Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. For the second part, click here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 12, 2021

When the pandemic hit and indoor dining was prohibited, the demand for online ordering, curbside pickup and drive-thru usage skyrocketed. Four Tech Solutions to Improve Guest and Employee Experiences. Importantly, employees are freed up to fulfill orders more quickly and accurately, allowing for increased speed of service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Despite a slowed holiday hiring season, there is still a demand to hire restaurant employees to keep up with the inevitable influx of folks who eat out more frequently around the holidays—in fact, 17 percent of restaurant leaders are still looking to hire workers. Mistake #2: Inaccurate needs assessment. How to avoid.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

To get a pulse on QSR trends in 2022, Modern Restaurant Management magazine reached out to David Vance, Vice President of QSR at Mood Media, an on-premise media solutions company dedicated to elevating the customer experience. Simply put, the experience should look, feel, smell, and sound differently from their last visit in 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Contactless ordering at the table, virtual host stands, and online staff wellness checks have all become standard operating procedures for us now. I think that guests will be choosy with where they go out in the future, and concepts that provide an authentic and safe experience will definitely have the edge.

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7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Mobile Coffee Shops (Carts and Trucks). Get to know your future customers, before they even step foot in your door. You may discover that your target customers enjoy an afternoon pick-me-up and are sensitive to price. List all employees and partners. Coffeehouses. Drive-Thru Only. Animal Cafe. Research the Market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

Japan is another nation that embraced restaurant automation early and still does through its conveyor belt sushi lines that deliver small plates of food around to seated customers. Employee turnover rates are one of the highest in the catering industry, though the top services stand out with excellent retention rates.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Traditional sit-down restaurants and mobile food businesses have uniquely different needs when it comes to insurance. And when it comes to a traditional sit-down restaurant versus a mobile food business, such as a food truck, catering business, or food cart, the insurance needs of both are vastly different and unique.

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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. In Love with Tech, but Impatient.

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Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

Nevertheless, some brands have demonstrated how to be good to their customers, associates, healthcare providers, and communities during this time. “We are fully mobilized and doing all we can to support as many people as possible during this difficult time.” Yum Brands: Supporting Employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the year ahead, we will continue to offer our customers the true and authentic service our brand is known for, making sure they feel taken care of when visiting any of our more than 500 restaurants across the country. Moreover, in the coming year, early access to novel menu additions is set to become a sought-after offering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

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SpotOn

MAY 20, 2024

Yet, the practice of giving tips has become a much-maligned and misunderstood aspect of the restaurant experience. Operators have to navigate the complex world of tip pool options, service charges, and minimum wages and ensure their employees are motivated and paid well, all while striving for profitability.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Beechwood Doughnuts is a popular doughnut bakery in St Catharines, Ontario, which has been serving delectable doughnuts—from nanaimo to pumpkin cheesecake —to thousands of customers for six years. Six years later, Beechwood Doughnuts sells thousands of hand-crafted doughnuts per day to customers lined up around the block (pre-COVID).

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Forty percent of those surveyed in the US and 39 percent in the UK said they would feel safer if they could view the menu from their mobile device, while 35 percent in the US versus 31 percent in the UK would like to be able to pay in the same manner. The US and UK also varied on how they wanted to retrieve take-out orders.

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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

APRIL 1, 2020

Although it’s true some restaurants might have done away with cash, some cities and states have banned cashless restaurants and stores because of discrimination against unbanked customers who rely on cash. To eliminate cash is to eliminate customer choice. Customers Want Payment Options.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Online ordering. Due to the pandemic, many patrons have moved to online ordering to avoid contact with others. Additionally ordering online is always an option to customers with an internet connected device, offers them a higher level of convenience, and it helps restaurants reach a much larger audience.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2021

They need to know if your brand is fun and casual, professional and fast-paced, or passionate and customer-service oriented. Once you have established your brand, enthusiastic and interested candidates may come from anywhere (though generally they are existing customers in the early days). Know Your Ideal Franchisee.

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Focus POS

JUNE 2, 2020

It could be argued that the restaurant industry has been hit the hardest when it comes to stay-at-home orders and social distancing mandates; however, the resilience of the restaurant industry cannot be denied, and as restaurateurs shift their thinking from, “How am I going to survive?” Illness Resurgence is Highly Likely .

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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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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Between payroll, ordering, reporting, and a mess of other paperwork, it’s easy for back-office operations to bog down crucial front-office efficiency. They want to be on the floor, face-to-face with customers, making sure guests are getting the best experience possible in your stores. b3lineicon|b3icon-list-add|?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Customers are going to be hesitant to dine indoors. By providing a safe, pleasant and healthy indoor dining experience, and promoting and marketing it to your new and past customers, restaurants can help to hasten the return of customers and keep everyone safe. An app-first experience for restaurant chains.

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Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

Nevertheless, some brands have demonstrated how to be good to their customers, associates, healthcare providers, and communities during this time. “We are fully mobilized and doing all we can to support as many people as possible during this difficult time.” Gibbs was set to earn a base salary this year of $900,000.

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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. Update to Mobile POS System.

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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. The guide provides the following key principles for an effective reopening.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Every restaurant has been forced to adapt their operations in order to survive and ultimately grow for the future. Fortunately, though limited indoor seating is possible now and luckily for us, we have a pretty sizable floor, so we can comfortably distance customers.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 17, 2022

Costs for these emerging technologies make them more accessible to independent restaurants and small chains, who fight with the big guys for more than just customers. John Wang (no relation to Libby Wang) of Rocky Mountain Robotech said the software from his company turns a robotic server into a hostess, a runner, waitstaff and a host.

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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. The New Definition Of Guest Experience In The Post COVID-19 World. Instilling Trust Among Customers In The Post-Pandemic World.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

Grubhub launched its latest report, "State of the Plate", looking at trends across the more than half a million orders placed a day. Methodology: Grubhub took a look at order trends on its platform from January 1 – June 20, 2020, as compared to the same timeframe in 2019 to find the top items rising in popularity so far.

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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 9, 2023

Once you put these into practice, you just may notice an upward swing in diners, customer satisfaction, and revenue. Tip #1: Treat Your Employees Well While this may not be the first thing that pops into your mind, it is one of the most important things you can do to level up your restaurant. Have employee events.

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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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EATER

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The day-to-day realities of a gig economy driver for DoorDash and Postmates: 12-hour days, bad tips, customer abuse, and parking tickets . Part of the problem was that her work experience was all in Mexico. She sees 2017 as a make-or-break experience, “one of the worst years of my life. Getty Images. Monica Burton.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Running a restaurant after a pandemic requires every restaurant owner to make an online food ordering system a necessary change. Online food ordering systems are crucial to your business’s profitability and sales management. You can no longer accept orders over the phone and expect to be happy with the outcomes.

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7 Shifts

JULY 31, 2020

Optimizing labor costs is one of the biggest “levers” a restaurateur can pull to maximize profitability without sacrificing the experience for staff or guests. Chat —Managers and staff can chat one-on-one or in groups to discuss work-related topics in a secure app—and keep their personal life separate.

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The Rail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Virtual tours and experiences are becoming more popular too. Electric Vehicle Fleets Many restaurants have a fleet of vehicles for deliveries, marketing purposes, and other restaurant-related business. However, you need modern marketing tools and must experiment with trends that make sense for your business. Marketing.

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