Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

Launched in 2022, it is the fastest-growing retail media network in history, according to the company. Founded in 2022 by former Google and Microsoft executive Bashar Kachachi, Symbiosys uses retailers’ data to buy and target digital ads. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. These ads will direct back to a restaurants’ DoorDash ordering page.

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Advertising Fast Casual Social Media Leadership 214

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Novel ways to deliver everything from orchestral music to personal training and therapy/addiction treatment have made the rounds as viral social media videos or popular articles. Imagine a local personal trainer that works via in-person training sessions exclusively. new customer base during and even after the quarantine ends.

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Social Media Small Business Customer Service Cash Management 488

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Recent data published by USA Today suggests that the average upper middle-class couple spends around $200 per week on groceries. That’s 21 meals for two people over seven days. From my experience, it is difficult to experience a dinner for two in a moderate full-service, independent restaurant for less than $120 without gratuity. Do the math.

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Pricing Marketing Insurance Seasonal Menu 415

Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2021

We saw customers stockpiling on groceries and supplies in homes instead of going out to eat, raising retail sales by 29 percent over the previous year (1). Meanwhile, sales at cafes, fast-food restaurants, coffee shops, and casual-dining establishments fell by 27 percent. What are causing these disruptions in the US food supply chain?

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Supplies Food Supply Front of House Fast Casual 414

ChowNow

APRIL 15, 2025

In this article, youll learn: How to break down your operating costs into fixed, variable, and semi-variable Smart ways to lower labor and food costs without sacrificing customer service Where hidden expenses are hiding in your tech stackand how to fix it Lets discover where your money is going, and how to take back control.

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Operations Online Ordering Customer Service Customer Experience 195

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Funds will be available to restaurant employees who can demonstrate that they: Worked on a part- or full-time basis in the restaurant industry for at least 90 days during the past year. Had a primary source of income in the restaurant industry for the last year. Experienced a decrease in wages or loss of job on or after March 10, 2020.

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Healthcare Employee Relations Online Ordering Customer Service 517

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

89% of people do dining research on their phones, so if you’re not making the most of your online presence, you're missing out on a huge opportunity. 72% of American consumers prefer to do business with companies that share their values both in the retail and restaurant industries.

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Marketing 2025 Social Media Email Marketing 195

EATER

JANUARY 23, 2023

These articles tell us that as margins shrink due to inflation, pastry chefs are out of a job or left searching for more secure jobs in other industries. When I began baking professionally, the pastry cook trajectory was rather straightforward — you put in your time working in fine dining and worked your way up to pastry chef.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. This was largely due to a favorable shift in the Thanksgiving holiday. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percentage points.”

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2019 Compost Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 323

Future Food

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Melbourne based dining barriers to meet covid safe requirements (Image via Facebook). So much damage has been done to retail in general and hospitality in particular this year that 2021 is going to be a year to heal, slowly getting back on public transport and getting settled into the Next Normal.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Retail hadn’t been a focus, but Meal Mantra curries had been available in a few local grocery stores. This spring, as Tarun Bhalla was testing out eight-ounce curry packets for a new line of meal kits, he found that they had a tendency to burst open in a shipping test. And meetings are hard to arrange during a global pandemic.

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Food Catering Small Business Retail 233

EATER

JANUARY 28, 2022

Advocates continue to fight against the tipped minimum wage, which perpetuates discrimination This story was originally published on Civil Eats. Jillian Melton was paid just $2.13 per hour — the lowest legal cash wage in the U.S. during her six years at Seasons 52 Wine Bar and Grill in Memphis, Tennessee. And that was normal,” said Melton.

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Cash Management Restaurant Law Employee Relations Food Supply 246

Future Food

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Grand Slam Dining Oval, Australian Open, Melbourne Image Via Broadsheet. The infographic below shows that cafes and restaurants have bounced back better than other retail sectors in Australia since the industry has reopened. Cafes and Restaurants turnover for December 2020 was 88% higher than the average for March to May.

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Entertainment Beverage Customer Experience Customer Service 158

EATER

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Indoor dining at Hudson Yards in New York City | Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images. I’m curious about your position on indoor dining. I’ve read through all the articles, here and elsewhere , about why it is dangerous for customers and workers. They would get workers vaccinated before opening dining rooms.

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Kitchen Safety Dine-in Government Food Safety 177

Future Food

MAY 8, 2019

Dining out is so much more than food on a plate – think street-labels, authentic flavours and eclectic food offers all amounting to memorable customer experiences. I think it is the general consumer trend toward dining out. The JLL 20th Retail Centre Manager Centre survey confirms that food spending is growing 4.1% year-on-year.

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Hospitality Food Retail Customer Experience 104

A Wine Story

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

You will also find the most important highlights of the retail keynote presentation, “The Rise of Off-Premise.” Featured many times in Wine Business Monthly articles about virtual tastings, Shannon Muracchioli said that COVID-19 motivated people to “do things they knew they should have done” before the crisis. Click to Tweet.

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Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

I had a couple of events, private events, corporate dining events, and there were two more left on the book. Brian always has a unique understanding and view of the world. The topic for this talk was how Restaurant Culture is in Crisis. Donald Burns: Hey, welcome to the Conquer Online Restaurant Summit. they had very, very strong opinions.

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Retail Social Media Take-out Events 221

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

For example, this Instagram post of Good Vibes by Fitness First highlights the benefits within the app such as the discounts available from their wide array of dining partners. A common goal would be to boost the frequency of visits or increase average customer spend using a punch card style loyalty program.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

By David Mallon Successful dining clusters across Australia have adopted a place-first ‘local’ strategy that creates a destination in the heart of the community. Contemporary centres have expanded their success metrics from the size of the retail spend to now include the overall experience metrics.

Hospitality 78

Hospitality Influencer Food Retail 78

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

These off-premise facilities can be set up in warehouses or repurposed retail stores and because they are not trying to attract customers to their physical location, you will often find that they are set up in quite unexpected places. What is a Ghost Kitchen? The History of Ghost Kitchens. How are Ghost Kitchens Structured?

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Online Ordering Kitchen Safety Customer Service Food Order 148

Future Food

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In part one of this article, I spoke about the customer’s timeless desire and appreciation of quality food and service and how this is the platform from which to drive food and hospitality sales. The whole food, hospitality and retail landscape has changed; let’s look at it through the eyes of the customer. What’s Changed?

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EATER

MAY 20, 2025

The discounts are popping up already, from smaller brands that have dedicated their livelihood to the craft of making great grills, cookware, or mid-century modern patio furniture as well as retail behemoths like Amazon and Wayfair. Polish your hot dog tower , and lets shop.

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Retail Article Dine-in Outdoor 184

Sling

APRIL 19, 2021

In this article, the experts at Sling will answer those questions and show you how to get control of your margin with some basic math. And how do you go about calculating this crucial metric? What Is Profit Margin? The term “profit margin” is made up of two distinct words: “profit” and “margin.” Profit is always expressed as a dollar amount.

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Small Business Cash Management Customer Service Inventory 145

Future Food

MAY 21, 2019

Supermarket Trends Target Café & Dining Menus. None is more exciting or challenging for retail food operators that the endless growth in prepared food furnishing the shelves of our supermarkets. Here at Future Food, we study trends and changes taking place in the exciting world of food and hospitality.

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Café Retail Point of Sale Consumer Goods 68

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Making a dining experience more Instagram-worthy means paying attention not just to the appearance of the food itself, but also to the architectural aspects of the restaurant. Restaurants are taking advantage of this trend by catering to Instagrammers. This is the case for any type of photography, including food photography.

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Food Food Supply Food Order Equipment 170

Future Food

JULY 14, 2020

Future Food, as specialist food advisors to architects and designers, have long promoted the idea that good food and good design are intertwined in a harmonious relationship that provides an essential platform for success in any food & hospitality business.

Design 88

Design Food Café Food Safety 88

Future Food

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For retail centre management and F&B operators, this scenario presents a partnership opportunity to plan and implement strategies to adapt to new consumer F&B spending patterns and continue to drive visitation, overall spend and maintain or increase asset value. During the last year of the pandemic, costs grew faster than prices rose.

Hospitality 78

Hospitality Loyalty Program Retail Food 78

Future Food

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we delve into practical strategies that shopping centres and F&B operators can employ, considering the specific needs of different customer segments, to maximize visitation frequency and spending in a time of escalating cost of living. decline in the F&B business survival rate, 2nd highest of all sectors.

Hospitality 78

Hospitality Loyalty Program Food Retail 78

Future Food

APRIL 20, 2020

We take the responsibility of influencing students dining habits on campus very seriously, as shaping their behaviours beyond this, is a pipe dream. This article has been constructed to provide those with limited insight into the modern mechanisms of a University Campus, with a look at how things have changed, thankfully for the better.

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Beverage Hospitality Point of Sale Customer Experience 78

The Restaurant Times

JULY 30, 2021

She has made a name for herself in the industry by creating concepts and strategies for multiple restaurants, bars, cafes, and food retail businesses. She has also published multiple articles in various F&B magazines and portals. She is one of the culinary tourism consultants for the ESP Culinary Consulting board.

Marketing 98

Marketing Food Truck Food Tourism 98

Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This article was published in Restaurant Business. Protein demand is high as consumers return to dining in, but low supply and increased costs are impacting menu flexibility and profits. . Sourcing beef and pork from smaller local producers will alleviate some supply chain headaches. And it’s not necessarily more expensive.

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Supplies Food Supply Food Truck Sourcing 78

The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Charting a path that spans the domains of retail, e-commerce, and hospitality, Karl Goodhew’s story is a reflection of the remarkable possibilities that technology, innovation, and a relentless drive for change can create. Goodhew has a passion for technology and innovation and a vision for transforming the fast-casual dining industry.

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Lavu

MARCH 30, 2020

Right now, restaurants are looking for ways to diversify their income and pivot to meet the needs of their communities while dining halls are closed. Lavu Pro Tip: Learn more about marketing campaigns for recipe sharing groups in this previous Lavu article “ How Recipe Sharing Boosts Restaurant Marketing Strategy.”.

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Customer Service Point of Sale Online Ordering Social Media 97

The Food Corridor

JUNE 3, 2020

Out of adversity, comes invention and opportunity. In these challenging times, it’s more important to be able to pivot, transition, and adapt than ever before. With movement restricted and social distancing measures becoming the new normal for restaurants, we have seen an acceleration in the move to digital technology for food businesses.

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Food Online Ordering Food Order Customer Service 87

The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The apprehension among customers to dine out paved the way for food delivery services, thereby giving a significant boost to cloud kitchens a.k.a This article will focus on some of the popular US brands that started up their own cloud kitchens and how the existing ones evolved amidst the pandemic. . ghost kitchens.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Technology Delivery 52

BNG Point of Sale

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

To calculate sales per square foot, divide annual sales by total interior square footage including kitchen, dining, and storage space to get a net rentable foot in the leased location. . Its formula is Revenue ÷ Retail Space. . Retail space is anywhere you make sales. Licenses, permits, and insurance are also needed. .

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