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From acqui-hire to vaporware: The new restaurant tech ABCs

Restaurant Business

Acqui-hire “To acquire a company in order to use its employees skills or knowledge, rather than for its products or services.” The coffee giant is licensing the company’s order fulfillment tech while also bringing aboard Empower’s six engineers. Add these six terms to your vocabulary.

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26 Proven Ways to Market Your Restaurant Online and Increase Bookings

7 Shifts

Build a mobile-friendly restaurant website In 2024, roughly around 63% of all web traffic came from mobile devices. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile, you could be losing out on potential customers. A smooth mobile experience keeps people engaged and leads to more online bookings.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Report highlights include: During the pandemic, the number of people commuting dropped precipitously as the shelter-in-place orders kept people at home. Adertising analytics platform Pathmatics releaed paid Instagram advertising data for posts and stories. A link to the full report can be found here. In 2019, 15.7 percent in 2020.

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Deals Over Disses: QSR Marketing Post-COVID

Modern Restaurant Management

88 percent of consumers are cooking more meals at home since stay-at-home orders went into effect in March. 88 percent of consumers are cooking more meals at home since stay-at-home orders went into effect in March. Mobile advance ordering will become normative, as well as alerting local customers to restaurant openings and any deals.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Overwhelming top response was fear of catching/spreading COVID-19, followed by a corresponding reduction in travel. More than half of survey respondents said they will order more than usual, with only one in 10 saying less than usual. Only about seven percent of respondents said they anticipate rarely or never eating out.

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10 Inspirational Hospitality Industry Stories During COVID-19

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

Long Island City-based JetBlue and United Airlines are offering free round-trip flights for medical volunteers traveling to New York City to join the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. “We are fully mobilized and doing all we can to support as many people as possible during this difficult time.”

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places.