Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This level of customization not only enhances guest satisfaction but also drives customer loyalty, which is crucial in our competitive market. Hoteliers and restaurant operators are increasingly demanding POS systems that seamlessly connect with CRM, loyalty programs, reservation systems, inventory management, and payroll.

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Customer Service 221

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The research stems from in-person chef interviews and a nationwide survey of more than 400 restaurant owners and operators spanning 47 states with respondents ranging from fine dining establishments to fast-casual venues, breweries, and caterers. "This Restaurants are also implementing innovative retention strategies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. Nothing is fraud proof.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2024

For a deeper dive, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Yevgeni Tsirulnik, SVP, Innovation and Incubation at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions How should restaurant operators approach digital investments moving forward? How should restaurant operators be reexamining their loyalty efforts?

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Dietary Restrictions Customer Experience 473

Goliath Consulting

APRIL 15, 2021

The benefits of having loyalty programs—particularly mobile programs—have become more noticeable due to the pandemic. Customers are prioritizing value, convenience and speed more than ever, and loyalty programs that are able to provide these perks are reaping the benefits from growing sales to more return customers.

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Loyalty Program 2021 Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 221

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

When restaurants find their perfect blend of tools, they can transform challenges into opportunities for growth and innovation. Technology opens the doors for efficiency and innovation while meeting guest demands for seamless, convenient experiences. This gradual method minimizes disruption and gives your team time to adapt.

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Loyalty Program POS Online Ordering Customer Experience 458

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Mobile ordering has become the preferred method for customers, with 71% saying they would rather use a restaurants branded mobile app over third-party platforms because its more affordable, easy to use, and personalized due to loyalty programs. Here is an example of a restaurants branded app. Inventory and supply chain apps.

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2025 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2024

This stresses the need for customer retention programs. Thus, loyalty programs are the best ROI-driven strategy for customer retention. This customer loyalty stays strong, negating the changing market landscape. So, let us explore the top strategies to develop customer retention programs.

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Loyalty Program Point of Sale Email Marketing Customer Experience 438

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2023

Many food and beverage establishments have seen success with technology — such as contactless options, automation to support changing workforces and innovative customer loyalty strategies — in their endeavors to meet the demand for safer and more convenient dining experiences.

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Dietary Restrictions Customer Experience 419

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2024

This shift in consumer behavior underscores the need for restaurants to cater to this growing customer demographic. For this, flexible seating arrangements are the key – from cozy booths to communal tables and counter seating, offering options that cater to individual preferences ensures that solo diners feel comfortable and valued.

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Loyalty Program Catering Seating Customer Experience 411

Goliath Consulting

APRIL 15, 2021

The benefits of having loyalty programs—particularly mobile programs—have become more noticeable due to the pandemic. Customers are prioritizing value, convenience and speed more than ever, and loyalty programs that are able to provide these perks are reaping the benefits from growing sales to more return customers.

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Loyalty Program 2021 Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 195

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The technology space is still the “wild west” in the spirits realm, and it is likely that technology will continue to innovate, and inevitably consolidate, the playing field. Expand Customer Loyalty : This year, many restaurants didn’t necessarily see a drop in topline sales, but instead suffered drops in visit frequency.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 493

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While these tools have so far proven revolutionary as time-savers, the months ahead will reward innovation-minded restaurant leaders willing to go beyond these entry-level AI uses and find new ways to leverage it for improved customer engagement, back-end data processing and more. Their commentary, however, was telling.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Consumer Goods 492

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

At Capriotti’s we are on a continuous and ever accelerating path toward innovation while building on our unique heritage. We’re going to see companies come to market with the ability to tap into their security systems and use facial recognition and audio, enabling them to: Identify customers and attach them to loyalty programs.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2024, brands will continue to overcome the challenge of accessing and aggregating this valuable owned data to cultivate this level of hospitality and long-term brand loyalty. Stored value will also emerge as a critical element in loyalty programs, offering added flexibility and customer benefits. – Joe Hand Jr.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2024

In terms of loyalty, The Keg Steakhouse and Bar, HuHot Mongolian Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Longhorn Steakhouse, and Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen top the Customer Loyalty Index, underscoring a strong consumer preference for steakhouse brands. More broadly, catering is a strong revenue driver for restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We expect restaurants to place more emphasis on these things given increased competition in the space as operators aim to increase brand loyalty both internally and externally. This will cause restaurants to innovate their offerings amidst reduced menu sizes. Jay Fiske, Vice President, Powerhouse Dynamics. Kari Hensien, RizePoint CEO.

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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 450

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

People will increasingly choose innovative products not only because they align with their values, but because they taste and perform better or otherwise meet personal preferences or needs. This shift will position cultivated meat as a long-term venture with the potential for far-reaching positive impacts on future generations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

” The 25th edition of Scoop features products designed to help bar-and-grill operators easily get creative and innovate with their menus, with elevated, upsell-worthy versions of their traditional bar-and-grill fare. Innovative Experiences. It can be served with signature dips or used as a slider bun for a sandwich.

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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 386

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we have news on understanding customer loyalty, beverage insights, restaurant supply loyalty, the influence of discounts, the state of payments and the evolution of gift cards. Customer satisfaction has traditionally been the main driver of loyalty. The Value of Trust.

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2021 Coupons Loyalty Program Consumer Goods 490

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, Millennials were also more likely to cite loyalty points and special offers as a reason for using this option. Restaurants should recognize that households with children have different needs and preferences, and can customize their marketing programs to emphasize these elements and better appeal to parents.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2024

full service restaurants surveyed plan to introduce catering services. The website is one part of it, but it’s also about maintaining an active social media presence, offering a loyalty program, and investing in ongoing marketing campaigns.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As mentioned before, this expands the need for loyalty programs, and also demands an agile technology stack that can go where customers are, as well as bring customers in. Loyalty will continue to get more personal and less transactional. Gamification will play a larger role in driving brand loyalty.

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2023 Loyalty Program Fast Casual Customer Experience 419

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

restaurants are stepping into plant-based or stepping up their existing game to cater to customers looking for more center-of-plate protein variety. “More top U.S. “We’re at the tipping point where consumers are demanding plant-based foods and the industry is willingly responding with delicious options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

Augustine, Florida, a new self-serve store in Bayonne, New Jersey, focused on catering with a late-night walk-up window, and a counter-service store in Navarre, Florida, that will appeal strongly to tourists. "This For more information on the program, including the 2022 scholarship application details, visit [link].

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Franchise Franchising Food Truck Loyalty Program 431

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 9, 2025

Consumer knowledge has continued to increase in the years since, further bolstering innovation in the at-home coffee market. How prosumers are driving technological innovation The burgeoning prosumer market has been a major driving force behind innovation in both professional and home coffee machines.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

” Ahead of the official launch, Yelp ran a successful pilot program with Denny’s, with the help of their media agency, ?Spark Yelp is continuing its commitment to innovating on new advertising products for multi-location brands: Yelp Store Visits : ?Available Spark Foundry?. ” Hot Table Access. Blue Duck Tavern?.

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Sports Point of Sale Entertainment Customer Experience 383

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

“Restaurateurs and chefs will need to continue to innovate in order to increase margins on takeout and delivery, but they can count on people visiting in-person instead of just virtually as restrictions subside.” Convenience is key when it comes to technological innovations, especially when appealing to younger audiences.

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2021 Retail Online Ordering Loyalty Program 447

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This required understanding of their customers and other factors such as payment methods, discounts, price-matching, loyalty and rewards programs, etc. Rapid Innovation Is Critical for QSR Growth. Another important facet of the product mix is innovation. The innovation and go-to-market strategy is highly complex.

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Mobile Ordering Point of Sale Customer Service Loyalty Program 291

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Along with furthering their technological investments, operators are also altering their physical restaurant locations to cater to delivery. But despite these concerns, 46 percent of people noted they will eat out daily to several times a week in coming months and showed a growing loyalty to their favorite brands.

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2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 539

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark examined front and back of house processes to establish tailored playbooks for all of its businesses and market segments, leveraging innovative solutions, new service methods, and rigorous safety protocols. Contactless delivery and drop off for catering. Offering easy-to-assemble, take-home meals.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 441

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

Through this program, Dunkin’ franchisees have the opportunity to offer their restaurant employees an affordable, flexible and supportive pathway to an associate or bachelor’s degree from SNHU. Taffer’s Tavern has its eyes set on bringing its bar fare andbeverage program to D.C. “The D.C.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors. “This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. To be able to offer these types of resources means a lot.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. The timing is right and here we are, opening new markets by extending an innovative strategy so entrepreneurs can develop with confidence.”

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The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Are you catering to families, young professionals, or food enthusiasts? Building a community around your brand fosters loyalty. Offer Promotions and Discounts Implement Loyalty Programs Reward repeat customers with discounts or freebies. When guests see their suggestions in action, it builds loyalty and trust.

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