Fast Casual Leadership Franchise Franchising 147

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI).

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Hospitality Food Consumer Goods 2019 459

Restaurant Business

JUNE 25, 2025

Premium Food California Pizza Kitchens salad lineup gets a refresh with trendsetting additions Behind the Menu: The casual-dining chain may have “pizza” in its name, but since salads account for 20% of sales, the time was right to innovate with new formats, ingredients and presentations.

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Leadership Fast Casual 2025 Casual 147

Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

With more than 25-years of experience, Secor previously served as senior vice president of operations and training at GoTo Foods. By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 13, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Image courtesy of Restaurant Business Jackie Secor is the new chief operating officer of Taco John’s. Sign Up Thanks for signing up!

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Leadership 2025 Email Marketing Magazine 162

Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2025

Premium Food Nick the Greeks Mediterranean Steak Bowl has a fine-dining pedigree Behind the Menu: New executive chef Luis Moreno is elevating the menu without complicating operations for the fast casual’s franchisees, starting with a bowl that pushes the boundaries of flavor.

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Leadership Fast Casual 2025 Franchise 162

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 27, 2025

Bengaluru, India) Wed, 25 Jun – Conflict in the Middle East may disrupt coffee supply chains and raise costs, although ceasefire holds steady. London, UK) Thu, 26 Jun – USDA cuts world 2024/25 coffee production to 174.4 The 2024 annual report shows certification reaching 1.8 Exports reached US $1.28 million 60kg bags.

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2025 Workshop Events Point of Sale 100

Restaurant Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

Just a few days to go before the 2024 edition of Sigep-The Dolce World Expo, the world’s leading professional event specifically for the dolce foodservice sector and the utmost expression of the most important innovations linked to the gelato, pastry, bakery and coffee sectors.

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2024 Innovation Sustainability Catering 162

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Q4 Restaurant Trends Toast released its Q4 2023 Restaurant Trends report that examined catering activity around the holidays, large events, cold-weather food and alcohol preferences, and weekly tipping trends. Kiosks are the number one order channel to add with 44 percent of brands planning them in 2024.

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Catering 2024 2023 Guest Recovery 251

Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 7, 2023

The Colombian Blend Lactation Coffee bags also contain fenugreek and thistle, which the company says can help to increase supply of breast milk. Next year’s World Brewers Cup and World Cup Tasters Championship to take place at 2024 Specialty Coffee Expo. Lacsnac launches single-serve coffee bags for nursing mothers.

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2024 Beverage 2023 2022 177

SpotOn

MAY 3, 2024

If you work in the food service industry, the National Restaurant Association Show is the place to be. The 2024 National Restaurant Association Show is at McCormick Place , 2301 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL  60616 , Saturday, May 18, 2024 – Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Gordon Food Service, Katom Restaurant Supply Inc.,

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