7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Ordering online, paying with mobile phones, scanning QR codes for a menu, and a ton of takeout, are just a part of dining out now. With mobile ordering, there are no menus to pass out and back around, no germed-up credit cards to swipe, and no cash to handle.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As consumer options and demand shifted, businesses were forced to adapt and prioritize new technologies and alternate ordering experiences that would allow them to deliver on customer expectations. Adopting a digital-first environment quickly became a priority and mobile technology is playing an integral role.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Indeed, we’ve entered a new era of customer habits –– much of it catalyzed by the pandemic, but some of which was already beginning to take shape even prior. Most notably is the shift to mobile and the way in which consumers patronize their favorite restaurants. Owning the End-to-End Experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Businesses have been forced to pivot away from on-premises dining to offer on-line ordering and take-out services. Whether fine-dining or fast casual, great service now revolves around the customer experience you bring to every interaction. Prepare for Changing Conditions. Create Frictionless Transactions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The new report captures a steady rise in mobile ordering, reinforcing the critical importance of mobile initiatives for restaurant brands. According to the data, consumers deleted restaurant apps if menu items were missing or if there was limited ability to customize orders. Mobile orders are on the rise.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Whatever the size of your operation, a tableside ordering system can help—it’s certainly not a tool for just large corporate restaurants. In fact, surveys show that 56% of people dine out at least twice a week! Implementing a tableside ordering system like CAKE from Mad Mobile can reshape how you run your business.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Online and Mobile Ordering Systems. Online ordering and delivery are one of the fastest growing aspects of the restaurant industry, up 124% in 2020. Customers are demanding online and mobile ordering, and modern restaurant tech makes it more accessible for every restaurateur. Third-party delivery.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Today’s diners are well-connected, tech savvy, and expect a high-quality restaurant customer experience—whether visiting a five-star restaurant, fast-casual, or the drive-through. Menu and order Customization. In doing so, the opportunity to fast upsell and cross promote increases with all the menu options at their fingertips.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. For example, there will be fewer human interactions when ordering takeaways during busy lunch hours, quick customer seating, or bill payments.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

The survey found that 59 percent of US and 47 percent of UK consumers plan to dine-out as soon as they are able. But while limited dining options are available, people have shown an increased desire to help out independent restaurants. Mixed take-out bag. Can't touch this.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“The challenge – and opportunity – for those in the Casual/Midscale category is to be more nimble so that they can also pivot quickly in response to changing circumstances. This ad again offers a convenient solution for homebound consumers, especially with online ordering and delivery available.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

According to Upserve’s 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry Report, the industry will collectively lose $240 billion, with casual dining sales volume down by 60 percent and fast casual down 50 percent. And during the current climate, it has become more important than ever.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Although we are not having guests eat in our dining rooms, Teriyaki Madness is utilizing technology to combat the fallout through an emphasis on pickup and delivery, innovative curbside service and social media promotions across its website and mobile app. Because patrons are not able to dine out, call-ahead orders have increased.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

As Modern Restaurant Management Restaurant (MRM) magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary this month, we reached out to industry insiders to garner their insights on what issues have impacted the industry over the last five years and what issues they feel will impact restaurants in the years to come. “Will this look good on Instagram?”

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MadMobile

AUGUST 11, 2022

With thousands of restaurants across the US, – how do you stand out in this saturated market? Fast Casual Fast Food Casual Dining Fine Dining Contemporary Casual Full Service Cafe or Bistro Bars & Pubs Food Trucks What are the different types of restaurants? What’s going to make your restaurant special?

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

A growing number of fast food chains are experimenting with seatless locations with only takeout or drive-thru options. Getty Images/iStockphoto As diners increasingly turn to delivery, the future of fast food may be one with no human interaction at all. People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Fast forward to 2022. Who makes the magic happen?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2023

Who among us hasn’t ordered food through a convenient mobile application, with menu choices ranging from not just quick-serve or fast-casual restaurants, but convenience stores as well? The following trends show how brands are taking advantage of this growing movement.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

As more restaurants focus their undivided attention on their off-premise offerings and guests adapt their consumption to this new environment, plus some of the government relief measures take effect, some small improvements may lie ahead.” Consumers are still very willing to get mobile and visit your stores for pick-up.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2019

People love to eat out and return when the experience is special. Customer-led Ordering and Payment. Outside of fine dining establishments (which constitute only a small percentage of restaurant businesses), customers no longer want to be dependent on a host to seat them or a server to take their order or process their payment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2020

Joey Coiffi, top photo, CEO of The Salad House , a growing New Jersey-based fast casual franchise, discusses how their restaurants were able to quickly ramp up to help out, the impact of social media sharing as well as restaurant technology's role in giving back. This was really quick.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Delivery and take-out will continue to be the most popular way consumers will get their restaurant meals in a COVID and post-COVID world. Contactless ordering at the table, virtual host stands, and online staff wellness checks have all become standard operating procedures for us now. Here are their responses.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Fast-casual: 28.9%. Casual: 33.2%. Upscale casual: 30.4%. Time to break that out again. It's generally accepted that keeping food costs around 28-35% is what it takes to run a profitable restaurant. Your inventory turnover ratio tracks how many times you sell out of your entire inventory over a given period.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Marketing trends, mobile data insights show that Gen Z has a considerable appetite for restaurants, clean eating, fast-casual, and exciting twists on healthy dining options. The sheer market size of Gen Z and their discretionary spending dollars should make restaurants and food services businesses sit up and take notice.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As the cost of living pressures continue to bite in Australia, consumers are becoming increasingly discerning about where, when and how much of their disposable income they spend on eating out. Shopping centres driving initiatives and experiences in order to adapt to the changing consumer landscape.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As the cost of living pressures continue to bite in Australia, consumers are becoming increasingly discerning about where, when and how much of their disposable income they spend on eating out. Shopping centres driving initiatives and experiences in order to adapt to the changing consumer landscape.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2021

Smart fast-casual concepts were laying the groundwork for their own off-premise future – reconfiguring stores for majority carry-out business and installing drive-through lanes of their own. The real issue to address is why a guest needs a $1 off coupon to use your brand only once.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2021

These next-generation restaurant units address customer demand for a seamless ordering and pick-up experience. For many limited-service restaurants, this could mean additional drive-thru lanes or take-out windows. Frustration felt by the guest can be mitigated simply by being transparent with how long an order will take.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Chick-fil-A even reported disabling curbside ordering in some locations to reduce strain on their workers. Restaurants can soften the impact of the labor shortage in 2022 by doubling down on retention, shaking up the traditional business model and taking advantage of technology to increase efficiency and streamline the dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Additionally, it means enacting ways to incentivize guests to order from a brand’s direct ordering channels, with offers like exclusive items and pricing, to drive in-house digital sales and therefore retain owned guest data. – Noah Glass, Founder & CEO, Olo Looking ahead to 2024, we anticipate more change.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

Pace of recovery for fast casual brands has slowed down considerably, although results continue to be much better than for full-service restaurants. Grubhub launched its latest report, "State of the Plate", looking at trends across the more than half a million orders placed a day. Forecasts: Summer (in ranking order).

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Lebanon Township, Totopo Cantina and Cocina is a casual and authentic Mexican restaurant and bar. I prefer a frozen mango margarita to accompany freshly fried chips and an order of Choriqueso, Mexican cheese fondue with chorizo, roasted poblano peppers, and salsa roja. Order Online. Order Online. Order Online.

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The Rail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Let’s look at four restaurant tech trends taking restaurants and the food industry to the next level. A fleet of electric vehicles is most suitable for more extensive restaurant operations, whether fast food, fine dining, or catering businesses. A detailed, well-thought-out marketing strategy can take any restaurant to the top.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2021

Gaining traction as you work to franchise your concept can take a great deal of effort and strategic thinking. They need to know if your brand is fun and casual, professional and fast-paced, or passionate and customer-service oriented. Take the Time to Understand Your Market. Have Processes in Place.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 31, 2021

That said, New York is known to have some of the best food in the world, so you know that some pizzerias stand out. True to their mobile food roots, Pizza Moto does an excellent mobile catering and pop-up business, so even if you aren’t in Red Hook, you can still enjoy their delicious Neapolitan Pizza. Order Online.

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Future Food

JUNE 27, 2023

The internal communities of our workplaces and assets can look out and connect with visitors and communities with a fine-grained F&B retail strategy to meet the needs of occupants and visitors with a diverse range of food and beverage options, catering to different tastes, dietary preferences, and cultural backgrounds.

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