Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2020

With social distancing guidelines specifying six feet of distance between customers in essential businesses, and most states ordering stay-at-home and shelter-in-place mandates, many restaurants that previously focused only on exceptional dine-in experiences, or those that thrived on foot traffic, have been forced to shutter.

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Next Restaurants

JUNE 30, 2020

Advertise & Promote Your Restaurant on Social Media. Social media channels like Instagram are more important now than ever. Social media brings people together over distance across the world or even just a few blocks away. Use this time to modify your social media plan.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Delivery and take-out will continue to be the most popular way consumers will get their restaurant meals in a COVID and post-COVID world. One, the new normal will become the old normal, and a takeout- and delivery-first model will become the standard in the restaurant industry. Here are their responses. To read part one, click here.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Your smartphone is your restaurant's media center. It's a full-on media company. Shawn is the host of not one but two podcasts— Digital Hospitality and Restaurant Influencers —and he stopped by ours to talk about creating a media brand out of your restaurant. That smartphone is your media center. Why texting?

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Cheetah

JANUARY 13, 2022

From their humble, though ingenious, beginnings as copper tokens and stamps, through the era of credit card clubs, to today’s mobile apps, loyalty programs have become indispensable marketing tools. 3 rd party delivery apps, ghost kitchens and privately owned franchises are all fighting for the same market share.

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Indoor Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You can update your restaurant marketing plan with some fundamental local restaurant advertising basics, which include: 1. For example, you can advertise lunch delivery discounts if you get a lot of dinner delivery orders but few lunch orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Delivery and curbside pick-up reduced on-site staffing. The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Digitize Your Ordering Function and Enhance Your Presence. Menus were trimmed to a fraction of original size. Archaic and revenue draining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Pizza chains still getting orders via phone 70 percent of the time. People want to know about safety measures in order to know what rules they must follow. Up to date info and employee processes will make the research and dining/ordering experience all the more impressive. Extra side, desert, take-home dressing, etc.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 9, 2020

Marketing your restaurant in a constantly changing digital world can be challenging, but digital marketing is essential both for converting former dine-in customers into takeout and delivery customers, and bringing in new and existing customers when restaurant restrictions are lifted. Enable mobile ordering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Traditional sit-down restaurants and mobile food businesses have uniquely different needs when it comes to insurance. And when it comes to a traditional sit-down restaurant versus a mobile food business, such as a food truck, catering business, or food cart, the insurance needs of both are vastly different and unique. Dram shop law.

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Today, amidst varying local regulations around social distancing, and a restaurant industry trying to stay afloat, diners remain unsure of which restaurants in their area are open and accepting orders. Bring in new diners with these strategies, including using multiple restaurant ordering channels. Create a digital menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Apple has announced plans to restrict its IDFA (identifier for advertisers) in 2021. This will require developers and publishers to obtain permission from users prior to using the mobile ad ID for ad tracking. A majority of restaurants have shut down in-person dining and are relying more heavily on online orders and delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

Marketing messaging must shift to encouraging already loyal customers to come out for contactless access to food, drive-through speediness or free delivery charges. 88 percent of consumers are cooking more meals at home since stay-at-home orders went into effect in March. Breaking down stats from the 700 surveyed consumers.

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The Restaurant Times

MAY 31, 2020

Restaurant brands with a stellar online presence also have the potential to attract more customers and receive more orders. According to statistics, online food delivery revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate of 7.5% Let’s look at how you can establish an online presence for your delivery-only restaurant.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In this third and final part of the guide we’ll walk you through the final steps of creating a memorable concept, getting people talking about your brand and other ways to make your mobile kitchen stand out from the crowd. Create a Solid, Memorable Concept Getting customers to talk about your brand is a powerful strategy for organic growth.

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Restaurant Engine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Offer Delivery. During the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the foreseeable future, your restaurant customers want delivery options. Your diners want convenience, and they want to be safe while ordering food from your restaurant. This has been a fun trend for people and helps take the some of the mystery out of online ordering.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 31, 2020

From setting up the business, warehousing, to establishing a robust delivery structure, a cloud kitchen business ensures fast growth and has a lower footprint than a traditional restaurant. Optimize Your Online Ordering System. In a cloud kitchen business, most of the orders received are via the website/mobile app.

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Foodable

APRIL 21, 2021

On this episode of the Takeout, Delivery, and Catering podcast series, hosts TJ Schier and Sam Stanovich sit down with Fred Morgan, the co-founder of Fired Pie , to explore menu innovation, packaging, and how to leverage social media marketing to drive sales. You have to be mobile,” adds Morgan. “We

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This critical information—such as email addresses, ordering trends, and so on— can help spur business decisions and inform data-driven restaurant marketing tactics. One of the easiest ways is via your online orders – if it’s set up correctly. Get your customers to follow you on social media.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Forty percent of those surveyed in the US and 39 percent in the UK said they would feel safer if they could view the menu from their mobile device, while 35 percent in the US versus 31 percent in the UK would like to be able to pay in the same manner. The US and UK also varied on how they wanted to retrieve take-out orders.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In this third and final part of the guide we’ll walk you through the final steps of creating a memorable concept, getting people talking about your brand and other ways to make your mobile kitchen stand out from the crowd. Create a Solid, Memorable Concept Getting customers to talk about your brand is a powerful strategy for organic growth.

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24/7 Waiter

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Online food ordering has seen exponential growth over the last few years and continues to expand. If you want to increase your sales, an online ordering system for restaurants is crucial. How to Stand Out With so much competition in the food service industry, you need to make yourself stand out to reap the rewards of online ordering.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. In the strictest sense of the term, a ghost kitchen is an off-premise facility for the preparation of food for delivery. How a ghost kitchen works.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Some restaurants were forced to pivot quickly to off-premise channels to deal with local business restrictions, changing menus toward a delivery focus. This adjustment should also include your changes in takeout and delivery sales. Keeping up with the rise of mobile. Finding, training, and retaining staff.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Tools like cloud-based scheduling and centralized mobile apps for employees can help make labor scheduling more efficient. Tools based on accurate inventory, like smart ordering, suggested purchasing amounts, or smart receiving (tracking when vendor ingredient costs are above normal), help maintain the profit margin of individual menu items.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

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Restaurant Engine

MAY 12, 2021

More and more of your restaurant customers are demanding online delivery. The cloud kitchen is a delivery-only restaurant with no space for customers to dine in. You are only dealing with online food orders that customers place through your website, mobile app, or an online food aggregator like Door Dash or Grubhub.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 23, 2021

From placing orders by phone to directly ordering via apps, ordering from restaurants has undergone a revolutionary shift, especially post COVID-19. In the pre-COVID times, online ordering was used to compliment the dine-in services of restaurants. 5 Ways Online Ordering System Enhance Restaurant Sales.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Squirrel has been working with many restaurants to move to take-out/pick-up or delivery only. Tip: Keep the menu simple to make it easier to take orders, and be efficient with using ingredients. Tip: Get a separate online ordering website up and running. Keep it Clean!

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RGU

JANUARY 12, 2020

BY ED SILHAN ​ So why do restaurants see so much value in drive-to-store advertising? Providing in-store tablets and touch-screens to allow for self-serve ordering and implementing digital signage and opening online click-and-collect services are all now quickly becoming de rigueur. On a global scale, the U.S.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Takeout And Delivery. Not every food item is suitable for delivery, nor should it be. Create a separate takeout and delivery menu that is a simplified version of your regular menu. Train your employees on how to properly handle curbside orders and take payment. Online Ordering. Source: Unsplash.

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Restaurant365

MAY 22, 2020

When looking to rebuild your restaurant’s workforce, it is crucial that you advertise your job openings where job seekers are searching. if your restaurant serves more takeout orders than delivery orders, you should schedule your staff to reflect the demand in your leading service type).

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

With orders expected to surge on July 4th, make sure you have the right equipment and restaurant technology to safely accommodate big groups or process more online orders. A mobile POS that you can take tableside to capture customer orders. . Delivery is big business for restaurants right now.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The biggest thing that all Canadians miss about table-service dining is socializing and connecting with friends and family (72 percent). 78 percent of Canadians have ordered delivery within six months prior to the survey. 78 percent of Canadians have ordered delivery within six months prior to the survey.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Starting a food delivery business can really make a difference for restaurants or any food business, helping them reach more people and make more money. First, it’s super important to have a smooth and efficient delivery system. By following these tips, restaurants can use food delivery to reach more people and make more money.

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The Restaurant Times

APRIL 19, 2021

They are part of a relatively new type of mobile business which caters to customers at various locations. Starting a food truck provides multiple advantages at once, especially pertaining to cost and mobility. For example, delivery apps like Roadcast provide efficient delivery services. Source: The Finest Emirates.

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RGU

DECEMBER 15, 2019

​ by Cherryh Cansler EVOS worked with ShopAdviser on a six-week mobile marketing campaign across four locations in Florida. With research predicting that by the end of 2019, mobile advertising will account for 72% of all U.S. Is it time for mobile proximity marketing strategy?

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