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. So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2023

Which brings us back to the restaurant industry. Sustainability and Quality Ingredients Matter The fast casual restaurant market is now being driven by innovative, healthier brands. Studies show that consumers want to eat healthier and are more loyal to brands with strong sustainability practices and sourcing.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

According to Mastercard Contactless Consumer Polling, more than half of Americans are now using some form of contactless payment, and several sources state that adoption rate is accelerating amongst younger consumers. The past five years have reinforced the critical intersection of digital and hospitality in the restaurant industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand. The cultivated meat industry is entering its next chapter.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Restaurant industry insiders offer their insights on F&B trends we can expect to see in 2024. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. The top items paired with ibuprofen included Cheesesteaks, Cognac, Nacho Fries, Bacon Egg and Cheese, and Cold Brew!

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Brooklyn Dumpling House just opened and they're already franchising the idea. We also foresee a lot of companies will redesign locations even further to maximize efficiency. Fortunately, we have exceeded in our efforts to reduce our footprint and maximize profitability to effectively operate our drive-thrus and maintain team productivity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

While staffing has always topped the list of restaurant owner/manager pain points, it now seems to be at crisis proportions. And the situation isn’t likely to improve soon as more competition in the battle for talent is anticipated. Robotics are being tested at every single position in the restaurant from cooks to table service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Pain points include: Food Cost Inflation : More than a quarter (26 percent) said that food costs have been their biggest source of financial strain this year. AI usage has also skyrocketed, primarily in the back-of-house. outlining the top challenges facing the industry, alongside the emerging trends shaping it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a webinar that looks into the future of restaurants, face pay, delivery robots, drone delivery and a new venture for MRM. The Main Course. "We always viewed a podcast as a natural extension of the MRM brand," said Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia. "When Restaurant of the Future Panel.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 13, 2025

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the week. Editor’s note Best of Panama (BoP) is always guaranteed to grab headlines, but this year’s competition was especially newsworthy. This set the precedent for future astonishing auction prices, which have since surpassed US $10,000/kg. billion in sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The event will take place at 10:00 A.M. . ” The annual event taking place in Philadelphia this year is part of a first-of-its-kind culinary tourism partnership between the James Beard Foundation and VISIT PHILADELPHIA, shining light on chefs and the region’s cuisine and culinary missions. .

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Alongside an exhibition, the event will feature the Roasters’ Zone, an Espresso Martini Bar, and the Latte Art Zone. As part of the initiative, local artists in three US cities – Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Portland, OR – designed street art murals to raise awareness of sustainability issues in the coffee supply chain. Mon, 3 Oct.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 15, 2025

In 1924, popular US brand Maxwell House spent the modern-day equivalent of US $4 million on marketing , including sponsored TV shows, which helped increase sales by 85% in just a few years. Artisanry, passion, and sustainability became key focal points, demonstrating coffee businesses’ dedication to quality, transparency, and craftsmanship.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. The report analyzed data from more than 30,000 QSR restaurants that generated a total of 4.5 billion transactions and $67 billion in sales in 2024. labor costs at 3 percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurateurs may very well look to expand beyond the typical pop up, food truck, festival or off-premises event to more interesting, intimate venues like social influencer kitchens, dining rooms and gardens. End-to-end payment processing removes complexity and PCI compliance demands for operators.

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EATER

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Lots of the houses had little trains you could take [through the cellars] that were reminiscent of something you would have seen at Disney World,” remembers Christian Holthausen, a French-American strategic consultant in the wine & spirits industry, of his early career in Champagne in the 1990s.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Over the next decade, new cafes, restaurants, and housing developments owned by outsiders replaced many resident-owned properties and abandoned lots. Inocencio Carbajal opened his acclaimed taqueria, Carnitas Uruapan, on West 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood in 1975. But the Pilsen around it is changing again.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark examined front and back of house processes to establish tailored playbooks for all of its businesses and market segments, leveraging innovative solutions, new service methods, and rigorous safety protocols. . Takeout For Good. ” Over 200 food banks face a surge in demand for emergency food aid in the wake of COVID-19.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

" "It's going to be a long road back to normal," said Steven Hall. "Even In this edition of MRM News Bites, read about efforts to help the restaurant industry and heroes as well as "new normal" restaurant technology and products. Dining Bond Goes Global.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Minimal Waste – Ono’s food truck is designed to be environmentally sustainable. From cups to straws, all of Ono’s consumables are compostable, making Ono more sustainable compared to traditional smoothie establishments. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Review mentions of “Back-owned” (and related terms) also skyrocketed, up 426 percent, as people look to support and surface these businesses to the community. In early June, we've seen diners seated come back substantially – now down 57 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels. Yelp's Economic Impact Report.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

million over the next five years to build and sustain the program. QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating.

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EATER

APRIL 3, 2023

Graydon Herriott Jorge Gaviria’s company, Masienda, is making a name for itself among chefs and home cooks — and building a more sustainable supply chain in the process In How I Got My Job , folks from across the food and restaurant industry answer Eater’s questions about, well, how they got their job. Today’s installment: Jorge Gaviria.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

And Johnny’s Seed Company , a Maine-based seller that is the go-to source for many small-scale vegetable farmers, is limiting sales to gardeners to prioritize commercial producers. Shutterstock. Annastasia Mullen has been expanding her home garden in Des Moines, Iowa, since 2015. Then, many first-time gardeners planted out of panic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With so many amazing new dining and entertainment experiences emerging around the world, it feels good to be a part of that revolution and to bring something unique back to San Diego.” The indoor-outdoor, three-level floating vessel will feature year-round public and private events, as well as annual membership options.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 20, 2022

Bellwether Coffee releases 2021 sustainability report. JDE Peet’s to responsibly source 80% of coffee by end of 2022. Through a partnership with Enveritas, JDE Peet’s will responsibly source 100% of its coffee by 2025, which the company states will provide support to more than one million farmers. Tue, 17 May.

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Indoor Media

JANUARY 16, 2025

From hand-tossed dough to house-made sauces, thoughtfully sourced toppings, to the perfect bake, your product is the fastest way to inform customers that you know what you’re doing. When your pizza stands out, it enhances your entire operation and keeps customers coming back for more. That’s the power of exceptional pizza.

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Future Food

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Improving the sustainability of your restaurant during challenging times – a lesson for everyday trading. Although COVID-19 virus is extreme business interruption and thankfully not an everyday event, it does demonstrate how an external event can devastate a business or sector of hospitality reliant on a narrow target market focus.

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EATER

APRIL 28, 2022

Living in the UP has never been easy, but Yoopers (and visitors) have found comfort in delicious pasties and cudighis, fresh maple syrup and berries, and lots of fried fish On a map, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula perches on top of Wisconsin looking a bit like a rabbit, its ears jutting into Lake Superior, back legs kicking into Lake Huron.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

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. He’s been looking for a company that can manufacture stronger packets ever since, but he still hasn’t found one. And it was growing.”.

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Perfect Daily Grind

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Organised by Perfect Daily Grind, this world leading coffee event is aimed at bringing international markets together by advising attendees on how to improve sales, access new markets, generate valuable relationships, and foster knowledge-sharing and mentorship. . You may also like Exploring Millennial Trends in Specialty Coffee.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The stiff stools lining the wooden chef’s counter did not have backs to lean on. The chairs will be comfortable enough that you won’t be limping back into the night after a long dinner. Any sunlight that hits the front of the cramped building is choked out before making its way through a tiny window that looks out onto the street.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features Yum! Brands and The Habit, Chase and DoorDash, Waitr, Local Foods, C3 Signature, Pudu Tech, Southern Glazer's, Voodoo Doughnut, The Friendship Café and Digital Signage Expo. Beefing Up with Habit Acquisition. Brands, Inc. has agreed to acquire The Habit Restaurants, Inc., Brands, Inc.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 4, 2023

Nordic coffee culture has had a huge impact on specialty coffee around the world, with the wide-reaching influence of Scandinavian roasters on sustainable sourcing practices and roast profiles clearly evident in many markets. Coffee houses soon started to open on the East Coast, mostly in New York and Boston.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Flagstaff House Restaurant Oak at Fourteenth Black Cat Bistro Blackbelly Market Frasca Food & Wine Pizzeria Locale SALT the Bistro Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse Lucile’s Creole Cafe The Buff Restaurant The Sink Snooze, an A.M. Flagstaff House Restaurant. Here, I’ve gathered a list of the best restaurants in Boulder, CO.

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