Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

New Design for Freddy's. Located in Salina, Kansas, this prototype marks a new chapter for the brand’s design evolution as this option is its first model without a dining room, hosting a double drive-thru and a walk-up ordering station. ” Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The normalcy of customers coming in the doors for a night of dining or even a casual lunch feels like a vision of the distant past. Have clear signage, enforce the mandated health rules, and diligently track the number of guests inside of your facility at all times. Judiciously monitor your employees’ health as well.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

Following integration, Flippy ROAR’s zero-footprint design will be tested to improve employee and food preparation, for wider location integration. With a QR code, guests can easily scan the code safely from their own device and join the waitlist through DineTime. DoorDash Supporting Black-Owned Restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Fast food, fast casual and sit-down restaurant apps have seen the biggest jump since last April. Orders from fast food apps increased 38 percent, fast casual apps increased 71 percent, and sit down restaurants increased 88 percent. On average, guests in Kansas City spent 11 percent more per order than guests in Tampa Bay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

The sit-down restaurant recovery will hinge on the country’s continued handling of the pandemic and subsequent economic recovery. Despite a nearly one-third decline in overall card sales, the average dollar amount loaded onto each card remained fairly consistent in 2020, indicating that guests maintained their spending power.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2020

However, growth in average spending per guest remains negative for full-service restaurants. According to Guest Trends Insights: Guest sentiment for “off-premise” restaurant offerings improved in March as restaurants began shifting their efforts toward improving to-go and delivery operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2021

This was painfully evident when a couple of my coworkers and myself went to eat at a fast casual chain and waited over a half hour for food. During the pandemic many existing fast casual concepts shut down their dining rooms and in essence became ghost kitchens where customers could order for delivery or pick up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Overall, “large parties,” or a party with eight or more guests, had a +2 percent increase in same-store transactions in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Cheers to 2023: Overall, restaurant and bar guests drank approximately +11 percent more alcohol in Q4 2023 compared to the average for Q1 through Q3 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A detailed look at Salata’s restaurant design and layout. The introduction of the franchising microsite follows a number of brand milestones for Salata in 2019, including: The debut of a new restaurant design (February). ” Perfectly Designed Pizza Hut. Financial requirements. A rebrand (June). " Karamo Brown.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Fast-Casual Fast Growth Rising prices in recent years have evidently been good for someone: Fast-casual restaurants. It continues: “And with many fast-casual restaurants upping their convenience games with drive-thrus and other innovations , the distinction between the two segments has become increasingly muddied.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Hotel guests said they feel “extremely safe” knowing a hotel room is cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants compared to leading consumer brands1. Diminishing Customer Satisfaction With Restaurants May Hamper Recovery Efforts. says it is clear that the restaurant industry is well on its way to recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Increasing industry awareness of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act (“Act”) so as to encourage safe and effective food donation and recovery. OpenTable added new features designed to address one of the biggest challenges for restaurants and managers: control over table turns. OpenTable Adds Features.

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Foodable

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date on the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. Sonic is overhauling its drive-in design. This may have a trickle-down effect for the casual and fine dining sectors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Golden Chick’s modular restaurant design will feature a drive-thru as well as an area for online order pick-ups in a 1,920-square-foot space. “This year has taught us so much and inspired our efforts to grow our business in new ways that best serve our guests. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. Fast food far outpaced fast casual and casual dining restaurants by more than 2X in the past month. Fast Casual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Intriguingly, it appears fast casual restaurants have started taking back the customers they lost to quick serve restaurants since the pandemic, with consumers visiting fast casual restaurants more often, up to 24 percent from 21 percent in May. Fast Casual. Fast casuals are beginning to take back their customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature links for PPP Forgiveness, new Yelp features and more products and services for restaurant recovery. Through a QR code, guests can easily scan the code and join the waitlist through Yelp. Pre-COVID, companies provided food to employees and guests for meetings, events, or as a perk.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Student volunteers support in a variety of hands-on roles that range from assisting chefs with the preparation of their dishes, to facilitating guest registration. The Houses for the Holidays campaign ran from November 12 to December 31 and gave guests the opportunity to purchase a DIY gingerbread house for $5.95 in Plano, Texas.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Ocean Spray is joining forces with Massachusetts Restaurant United and the COREcares Foundation for this hospitality stimulus, in addition to offering discounts on the brand’s cranberry products to support restaurants on the road to recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. “We put the safety of our employees first.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

ClearPath Solutions launched Step Up to The Table, a three-part initiative designed to garner support for local restaurants. "Together we look forward to empowering North American restaurateurs to deliver superior guest experiences and make them wildly successful." Step Up to The Table. Tractor Adds Pouring Partners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

As part of the effort, KitchenAid is partnering with JBF to create more possibilities in the kitchen for culinary professionals as they face a difficult recovery. James Beard Foundation Mentorship, presented by KitchenAid, is designed to empower and engage a network of culinary leaders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2021

Six igloos for outdoor dining or 27 propane heaters or 183 tanks of propane to keep guests warm. Lastly, for a high-volume casual restaurant in California (think: Urth Caffe or Coral Tree Cafe). Survival of the Fast Casuals. Sluggish Restaurant Recovery. 904 hours of pay for waiters (at $9.95/hour hour in NY).

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“Over the past 40 years, TSFR has developed a strong reputation as a leader in the restaurant industry and fostered a talented and engaged team that delights our guests,” said Mark Schostak, Executive Chairman at TSFR. William (Bill) M. Angott: President and Chief Executive Officer | 25 years.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news of the expected pent-up demand from guests, the Great Restaurant Restart and delivery trends. Additional key findings from the survey include: Over a third (38 percent) of respondents plan to have between 1-20 guests, with 32 percent planning to have under 50.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

JUNE 13, 2024

Restaurant Due Diligence Services … And Established Casual Dining Chains Are Facing Traffic Challenges Making Them Ripe for Consolidation… Restaurant chains in the U.S. Every foodservice category has a clear market share leader with one exception – casual dining. Interested in a menu overhaul? Get in touch.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Each update highlights the most relevant and timely workforce, financial, guest and consumer trends. QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 Full-Service: Service Guest Sentiment Improved in Q3. Powered by Black Box Guest Intelligence. Weekly Restaurant Insights.

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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. On the Road to Recovery. New Zealand was the first to record a strong trend towards recovery, in correlation to its success in containing the spread of the virus to date.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

When we started Lunchbox 18 months ago, we wanted to help restaurants with a strong ethos and identity speak to their guests directly. Lunchbox also partnered with Beam Social Impact to make it easier for restaurants to increase social responsibility by easily facilitating nonprofit donations from guest orders. Get the Holiday Scoop.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The fourth quarter was not good for restaurant sales; each month posted worse same-store sales growth than the previous month, according to Black Box Guest Intelligence. In addition, colder winter weather eliminated some potential for outdoor restaurant dining, favored by many guests who believe patio seating is a safer option.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the impact of cold weather on restaurant viability, why franchises need to be nimbler and the pandemic's effect on guest expectations. This is encouraging for restaurants, especially as only about 8 percent of respondents said that guests will be very unwilling. Restaurant Adaptation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Signs of Restaurant Recovery The restaurant industry showed promising signs of recovery in March 2025, as large-chain restaurant transactions saw notable improvement, according to Circana, LLC. Within QSRs, fast-casual restaurants led the way, growing transactions by 2 percent in March.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Turn Pricing into a Growth Strategy : A smarter approach to menu pricing can boost revenue and profitability without compromising guest experience. ” Special guest speaker, Sonat Birnecker Hart, president and founder of KOVAL Distillery in Chicago, underscored the devastating impact tariffs have had on small craft distillers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

When they do go out, consumers prefer local restaurants over national chains; QSR more than fast casual or casual dining; and coffee shops/casual eateries are preferred over "breakfast only" spots. But it hasn’t been a smooth or even recovery for either company. If not, they might grab a bite somewhere else.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 15, 2019

“This is something we were expecting given the underlying relentless erosion of guest counts and the fact that the industry was headed towards tougher previous year sales comparisons as we went into the second half of 2019,” said Victor Fernandez, vice president of insights and knowledge for TDn2K. percent during the same period.

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