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‘AI Has the Potential to Truly Become the Brain of the Restaurant.’

Modern Restaurant Management

It is one of the areas where many are already seeing returns, especially those in the casual dining space. In doing so, there is an opportunity for more experimentation and funding in future use cases that has buy in at all levels. Also, inventory management is a big opportunity here.

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Order and Pay at the Table: A Guide for Your Restaurant

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Use screen content to promote upcoming events, new menu items, coupons, and more. Fast Casual: Fast casual restaurants can offer speedier service without downgrading food quality using tableside ordering. Quick-service, casual dining, cafes, and even food trucks can benefit from mobile ordering systems.

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Carry-Out Services: 7 Brilliant Marketing Strategies to Launch Your Restaurant’s New Offering

Restaurant Engine

Whether you’re a fine dining establishment branching into takeout or a casual diner expanding to accommodate busy families, launching a successful carry-out program requires more than just putting a “To-Go Available” sign in the window. You can also include coupon codes for carry-out.

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MRM Research Roundup: Delivery Fraud, the Playground Effect, and Top 100 Places to Eat

Modern Restaurant Management

Casual dining is on the rise, with spots like Chellas Arepa Kitchen (#5) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Cardelli's Italian Market Deli (#45) in Riverside, California offering budget-friendly options. In one scenario analyzed by Incognia, a fraudster created 800 fake accounts to exploit new user coupons and was able to steal 1.5

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MRM Research Roundup: Cautious Optimism, Beyond the Burn, and the Taylor Swift Economy

Modern Restaurant Management

Out of 25 brands, 17 are QSR or casual dining restaurants, marking a significant shift in why people are primarily visiting malls – to eat. Casual dining remains the most popular category, with 62 percent of Americans frequenting casual restaurants like Applebee’s or Olive Garden.

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How to Turn Occasional Diners into Lifetime Regulars with Loyalty Programs

Restaurant Engine

For example, once they spend $200, they get a coupon for 20% off an appetizer. This can be especially effective for cafs, casual dining spots, or lunch-focused venues. At $500, they get a free appetizer. This approach taps into status-driven motivation and is ideal for higher-end or fine-dining establishments.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Casual Dining velocity has grown by 158 percent over the same period, suggesting many of the Casual Dining business models were able to maintain sales to some degree through pandemic restrictions. In fact, 30 percent of recent casual dining visitors think there is an opportunity to improve the quality of the beverage offer.

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