Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Diners simply don’t want the low food quality that often comes with long menus. These restaurant food trends can directly impact a restaurant’s profitability. A short menu can slim down the food costs through streamlined inventory management, as well as reduced food waste. Delivery Options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2022

Staff training, therefore, needs to include teaching individuals to communicate swiftly, clearly, and confidently with other team members when orders go wrong, or other problems occur. The core teams that need to appreciate and cooperate are the front-of-house waiting teams, the bar staff, and the kitchen team.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In the competitive restaurant and bar industry, customer feedback is vital for success. Restaurants and bars can use it to identify areas needing enhancement, adapt to changing trends, and refine operations. Actively seeking and acting on feedback sets restaurants and bars apart in a competitive market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

In recent years, the food service industry has undergone a rapid transformation of automation and increased technology usage. This has led to many perks for consumers, such as reduced wait times, contactless ordering, and more personalized offers and rewards. Perkins American Food Co. percent from 2025 to 2033 and reach US$ 345.6

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

Rakuten Ready surveyed more than 100 customers to measure how behaviors around dining have, or are anticipated to change around the perceptions and impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, food delivery and order for pickup. "The desire for convenience has always been present, coupled with an equally strong desire for delicious food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

In a recent Coronavirus-related study , 89 percent of respondents said they felt safer eating food from a grocery store or at home, versus in a restaurant. We will also see a rise in use of virtual waitlist and reservation platforms across restaurants. As soon as they’re done with their food and drink, they stand up and walk out.

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ChowNow

MAY 30, 2025

The right promotion at the right time can reignite business, whether that means a packed dining room on a slow weekday or reconnecting with loyal customers who havent ordered in a while. Are you trying to increase your direct online ordering ? A restaurant marketing strategy that works for a sports bar might fall flat at a vegan cafe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 9, 2025

They are top spots for the best food in France. In cities like New York, you’ll find eateries that mirror the bistro’s casual sophistication, while Tokyo’s intimate wine bars reflect a similar ethos of warmth and simplicity. Tech-savvy tools: Online reservations and ordering streamline service for busy guests.

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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.

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Seasonal Menu Mobile Ordering Food Order Menu 472

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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Your restaurant website needs to help your guests find you online, inform them about your menu and, possibly, help them reserve a table or order a delivery directly from you. Implement an online reservation system. Contactless ordering and payment available. Implement an Online Reservation System.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2025

A Dilemma of “Super Size” Proportions Amid rising food prices and shifting consumer preferences, the restaurant industry is facing a dilemma of “super size” proportions. Red Robin climbs 3 percent to 78 thanks in large part to its focus on menu and food. Still, the food and service metrics are quite high.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Virtually all the CapEx equipment and other items in a restaurant or bar depreciate over time and must eventually be replaced. Operating Expenses (OpEx) are the recurring monthly bills a restaurant or bar usually budgets for: electricity and water, rent, food and alcohol, etc. That’s what you pay them for.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Diners are turning to online ordering in increasing numbers because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on on-premise dining. According to a survey conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, 40% of Americans are ordering more food for takeout and delivery now than they were before the pandemic. Online ordering - Ditto.

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Design Online Ordering Social Media Mobile Ordering 397

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2020

Some restaurants with small dining rooms have opted to remain closed, even with permission to reopen, because it doesn’t’t make economic sense given the small number of customers they could seat in order to adhere to distancing regulations. But does such a product exist? Control of Your Outdoor Space Key. Get Creative.

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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.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 539

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. Restaurants with large or intricate menus will need to allocate more time to staff training on the ingredients, preparation methods, and food handling procedures.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

More than half of survey respondents said they will order more than usual, with only one in 10 saying less than usual. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. Barring a dramatic decrease in coronavirus infections, U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

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. General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago, top photo, opened its doors to the public on Friday, November 15. Located on North Michigan Avenue and Erie Street on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, the opening of Chicago Reserve Roastery marks Starbucks sixth global Roastery and third location in the U.S. Unique Food and Beverage Experiences.

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Delivery Reservations Customer Experience Retail 322

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Bars and nightlife businesses were among the hardest hit, with consumer interest down 81 percent. Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). ” Safety, hygiene and the food supply chain. .”

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2020 Food Safety Fast Casual Guest Recovery 479

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Additionally, plant-based and immunity-boosting foods, sanitation and outdoor dining has accelerated to an all time high. Nourishment will need to be more nutritious, and food consumption will need to be more functionally driven. Nourishment will need to be more nutritious, and food consumption will need to be more functionally driven.

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Food Truck Outdoor Food Safety Dine-in 508

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2020

Through mailed promotional flyers that contain a personalized QR code, restaurants can promote their hours, menu, coupons, reservation process and additional details about how they are operating in a today’s new environment. So keep it simple – bring them in with signage and keep them there with your great-tasting food and drinks.

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ChowNow

MAY 16, 2025

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. 77% of diners visit a restaurants website before they dine in or order takeout or delivery.

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Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Online Ordering Download 195

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Keeping staff has long been an issue for the food and beverage industry, but many restaurants now feel it is their primary obstacle to running a successful business. How do you make sure all employees – new and veteran – are truly ready for the upcoming food health inspection?

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Management Management Food Safety Communication 493

EATER

JUNE 4, 2024

Make reservations. For restaurants that accept reservations, reserve. It can be hard for diners to tell if a place requires reservations or not, so unless a restaurant specifically states on its website that it doesn’t accept them, assume you’ll need to book. If you make a reservation, honor it. at 20 o’clock.)

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2022

After exploring wine and home bartending during the pandemic, consumers are now more educated than ever before when it comes to ordering drinks at a restaurant. And, you don’t have to run a cocktail bar or fine dining location to play with these combinations. working to help our restaurant partners. Pay Attention to Ice.

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Bar 2023 Back of House Coaching 474

Lavu

MAY 30, 2025

There are numerous ways to improve your table turnover rate, such as implementing efficient reservation systems, optimizing menu design, and training staff to handle table management effectively. When the server initially comes to the table, drinks should be ordered. Within ten minutes of ordering the drinks, food should be ordered.

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Seating Mobile Ordering Customer Service Customer Experience 140

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2024

In addition to more wide-ranging compliance requirements like general health & safety guidelines and local labor laws, there are food and beverage-specific safety regulations , requirements for specialty licenses (such as those to serve alcohol), and unique stipulations on labor compliance, many related to the employment of minors.

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Restaurant Law Employee Relations Kitchen Safety Customer Experience 508

Goliath Consulting

AUGUST 10, 2019

After weeks of time-consuming meetings with local liquor distribution reps, local market research, and decision wavering, you finally feel confident that your bar is set up and ready to go. Before we dive into how bar consultants work, let’s briefly break down the structure of the liquor industry in America.

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Bar Fine Dining Sports Email Marketing 210

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

The National Restaurant Association remains on top of the issue providing updates and resources including a fact sheet and a webpage with an FAQ, industry guidance, and food safety guidelines provided by ServeSafe to address increasing questions about COVID-19. We ensure food safety.

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Cash Management Food Supply 516

7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. Consider food costs, labor costs, and cost of marketing your reopening. Additionally, by keeping the menu to a limited number of dishes, you can better plan and manage your food costs.

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Events Social Media Seating Kitchen Safety 351

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

100 percent of states have Restaurants open indoors and 98 percent of states have Bars open indoors, with some capacity measures in place. velocity in Neighborhood Bars has grown by 447 percent vs the equivalent week in 2020. Reassuringly, On Premise velocity is showing positive signs of nearly reaching levels seen in 2019.

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2021 Coupons Loyalty Program Consumer Goods 490

Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

These are the restaurants where dining is much, much more than just consuming food. It takes so much effort, time, and money to pull customers in for that first visit – we want to make them feel good about their investment and book another reservation soon. Search through the more than 700 articles on the business of food.

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Pricing Consumer Goods Training Small Business 442

7 Shifts

MARCH 18, 2021

In order to support the restaurant industry through uncharted waters, our team at 7shifts has worked together to derive important labor trends and insights from our network of restaurant pros. Bars and nightclubs were hit the hardest—an 89% drop in sales. billion in grants for food service establishments.

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Point of Sale Back of House Front of House Outdoor 370

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ah, but the food and conversation were consistently good, plentiful, and in-expensive. The conversation evolved around local news and gossip, and alcoholic beverages were reserved for bars scattered throughout the community. Why do people line up for your food every day?” Bofinger – what’s your secret ingredient?

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