Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Today’s tools are high-tech, user-friendly, and mobile so you don’t have to be physically in the restaurant to stay on top of the business. There are digital tools that can help you create a customized floor plan and even preview it in 3D before moving all that furniture around. Restaurant owners can save time and money.

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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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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But today, restaurant tech plays a major role in improving the guest experience. Technology will never be able to replace the personal touch of a seasoned server or the empathy of a veteran bartender, but it can be a huge help in increasing guest satisfaction and delivering a great guest experience. What is the guest experience?

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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. Digital ordering has been a game changer, and the latest trends for 2023 could change how hospitality businesses operate even more.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2021

These next-generation restaurant units address customer demand for a seamless ordering and pick-up experience. Some may even build express-style locations with no indoor seating at all. Operators are focusing on digital-forward solutions with contactless payment or ordering, perhaps through a mobile app.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience. A restaurant’s back of house includes any area of operations the customer doesn’t usually see. This person organises tickets and checks orders are going out correctly. Cost control.

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Mad Mobile

JUNE 7, 2024

While your establishment’s day-to-day operations might already fill your plate, it’s still essential to encourage customer engagement, foster relationships with your guests, and craft the ultimate experience for your visitors. This foresight can allow your staff to tweak bar sales strategies to the customer in a way that feels natural.

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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. 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. John Moezzi, National Account Manager, Sharp NEC Display Solutions.

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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. Demonstrating the importance placed on the health and well-being of employees and customers. The guide provides the following key principles for an effective reopening.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Do you really need us to share stats with you about why your café’s floor plan is important for your customers? It can make or break their experience. A good layout is simple, friendly, and engaging, whereas a bad design may force clients to take a pledge never to return. Ordering station. Seating/Dining area.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Connecting restaurant industry trends to your business growth and foodservice reach in 2021 This article sheds insights into what restaurant operators can learn from key restaurant industry trends in consumer behavior and foodservice operations in 2021 to keep their restaurants accessible to consumers and secure the bottom line.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A good POS system can help you keep your customers and employees happy with speedy, accurate service. While legacy POS systems are clunky and expensive to maintain, new cloud-based systems are flexible and easy to customize. In the cloud-based POS space, systems are designed for every type of restaurant and bar.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It is true that the good cheesemongers in France who we’ve had the opportunity to speak with this summer know their stuff on a really profound level, to a degree that is just not expected in the U.S. So I think that it’s an opportunity for us to bring something to the table that is our unique experience.” at all,” Rollins says. “We

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. unveiled the world’s first mobile restaurant powered by robotic technology, top video and photo. ” While Ono’s food truck is powered by complex technology, ordering an Ono Blend is simple. Ono Food Co.

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The Restaurant Coach University

MARCH 2, 2017

When business is slow, many restaurants turn to discounts and coupons in order to get more people through the door. However, discounting is rarely an effective strategy for developing regular customers, and can even end up hurting your business. They think their product is so good that it’s worth every penny. Why is that?

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Touch Bistro

JUNE 2, 2021

In fact, restaurant reservations and the technology that supports it is so valuable that public officials and organizations such as the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) recommend adopting a reservations-only model or call-ahead seating. Let’s dive in. SEE TOUCHBISTRO RESERVATIONS IN ACTION.

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Focus POS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Tablet point of sale software takes that improvement to the next level, giving you the capabilities to enhance the customer experience and streamline your operations. Or they can be removed from the stand and used by staff to take orders and process payments anywhere on the house floor. Increased Efficiency, Accuracy, and Sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 27, 2022

Rising costs, reduced customer expenditure, and oversaturated market due to the book in casual dining brands in the past years have contributed to the closure of multiple big chain outlets and independent restaurants in the UK. . Choose a location with a good footfall of your desired consumer base nearby. Source: Statista.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Prior to Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, Wescott’s experience included franchising and client-facing relationships where she focused on data-driven insights. The new Subway catering platform will allow guests, particularly businesses, to make large orders for any occasion from participating Subway restaurants across the U.S. "An

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

The partnership aligns Clean Juice’s core values of healthy, clean living with a focus on raising the nutritional and educational value of organic food and beverage choices available to consumers across the nation. The tail winds are strong, and it's about executing at a high level while still focusing on each and every customer.”

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

And more and more often, whether we realize it or not, it’s also where we’re ordering our food. But moving to a delivery- only model has been made possible recently by advances in technology and changes in consumer habits. Ghost kitchens are delivery-only restaurants without dining areas for customers and have no physical storefront.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The ripple effects of the pandemic continue: the National Restaurant Association finds that off-premises dining continues to happen much more frequently than before, with 66% of consumers more likely to order takeout in 2023 than they were before the pandemic. ChowNow ChowNow is a customized online ordering app for restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Golden Chick’s modular restaurant design will feature a drive-thru as well as an area for online order pick-ups in a 1,920-square-foot space. A 1,400-square foot model without interior seating is also currently in development and will be equipped with a drive-thru and walk-up order window. percent over 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

“The teams from both development groups have been friends and customers for years at all of my restaurants, and I’m thrilled to welcome these hospitality veterans to the Brooklyn Dumpling Shop family of franchisees,” said Stratis Morfogen, owner of Brooklyn Dumpling Shop. and Brinker International, Inc.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The ripple effects of the pandemic continue: the National Restaurant Association finds that off-premises dining continues to happen much more frequently than before, with 66% of consumers more likely to order takeout in 2023 than they were before the pandemic. ChowNow ChowNow is a customized online ordering app for restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

“Virtual kitchens are a unique franchising opportunity that gives us a new and innovative way to capitalize on consumer trends at a low cost,” said Laura Rea Dickey, CEO of Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. Fazoli’s fans in Atlanta can order delectable Italian dishes for delivery, carryout and catering only.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (55%), mobile payments (52%), and third-party food delivery services (51%). Restaurant employee scheduling software Other than having a good product, your staff and how you manage them is the ultimate marker of restaurant success. Owned by Doordash.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In essence, this shift should lead restaurants to embrace the idea of maintaining a truly “intelligent” smart kitchen, one that will be tech-equipped to continue evolving with consumer demands. So, for the first time, restaurant owners and marketers are able to see exactly what their customer’s buying journey looks like.

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Apicbase

MARCH 31, 2023

In no particular order – let’s go… Hans im Glück 93 Outlets Burgers Full Service Germany, Austria and Switzerland In the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale Hans in Luck , Hans starts his journey with a big piece of gold, which he trades down for things of lesser value. Ready for a deep dive?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

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. “Now, more than ever, restaurateurs need an effective and affordable way to promote their restaurants to new and existing customers so they can bring them back again and again.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Consumer Interest in Restaurants is Shifting Quickly. Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. During the peak of the pandemic, the number of diners seated across Yelp Reservations and Waitlist dropped essentially to zero. Diners are Ready, but Concerned.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Online ordering is obviously huge in 2020, and customers are craving comfort food when they’re ordering in, according to Upserve’s new 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry data collected from the company's 10,000+ restaurant customers. State of the Industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Alonso Castañeda , VP of Brand Development & Strategy for Savory Restaurant Fund, will discuss how the brands he works with have been able to take advantage of the current landscape to creatively serve customers. Additional Panelists include: Ryan Volberg – SVP and GM, PAR Restaurant Solutions Group.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 27, 2022

Restaurant operators have chosen to go digital to ensure customers’ health and safety as these touchless menus can help mitigate virus spread. In Hospitality Technology’s 2021 Customer Engagement Technology Study , it was found that 37% of diners prefer to dine at restaurants that do not have a paper/physical menu.

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Mad Mobile

MAY 22, 2024

While points-based systems were once enough to capture customer attention, that’s no longer the case. It’s up to bars and restaurants to embrace modern loyalty strategies in order to attract and retain these customers. Here are a few aspects to prioritize in order to attract–and hold–their attention.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Using order data from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 and a national consumer survey, DoorDash’s mid-year report checks in on popular food trends, nationally and regionally, how users ate through social distancing, cravings across the country, and more. Breakfast burritos were the 7th most ordered item on DoorDash in 2020.

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