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.

Marketing

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Continue to Site >>> Menu C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. Not quite yet An easy way to bring bold Korean flavors to modern menus From BBQ to beverages, menus are seeing a lot of action Food C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. Photo: Shutterstock Made-to-order food, value offerings, loyalty programs.

Food

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The quicker businesses can feed that information back into operations, the better, whether for personalized dining, staffing optimization, or advertising and marketing. These insights will help anticipate individual preferences and empower restaurants to reimagine their loyalty programs and ordering systems with exceptional precision.

2025

Restaurant Business

JULY 21, 2025

But store closures have returned this year amid a difficult operating environment for much of the fast-food space. Tech Check: Restaurant loyalty programs are increasingly popular, but they’re far from a silver bullet for driving traffic. By Jonathan Maze on Jul. Photo courtesy of Subway.

Loyalty Program

Restaurant Business

JULY 8, 2025

deals this week as fast-food pizza chains work to reverse stubbornly weak sales. deals this week as fast-food pizza chains work to reverse stubbornly weak sales. deals this week as fast-food pizza chains work to reverse stubbornly weak sales. The deals intensify a tradition of value marketing in the pizza business.

Leadership

Restaurant Business

JULY 22, 2025

Premium Technology Loyalty programs are growing. Tech Check: Restaurant loyalty programs are increasingly popular, but they’re far from a silver bullet for driving traffic. Whether theyre working is another thing. Just ask McDonald's and Starbucks.

Franchising

SpotOn

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The idea is for your restaurant to reflect the festive spirit while taking into account the realities of supply chain pressures and inflation. With this information, you'll know how many employees to schedule and how many food supplies to order. Use the holiday season to grow your loyalty program.

Loyalty Program

Restaurant Business

JULY 9, 2025

The BBQ Brisket Whopper is the first item to launch from Burger King’s new “Whopper by You” platform—a program that invites guests to help shape the burger giant’s menu. To put the new Whopper on the menu, the Miami-based fast-food burger chain had to bring in the brisket, Carolina gold BBQ sauce and crispy onions. “A

Leadership

Indoor Media

JANUARY 16, 2025

Because pizza isn’t just food—it’s an experience. A recognizable brand builds familiarity, and with familiarity comes loyalty. Experts estimate that consumers are confronted with between 4,000 and 10,000 advertisements every day. Or advertising. Diners feel the food is prepared with care.

Website Management

Restaurant Business

AUGUST 5, 2025

It also has high hopes for a new loyalty program. The chain also has high hopes for a new loyalty program set to launch later this quarter. The new program will allow Denny’s to target offers to individual loyalty members, rather than provide the same coupon or offer to everyone. By Joe Guszkowski on Aug.

Loyalty Program

Restaurant Business

JULY 29, 2025

They cited their restaurants’ experiential atmosphere, high-quality food and operational excellence, and noted that customer satisfaction scores are improving virtually across the board. “I The chain also continues to see promising results from its loyalty program, Cheesecake Rewards.

Pricing

Lavu

JUNE 6, 2025

Running a successful restaurant in 2025 means more than just great food—it requires smart financial decisions. Use these Calculations to Maximize Cost Reduction The food cost percentage is the number one calculation that restaurants can use today to maximize their cost reduction. Food cost control is crucial.

Loyalty Program

SpotOn

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

That could simply be food sales , alcohol , and non-alcoholic beverages. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Your Cost of Goods Sold is the cost of your food and beverages. That way you'll have accurate food and beverage cost percentages for each COGS line item. Those sales line items should match the ones in your POS reporting.

License

Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2025

He reportedly pled guilty to a charge of simple battery and was ordered to undergo substance abuse testing, complete a violence program and pay fines. In 2017, he was arrested in Chicago on charges of assaulting his ex-wife and a business partner, according to Eater Chicago.

Fast Casual

Restaurant Business

JULY 14, 2025

Beerline Cafe does not serve Thai food, but gets lumped in anyway for being vegan. To use the vegan Thai food example, Abdow suggested that a restaurant might want to include questions on its website such as “What makes your Thai food vegan?” The program grew by 75% in six months. What would they ask about the product?”

Social Media

Restaurant Business

JULY 22, 2025

Premium Technology Loyalty programs are growing. Tech Check: Restaurant loyalty programs are increasingly popular, but they’re far from a silver bullet for driving traffic. Whether theyre working is another thing. Whether theyre working is another thing. Just ask McDonald's and Starbucks.

Loyalty Program

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

By improving customer loyalty and increasing revenue through the smart use of technology from the public-facing part of the business all the way to the back-of-house prep, sourcing, and staffing. Lavu, the restaurant technology services company, estimates 42 percent of food purchases are made online.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2022

Cryptocurrency has real-world applications in the food industry, with restaurants using it to create new and exciting foods for their customers and find ways to use crypto as payments. Application of Blockchain in the Food Industry. Blockchain technology has been applied to the food industry. Innovative Loyalty Schemes.

Serving

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 15, 2024

Smart fryers and ovens can automate food preparation and cooking, eliminating the need for numerous workers in the kitchen while still ensuring consistent quality and faster service. The short-term costs of a comprehensive training program may be high but the investment will pay handsome dividends in the long run.

Loyalty Program

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2020

In addition to the latest resources on COVID-19 restaurant and employee recovery programs, RestaurantsAct.com offers a brand new, industry-first interactive map of each state, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This new site is a one-stop hub of critical information for restaurants, employees, customers and industry partners.

Online Ordering

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.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

15 percent have ordered alcoholic beverages with food for delivery or takeout, on par with the 18 percent of Canadians that say they’re likely to do this. “The developments and improvements made to delivery and takeout containers, food quality and speed have made a lasting, positive impression,” says Barclay.

2021

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Fatigued by cooking at home, consumers are anxious to dine at their favorite restaurants according to a new Oracle Food and Beverage study. Americans preferred to pick-up their food (38 percent US vs. 22 percent UK), while the UK preferred home-delivery (57 percent UK vs. 33 percent US). Personalization Drives Brand Loyalty.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

Mobile Ordering

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).

Hospitality

7 Shifts

JANUARY 20, 2023

Additionally, restaurants should make sure they have enough food and drink to meet the demand on this busy day. So stock up on all-purpose cleaners and check your soap dispensers and other supplies to get back to your regular schedule. Plus, be sure to stock up on those supplies! Offer discounts and specials.

Specials

7 Shifts

JULY 1, 2024

While this could be a rewarding venture, opening a bar is not exactly the same as opening a food business. Your business name will also appear on your marketing materials, staff uniforms, menu, social media accounts, and advertisements, so make sure it isn't too long or complicated.

Bar

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. Food delivery was an already booming industry, but when COVID hit it increased even more.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

An inaugural loyalty program (September). Program, which has impacted more than 65 million students in 35 years. Since 2016, Pizza Hut has impacted over 22 million lives through its literacy initiatives and programs. Local Subway® Day Program Celebrates Nearly a Decade. A rebrand (June).

Franchising

7 Shifts

JUNE 16, 2024

In 2020, the number of establishments in the food and beverage industry was estimated to be 23.1 These strategies can combine traditional restaurant advertising techniques like pamphlets, billboards, and radio promotions with modern ideas like running paid ads, advertising on social media, and collaborating with influencers.

Marketing

Bingage

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

This is a great time to come above all the daily restaurant task like ordering and cooking the same food and serving the favourite dish of customers. And for that, you don’t need to create a completely different menu, instead of that use creative Restaurant chalkboard signs put it in outside the restaurant and start advertising.

Loyalty Program

Restaurant365

APRIL 20, 2022

Building a customer retention program is important for improving the lifetime value of current customers, which can make up a large portion of your restaurant’s revenue. And as an added bonus, customer loyalty helps bring in new customers since happy customers are more likely to recommend your product or service to others. Conclusion.

Loyalty Program

Cheetah

AUGUST 17, 2021

Promo merchandise has a longer lasting impact (recall, recognition, awareness…) than online, print and television advertising. These lead to higher engagement with your brand and ultimately, customer loyalty. Especially in face of the current restaurant staff labor crisis , staff loyalty is an important asset. Even better!

Merchandise

Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. Restaurant labor costs are on the rise, adding additional stress to the bottom line, on top of supply chain issues and rising food costs. Food service managers have an average of less than five years of industry experience.

Recruiting

Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. Restaurant labor costs are on the rise, adding additional stress to the bottom line, on top of supply chain issues and rising food costs. Food service managers have an average of less than five years of industry experience.

Recruiting

The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Introducing a better POS system, staff training programs, or even completely rethinking their services are examples of strategies to achieve this balance. Not every food item is suitable for delivery, nor should it be. Some foods do not travel well, while others take an excessive amount of time to make. Loyalty Programs.

Loyalty Program

The Restaurant Times

APRIL 28, 2021

Many restaurateurs stepped up investment in robust CRM systems to segment their target audience and roll out digital customer loyalty programs accordingly. Social media offers a low-cost alternative to outdoor advertising and can prove lucrative in the long run, especially in terms of reach and frequency.

Social Media