Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

launched its COVID-19 online operator resource, the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint. The Restaurant Reopening Blueprint and accompanying webinars are available on the company’s “Make it Now” online platform, designed to provide operators resources and solutions to help them adapt to changing industry needs.

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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 ? If youre looking for restaurant promotion ideas, youre in the right place.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The floor plan of a seating area should not only make it easy for employees and patrons to observe social distancing guidelines, but the foot traffic flow should also make sense. Move tables away from high-traffic areas, such as bathrooms and service stations, in order to minimize contact. — to reduce touchpoints.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, restaurants affected by mandatory closures have pivoted to delivery and takeout to sustain their businesses, with nearly half of Americans willing to leave home to purchase restaurant meals as long as there is a low or zero-contact way to pick up the orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Henry is ready to order some dinner. He visits your restaurant’s app and orders his favorite dish on the menu. He receives an estimated wait time for his order of 45 minutes. As he is about to enter the restaurant, let’s consider the technology that he will encounter along his journey to pick up his order.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

collaborated with OneDine to curate a contactless yet personalized restaurant visit—creating a customized, platform that provides guests full control over ordering, speed of service, and payment. This includes: Self check-in, table alert, and self-seating to expedite the entry process. Guests can contact Eureka!

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. One great thing about the online delivery market is that it produces massive amounts of data. Heloise Blaure, founder of HomeKitchenLand.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

In addition to allowing a safer, hands-free payment method, the system has been shown to make the ordering process quicker and more efficient. Seated Acquires VenueBook. Seated acquired digital event booking platform VenueBook. and the surrounding region. . and the surrounding region.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many restaurants have had to rethink their spaces in order to accommodate additional outdoor dining capacity. While online food and restaurant deliveries have gained momentum, many diners still want to experience in-restaurant dining. Bar Louie, Indianapolis.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2023

QR Codes and the Concept of Ordering or Paying Ahead The restaurant experience has changed in many ways, and, over the past few years, the pandemic accelerated a major shift. On-demand delivery has grown, and consumers have become used to quick service and ordering through their smartphones, even while waiting at restaurants.

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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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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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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These restaurants take orders through online apps and use 'ghost kitchens' or virtual kitchens that offer virtual menus to take-out customers. Cheap digital menu marketing that captures a share of online dining demand. Need to manage the impact on staff morale of working online orders without receiving tips.

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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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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. NCR Corporation added technology that builds diners’ confidence by empowering them to both order and pay via their own mobile device.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

This has led to many perks for consumers, such as reduced wait times, contactless ordering, and more personalized offers and rewards. The market is influenced by evolving consumer lifestyles, the growth of digital ordering, and consumer demand for convenient and affordable dining. percent from 2025 to 2033 and reach US$ 345.6

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7 Shifts

JULY 1, 2024

Running a bar is a lucrative business, proven by the fact that this industry is estimated to be valued at a whopping $36 billion in 2024. While this could be a rewarding venture, opening a bar is not exactly the same as opening a food business. How profitable is a bar?

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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This should include all tables available for seating customers. Optimize seating arrangements: Arrange tables in a way that maximizes the use of available space without compromising customer comfort. Also, ensure that the waiting staff is adequately trained to take orders quickly and accurately. casual dining vs. fine dining).

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Paul Wahlberg is Chef/Co-Owner of Wahlburgers, a casual dining restaurant and bar founded by the chef and his brothers Mark and Donnie. Wahlberg : For us at Wahlburgers, we were fortunate to have already had the foundation built for online ordering and takeout. Kyle Collins. Chef Paul Wahlberg.

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Food Safety Social Media Loyalty Program Consumer Goods 515

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Coffee Bars. Do they have indoor seating or are they takeout-only? Seating capacity. Coffee shop with seating: $80,000 to $300,000. Coffee shop with both seating and a drive-thru: $80,000 to $300,000. Are there high-top, bar-style tables, regular seating, or a mix of both? Coffee Shop Concepts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

32 percent of survey takers chose outdoor seating availability as a factor in their dining-out comfort level. More than half of survey respondents said they will order more than usual, with only one in 10 saying less than usual. Barring a dramatic decrease in coronavirus infections, U.S. Most Important safety initiatives.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Customer Service 474

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. You can book online or give us a call. Alternatively, bar seating must be closed until physical distancing requirements are eased. Set a budget ?? Advertise! ??

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Events Social Media Kitchen Safety Seating 351

EATER

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But what was for some an opportunity to celebrate the early arrival of changing leaves and everything plaid was a harbinger of bad times to come for restaurateurs now reliant on outdoor seating and the warm weather that allows it to survive. are figuring out how to adapt to a season that’s traditionally brutal for the industry.

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Outdoor Seating Small Business Customer Service 363

EATER

JUNE 4, 2024

For hotspots like Septime or Frenchie , you should call or check online weeks ahead; for more casual dining, call a day or even just a few hours in advance. As more restaurants have moved to online bookings, many also require a credit card deposit as a defense against no-shows. curfew for all restaurants, bars, and delivery services.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Customers shifted their purchases to off-premise dining suddenly, leaving many operators flat footed and ill prepared for seamless online ordering, contactless payment and curbside pickup. The unfortunate reality is that customers aren’t comparing the curbside or app ordering process of Denny’s to McDonalds.

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2020 Online Ordering Customer Experience Point of Sale 450

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. 92 percent of respondents said they intend to purchase equipment online more frequently going forward.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2020

COVID-19 is already impacting restaurants across the world—some more than others, with restaurants and other eating establishments being shut down by government order across the country. Encourage guests to order take-out or delivery. Properly sanitize tables and seating areas thoroughly between each group.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

One pro we know tested a cook with a plate this order challenge under a timer. Give them a week of shadowing seasoned staff, clear checklists like Greet tables in 2 minutes or Check orders before they leave the pass, and a full menu rundownspecials included. Online ordering speeds up takeout with fewer mix-ups.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In Arkansas, ordering buffalo ribs will land you a plate of fried fish—seasoned, battered ribs cut from local big-boned buffalo fish. Vera’s Backyard Bar-B-Que (2404 Southmost Blvd, Brownsville, TX; Owner: Armando Vera). Pillsbury Professional Online Debuts. Little Rock, AR; Owners: Elihue Washington Jr.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

” The cashless multi-vendor open-air gastronomic market has two locations in Prague, and a total of 34 independently operated restaurants, bars and retailers. Any suspicious event would be reported immediately, online, to all the responsible people who can take action with no delay. Eat healthier.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2020

It is rich in essential vitamins and fiber and is a plant based tasty ingredient on coffee bars, ice creams, savory dishes to add creamy texture and more! Soothing music, comfortable seating, teas, infused waters, screens with calming images are just some examples of how to add a destressing break during a meeting. Mental wellness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 539

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Thirty-nine percent of those in the US and 36 percent in the UK ordered more frequently from their local restaurant than before the crisis. "Throughout Ninety-five percent of Americans and 87 percent of those in the UK noted they often ordered take-out before stay-at-home orders began. Mixed take-out bag.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Food Safety 493

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Conducted in partnership with Teneo via online surveys between June 22 and July 2 in Florida, Washington and New York, the results offer insight into how the pandemic has impacted restaurants, how operators have adapted and what will bring diners back through their doors. COVID-19 Impact on Restaurants. Innovating During COVID-19.

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7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2020

Order online at unayxe.com or call 306.978.0116. ??: Marketing: Consider posting DIY videos on how to assemble & prepare your meal kits, and be sure to attach a link for diners to order their own! You don’t have to be a brewery or bar to get into the delivery game either. Carmen Hamm Owner, Picaro. Alcohol delivery ??

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. During the peak of the pandemic, the number of diners seated across Yelp Reservations and Waitlist dropped essentially to zero. Sit down restaurants need to take a seat and pay attention. The key takeaway? eCommerce is here to stay.

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