Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Overall, the biggest lesson we’ve taken from this unpredictable year is that in order to successfully spread the spirit of BBQ and kindness, we need to be transparent with our communities, engage with our most loyal customers, and be there for them in hard times. Technology is essential to best serve our customers. We created a

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Yelp is introducing a slew of new AI-powered updated tools designed to help restaurant operators be more efficient as well as improve the overall dining experience. “These updates are built to help restaurants run more efficiently, reduce friction for staff, and ultimately create a smoother experience for diners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

Operating a 40,000-square-foot San Diego bayfront destination offering four distinct concepts with 1,100 seats is no easy task, but one thing enables the management to focus on hospitality: automation. How does automation enhance the guest experience? The Brigantine, Inc., The Brigantine, Inc., Are guests even aware of all this?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2025

Quick-service restaurants maintain a steady customer satisfaction score of 79 (on a 100 point scale), while full-service restaurants — despite slipping 2 percent to 82 — remain one of the highest-rated industries in the Index, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Restaurant and Food Delivery Study 2025.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

"These tariffs could deeply affect the food service and hospitality industries on both sides of the border," Alex Thalassinos, President of Silverware POS, one of the first tech providers dedicated to Canada’s hospitality industry, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. AI is also boosting staff productivity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2025

The Untapped Power of Music In an era of fierce competition in the restaurant and hospitality sectors, curating an unparalleled guest experience isn’t just beneficial, it’s essential for turning reserved seats into lasting memories. Older generations (55+) prefer outdoor seating driving 27% of reservations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Survey results indicate diners are seeking distinctive dining experiences, planning ahead with early reservations, and seeking out earlier evening bookings The holiday season is bringing a wave of excitement among diners, with 68 percent of respondents planning to celebrate at restaurants or bars.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Smart business owners who find inexpensive, creative ways to anticipate and fulfill customers’ needs will stand out through COVID-19 and beyond. Here are some needs that customers are likely to be prioritizing right now, with some low-cost ideas on how to meet those needs. Safety and Normalcy. The Human Touch.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 5, 2025

Providing a seamless, enjoyable restaurant experience is essential for long-term success. Heres how to craft an experience that leaves customers delighted and eager to return. Efficient Seating and Ordering Process Minimize wait times and ensure smooth transitions from arrival to seating.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and the hospitality industry begins to reemerge, now is the time for restaurants to look at how to turn their pain points into strengths through technology. With the rise of online shopping, customers are now more than used to controlling their experience and their time more than ever.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 3, 2023

How we greet and welcome people into our fold does have an impact on the quality of the product and experience we offer. Customers would like up, sometimes around the block, hoping for a seat in her rather small restaurant where she featured, what we called – blue plate specials. This love is what we call “hospitality”.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

Typical restaurant KPIs involve monitoring costs around food, labor and supplies, pricing adjustments, table turnover rates during peak periods, customer wait times, promotion effectiveness, brand sentiment on review sites, and training completion rates. Define the one or two KPIs most critical for your top growth goals.

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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. US Foods Holding Corp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Surveys have shown that these trends are driven primarily by a Millennial customer base, with 64 percent of Millennials saying food delivery and takeout are “essential to the way they live. When online reservations first arrived, plenty of restaurants scoffed at the idea of axing customer interaction. Lessons Learned.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

2020 has been a challenging year for restaurants and hospitality professionals to say the least. Looking ahead to 2021, there are three trends we see defining the restaurant and hospitality industry. By this point, most restaurants have experimented with their concept and menu to adapt.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Restaurant Group, which owns and operates 24 restaurants throughout California, Idaho, Nevada, Texas, and Washington, said it would be the first in the nation to introduce a completely contactless dining experience, while maintaining a guest-forward approach to hospitality. How does it change the guest experience?

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Suddenly we find that 2024 is almost behind us now but Future Food would like to share with you the trends and insight that we see across the food and hospitality sector. What is happening with consumer spending patterns in the hospitality sector? So where are consumers spending on food and hospitality? Source mccrindle.com.au

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. If you make them feel welcomed, they will continue to come back again and again and will remember your personal touch on their experience. Here's some of their advice. Don't complain to your guests or fellow staff members.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

In gathering more data on consumer behavior as it relates to this topic, restaurateurs and fast-food chains can develop a greater understanding of not only who the target consumer is and how their needs are changing, but also gain perspective on their individual experience with their establishment and identify areas of strength and opportunities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 6, 2022

The restaurant industry has survived nearly two years of the global pandemic, adapting to ensure they provide the best possible experience for new and returning customers. Among all the trends forecasted for hospitality establishments in 2022, restaurant gift cards are one of the most powerful tools in your tool belt.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 23, 2025

Does the energy feel flat, and the customers look bored. Get some fresh customers through the door and start the neighborhood talking about whats happening in your restaurant again. You need ideas that will wow new customers and get the regulars excited to come back in.

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ChowNow

APRIL 15, 2025

Restaurant KPIs are numbers that go beyond basic accounting to help you see how every part of your business is performingfrom your profit margins to your guest experience. Not all restaurant KPIs measure the same thingsome help you protect your bottom line, while others can improve your operations efficiency or improve guest experience.

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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

MARCH 10, 2023

A restaurant’s design is a guest’s first impression, setting the stage for the experience to come. Hospitality designer Beatrice Girelli, co-founder and design director of Indidesign, recently conceptualized The Desmond, headed by Executive Chef Jason Neroni, at the all-new Kimpton Alma in San Diego.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2021

Not just quite but we can already see some effects of COVID-19 in the hospitality industry, especially restaurants. Let’s observe some of the established ones that emerged in the restaurant industry in the past year – and won’t fade away any time soon: Customer Habits Have Changed, Undeniably. Is it over yet?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2020

I closed my own restaurant, Mezze Bistro + Bar, and it was heartbreaking,” said Bo Peabody, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Seated, and a restaurateur with more than 20 years of experience. “We know from other countries that this crisis will end.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Despite some gains, seven in ten operators across all major segments say their restaurant currently does not have enough employees to support customer demand and most operators expect their labor challenges to continue through next year. While the restaurant and foodservice industry added back 1.7M Roughly half of U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. The buying journey is how a customer makes the decision to eat at YOUR restaurant instead of someone else’s.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2021

After many months of home cooking and mixed success with baking experiments, most of us are really looking forward to meeting up with a group of friends for a tasty meal in a restaurant. Add to this that some people have become much more conscious of contact, space and hygiene – adding a new layer to the restaurant experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

Other restaurants turned to hotels to attract new customers and strengthen their existing customer base. Elevating the dine-in experience should be the priority for restaurateurs already operating in hotels. Elevating the dine-in experience should be the priority for restaurateurs already operating in hotels.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2021

It’s easy for restaurant experiences to be impersonal and ordinary right now, with face masks and takeout containers dictating the nature of dining. Upgrade Your Takeout Experience. Upgrade Your Takeout Experience. Delivery is still all about the guest experience and your value proposition. Differentiated Dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In terms of trends, it is clear that in 2023 technology will continue to shape and enhance the restaurant industry and we will see operators adopting new technologies to create an even more seamless and frictionless experience for guests, while still maintaining unique and engaging dining experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In a typical month, we used to help restaurants seat over four million diners. They knew Yelp could do more than just help them seat diners. And once they had, they wanted help staying connected, so they could share their unique voice directly with their customers on Yelp. In April, I watched that number plummet to nearly zero.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 11, 2024

Management takes on multiple jobs throughout the restaurant including hiring, marketing, maintaining the budget, operations and keeping customers and staff happy. percent according to Toast , a leading publication reporting on the hospitality industry. Doing so will lead to better service and a better experience for customers.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

From my experience, it is difficult to experience a dinner for two in a moderate full-service, independent restaurant for less than $120 without gratuity. Yes, we are happy to sponsor your little league baseball team, now how, in turn, can you help to fill the seats in our restaurant?” Do the math.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Historically, these methods have only represented a single digit percentage of our revenue whereas now, they are our lifeline to engage with our customers. The change in operations enabled us to do more charitable outreach by providing boxed lunches to hospitals, food banks, and homeless shelters for those on the frontlines and those in need.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

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. Key findings for the restaurant industry include: Restaurant Closures Data. Ecolab chairman and CEO.

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