Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

If you pull a joker, the meal is on the house. Promoting your restaurant should start with promoting the food itself. However, too many restaurants fall into the trap of promoting items with a low food cost and high margin. Others tend to emphasize their cheaper menu options. Make sure you have high-quality pictures of these items.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Understanding the significance of the local landmark, which housed Rod’s Liquor for 71 years, we worked together with restauranteurs and co-owners John Reed and Leslie Nguyen to preserve the iconic liquor store’s aesthetics while also delivering on the restaurant’s notable brand experience for its second location.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 23, 2022

Executive Summary. Region: Great Lakes. Number of Locations: 16. Restaurant Type: Quick Service. Problem : Manual scheduling processes that took too much time, siloed operations, and didn't resonate with a younger, tech-saavy workforce. The food and hospitality hasn't changed all that much since '65. The restaurant industry has. Table of Contents.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 27, 2023

Dedicate the effort to make it special, make the time to allow everyone to sit down TOGETHER and break bread, talk, relax, and laugh together (front and back of the house). We need to embrace the good and understand the bad and the ugly. But we need to be cognizant of a primary reason for “being connected”. Try “FOOD” on for size.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The restaurant industry is going mobile, and restaurant apps are at the center of this transformation. If your business isnt keeping up with the changes, you risk falling behind and not meeting modern customer expectations. Diners want the convenience of ordering, booking, and engaging with their favorite restaurants straight from their phones.

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2025 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 195

7 Shifts

JANUARY 5, 2022

However, some restaurant technology is actually true to its potential - and the numbers back it up. Trusted by restaurants internationally, 7shifts is backed by industry giants like Danny Meyer and his investment firm Enlightened Hospitality Investments. Helping Restaurants Save Time on Scheduling. No more spreadsheets or whiteboards.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 28, 2020

All third-party delivery apps offer: A tablet interface for your back of house with varying degrees of integration with your POS ?? Alex Rechichi, CEO of Crave It Restaurant Group, also revealed on a recent webinar that Skip The Dishes is giving up to 15% of commission back to the operators. ?? Sign up for Uber Eats ??.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Knowing these customer experience factors can help you create a positive and welcoming environment that will keep guests coming back for more. These days, a restaurant's reputation is built on more than the taste of its food. They must also focus on creating memorable experiences for customers at every touchpoint.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 27, 2021

Give both the front-of-house and back-of-house their due by highlighting them in emails. Find out more by scheduling a demo with our online ordering experts. It may seem like a big undertaking—especially given everything else you’re probably managing—but it’ll be worth your while. Feature a staff member.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

At the beginning of the year, we like talking about trends. They seem like anchors for the new year. Trends create frameworks to understand where to start and what to focus on. I want to highlight trends in restaurant promotion for 2024. To deal with it, restaurants need to offer ready-made solutions for customers. How can you achieve this?

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Marketing your restaurant is critical for reaching new customers, promoting takeout and delivery sales, and now, in certain parts of the country, in welcoming patrons back for dine-in. In March 2020, searches for “restaurant takeout” on Google increased 285 percent , as diners reacted to the closure of dining rooms across the country.

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Social Media Online Ordering Download Mobile Ordering 370

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Restaurants turned to restaurant management apps to navigate this change, and it appears there’s no going back. The app is useful for both your front- and back-of-house staff, allowing them to check upcoming shifts, submit availability, request shift trades, and more. Try 7shifts for free.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We need to move back towards a staff supported by tech mentality. I’ve heard of restaurant leaders setting up multiple POS demos with shift managers or front-of-house staff. Three ways to ease the adversarial relationship between your staff and your technology. Some folks sense the uneasiness among their staff.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 6, 2020

Four Seasons New York: Housing Healthcare Pros. Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news. The hospitality industry has been hit hard, and it can often be difficult to see silver linings in immense uncertainty and tragic circumstances. Hotel Trundle Shares Stories of Happiness.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Restaurants turned to restaurant management apps to navigate this change, and it appears there’s no going back. The app is useful for both your front- and back-of-house staff, allowing them to check upcoming shifts, submit availability, request shift trades, and more. Try 7shifts for free.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

“Now, more than ever, restaurateurs need an effective and affordable way to promote their restaurants to new and existing customers so they can bring them back again and again. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp. TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

EATER

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Think chats with our favorite cookbook authors, tastings of products from Shopify merchants, and demos on oyster shucking, knife handling, and more. Read on for more details on what you can find, and check back here for more programming updates. Sharpen your knife skills in this workshop, led by Material’s in-house experts.

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Lavu

MAY 23, 2025

Train Your Team for Smooth Operations Whether you are staffing a full restaurant with front and back-of-house team members or running your deli with a single assistant, you need to spend time training them. Food trends come and go, but the classic sandwich stands the test of time. Start by identifying who your ideal customer is.

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ChowNow

JUNE 7, 2021

Physical, in-house restaurant menus generally thrive on simplicity and easy design. Your in-house goal is to make sure they can easily navigate through your menu in order to find their perfect dish. Your in-house goal is to make sure they can easily navigate through your menu in order to find their perfect dish.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Restaurant employees can apply online to receive a one-time, $500 check to use toward bills, including housing, transportation, utilities, childcare, groceries, medical bills and/or student loans. The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Live in the U.S., an overseas U.S. state or territory.

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Employee Relations Healthcare Online Ordering Customer Service 516

PathSpot

JANUARY 17, 2024

Technology improves back-of-house (BOH) operations by bringing efficiency, accuracy, and streamlined processes. In the fast-paced world of restaurants and food manufacturing, staying competitive is critical for success. This blog will explore the details of the tech tools and technologies used in the restaurant’s BOH.

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QSR Automations

JANUARY 31, 2025

Bridging the Front and Back of House into a Seamless Restaurant Operation ConnectSmart Host is your ultimate front-of-house solution, offering smart table management, waitlist tracking, reservations, and guest communication tools. In the ever-changing world of hospitality, efficiency is the name of the game. The result?

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Lavu

MAY 5, 2025

Lavu offers a cloud-based POS designed specifically for restaurants, helping streamline everything from front-of-house orders to back-of-house reporting. Flexible back-end setup to do what is needed to get the job done.” Seasonal trends often go unnoticed, leaving management to react instead of plan ahead.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 10, 2021

Today, Restaurant365 announced the acquisition of Compeat , a well-known provider of restaurant back office, workforce, and business intelligence software. While quite a few have taken advantage of our solutions recently, many restaurants have not had time to upgrade and consolidate their back-office systems yet. Two leaders uniting.

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EATER

JUNE 14, 2023

In reflecting on the process, Velazquez Lindsten’s story illustrates how precarious opening a small bakery remains for operators without major backing — and the benefits and limits of turning to crowdfunding. Kreiter Looking back, I can see every mistake I made very clearly. Every step forward sent me five steps backward.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Restaurant back-of-house operations form the backbone of a restaurant’s success. The back-of-house (or BOH) manages crucial elements that impact cost control and profitability. The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2022

The app is also useful for your front and back end staff, giving them the ability to check upcoming shifts, submit availability, request shift trades, and more. As diners flock back to restaurant dining rooms after an extended hiatus, reservations have become more important than ever. Top Restaurant Management Apps. Apple | Android.

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Deliverect

JANUARY 18, 2021

But for many full-service restaurants, bars, and other venues that are all about the in-house experience, that meant getting more creative. In fact, there are a ton of tools and tricks that can help you recreate your in-house dining experience for customers at home. 2020 made restaurants rethink off-premise strategy.

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QSR Automations

JANUARY 16, 2025

Provide s multiple ways for guests to book a reservation: In house On your website Via a third-party partner Using a browser widget Create s custom availability plans for events (concerts, ball games, parades , etc. ) Reporting and Analytics Data is king; ConnectSmart Host helps you make the most of your front-and-back-of-house data.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Running a Bar: 7 Key Features You Need to Become The Best Bar POS System in 2024 In the bustling world of hospitality, the backbone of a bar’s success lies in its operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. At the forefront of this achievement is the POS software, a pivotal technology that has transformed how bars operate.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 10, 2021

With separate systems that don’t fully “talk” to one another, you may be required to import data back and forth, a manual process that can be time consuming and lead to errors. Payroll and accounting are some of the most complex, and critical, responsibilities for a restaurant. At the core, restaurant payroll is an accounting function.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 25, 2022

Instead, AP automation enables a range of automated bill payment options, including check, automated clearing house (ACH) and virtual credit cards. AP automation virtually eliminates time-consuming, error-prone data entry, and enables your managers to focus on customers and front-of-house operations. Data Entry and GL Coding.

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EATER

MARCH 1, 2021

While the fermented foods industry evangelizes products rooted in global, often East Asian, traditions, its most visible faces are predominantly white The first time I tasted kombucha was in 2010, at a Whole Foods in San Francisco. The community is grounded in reconnecting people to traditional food systems, lost tastes, and microbial heritages.

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Food Social Media Workshop Point of Sale 345

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 6, 2020

Four Seasons New York: Housing Healthcare Pros The Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan is providing free rooms to doctors, nurses and other medical personnel. Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news. Here are 10 inspirational ways the hospitality industry is embracing positivity during COVID-19.

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Hospitality Airlines Healthcare Hotels 195

Xtra Chef

MAY 21, 2020

This project is focused on making your back of house better than ever. Build a better back office. With less diners eating on-premise, now is a great time to focus on building better back-office business practices. We’re talking about remodeling your business. Even better?

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Anu Bhalla demos Meal Mantra at a Rhode Island grocery store | Meal Mantra /Facebook. We were just plowing that money back into our business hoping this would grow,” he says. New business are most vulnerable to disruptions caused by COVID-19 This story was originally published on Civil Eats. That’s all we think about,” says Bhalla.

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Xtra Chef

APRIL 9, 2020

And other customers might not use the full value of the gift card on the first visit, so they’ll want to come back to use the remainder — giving you double the covers from one gift card sale. Why you should sell restaurant gift cards during COVID-19. Why you should sell restaurant gift cards during COVID-19. They’ve gone digital!

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