Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

New data from the National Restaurant Association’s 2025 Off-Premises Restaurant Trends report highlights how off-premises dining has become both a consumer preference and business essential, with the convenience and availability of takeout, delivery, and drive-thru now deeply embedded in everyday life.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature real-time data on consumer behavior and the move to #cutoutcutlery. Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2021

Consumer demands have also caused a shortage of certain items, especially meats. It’s a good idea, as a restauranteur, to know where your food is coming from and how it was cared for. Not serving bottled water or offering plastic straws. Using biodegradable packaging. Composting food scraps and leftovers. Quite a bit.

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EATER

JANUARY 9, 2025

Lille Allen/Eater This sturdy minimalist container is good for both pizza and the environment In Italy, you order a pizza and eat the entire thing yourself, right then and there. Americans consume about three billion pizzas per year. For some reason, this is not common practice in the U.S. Its not that we dont love pizza.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Serving smaller portion sizes. This has led to a rise in the appearance of green kitchens, where the business focuses on reducing as much waste as possible and trying to recycle and reuse leftovers whenever they can. Self-Serve/Grab-and-Go and Use of Automation. Focus on seasonal produce to ensure peak freshness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

Identify your most well-received dishes and continue to serve them. They are cost-effective and reduce the likelihood of contamination – buy disposable menus in bulk and recycle them. By sanitizing appropriately, your staff can reduce the spread of pathogens from restaurant equipment to the food you serve diners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

"It's incredible and heartwarming to see this grassroots effort become such a unifying initiative, with so many individuals and restaurants coming together for the good of the entire industry. Dunkin’ is also on track to fully transition to new, recyclable hot coffee cup lids in all of its U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

“This new feature helped us keep our doors open and continue serving our customers during the recent downturn,” he said. “We are putting our network to work to help 50 million businesses globally not only survive, but also to thrive, along with the communities they serve.” In the U.S.,

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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. Virtual restaurants can cater to different consumers, expanding clientele.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

A trendy cocktail and beverage selection can truly transform an event and now is a good time for event planners to recalculate and learn about trends so they will be prepared and armed with knowledge when businesses are back up and running. So, what do you serve instead? need to be in the know with all the upcoming trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now also limits their disposal waste by using real plates, silverware and cloth napkins in-house and packaging all to-go orders in recyclable and compostable containers. Taco Bell committed to making all consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025 worldwide. Taco Bell's 2020 Commitments.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

“Our guests continue to demand access to truly healthy and delicious food and beverage products are served with smiles and speed." “We continue to innovate and rethink how consumers enjoy Coca-Cola beverages. and worldwide. Away From Home, Kraft Heinz. Cowboy Invests in Walk-On's.

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Goliath Consulting

MARCH 14, 2020

According to Technomic, a food industry research firm, 64% of consumers consider high quality packaging an important factor in deciding where to order food (1). With more consumers using food delivery services, the demand for better food packaging is stronger than ever. The packaging is important to meet this need” (2). Presentation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In the case of most of the concepts in these segments, Thanksgiving means significantly less traffic and even closed locations as consumers gather at home for meals with friends and family. Unfortunately, with consumers making more purchases from home, a trend that shows no signs of lessening, eating out is likely to be limited.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A hybrid grab-and-go market and cafe serves both breakfast and lunch, is tailored to the needs of sizable office buildings and features the best local restaurants in rotation. In addition to using third-party platforms, restaurants must develop their own muscle to communicate and transact with consumers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

Under the Court’s ruling, foie gras could be legally sold to California consumers provided that the seller is located outside of California, the foie gras being purchased is not present within California at the time of sale, the transaction is processed outside of California, and payment is received and processed outside of California.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Hottovy, consumer equity strategist at Morningstar., "Easterbrook, who left McDonald's "following the Board's determination that he violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee", had been instrumental in the company's turnaround efforts since 2015.

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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. The world has too, and this will impact the behaviour and preferences of 2020’s coffee shop consumer. Neil Soque.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 18, 2022

Less food waste means lower Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS), potentially adding to your profitability. What is pre-consumer waste and post-consumer waste? Most food waste can be categorized by pre-consumer waste and post-consumer waste. Separate your trash, recyclables, food waste, etc., greenhouse gas emissions.

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Around 3 out of 4 millennials are willing to pay more for sustainable products, as is 66 percent of consumers around the world*. Recycle glass and cardboard. to consumers for adjusted prices, and delivers the food, too. Too Good To Go - a platform that makes food surplus available to consumers at small prices.

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Additionally, we expect smaller servings and snack-size portions to become more widespread, as more people turn to read the nutrition labels to see not just the calories they are consuming, but also its carb, protein, saturated fat and sodium content 5. Over the top?

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Perfect Daily Grind

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Pret A Manger to launch self-serve Pret Express machines at 50 locations in UK by end of 2022. The coffee and food-to-go chain currently operates 40 self-serve machines across the UK, largely in convenience shops and petrol stations. Jung-hyun says his top priority as the new CEO is to regain consumer trust.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Through its “vocal for local ” campaign, the government is encouraging consumers to buy from local vendors. A mobile business like food trucks consumes a lot of fuel while moving from one place to another, thereby emitting heavy toxins into the air. Source Your Raw Materials Locally. Reduce Waste . If they can go for it, why can’t you?

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Pre-Consumer Food Waste: food that spoiled, expired, was improperly cooked or served, spilled by employees, staff meals, theft, remedied customer complaints, or otherwise thrown away. Post-Consumer Food Waste: food that diners left on their plates. Generally, restaurants produce three types of waste.

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Next Restaurants

MAY 26, 2020

Identify your most well-received dishes, and continue to serve them. You may also consider a rotating menu that serves in-season and readily available dishes to keep costs down. They are cost-effective and reduce the likelihood of contamination – buy disposable menus in bulk and recycle them. Ensure On-Premise Sanitization.

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Consumers today are highly conscious of the source of their foods, and are more and more likely to be drawn to businesses that serve locally-sourced food, like grass-fed beef or locally raised chicken from farmers in their area, for example. This is an effective way to reach out to a younger audience, and their parents.

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Consumers today are highly conscious of the source of their foods, and are more and more likely to be drawn to businesses that serve locally-sourced food, like grass-fed beef or locally raised chicken from farmers in their area, for example. This is an effective way to reach out to a younger audience, and their parents.

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Consumers today are highly conscious of the source of their foods, and are more and more likely to be drawn to businesses that serve locally-sourced food, like grass-fed beef or locally raised chicken from farmers in their area, for example. This is an effective way to reach out to a younger audience, and their parents.

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Consumers today are highly conscious of the source of their foods, and are more and more likely to be drawn to businesses that serve locally-sourced food, like grass-fed beef or locally raised chicken from farmers in their area, for example. This is an effective way to reach out to a younger audience, and their parents.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 3, 2022

Consumers have varied diet preferences such as gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, keto, vegan, and vegetarian. We don’t serve boring food…We want to put a fun twist to it,” says Tania about her unique menu offerings. . That said, it just doesn’t only serve aesthetic purposes; there’s a bigger impact of design at play here. .

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Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This new chain (established in 2017) serves the traditional raw fish version but also other variations inspired by Asian taste and Scandinavian food culture. For more than 30 years, Jensens Bøfhus has welcomed anyone who wants to enjoy a good meal served with a smile in a relaxed atmosphere. Jensens Bøfhus. 21 Outlets.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest consumer behaviors, local spend, and the best and worst cities in America for BBQ. 67 percent of consumers have visited the On Premise for food led occasions since venues reopened and 22 percent have visited for drink led occasions. Consumers Still Cautious.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

He served on countless non-profit boards throughout Frederick County and the state of Maryland. He graduated in 1954 from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, where he had served as president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity and was a catcher on the baseball team. 20, 1955, and served in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 31, 2019

And while delivery is capturing all the headlines, it’s not actually delivering for consumers with late deliveries and order mistakes. According to the 2019 Hospitality Guest Threat Index released by Morphisec , consumers are concerned about cyber-safety in the restaurant industry. The ‘NOW’ Economy.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 25, 2022

Nespresso claims Peet’s capsules infringe trademark rights for its own capsule design, further claiming that Peet’s capsules cause confusion for consumers when distinguishing between Nespresso’s. The medium-roast Grind for Good Blend includes Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and Indian beans. Death Wish Coffee Co. Tue, 22 Mar.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 3, 2024

Enforce age limitations: Each state has minimum age requirements for working in a restaurant, as well as for various duties that can be performed based on age , and for serving and bartending beer, wine, and spirits.

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Apicbase

JUNE 1, 2024

Oh, and let’s not forget — a tighter, more focused menu can actually lead to an increase in sales (because, finally, you’re getting pretty darn good at making something). But even if the orders weren’t flying in left and right, you’d still be in a good spot here. For example, a branded serving board. A carefully placed beverage.

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