Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 21, 2021

With restrictions easing, customers are excitedly returning to their favorite restaurants. Yet, nine in ten operators predict issues with recruitment at a time which is essential for our industry's recovery. Less admin makes for freer staff to focus on delivering a quick and friendly service. Reduce Wait Times.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A major pain point for our clients has been navigating regulatory compliance issues such as corporate officer updates, alcohol license and permit renewals, and training team members in proper alcohol service protocol. There are serious penalties for serving underage customers, including losing your liquor license and even jail time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Since guests cannot frequent their favorite establishments in person, they're now leaning on you to bring a "dine-in experience" to their homes. This crisis has highlighted how delivery and takeout channels are the new norms in the industry. Consider adjusting your delivery protocol to embrace "standoff handoffs."

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Included in the document are highlights of the recently released Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Best Practices for Retail Food Stores, Restaurants, and Food Pick-Up/Delivery Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic. OpenTable added new features and price cuts for 2020 as they recognize the road to recovery will be long and difficult.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

13 percent said it was because they now prefer takeout/delivery. The importance of making guests feel comfortable. Takeout and delivery: a fast-growing and critical component for restaurant success. Most important factors when it comes to the takeout and delivery. Incentivize guests to choose your restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. Takeout and delivery increased 300X in a couple of weeks relative to reservations and wait list on Yelp. Yelp Economic Average.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 13, 2020

In an age of online ordering, customers demanding Wi-Fi, and the need for websites to dazzle just as much as the food, countering cybercrime has to be a factor in the day-to-day work of restaurant management. Recent data breaches in the restaurant industry targeted customer data through POS systems. Safeguard Customer Data Online.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

. “Our We Help You Make It approach has always been about helping operators succeed, and never has that been more important than it is today,” said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. How to ramp up takeout and delivery operations. Best practices for calculating cash flow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? After all, people are an organization’s greatest asset – and the key to speeding recovery and emerging stronger from these uncertain times.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. 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. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. ” Examples of safety and service enhancements include: A culture of safety and wellbeing for employees and customers. . Takeout For Good.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Behavioral changes in spending habits, standards of service, and efficiency models have all changed. But the expectations of guests and owners did not change. That is because different customers have different expectations. Not only does this create disappointment for guests, but it also ruins first impressions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Although mandated dine-in restrictions have held back all restaurant segments, particularly full service, consumer demand for restaurant meals and the ability to serve the demand with a host of off-premises services, like digital ordering, delivery, drive-thru, and carry-out, are the silver linings that enable the industry to persevere.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2021

In the “great reopening”, many restaurants adjusted their business plans in order to survive the pandemic, adding outdoor seating, serving takeout and delivery, or consolidating staff. “This has led to increased parklets, food trucks and dining-to-go options for customers,” Howell noted.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Customer-Centric Approach through Empowerment: Deliver Excellence My time at Disney and Darden ingrained in me a strong customer-centric approach to operations. Specifically, at Walt Disney World, they taught me not only the value of, but how and when to execute guest service recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? After all, people are an organization’s greatest asset – and the key to speeding recovery and emerging stronger from these uncertain times.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

What will our restaurants physically look like with social distancing, how will we be able to interact with guests at service, how will our kitchen teams function as a unit, what changes will be necessary for our menus to be effective, and what role will take out and delivery play in every restaurant concept?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

. “Our We Help You Make It approach has always been about helping operators succeed, and never has that been more important than it is today,” said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. How to ramp up takeout and delivery operations. Best practices for calculating cash flow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Execution will play a pivotal role in building customer trust and ensuring today's diners remain loyal." Americans preferred to pick-up their food (38 percent US vs. 22 percent UK), while the UK preferred home-delivery (57 percent UK vs. 33 percent US). Restaurants vs. delivery services. See details here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Full-service restaurant chains, which primarily rely on dine-in customers and had few if any off-premises services when the dine-in restrictions went into effect, bore the brunt of the transaction declines throughout the pandemic. For full-service restaurants now, it’s about government restrictions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Focused on the retail, services and restaurant industries, the SpotOn ecosystem offers powerful technology to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at a price they can afford. "We're very impressed with their quality of execution, product cadence and customer centric approach in these unprecedented times.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Yelp released an Economic Impact Report outlining economic shifts as restaurants start to reopen for dine-in service and people respond to Black Lives Matter protests across the country. Of restaurants that have stayed open, many shifted their focus to takeout and delivery. Yelp's Economic Impact Report. Ecolab chairman and CEO.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Some customers have the gift of foresight, using DoubleDash to add on recovery (or hair of the dog) essentials from nearby stores. Late Night Snacking : with the rise of trends like girl dinner this year, 2024 will be the year of late night snacking, with more consumers ordering delivery for food during late night hours.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 23, 2021

Now that the pandemic was beginning to come under control and state governments were loosening the grip of protocol on restaurants – customers were beginning to re-emerge, albeit with some trepidation. AN INEVITABLE RECOVERY. “It Ghost kitchens, food trucks, curbside, home delivery, and on-line engagement will only get better.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the surge in online ordering, early returns on restaurant recovery and what customers want and expect from restaurants. Restaurant Recovery Stats. Companies are focusing on ways to guarantee the safety of their employees and guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The normalcy of customers coming in the doors for a night of dining or even a casual lunch feels like a vision of the distant past. Have clear signage, enforce the mandated health rules, and diligently track the number of guests inside of your facility at all times. Judiciously monitor your employees’ health as well.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Off-premise dining, such as take-out, curbside and delivery, have grown significantly this year as quarantines, restrictions and mandated shutdowns forced restaurant owners to look for alternative ways to cover the loss of in-dining sales. The demand for drive-thru services has also grown because of the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

We couldn’t think of anyone better than Tebow and his foundation to fulfill our dream of faithful community service.” In 2022, Just Salad will expand its award-winning Reusable Bowl Program to digital orders and offer participating customers loyalty rewards in its mobile app, further encouraging sustainable eating on the go.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis. NAB Acquires SALIDO.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

Augustine, Florida, a new self-serve store in Bayonne, New Jersey, focused on catering with a late-night walk-up window, and a counter-service store in Navarre, Florida, that will appeal strongly to tourists. "This This summer, TCBY will open a new drive-thru in St. ” Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

. “With 100 years of quick service success, the time has never been more perfect to envision what the next century of White Castle and the restaurant industry looks like. Restaurants interested in opting in or customers interested in recommending their favorite Black-owned restaurants can visit doordash.com/black-owned.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2020

Average check continues increasing rapidly for limited-service brands. However, growth in average spending per guest remains negative for full-service restaurants. As dining rooms reopen, YOY growth in off-premise sales has begun slowing down slightly for full-service brands. The Rise of the Cautious Consumer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we have news on understanding customer loyalty, beverage insights, restaurant supply loyalty, the influence of discounts, the state of payments and the evolution of gift cards. The impact of COVID-19 on customer behavior was experienced swiftly f by all industries. The Value of Trust.

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EATER

JUNE 26, 2020

Expecting the worst, they were surprised to realize at the end of May that they were doing so much business through takeout and delivery that they were on track to meet their original sales predictions. After the pandemic shut down dine-in service around the country in March, some 6 million restaurant industry workers lost their jobs.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2020

It has the advantage of allowing the operator to have alternative sources of materials in case of delivery stoppage by the supplier, as well as the flexibility and agility to react to unexpected events that could disrupt the supplier’s capacity (3). As such, communication and transparency is a necessary component of recovery.

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Cheetah

APRIL 26, 2021

But one thing, in particular, can make all the difference between a successful food truck business and a total debacle: Choosing the right food delivery system. In this article, we look at the new delivery trends that are already taking over the food truck industry and how to choose the one that’s right for your mobile eatery business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

During that period, McDonald's also undertook several "velocity growth accelerators," including (1) an Experience of the Future layout, which features a combination of ordering flexibility, customer experience, and a more streamlined menu; (2) mobile ordering and payments; and (3) delivery alternatives. "When

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