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Five Things Every Restaurant Can Do to Boost Profits While Reopening

Modern Restaurant Management

If running a restaurant wasn’t already expensive, running one under new distancing regulations means less capacity and investment in safety infrastructure that will take a toll on costs. Lastly, food cost should always be a consideration when making menu changes. Optimize Inventory.

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Food Delivery Exposure Best Practices: Tips for Hired and Non-Owned Auto Exposure Controls

Modern Restaurant Management

Consider the following in your risk management and business continuity programs: Use of Food Delivery Services vs. Company Employees – By using a hired food delivery service, a restaurant can reduce the chance of employees having an accident by using their cars or the owner’s vehicles.

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Get Ready for the Post-COVID Economy Now!

Embrace the Suck

Much longer than that and eating canned food and instant ramen will become very boring. There’s safety—and therefore comfort—in numbers. What happened that day altered how we travel and our perceptions of the world around us. We should be managing our inventory better. This pandemic hit us fast and hard.

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How Restaurants Can Support Employees During COVID-19

Next Restaurants

In an instant, we lost our normal ways of life in exchange for lockdowns and safety guidelines. Because you can never know how someone is feeling unless you speak to them, it is more important now than ever that restaurant managers are actively communicating with their staff as they plan for returns. By Adrian Johansen, Contributor.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2020-COVID-19 Effects Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. In Asia, the third factor most often cited was provenance and food production methods. Yelp Economic Average. In the U.S. In the U.K.,

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

But for the QSR industry specifically, consumer expectations increased as priorities moved to health and safety first, which have, in turn, shaped decision making, long term brand engagement and buying behavior. The impact of COVID-19 on customer behavior was experienced swiftly f by all industries. The Appeal of Coupons and Discounts.

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Reinventing a Safer, Personalized Restaurant Experience through Facial Recognition

Modern Restaurant Management

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone is wondering what “regular life” will look like once cities have all reopened and people begin to resume some of their favorite activities like traveling and eating out. Let’s walk through some of the most transformative technological use cases for restaurants of tomorrow.