Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This Valentine's Day edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining and gifting trends including the importance of experience. However: 41 percent said they planned to dine at home instead of dining out. 28 percent said they planned to dine at a less expensive restaurant.

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2024 Fine Dining Book Reservations 221

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. The data collected will help create future strategies to identify customer preferences influencing a company's sales and marketing strategies.

2024 493

2024 Fast Casual Food Safety Insurance 493

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2025

For a deeper dive into brand messaging, strategy, and authenticity, creating unified guest experiences, and the orchestration of physical and experiential touchpoints, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to The Plaid Penguin’s Founder and Sir Idea Man Joe Haubenhofer.

Social Media 251

Social Media Customer Experience Email Marketing Loyalty Program 251

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. State of Influencer Marketing.

2020 481

2020 Influencer Point of Sale Food Safety 481

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2023

If they take the risk of stepping outside their homes, diners look for more than casual, throw-away experiences. They want their desserts to gleam like magazine ads. Restaurateurs don’t all have the skill set for social media; they’re not trained marketers, photographers, or influencers.

Social Media 450

Social Media Customer Experience Website Management Customer Service 450

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?” In the short term, it’s QSR that will experience labor improvement, then fast-casual. Restaurants will become increasingly casual.

Mobile Ordering 539

Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 539

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. The market is influenced by evolving consumer lifestyles, the growth of digital ordering, and consumer demand for convenient and affordable dining.

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Fast Casual Food Point of Sale Mobile Ordering 251

Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

TikTok influencer Maria Vehera posted a video enjoying one of the Middle Eastern confections over a year ago that eventually garnered 125 million views. Since the menu at this fast-casual chain is rooted in Mediterranean flavors, this dessert is not a big culinary stretch. Nick the Greeks Pistachio Cream “Dubai Chocolate” Froyo.

Bar 162

Bar Fast Casual Leadership Back of House 162

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 26, 2024

. “Immediately after the event the team meets to gather feedback and create a recap,” Kurt Pahlitzsch, Vice President of Casual Dining at Doherty Enterprises, franchisee of Chevys, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

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Social Media Food Supply Events Entertainment 294

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. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. March Sales Decline. percent in March.

2020 491

2020 Point of Sale Fast Casual Online Ordering 491

EATER

JULY 30, 2020

But as the casual viewer noticed — and as stories about Bon Appétit ’s corporate culture have revealed in recent weeks — it is almost always only white food writers, chefs, and recipe developers who get to adopt personas that go beyond their ethnicity. In many cases, the employees’ personalities were turned into their personal brands.

Social Media 356

Social Media Employee Relations Magazine Food Order 356

EATER

MAY 20, 2020

Only whiteness can deracinate and subsume the world of culinary influences into itself and yet remain unnamed. Remember that time in 2018 when the author Stephanie Danler told T Magazine about her “ kitchari cleanse ,” explaining how the Indian dish of lentils and rice (actually called khichrhi) allowed her to “reset [her] system”?

Social Media 364

Social Media Influencer Magazine Food Order 364

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. Those who traditionally favor casual dining chains with full service may trade down to fast casual while those who typically dine in fast casual may dip into lower price points at fast food.

2023 419

2023 Loyalty Program Fast Casual Customer Experience 419

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2024

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on summer restaurant employment, indecisiveness ordering, online ordering trends, and the world's best cities for food. Read the full Summer Employment Forecast, which includes a state-by-state forecast of summer jobs, here.

Online Ordering 391

Online Ordering Ordering Hiring 2024 391

EATER

MAY 31, 2024

Groups of friends, cousins extending a birthday celebration, and solo diners matched the restaurant’s beach-casual vibe with relaxed clothing, statement accessories, and pops of color worthy of the season’s first 80-degree day. How did the restaurant influence what you decided to wear? I’m either super casual or all the way dressy.

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Casual Merchandise Back of House Outdoor 288

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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Food Truck Fast Casual Food 2024 251

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 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.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 539

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Please send plant-based news to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. TV documentaries, news coverage and celebrity influencers have all contributed to the growing concern about the impact of meat consumption on the environment. Good Food Restaurant Scorecard.

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Hospitality Food Consumer Goods 2019 459

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's People & Places column features news of company hires and promotions, charitable efforts and product introductions. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

Coaching 419

Coaching Point of Sale Customer Experience Retail 419

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

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. dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual.

2020 479

2020 Food Safety Fast Casual Guest Recovery 479

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features foot traffic trends, the rise of the cautious consumer and the takeout shakeout. Influence Central surveyed 630 consumers in May as part of our effort to understand the consumer mindset during this time. Restaurant Sales Velocity.

2020 324

2020 Food Safety Online Ordering Point of Sale 324

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked experts for their thoughts on trends and challenges that will affect the restaurant industry in 2023. Especially for the QSR and fast casual markets in which customization drives value for customers, standard POS systems won’t be able to keep up with heightened demand.

2023 493

2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 493

7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2024

The cost of the food you serve can be affected by so many different outside influences, some of them more obvious, like the rise and fall of fuel costs or the effects of good or bad weather. Of all the costs your restaurants generate, your food is one of the largest.

Food 370

Food Seasonal Menu Inventory Pricing 370

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of dramatic Valentine's Day shift, best food scenes, and the evolution of c-store foodservice. Fast-casual visits overall were down 3.8 In December, QSR restaurants overall saw visits decline 2.9 percent in December and 11.3

Marketing 221

Marketing Loyalty Program 2024 2025 221

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news on the impact of California's minimum wage, customer satisfaction, AI use in restaurants, popular cocktails and bathroom readiness. Early Impact of California's Minimum Wage A new edition of The Anchor from Placer.ai, written by R.J.

2024 294

2024 Mobile Ordering White Paper Food Order 294

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. His previous experience also includes acting as CFO and controller for numerous hospitality and fast casual brands such as Rubio’s, Carl’s Jr., and Del Taco. John Fuller.

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Franchise Franchising Food Safety Kitchen Safety 420

EATER

MAY 9, 2022

I think that’s definitely influenced their style. William: Casual. I’m so much more casual. I’m so much more casual. Kind of the vibe too, if it’s fancy or if it’s not, if it’s more casual. Tonight’s very casual, though, a very chill night. I wanna dress and get dressed for this in my own vein.

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Definition Casual Take-out Design 246

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. “Every day we see stories of old, tired casual dining chains closing or filing for bankruptcy making room for high volume specialty full-service restaurants.

Franchising 364

Franchising Franchise Customer Experience Customer Service 364

EATER

MAY 3, 2022

Ask the Extremely Online who Alison Roman is and they’ll probably provide you with a different answer than someone who casually picked up one of her cookbooks at a local bookstore. This year, the chef — who is better known and was searched by his last name only — also became a columnist for the New York Times magazine. Where: All U.S.

Food 239

Food 2017 Social Media 2006 239

Sante

JANUARY 26, 2020

Ariete : Set in idyllic Coconut Grove, Chef/Owner Michael Beltran’s Ariete has established a name for itself as one Miami’s most dynamic restaurants, offering a contemporary menu of New American cuisine with Latin, particularly Cuban, influences. Boia De located at 5205 Northeast Second Avenue. www.boiaderestaurant.com.

Dine-in 147

Dine-in Hotels Bar Fine Dining 147

Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Billboard magazine has found over 400 songs with references, mentions, and praise for Memphis. Buckley’s Grill is a casual steakhouse, seafood restaurant, and burger joint that prides itself on its welcoming and warm hospitality and affordability. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jun (@jun04koba19). Alexander’s.

Fine Dining 122

Fine Dining Reservations Dine-in Customer Experience 122

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This fast-casual artisanal pizza eatery combines community outreach with Nashville’s musical spirit. Located in Nashville’s Nation neighborhood close to the famous Cumberland River, Nicky’s Coal Fired is an Italian kitchen and pizzeria offering authentic Italian plates and pizzas in a casual and comfortable setting. Order Online. ‘za

Brewery 140

Brewery Online Ordering Back of House Fine Dining 140

Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Additionally, Pittsburgh Magazine awarded it “Best New Restaurant of 2016.” LeVia Trattoria is a scratch kitchen specializing in serving Italian dishes in a comfortable and casual environment. Pittsburgh Magazine also voted it “Best New Restaurant of 2018.” They also offer curbside catering for specific occasions.

Seasonal Menu 148

Seasonal Menu Online Ordering Reservations Food Order 148

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

and the entire world by national and international travel and food magazines. Located in Sheffield Neighbors, Pequod’s Pizza has received countless press from national and international food and travel magazines and news stations as having the best deep-dish pizza on earth. Alinea has been deemed the best restaurant in the U.S.

Fine Dining 136

Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Online Ordering Food Order 136

Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Fixe Southern House serves traditional southern foods and has been highlighted in Fort Worth Magazine. Chez Zee serves American cuisine with regional influences. The vibe of the restaurant is casual, comfortable, and chic. Jacoby’s Restaurant & Mercantile is a casual eatery serving up creative and delicious food.

Dine-in 135

Dine-in Fine Dining Website Management Book 135

EATER

JANUARY 26, 2024

Many Lives tells this story through interviews with people who’ve worked with Stewart, chefs who were inspired by her (including Carla Hall and Claire Saffitz), and cultural figureheads who speak to Stewart’s status and influence. My entry to Martha Stewart was through TV and magazines in the late 1990s, when I was a child.

Tip Distribution 324

Tip Distribution Entertainment Magazine Influencer 324

Future Food

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Mixed-use projects of the future will embrace contemporary lifestyle influences (such as apartment living or fewer cars) and allow the local community to work, live, shop, eat and play in a new living lifestyle precinct. Ormeggio at the spit – Italian Dining Concept transformed in June 2020 to offer a casual yet refined experience.

Hospitality 78

Hospitality Point of Sale Café Customer Service 78