Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app. Ding* ‘Your order is being prepared by Chef Bot 19 and will be delivered to your table in approximately 19 minutes.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

You’ve finally settled on a tableside ordering system to streamline your restaurant systems. The staff is frustrated, the customers are annoyed, and don’t get us started on the back of the house! Most of the time, your staff can only serve one table at a time and must either memorize or jot down orders tableside.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Once in your customers' hands, this piece of paper can directly influence what your diners order and how much they spend in one sitting. Categorize your dishes in order of consumption, starting from the appetizers, then the main course, side dishes, desserts, and beverages. The competition in the restaurant industry is getting tighter.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This program provides ChowNow’s clients with special access and exclusive discounts to unique product integrations and services, from front- to back-of-house, and everywhere in between. Plus, be sure to check back often as our Preferred Partner Program is growing quickly.

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EATER

APRIL 8, 2021

It is also a nonprofit that has spent 30 years training at-risk youth exiting the juvenile detention system to work in hospitality. So the staff and the 15 young people working that night spent most of the evening doing extra training and cleaning to keep busy. But then shelter-in-place orders started. “We Several U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Further Optimize Delivery, Takeout and Curbside Experiences Many QSRs already relieve congested drive-thrus with distinct lines or protocols for call-ahead orders and third-party pickups. One of our clients, a well-known QSR legacy brand, added an express drive-thru lane for customers ordering ahead on the brand’s app.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This program provides ChowNow’s clients with special access and exclusive discounts to unique product integrations and services, from front- to back-of-house, and everywhere in between. Plus, be sure to check back often as our Preferred Partner Program is growing quickly.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Once upon a time, most restaurants operated on a patchwork of paper systems involving notebooks and back-of-the-napkin calculations, not to mention information owners and managers kept in their heads, hunches, and habits. Streamline the front of house. Run a smooth back of house. Streamline the front of house.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2020

For franchises, that means making sure your evaluations and data collection house in order. If you’ve standardized mobile data collection platform, when brand standards or safety regulations change, you won't need to worry about sending out a memo or addendum. Use Front and Back-of-House Dashboards to Stay Aligned.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, there will be fewer human interactions when ordering takeaways during busy lunch hours, quick customer seating, or bill payments. To tackle this pressing issue effectively, businesses must invest in staff training and development, vital for retaining and upskilling their existing workforce.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2022

In order to deliver on both these accounts, it's critical to cultivate an environment where people — customers and staff alike — want to be. In the restaurant industry, it can be difficult to maintain front- and back-of-house staff, as many will eventually move on to pursue new ventures such as school, travel, or alternate employment.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

It was a job and a paycheck, a signal that I wanted to take on some responsibility, and the beginning of a six-decade work ethic, but there were no pats on the back for a choice of careers. We have all heard it before; it is perpetuated in the media, by our politicians, guidance counselors, professors, our peers, and sometimes even parents.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

can help restaurateurs automate tasks and lessen the burden of staff running the front and back of the house. Meanwhile, mobile delivery and online takeouts, or even opening an online store can be new revenue streams. Automated solutions like call-in waiting, online bookings, etc.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With a critically shrunken talent pool, restaurants are racing to fill positions in every part of the business — front of house, back of house, and corporate teams. Enter digital tableside ordering. For fast-casual or QSR brands, digital tableside ordering is equally beneficial.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

To attract and retain quality staff you must train well, treat them with respect, pay them a respectable wage, offer reasonable benefits, and provide them with the tools to be successful. The restaurant industry continues to be devastated – not just as a result of the pandemic but because the pandemic brought underlying issues to the surface.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

After two years of mobile ordering by consumers, menus are becoming more and more interactive both inside and outside. After two years of mobile ordering by consumers, menus are becoming more and more interactive both inside and outside. How is QSR ownership changing? Every minute! Great question. David Vance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 23, 2023

Consumers ordering deliveries still want to make sure it feels like they are treating themselves. Of course, customers expect restaurants to prioritize hygiene and safety protocols – and rightly so – but they also want to be provided with a modern and efficient ordering process, alongside high-quality food and top dollar service.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Order Customization: Lavu vs. Lightspeed Restaurant POS Systems Not all bars offer the same drinks. In addition, your bar POS system should be able to handle any volume of orders without any delays. At the forefront of this achievement is the POS software, a pivotal technology that has transformed how bars operate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2020

If you’re like me, chances are you’ve probably ordered food online or through an app at least once in the last couple of weeks. We’re not alone — market research company Frost & Sullivan projects that online/mobile ordering will be a $200 billion dollar industry by 2025.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Having a retail management tool with a mobile application, for instance, reduces the need for wait staff to move around when communicating with each other. Last year, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants went through some unwanted but necessary changes. Innovation is needed in several areas, including: Staff management.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Undoubtedly, most restaurant owners are eager to flip their closed signs and to welcome back their beloved patrons. Common sanitation precautions being taken include lowered occupancy limits, mask requirements, and in-house social distancing. Automated ordering systems and mobile ordering apps need not be limited for take-out.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 6, 2019

A mobile POS can help any restaurant looking to improve server productivity, increase revenue, and overall streamline their front of house operations. What is a Mobile POS? A mobile POS (or MPOS) is a handheld version of a standard cloud-based POS terminal. 4 Ways a Mobile POS Can Increase Revenue in Your Restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Taking orders at the counter and preparing quick meals were not necessarily perceived as stepping stones to better-paid careers with expanded responsibilities. The front of the house features POS tablets as well as tablets loaded with digital checklists that chronicle everything from opening and closing tasks to basic store hygiene functions.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 24, 2022

The idea of allowing users to skip the queue as well as the enormous revenue opportunity available in table ordering mobile app category is driving restaurants and app development companies to innovate. Quick-serve, fine-casual, and fast-food restaurants have taken to restaurant ordering apps faster than full-service restaurants.

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Cheetah

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Some utilize commissary kitchens serving numerous restaurants, while others bring mobile trailers or container kitchens to parking lots. And for established eateries, ghost kitchens enable them to take full advantage of the boom in delivery orders without creating permanent changes to their business including rent,staff, equipment and so on.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Contactless ordering at the table, virtual host stands, and online staff wellness checks have all become standard operating procedures for us now. Off premise has become a sizable segment of our business, and I don't see it ever going back to pre-COVID numbers. Carbon emissions labeling helps inform our impact on planetary health.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2021

According to founder Noah Glass of Olo , online orders on their platform doubled each year from 2017 to 2019 — before the pandemic. And in 2020, Upserve reported a 783% increase in online orders. More Accurate One of the benefits of online ordering and off-site dining is that ordering is more accurate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

If your staff relies on outdated methods of placing orders, it’s likely that restaurant communications are strained, which means your restaurant is operating below its potential. Update to Mobile POS System. The benefit of a mobile POS system is the freedom of mobility it gives your serving staff.

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Apicbase

MAY 29, 2024

Indeed, they have been around for over a decade: a NYT article from 2019 dates them back at least to 2013. The brand only exists online and takes orders through mobile apps such as Uber Eats or Just Eat. Every few months, a media article declares the death of ghost kitchens as a viable business model. Virtual restaurant brand.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 7, 2020

The new tool many restaurants are turning to, in order to improve employee retention and engage with today’s modern workforce? Overview of How Employee Mobile Apps Have Improved Restaurant Management. Restaurant staff labor retention is one of the primary areas of focus for today’s restaurant manager.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

And while automation and robotics can help streamline some elements of operations, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's a newfound appreciation for human connection and dining experiences. We've reached a point where we're recognizing the value and limits of these technologies.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2022

7shifts provides a cloud-based team management and scheduling solution, allowing owners and managers to schedule restaurant employees , approve shift trades, and communicate with staff from one easy-to-use mobile app. Top Restaurant Management Apps. Most managers are familiar (and frustrated) with traditional paper scheduling techniques.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We have historically and continue to offer competitive pay, thorough training programs, flexible hours and a fun work environment so that we can continue to staff our locations as we grow. The challenges our teams have faced over the last two years specifically has made us value our employees now more than ever.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

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. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

43% of operators choose POS systems like tablets for functionality Tablet systems alleviate restaurant turnover Conquering the dinner rush with faster ordering Reduced walkouts with 3X faster service More easily satisfy picky preferences with menu mods The menu. Tablet ordering systems designed for restaurants can transform your operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

In a post COVID-19 world, restaurant design must evolve and adapt to the new normal. With the evolution of the hospitality design, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems will need to adapt to the changing architecture. Additionally, restaurants will experience a significant shift in technology and customer service.

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