Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In terms of trends, it is clear that in 2023 technology will continue to shape and enhance the restaurant industry and we will see operators adopting new technologies to create an even more seamless and frictionless experience for guests, while still maintaining unique and engaging dining experiences. For part one, click here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2020

Having already adjusted to the rise of takeout and delivery, now restaurants are figuring out how to reopen for dine-in service while navigating social distancing and other health guidelines. But we have already seen how signs and banners have helped communicate take out services over the past few months. The best part?

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7 Shifts

JULY 31, 2020

Feeling inspired (like many restaurateurs do) by their love of hosting dinner parties and making fresh pizza, they decided to go into the pizzeria business in their hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Making fresh pasta, making pizza for people from scratch. And so we sold our house in New Mexico and we bought a failing Pizzeria in 2014.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off. 65 percent rely on mobile ordering for 11 percent or more of sales. 55 percent plan to add more space for pick-up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Given the increase in off-premise, we expect to see more drive-thru’s similar in format to Checkers & Rally’s iconic double drive-thru model, which dedicates one lane to traditional consumer drive-thru service and one to e-commerce only, including pre-paid digital orders for pickup and third party-delivery orders.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Customers are going to be hesitant to dine indoors. That they can get coronavirus from someone sitting next to them while dining. Post a picture to Google My Business of “2020 Hours” Callers just want to know you’re open and what type of dining is available. That tables are too close.

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

If your staff relies on outdated methods of placing orders, it’s likely that restaurant communications are strained, which means your restaurant is operating below its potential. Your team of employees can only do so much with what they’re given, so you might consider improving their modes of communication.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the latest delivery platform consolidation, the release of PPP loan information and ServSafe Dining Commitment. “We are particularly pleased that 27 percent of the program’s reach in low and moderate income communities which is in proportion to percentage of population in these areas.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

The most popular COVID-related safety offerings people look for when booking a venue included outdoor spaces (47 percent) and socially-distanced floor plans (40 percent). 2021 will bring a restaurant renaissance unlike any we’ve seen before, with more consumers dining out and planning events than in years past.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Unique experiential opportunities will further enhance customer engagement, providing memorable moments beyond just the act of dining. Restaurants are recognizing the power of genuine connection and involvement with their communities. Read the first part, here.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Mobile applications, artificial intelligence, analytics, smart gadgets, and other technology developers have turned their attention to the restaurant business. Employees can be rostered for shifts according to their availability and shift needs. The goal of technology is to make life easier. This is not surprising.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has launched the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to support U.S. restaurant employees financially impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Clic here to d onate to the Foundation’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. This fund is designed to help those struggling employees.”

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Restaurant365

MAY 22, 2020

Recruiting where your potential employees are searching. In addition to ensuring that you’re connecting with the right candidates, you might consider using a solution that engages with your top candidates that meets their preferred method of communication.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

Demonstrating the importance placed on the health and well-being of employees and customers. Creating clear and consistent communications with employees and customers to boost efficiency, morale and consumer sentiment. restaurant operations. The guide provides the following key principles for an effective reopening.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Rewards Network, together with American Airlines AAdvantage Dining and United Airlines MileagePlus Dining, surveyed their members to learn more about what they anticipate their dining habits will look like over the next few months. Some highlights inlcude: Consumers' projected dining out frequency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This will enable brands to better manage off-premises orders and balance their hybrid operating models. Restaurateurs may very well look to expand beyond the typical pop up, food truck, festival or off-premises event to more interesting, intimate venues like social influencer kitchens, dining rooms and gardens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

introduced its "Make It This Winter" platform, which offers a collection of resources, including one-on-one consultations with US Foods experts, informational webinars, new outdoor dining products, and updated online materials and tools for restaurant operators to tackle the ongoing challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. "With

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. 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?”

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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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Hot Schedules

APRIL 24, 2020

Communication best practices that can help you stay connected to your team, regardless of their employment status. A staggering eight million restaurant employees are out of work as of April 15. Sixty-seven percent of restaurants furloughed their employees and 22% conducted layoffs. Connecting With Your Team During COVID.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 5, 2020

The prime focus of restaurant brands is around providing functional benefits and operational changes to ensure that both the diners and employees have a safe, contact-free experience. As dine-in restaurants begin to reopen, the complete overhaul will be required relative to how restaurants operated in the pre-COVID-19 era.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

“Cities such as San Francisco and Honolulu, which have had some of the nation’s strictest stay-at-home orders, are now seeing the highest numbers of closures relative to the number of businesses in their respective cities.” Yelp Sees COVID Effect. “As U.S. business closure data reflect an unstable economy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature restaurant community support endeavors, new tech and a little holiday fun. We know that by coming together, we can create real and lasting impact in our community.” Supporting Independents. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. " On #GivingTuesday (Dec.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Sometimes called a virtual restaurant, virtual kitchen or cloud kitchen, a ghost kitchen is a food-service business that serves customers exclusively through online orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We have also learned that our guests are willing to try new things and have really embraced our touchless ordering system as well as our new takeout offerings. We realized how important transparency and communication were this year, both with our staff and our customers, in order to make everyone feel comfortable and feel safe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features Canadian dining trends, American eating patterns, best and worst cities for burgers and pumpkin spice to the rescue. In July, 47 percent couldn't hire enough employees. In July, 47 percent couldn't hire enough employees. Dining Trends in Canada. Hiring Crisis Facts.

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Lavu

MARCH 27, 2020

Food is fascinating, and dining out often leads to cherished memories, but a restaurant’s transaction system does not make it into those memories. They can do anything from ensuring order accuracy to accepting payments and even performing payroll and accounting for you. The words “restaurant management system” rarely cause excitement.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

With thousands of restaurants forced to close their dining rooms, and millions of Americans facing sudden unemployment, GroupRaise saw an opportunity to mobilize its 10,000+ restaurant partners along with their communities to offer those who are able a chance to support both local business and food distribution to at-risk families.

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Lavu

DECEMBER 12, 2022

For example, an iPad point-of-sale system can track employee shifts and schedule like a legacy point-of-sale system, but also allow those schedules to be updated from multiple terminals and locations in real-time. Take Orders Does your business need a quick way to record customer orders with little effort?

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 13, 2023

Additionally, most kitchens have a rigid hierarchy in the back of the house, with each employee performing a particular duty. Okay, not a complete language per se, but some code words that make communication easier. Why is Back of House Important? The back-of-house area is typically a staff-only zone. The aim is to avoid a collision.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

71% of restaurant customers prefer to order food delivery directly from the restaurant rather than using third-party apps. 71% of restaurant customers prefer to order food delivery directly from the restaurant rather than using third-party apps. At first glance, some stats might seem to contradict each other. Let’s dig in.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

Did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25 percent, and did not reduce the number or hours of their employees; OR. Experienced reductions in business activity as a result of health directives related to COVID-19, and did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25 percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

… “Our focus will now shift toward achieving similar bipartisan results in the Senate because enacting these PPP changes will help restaurants get the relief they need to get employees back to work and the industry on the path to recovery.” PPP Goes Flexible. President Trump signed H.R.7010 Free Reopening Kits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner' SevenRooms released its “Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner” report, which uncovered new diner personas to help operators understand what motivates guests to dine out in this new era of hospitality. Just over one in five (21 percent) want restaurants to perform on-site health screenings.

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Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

Some of the elements to put into considerations include: Deciding between a legacy system and a mobile system. A legacy POS system includes hardware that’s placed inside your restaurant, while a mobile POS system uses multiple stations that are run via cloud-based software. What is restaurant management software?

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