Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

No matter how excellent your customer service is, you will always encounter the occasional aggressive customer. If you've worked in the hospitality industry, you've already had to deal with an aggressive customer or two. Six Tips for Handling Aggressive Customers. Your Customer Should Feel Appreciated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2022

However, there are security concerns with this growing technology, which largely stem from customers sharing data that restaurants could then sell. In order to improve the customer experience, build trust, and protect customer data, restaurants must be diligent in their QR code implementation efforts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Customer-centric. Customer experience management. In the wake of the pandemic, many restaurants have reshaped their entire approach to customer engagement prioritizing frictionless digital experiences, expanded delivery options, and increased health and safety precautions. Personalized.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2020

Particularly as they’re learning how to best operate amidst new outbreaks to create the dining experiences patrons expect. Here are three new things consumers expect: Consumers Expect to Dine in the Way They’re Most Comfortable. However, a surge in hot spots means the dining experience will continually evolve.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This isn’t lost on the National Restaurant Association, which sent a letter to Congress this summer to highlight the results of a recent consumer confidence survey and to urge leadership to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Keeping Pace with Consumer Behaviors. Stop trying to appeal to a wide range of customers.

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The deciding factor to whether or not someone chooses to eat with you or the competition can often come down to the quality of your restaurant’s customer service. We’re in a consumer choice-driven world, where convenience, customization and attentive service are expected.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2022

. “It is an extremely challenging time for the restaurant industry as restaurateurs grapple with the difficulty of operating within an uncertain post-pandemic sales environment while simultaneously combating historic levels of food inflation, labor shortages and ongoing supply-chain issues. “As a chef and as a customer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We’ve found our guests really appreciate and need that experience now more than ever. Restaurants had to quickly adapt by adding outdoor seating while creating an inviting atmosphere, as well as offering the same experience your customers are used to receiving at your establishment via delivery and takeout.

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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. The US and UK also varied on how they wanted to retrieve take-out orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

And more than 40 percent of US consumers are likely to go to the drive-through, get takeout or use delivery even when dine-in is allowed, according to Tork. Delight Your Customers. And be sure to include napkins with every order to promote good hygiene. Deliver a Great Experience. Simplify Their Lives.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

These include food production and inventory management. Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience. Food safety. Cost control.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

. "After more than a year battling the coronavirus pandemic, consumers have begun thinking ahead toward what life will look like post-COVID," said Diana Retter, Director, Commercial & Portfolio Insights, North America Operating Unit, The Coca-Cola Company. "While visits per month and full service by 3.4

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

The news may raise concerns for both customers and operators alike because it’s no secret just how contagious COVID-19 can be in public places. With less inventory and even fewer customers coming in, we recommend that you widen your margins and revamp your offerings. Offer Safe and Contact-Free Services.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2020

Food costs are one of the highest costs for restaurants, ranging anywhere from 20 percent to 40 percent , according to point of sale system provider TouchBistro. Restaurant operators should take time to analyze their menu and determine where ingredients can be used across multiple dishes to better manage food costs. Revamping the Menu.

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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

MAY 18, 2021

But as reality of the pandemic sunk in and dining rooms remained closed, it became apparent that ordering delivery and takeout was the best way to help restaurants weather the storm — and there was a significant consumer appetite to do so. By August 2020, Americans reported ordering takeout 2.4 Trending with a Digital-First Strategy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

As stay at home orders are lifted, consumers will begin visiting restaurants and businesses locally while practicing social distancing. As for returning to restaurants, less than half (42 percent) of consumers say they will dine-in at restaurants just as they did prior to the pandemic. Food and Alcoholic Delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2020

The onset of the virus followed by restrictions and closures has caused restaurants of all sizes to rapidly evaluate their offerings and redesign their services to meet the needs of their customers. Many restaurants have quickly invested in technology to help build the omni-experience. That is, until coronavirus hit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features news that consumers plan to put restaurants at the top of their shopping lists, the latest stats for on premise and why the restaurant of the future is here now. “This is a challenging time for both consumers and businesses. . ” The gift of food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Since morning meal visits are habitual, recovery for this daypart will depend on consumers returning to workplaces and schools. The ability for restaurants, particularly full service restaurants, to operate at total capacity, consumer comfort with dining in, and more business and recreational travel will aid recovery at the dinner daypart.

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The Restaurant Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A well-designed restaurant plays an important role in customer satisfaction and retention , which in turn affects a restaurant’s success. For example, if you place your dining tables near large lights, your customers may have to deal with harsh and unpleasant glare. That’s why The Restaurant Group is here to help you.

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The Restaurant Group

MARCH 8, 2021

How And Why Has Curbside Service Changed The Restaurant Industry? Within a very short period of time, flourishing eateries, small town deli’s, and fast-food restaurants had numerous restrictions and had to find a way to pivot and drive business successfully but without being able to offer indoor seating and service.

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Future Food

MAY 25, 2021

As I travel the country again working in various cities and visiting a wide range of food service venues, it is more obvious than ever before, that there is a shortage of adequately trained food and beverage service professionals. Good and consistent service is the end-product of effective and relevant training.

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Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

The good news is that changing restaurant trends are an opportunity for restaurants to get a jump on the next big thing and get ahead of the competition. Quick Links Technology Relationships Food and Menus Technology trends to watch People are drawn to the restaurant business because they don’t want to be glued to a screen all day.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

But customers have always liked it because it requires a lot less work for the diner—though enormous effort to make it work seamlessly from the restaurant point of view. What's that mean for restaurant safety? The third wave of safety in restaurants is not going to be an operational issue. We're spacing people.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2020

And yet, despite the high unemployment, Quick Service Restaurants are one of the few sectors still hiring in massive numbers. A large part of their success are the innovations that are reinventing their restaurants to accommodate a changed consumer base. Rethink the Restaurant Experience. Go All In on Digital Delivery.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The Trends to Watch in 2022 & Beyond The changing face of Food & Hospitality. Whilst some food and hospitality businesses chose to pivot their businesses early, out of necessity, others have elected to respond to changes in consumer preferences and are quickly reshaping the food and hospitality landscape in front of our eyes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

From the very beginning we worked to attract loyal guests seeking an authentic, family dining experience. This year we learned that guests are still seeking that experience even if it needs to move outside of the traditional indoor restaurant setting.

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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. Full-Service Restaurants Hit Hardest by the Crisis. Quick service and fast casual were the best performing segments based on sales growth during March.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

Vegan, earth-conscious, experience-seeking, Instagram-shunning, pour-over-drinking, pour-over-avoiding, quality-orientated, convenience-orientated: the consumer market is rapidly evolving and at times contradictory. Coffee shop owners who don’t adapt to their changing needs risk losing sales and customers. Neil Soque.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Many quick-serve and fast-food restaurants thrived using delivery and drive-thru channels. Consumers are embracing online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery. And diners are looking forward to returning to normality.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 2, 2020

Along with offering quality in food and service, safety and hygiene will be of paramount importance. Reopening In The Covid World: Restaurant Safety Practices To Follow. Some of the safety measures that restaurateurs can adopt are; . You must ensure a minimum distance of 1.5M to 2M between the tables.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

Addition of a new exemption from the loan forgiveness reduction for borrowers who have made a good-faith, written offer to rehire workers that was declined. US Foods Holding Corp. launched its COVID-19 online operator resource, the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint. Click here to view the application and instructions.

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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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Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Many quick-serve and fast-food restaurants thrived using delivery and drive-thru channels. Consumers are embracing online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery. And diners are looking forward to returning to normality.

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Hot Schedules

APRIL 21, 2020

Along with many restaurateurs adjusting to operating during COVID, they modified service hours, staff, and menu items. While it was tempting to bring all of the Xilo bestsellers, the two chefs combined the short and long term goals of the business by offering items that provided utility for the consumer. . Look at your menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Uncovering consumer confidence and preferences in an ever-shifting market as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, Restaurants Canada is shining a light on what restaurateurs and chefs can expect with the release of the 2021 Discerning Diner Report. Despite these struggles, Alignable also learned in its poll that the No. Dining Trends in Canada.

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