ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

Fast-casual spots usually dont have that luxury, so pricing needs to be tighter and more dialled in. One approach is to use a contribution margin model : after youve calculated food cost, ask yourself how much money is left from the sale of a menu item to cover everything else. But thats only part of the picture.

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Pricing Menu Point of Sale Customer Experience 195

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience.

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2025 Loyalty Program Social Media Fast Casual 419

SpotOn

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Fast casual restaurants are popping up faster than you can say "build your own grain bowl." " They're somewhere between a full-service casual dining restaurant and a quick-service restaurant or fast food chain. Looking for tips on starting your fast casual restaurant?

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Fast Casual Casual Loyalty Program Online Ordering 52

The Rail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Comprehensive analytics dashboard for insights into customer preferences and sales trends. Are you serving fine dining patrons seeking a premium experience, casual diners looking for convenience, or a mix of both? Have you noticed how food delivery apps are becoming essential in attracting and retaining diners?

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Delivery Food Loyalty Program Food Order 147

Black Box Intelligence

JULY 16, 2025

Monthly Restaurant Trends Review Out of the Box: June 2025 Same-store sales rose 2.0% Only three of the past 22 months have posted stronger sales growth results than June 2025. The weakest regions in sales growth border the southern edge of the country; the strongest? Comp Sales -0.9% Comp Sales -0.9%

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2025 Fine Dining Point of Sale Fast Casual 52

Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Comp Sales -2.5% Comp Traffic Best Region: New England Best Segment: Quick Service Best Cuisine: Chicken Worst Region: NY-NJ Worst Segment: Fine Dining Worst Cuisine: Sandwich The restaurant industry started turning a corner in August and September. Sales +1.9% +2.3% -4.5% -0.6% +0.1% +0.6% +0.4% -0.1% -2.3% -0.4% +0.4% +0.5%

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2024 Guest Recovery Point of Sale Fine Dining 52

Lavu

MAY 9, 2025

In the competitive restaurant industry, choosing the right Point of Sale (POS) system is crucial. Lightspeed : Excellent for complex menus and inventory management, ideal for fine dining or multi-location setups. From quick-service spots to fine dining restaurants, it offers tools to meet a variety of operational needs.

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POS Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Food Truck 78

Black Box Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Comp Sales -3.2% Comp Traffic Best Region: New England Best Segment: Family Dining Best Cuisine: Breakfast Worst Region: NY-NJ Worst Segment: Fast Casual Worst Cuisine: Sandwich The December 2024 Restaurant Industry Trends + A Year in Review 2024 saw many ups and downs. Same-store sales growth in December: -0.3%

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2024 Point of Sale Front of House Fast Casual 52

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 9, 2025

” Average Check: This represents the average amount that is spent by each customer dining. Food/Beverage Sales: What percentage of your revenue should be coming from food and what percentage of sales are from beverages. Restaurants that are not in high cost of living areas can still use these metrics as guidance.

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Hospitality Fine Dining Fast Casual Loyalty Program 59

Black Box Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2025

Out of the Box: March 2025 In This Issue: The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends March 2025 Restaurant Industry Performance Trends In Detail Segment Focus QSR: Current Performance Trends 0.9% Comp Sales -2.2% Same-store sales growth was 0.3% during the first quarter of 2025, while Q4 of 2024 posted sales growth of 0.9%.

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2025 Fast Casual Fine Dining Point of Sale 52

Black Box Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2025

Out of the Box: February 2025 In This Issue: The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends February 2025 Restaurant Industry Performance Trends In Detail Segment Focus QSR: Current Performance Trends -2.5% Comp Sales -5.7% Comp Sales -5.7% Sales +0.1% +0.6% +0.4% -0.1% -2.3% -0.4% +0.4% +0.5% +2.8% -0.3% +2.5% -2.5%

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Black Box Intelligence

JANUARY 22, 2025

How Casual Dining Icons Are Fighting to Stay Relevant Are Legacy Casual Dining Brands Declining with Age? Are legacy brands leading or lagging behind their Casual Dining peers? Additionally, we only compared them to other Casual Dining brands with at least 50 units. So, which is true?

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Casual Point of Sale Fine Dining 2025 52

SpotOn

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Corkage fees are typically found in casual dining and fine dining restaurants, encouraging guests to select a bottle from the restaurant, instead of bringing their own.  Check the restaurant's wine list or dinner menu if there's some curiosity about corkage fees while dining out.

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Fine Dining License Point of Sale Website Management 52

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Delivery/Takeout : COVID created a shift from in-person dining to takeout and delivery options, increasing reliance on third party delivery services, and on attractive takeout options. From a legal perspective, Insurance : the pandemic highlighted the limitations of insurance policies. Workforce : COVID fundamentally changed the labor market.

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Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Fine Dining Food Safety 418

Restaurant Engine

JULY 9, 2025

They may choose to dine out when they don’t want to cook, but they may also not want to dine in. Today, you can expect that your customers are always looking for convenience. So, that’s where carry-out services come into play. If you don’t offer carry-out services to your customers, you’re leaving money on the table.

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Loyalty Program Marketing Email Marketing Online Ordering 52

Lavu

MAY 23, 2025

In today’s fast-paced dining environment, even a few seconds of lag can create a ripple effect that impacts your entire service flow. In this post, well break down five clear signs that your point-of-sale system is holding your restaurant backand what you can do to fix it. Manual PIN entry further slows things down.

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POS Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Inventory 78

SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Restaurant profit margin calculator How to lower restaurant costs How to increase restaurant sales Gross and net profit margins for restaurants In restaurants, profit margin is the percentage of revenue left over after expenses and costs are taken out. We all know it. Restaurant profit margins are pretty low.

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Operations Loyalty Program Online Ordering Fast Casual 52

Restaurant Engine

MAY 14, 2025

For many restaurants, you have access to a loyalty program right through your point of sale system or digital platforms. Ultimately, youll increase the rate at which they dine with you, engage your customers, and increase your revenue. Points-Based Program Your customers earn points for each dollar they spend.

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Loyalty Program Website Management Point of Sale Customer Experience 52

Black Box Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2025

Monthly Restaurant Trends Review Out of the Box: May 2025 Same-store sales growth was 1.4% Comp Sales -1.0% Monthly Restaurant Trends Review Out of the Box: May 2025 Same-store sales growth was 1.4% Comp Sales -1.0% Monthly Restaurant Trends Review Out of the Box: May 2025 Same-store sales growth was 1.4%

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2025 Point of Sale Fine Dining Fast Casual 52

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Most Restaurants Increased Sales in 2024 Approximately 63 percent of restaurant operators that manage finances said their profits in 2024 increased compared to last year. Most Restaurants Increased Sales in 2024 Approximately 63 percent of restaurant operators that manage finances said their profits in 2024 increased compared to last year.

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Point of Sale 2024 Mobile Ordering Consumer Goods 221

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

On a year-over-year basis, small business sales (+2.1 Month-over-month sales (+0.1 Year-to-date, combined sales growth for January and February is 3.5 percentage points less than sales growth from the same two-month period in 2024. Independent operators feel the squeeze the most. percent) showed healthy growth.

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Delivery 2025 2024 Point of Sale 221

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining trends, hiring trends, tech trends, brunch trends, alcohol trends, and egg prices. American Diner Trends Despite a higher cost of living, the average consumer’s dining habits are unchanged.

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Pricing Technology 2025 Point of Sale 251

Black Box Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Comp Sales -2.5% Comp Traffic Best Region: New England Best Segment: Quick Service Best Cuisine: Chicken Worst Region: NY-NJ Worst Segment: Fine Dining Worst Cuisine: Sandwich November 2024 brought a surprising wave of strong performance for the restaurant industry. Comp Sales -2.5% Same-store sales growth: +2.8%.

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2024 Guest Recovery Point of Sale 2023 52

Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 22, 2025

Looking back at the most recent recession, dining out dropped 8.8% In reaction to the tariff announcement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped over 4,000 points over two days in April 2025, marking a 9.48% decline. in December 2007–June 2009, relative to pre-recession period levels. decline over 88 trading days.

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Hospitality Fast Casual Marketing Fine Dining 52

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. consumers’ meal delivery sales, followed by Uber Eats, which gained 24 percent. A Fearful Transition.

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Online Ordering Management Management Point of Sale 472

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Full-service restaurant, fine dining. Cafes, breweries, some full service restaurants, casual restaurants. Casual restaurants, fast food, quick service. Fast casual, cafes, breweries, Percentage of sales. Full service restaurants, casual restaurants. Points based. Incentivizes servers.

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Tip Distribution FOH Fast Casual BOH 365

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While sales are trending higher, the National Restaurant Association reports three in four operators say recruitment and retention is their toughest challenge. Quick-service restaurants are also feeling the pressure – large chains like Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s have had to close dining rooms due to insufficient staffing.

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2022 Hospitality Loyalty Program Point of Sale 473

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?” Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Full-service restaurant chains, which primarily rely on dine-in customers and had few if any off-premises services when the dine-in restrictions went into effect, bore the brunt of the transaction declines throughout the pandemic. An Unpopular Year.

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2021 Fast Casual Fine Dining Point of Sale 423

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Running a successful, finely-tuned takeout operation is a complex and challenging endeavor no longer relegated to businesses basing their models primarily on delivery sales. While perhaps a consistent feature of your daily business, they are not your employees.

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Delivery Front of House Back of House Fine Dining 492

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. COVID-19 Consumer Dining Trends. Mixed take-out bag. The US and UK also varied on how they wanted to retrieve take-out orders.

2020 493

2020 Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Food Safety 493

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. March Sales Decline. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March.

2020 491

2020 Point of Sale Fast Casual Online Ordering 491

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 539

7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Break-even point. Sales per labor hour. You can now determine what percentage this is off your overall sales to get a picture of your restaurant's financial health. For fine dining, around 30 percent. Business is often a game of numbers, and restaurants are no exception. If it's not measured, it won't be managed.

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Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Customer Service 416

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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2020 Influencer Point of Sale Food Safety 481

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

In a State of the Restaurant industry report, the Natiional Restaurant Association sees a return to normal with predicted sales growth in 2023. Other top research lists how impactful the Super Bowl was for restaurants, the state of gift cards and top pizza cities. million by the end of 2023.

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2023 2022 Consumer Goods Point of Sale 508

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In fact, they love it so much that overall restaurant industry sales are projected to reach a record high of $863 billion in 2019. What’s on our collective horizon for the future of dining? So, where are we headed? Here’s a look at the top predictions for the coming decade. Customer-led Ordering and Payment.

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Fast Casual Customer Experience Point of Sale Mobile Ordering 307