7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

As you plan out your concept, location, menu, staffing, and marketing, take a read through the advice left by hundreds of restaurateurs to ensure you’re set up for success in 2020. Educate yourself on costs, hiring, and the market you are in before taking the leap. It’s going to be the ride of your life. Erin, Rush Street. ?. ?.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. Facing multiple headwinds, restaurant owners and management must employ the most effective tool available: effective communication. A good starting point for addressing many issues is use of a manager’s log.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MAY 10, 2024

They provide a way for investors to access dividends generated from real estate investments without needing to buy, manage, or finance properties themselves. Overall, REITs have provided a valuable tool for the restaurant industry, facilitating growth and financial management but require careful consideration of terms and strategic fit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features consumers' dining desires, the power of personalization and the untapped opportunity in localized marketing. The survey found that 59 percent of US and 47 percent of UK consumers plan to dine-out as soon as they are able. Mixed take-out bag.

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2020 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Fast Casual 197

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. " – John Oakes, Revenue Management Solutions CEO. Slow movers tie up inventory -and the cash needed to by that inventory. For part one, click here.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 197

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Drinking has, of course, traditionally been the main activity that takes place at bars. Recommended Reading: 7 Bar Inventory Building and Management Tactics for Restaurants. If so, you can take advantage of games that require more space. However, this is shifting. Differentiate your business from competitors. Space & Noise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

New independents will arise out of the ashes. The new wave of restaurateurs will learn from the recent crisis and will focus on sustainability of operations by leaning hard into delivery, take-home, curbside pick-up, contactless payment, and other enabling technology. Independent restaurants will learn. Marketing Strategy Will Adapt.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their perspection on 2020: What lessons did you learn and what do you feel the restaurant industry learned this year? When you give back to the community, the community takes care of you. Here are their responses. Click here for part two.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

With more states lifting sanctions on dine-in options, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Yelp's Small Business Expert Emily Washcovick to learn about ways restaurants can successfully make the transition and slowly ramp up operations, while keeping guest and staff safety top of mind.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The hardest hit have been casual dining sit-down restaurants and national chains that complied with local COVID-19 mandates to limit or ban indoor dining. Surviving are the fast-food chains, where more than 60 percent of their sales come through the drive through. Reduce overhead and non- value-added costs.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

There are so many things to think about — from inventory management to restaurant payment and billing and more — it can be difficult to keep track of it all. That’s where restaurant management software comes in. In this roundup, we will take a look at some of the best restaurant management software out there.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

While phasing out paper money entirely would be a huge undertaking, some restaurants have stopped accepting bills or coins. Not accepting cash eliminates the risk of thefts and reduces crime rates in general. In other parts of the world, South Korea, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have encouraged digital payment methods over cash.

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

The speeds they can work at might not be as fast as lightning, but as close as humanly possible. This permits your restaurant—both front and back of the house—to work at the fast pace of consumer spending. For fast-casual restaurants, opting for a mobile point-of-sale system makes the most sense. An item is forgotten.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their views on trends. With more options to work outside of the hospitality industry, operators must offer employees more scheduling flexibility, facilitate transparent communication between management and team members, and avoid overworking staff.

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Xtra Chef

MARCH 30, 2020

Think Fast, Act Local. He needed to act, and fast. He had an opportunity to act in the best interest of Easton and help his customers stay closer to home by coming to his cafe for groceries rather than venturing out to large, national chain stores. The apples available for sale are from Scholl Orchards out of Bethlehem, PA.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Such a system is easy to install and simplifies the entire process from order taking to serving the customer. . They are a hybrid system that can take orders, process credit card payments, print receipts, operate as a server station, and display information on a user-friendly screen. restaurants, and casual dining restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features Grubhub's State of the Plate 2020 trend report, the fragility of "open," di g ital resilience and brand intimacy. 38 percent dined out in the last two weeks – up 2 percentage points from the previous issue (two weeks prior).

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Aaron Allen & Associates

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Will consumers like it just as much as the management team does? In this context, the only way to work your way out of inflation is innovation. There were a number of acquisitions evenly distributed across segments, from snacks to fast casual to full-service and QSR. Is this the right way to stay ahead?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

CGA’s surveys of consumers in various states have tracked a rise in numbers planning to go out to eat over the next two weeks—to 74 percent in New York, for example, compared to just 34 percent in December 2020. Another growth area could be packaged cocktails, said Andrew Hummel, CGA’s client solutions manager.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Is there a shortage of healthy fast-food options? These observations will help carve out your own space in the local food scene. Whether it’s chic and modern or rustic and cozy, fine dining or casual, the atmosphere needs to enhance the dining experience and make it memorable for all the right reasons.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 2, 2020

You can’t run a restaurant without employees, which means that processing payroll is an essential task for restaurant owners, operators, and managers. When you have restaurants in multiple states and cities, the difficulties of managing your payroll are multiplied. What percentage of sales should payroll be?

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BNG Point of Sale

AUGUST 19, 2021

When starting out in the restaurant business, there are many methods and procedures that improve your chances for success, and one of the most powerful is a Profit and Loss Statement (P & L Statement). Take this gross profit amount and add in all operating costs for that week to get a subtotal. Here are some common data points:

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Margin Edge

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Take sushi vs beer. Prime costs are kind of like the restaurant world’s version of a report card for management, measuring how well they are doing keeping the joint profitable. If your COGS are out of whack, your profits will be too. COGS By Restaurant Type (QSR, Fast Casual, Fine Dining, Bars).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2023

In this column, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine looks at newly introduced menu items from top brands. Starting Monday, January 16, CPK will hand out sealed Thank You Card envelopes to guests dining in or taking out at any location nationwide*. The best part is every card is a winner!”

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Web Diner

AUGUST 5, 2020

According to a Gordon Haskett analysis, fast-food giants are quietly raising their menu prices for delivery orders , implementing a premium food delivery pricing strategy. While Chick-fil-A stood out in regards to its pricing structure, other QSR giants are also marking up the delivery menus. observed in fast-food chains.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

SALIDO leverages design, data, and workflow management to optimize both front- and back-end operations. “We have officially rolled out SALIDO to support all of our flagship stores across the United States and Canada and are looking forward to continuing our partnership.” ” DIY Meal Kits Made Easy.

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Lavu

MARCH 27, 2020

The words “restaurant management system” rarely cause excitement. Food is fascinating, and dining out often leads to cherished memories, but a restaurant’s transaction system does not make it into those memories. Restaurant Management Is Evolving Rapidly Too. A Historical Look at the Evolving Restaurant.

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Margin Edge

JULY 23, 2020

Our co-founder, Roy Phillips, spent over 20 years with one of America’s largest casual-dining chains where an incentive structure played a key role in their company’s growth, individual store success, and team culture. This is a structure with GM’s, FOH managers, Kitchen managers/chefs in mind. Proposed Incentive Structure.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

The founders of Dog Haus – Hagop Giragossian, Quasim Riaz and André Vener – are taking their gourmet hot dogs, sausages, burgers, etc. “In the 158 years of Bacardi, we’ve endured our share of challenging times and have learned that resilience, optimism and community are what will help us come out stronger.”

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Web Diner

AUGUST 5, 2020

According to a Gordon Haskett analysis, fast-food giants are quietly raising their menu prices for delivery orders , implementing a premium food delivery pricing strategy. While Chick-fil-A stood out in regards to its pricing structure, other QSR giants are also marking up the delivery menus. observed in fast-food chains.

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Delivery Pricing Fast Casual Online Ordering 36

EATER

JANUARY 5, 2022

At the Food on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the food service industry laid out its vision for a future in which customers never have to wait. He offers, for example, TGI Fridays, a casual chain that has national recognition but little presence in densely populated American cities. It’s fast food on an even grander scale.

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BNG Point of Sale

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In this post, we will explore what an ideal restaurant food margin is and how to calculate it so that you can have an easier time managing your business and know exactly where you stand financially. . Fast Food And Quick Service . A Guide to a Restaurant’s Ideal Profit Margin for Food . Catering .

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OpenTable

JULY 8, 2022

For example, an attorney who has 50 restaurant clients that are all fast-food chains can rightly claim that they have a lot of restaurant experience, but if you’re planning to open something closer to The French Laundry, this is not a good fit. Figuring out how much money is needed. Corporations. S Corp within an LLC.

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The Food Corridor

MAY 22, 2020

First of all, it might not be a post-Covid world, but more of a managed Covid world. Dining Out. We can get a clearer picture by looking at a city like Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated in the world which, despite bordering China, has managed to minimize the spread of the virus without a full lockdown.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features recovery data, POS performance and shifting habits of diners. Around one in six (16 percent) will avoid dine-in experiences altogether in favor of delivery or take-out. 35 percent decided not to go out due to the protests.

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2020 Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Online Ordering 184

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. Additionally, turnover rates for restaurant employees and managers continue to be at all-time highs.

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The Food Corridor

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Let’s try to put that aside here and take a look at what we do know. And restaurants and other businesses with excess capacity can utilize The Kitchen Door to rent out their kitchen space to others. It’s not just fast-casual and QSRs that are driving this trend. Covid restrictions aren’t going away.

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