Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience.

2025

Restaurant Clicks

JULY 28, 2025

28 – Kentucky Q Source: Kentucky Q Kentucky Q is a Lexington-based food truck known for its slow-smoked meats and rich, balanced flavor. Service is fast and friendly, with an easy ordering process and generous portions. The smoked wings are a standout, marinated and cooked low and slow before being finished to order.

Fast Casual

ChowNow

APRIL 11, 2025

From managing reservations at the host stand or firing orders straight to the kitchen from table side, tablets are changing the way restaurants run. Its going to get dropped, splashed with sauce, and maybe knocked off the bar by a customers pursethats just part of the deal. Also, look for a tablet that has a strong battery life.

Front of House

SpotOn

APRIL 1, 2025

However, getting more guests in seats through outdoor dining can also come at a cost, both in time and money. It's a portable POS device that fits in an apron and lets servers take orders and payments at the table. Sometimes they even have to wait for the POS, because other servers are putting in their orders.

Seating

ChowNow

MAY 16, 2025

A great dining experience starts long before someone walks through your door. If your site is clunky, hard to navigate, or missing basic features like a prominent online ordering button, your potential customer will bounce because diners have little to no tolerance for friction or confusion when theyre looking for food.

Mobile Ordering

Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Suddenly we find that 2024 is almost behind us now but Future Food would like to share with you the trends and insight that we see across the food and hospitality sector. From the rise of AI to the increasing popularity of experiential dining, businesses are adapting creatively to meet new consumer demands.

Hospitality

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Solo dining – a time dedicated to eating a meal alone at a sit-down restaurant – is an opportunity for diners to practice self care over a meal, whether that be by relaxing and reflecting at the end of a long day or even by engaging the mind with a book or catching up on the news. Just the “cover count.”

Customer Experience

The Restaurant Group

APRIL 12, 2025

How It Works in the Restaurant Business In the restaurant biz, influencers share their dining experiences, spotlighting your culinary delights to their audience. Is it more foot traffic, increased online orders, or heightened brand awareness? Fine Dining Spot’s Influencer Tasting Event : Created buzz around a new menu launch.

Influencer

SpotOn

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

." The term gastropub combines "gastronomy" and "pub," promising high quality food and drinks and a down-to-earth, casual vibe. They're known for high quality elevated pub food on the menu and an extensive selection of beers, wines, liquors, and cocktails. Adapt your food menu Typical pubs resist change.

Fast Casual

Lavu

MAY 30, 2025

In this article, well walk you through 7 easy steps to increase table turnover effectively, helping you boost your bottom line while maintaining a great dining experience. Turnover rate may be higher in fast-casual or quick-service restaurants compared to fine-dining establishments.

Seating

Lavu

AUGUST 1, 2025

By barring the doors, costs have been saved across the board – from labor to operations. Start Serving Small Plates during Off-Peak Hours Modern dining behavior is partial to small plates. The recession can be seen as having changed the meal landscape for dining establishments. Well, here are a few steps 9j how to.

POS

SpotOn

JUNE 27, 2025

Over the last several years, QR order and pay has gone from being a fringe technology to a widely used solution for restaurants, bars, breweries, and wineries. Misconception 1: You can just turn QR codes on at your restaurant without making any operational changes and it'll work just fine. Order and pay?

Mobile Ordering

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 9, 2025

” Average Check: This represents the average amount that is spent by each customer dining. Food/Beverage Sales: What percentage of your revenue should be coming from food and what percentage of sales are from beverages. Voids: This is the cancelation of an order, usually due to error.

Hospitality

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." The pandemic made speed, accuracy, and seamless ordering non-negotiable.

Mobile Ordering

Lavu

APRIL 25, 2025

Whether you’re running a food truck or a full-service restaurant, mobile inventory tools are game changers. By integrating with platforms like Marketman and QuickBooks, the system keeps inventory updates accurate, even as orders pour in from different channels. Of course, accurate data is only as good as the team handling it.

Inventory

Web Diner

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Ever wonder why that craft cocktail at your local bar seems irresistible, or why you always end up ordering that premium coffee drink when you meant to get regular brew? A bar tested this theory. Orders jumped 42%, and guests happily paid $5 more. A bar & grill played this game brilliantly. ” The result?

Menu

Lavu

JULY 25, 2025

From food trucks to big-time breweries, a POS system is a must-have to accept credit and debit payments and offer more than just basic cash transactions. Be sure the orders are easy to read and understand. The technological heart of your business, Point of Sale systems are essential. In a busy kitchen, there is no time for mistakes.

POS

SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

But not entirely because of inflation, labor shortages, and high food costs. Gross profit margin subtracts only the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) to determine the profitability of your food and beverages, while net profit margin subtracts all your costs to determine the profitability of your entire operation. We all know it. Labor costs.

Operations

SpotOn

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Corkage fees are typically found in casual dining and fine dining restaurants, encouraging guests to select a bottle from the restaurant, instead of bringing their own.  Check the restaurant's wine list or dinner menu if there's some curiosity about corkage fees while dining out.

Fine Dining

Restaurant Clicks

APRIL 8, 2025

With so many BBQ joints, choosing the best can ignite fierce debates—possibly even bar fights! These places have earned loyal fans by serving stellar food. Texas BBQ is more than food—it’s tradition, passion, and community. It’s a great stop for those who enjoy a more intimate dining experience.

Seasonal Menu

Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 20, 2025

However, there are common pitfalls that restaurant owners need to be aware of and avoid in order to maintain healthy finances. These hospitality accounting services offer hospitality finance solutions, vital for accounting for restaurants and bars. Inaccurate hotel bookkeeping, for instance, can lead to significant financial losses.

Cash Management

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

These annualized sales declines despite foot traffic growing reflect the ongoing trend of consumers trading down for lower-cost options when dining out. Yelp analyzes the millions of reviews on its platform, along with nominations from its community of users, to generate a diverse list of local eateries, from food trucks to fine dining.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Turning Tides: Restaurants Continued Navigativating Inflation In response to inflation, operators said they: adjusted food suppliers (37 percent), tracked ingredient prices (36 percent), increased menu prices (34 percent), managed a leaner inventory (32 percent), and reduced their menu sizes (26 percent).

Point of Sale

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining trends, hiring trends, tech trends, brunch trends, alcohol trends, and egg prices. American Diner Trends Despite a higher cost of living, the average consumer’s dining habits are unchanged.

Pricing

The Restaurant Group

MAY 6, 2025

We’re talkin sales totals, customer orders, kitchen prep times, even that feedback card someone scribbled on. When you swipe cards at the register or punch orders into the POS, you’re building a goldmine of info. Youll know if Taco Tuesdays bring in cash or kill your food cost analysis. You wont just guess.

Cash Management

Restaurant Engine

MAY 14, 2025

You stand out and above the competition with good food, amazing service , and a solid customer loyalty program. Ultimately, youll increase the rate at which they dine with you, engage your customers, and increase your revenue. This approach taps into status-driven motivation and is ideal for higher-end or fine-dining establishments.

Loyalty Program

EATER

MARCH 10, 2025

They include highly personal explorations of Pakistani and West African cuisines; a rollicking California road trip; an ode to third culture cooking; a seasonal, vegetable-forward take on Filipino food; smart and wildly creative ways to level up your baking; a paean to tinned fish; and the return of a beloved cookbook author.

2025

EATER

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Scott Suchman This year, we found ourselves blissfully forgetting about the world outside the dining room, and settling into meals that felt exciting, confident, and joyful Dining out should be a lot of things — nourishing, thought-provoking, less than a week’s rent — but one that can be easy to forget about is fun.

Seasonal Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of Drinksgiving and Thanksgiving trends, FSR challenges, and "out-of-the-box" dining habits. Eighteen percent reported that higher food costs were the number one obstacle to growing their business right now.

2025

Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 22, 2025

Looking back at the most recent recession, dining out dropped 8.8% Paperchase’s financial specialists in the restaurant and bar industry analyzed same store data across all restaurant sectors to detail the correlation between equity-market crashes and the food and beverage business.

Hospitality

Hot Schedules

MARCH 11, 2025

Many hotels rely on outdated or disconnected purchasing systems, leading to over-ordering, waste, and supplier inconsistencies. Your F&B Costs Aren’t as Locked Down as You Think Food and beverage is one of the biggest revenue drivers—but also one of the hardest to control. You’re not alone. The result? The Bottom Line?

Hotels

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. percent) and fine dining restaurants (19.9 percent) and fine dining restaurants (19.9

Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2024

Moving to Multichannel Dining Experiences Dining out is… back? Orders come from a multitude of places. Food availability is often in flux. Food availability is often in flux. Wait or dwell experiences can be dampened if take-out or remote orders get preference.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. 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.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 17, 2022

With wholesale food prices soaring 13 percent in 2021 and labor costs rising as worker shortages continue, many restaurants are looking for smart ways to lower costs and avoid passing them on to their diners. A smaller menu might limit ordering options but not the ability for restaurants to wow their guests.

Seasonal Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. Food Industry Faces Consumer Pressures.

2020