Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. “The data strongly signals long wait times are a vulnerability for fast food restaurants as they compete for customers. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to Black Box Intelligence and Snagajob , full-service restaurants are feeling the pinch and report approximately six fewer employees in the back of house and three fewer in the front of house. Operators will look to technology to offset labor shortages and free up staff to enhance the dining experience.

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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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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

MAY 18, 2021

The National Restaurant Association’s State of the Industry Report found 46 percent of family-dining and fine-dining restaurants added delivery options between March and December 2020, along with 44 percent of casual-dining and fast-casual restaurants. Delivering Success with Ghost Kitchens. So what’s next?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

We are also leaning heavily into our People First Safety Always Plan to guide us through how we’re doing business, as we seek what’s best for all our teams, franchisees, and enterprise.” We couldn’t think of anyone better than Tebow and his foundation to fulfill our dream of faithful community service.”

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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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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

A growing number of fast food chains are experimenting with seatless locations with only takeout or drive-thru options. Getty Images/iStockphoto As diners increasingly turn to delivery, the future of fast food may be one with no human interaction at all. People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to.

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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. Shasta, California. Ranbir Bhatia, GM, Benares NJ in Wyckoff, New Jersey.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

“Preparing to reopen a restaurant in the face of a changing pandemic can be complex and challenging without the right resources to help guide your planning efforts,” said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. Staying nimble given the fluid environment.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 27, 2020

Accepting this as a new reality, restaurant operators are planning how to navigate post-lockdown operations while complying with safety regulations and reopening their restaurant. As per industry experts, social distancing is going to be the new normal that both customers and restaurateurs have to embrace. . Communicate With Customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

Around one in six (16 percent) will avoid dine-in experiences altogether in favor of delivery or take-out. Diners’ main concerns about visiting restaurants again include cleanliness and safety. More than a third of consumers (35 percent) say they will put an emphasis on dining at restaurants that keep customers safe.

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Sling

JULY 24, 2023

There is an ever-growing market of specialized software for all of the outside-the-kitchen things restaurateurs have to think about. Kudos helps you do that and also allows employees to recognize each other, with the ability to set up custom rewards, like gift cards. It can also automatically update your menu on food delivery services.

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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. Holsom by Yogurtland.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

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. Physical service is still valued. But as restrictions ease, many guests want to return to physical service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Knowing your audience will inform your menu, but more importantly, your restaurant’s overall vibe and service style. Is there a shortage of healthy fast-food options? Think about the flow of traffic from the kitchen to the tables. You’re assembling a team that will define the culture and customer experience.

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The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The industry and its many players have experimented, failed, succeeded, but most importantly, gained a tremendous amount of knowledge this year. The start of the pandemic saw restaurants scrambling to expand or, in some cases, set up a delivery service. Ghost Kitchens Will Likely be Short-Lived. Increased Safety and Sanitation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature robots in fast food, virtual education and chef-inspired, plant-based ice cream. As part of the deployment, White Castle will bring the new version of Flippy, Robot-on-a-Rail (ROAR), into kitchens for testing and future integration. White Castle Employs Flippy the Robot.

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360Training

JANUARY 14, 2020

Looking to pick up work in food service? In this article, we’re going to focus on the “restaurant server” position in food service, also known as waitstaff (waiters and waitresses). Not everyone starts as a server—some begin food service through limited-service restaurants (i.e., Absolutely!

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EATER

JANUARY 5, 2022

At the Food on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the food service industry laid out its vision for a future in which customers never have to wait. The bag, held by a grappling hook, lowers to eager customers gazing up like guppies at flakes. Just don’t think too hard about how that’d work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Fast food options usually fall into two buckets: fast, healthy, and unaffordable, or fast, unhealthy, and affordable and nothing in between. Customers simply approach Ono’s ordering kiosk, place their custom order, and watch as robotic systems create their blends from scratch.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Britt Cloud, Goliath’s Consulting Chef, directs back of house operations and works with the current chef/kitchen manager to restructure inventory, food costing, menu, labor, and health policies. Front of House operations is a steady balance of guest needs, employee personalities, efficient strategies, and health and safety enforcement.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. . ” Fogo de Chão Inks New Deals. Army Officer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2020

Casual dining's share of restaurant visits was in free-fall from the 15th to the 22nd, and now has reached a more stable trend. Restaurants who didn’t offer delivery service just weeks ago have scrambled to initiate programs, some even selling booze or household essentials as part of their delivery offerings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

While it is not the outcome we wanted, amid all the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic and the immense strain it has put our industry, the safety of our attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, vendor partners and our own staff is paramount. This is our community and we all must be kept safe.

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Restaurant Clicks

JANUARY 9, 2020

If you have a passion for food, food service, or bringing people together over a meal, the restaurant business might just be for you. . Statistics show that the number of Americans dining out continues to increase, however, so there are plenty of potential customers to go around. What type of service do you want to offer?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

TIPs offers training for individuals on the responsible sale, service and consumption of alcohol. “We’re both humbled and lucky to support our amazing customers during this critical time. NAB Acquires SALIDO. SALIDO was acquired by North American Bancard (NAB.) Lunchbox Partners with Ordermark.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

JULY 29, 2022

Some people view restaurant robotics as a way to reduce labor costs, while others see it as a way to improve the customer experience. No matter which side of the argument you fall on, there is no doubt that restaurant robotics is changing the game for both restaurateurs and customers alike. The bellabot costs $17,000 per unit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers. First, at 2.1 percent at hotels.

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KaTom

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The pizza chain emphasized customer and employee safety by offering contactless delivery, curbside pickup, and contactless carryout. California Pizza Kitchen’s Dining Room Woes. From bankruptcies to ingredient shortages, our pizza report is here to give you the scoop. The Rise & Fall of the Hut.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). Having a strategy for plant-based is now a business imperative–your customers want it and your competitors are doing it. This data covers U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority. Taffer's Tavern, the new full service tavern concept created by Jon Taffer, signed a multi-unit franchise deal with Cuisine Solutions, a manufacturer of sous vide foods, to bring the ‘Kitchen of the Future’ to the D.C.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This will manifest itself in several ways, such as informing robotics in the kitchen for food preparation, in addition to kitchen display systems (KDS) as restaurants kitchens seek to improve efficiency and better optimize for enhance prep station capacity management. The “restaurant anywhere” experience will expand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Predictive analytics, AI and ML streamline and expand the omnichannel dining experience – Restaurants have pivoted their businesses this year to greatly expand the digital dining experience, to a point where customers can interact however they want, whenever they want. Jerry Abiog, Co-Founder/CMO Standard Insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark Creates Safety Plans. As workplaces, sports and entertainment venues, schools, colleges and universities, and other places of business begin to resume operations, Aramark developed customized plans to create safe and hygienic dining experiences for everyone the company serves. Washroom station installation and servicing.

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