Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Many quick-serve and fast-food restaurants thrived using delivery and drive-thru channels. Now that the dust has somewhat settled, let’s take a look at what the future holds in 2021. What’s in store for 2021?

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Deliverect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some full-service restaurants managed to pivot and find a way to offer their multi-course meals for delivery. Many quick-serve and fast-food restaurants thrived using delivery and drive-thru channels. Now that the dust has somewhat settled, let’s take a look at what the future holds in 2021. What’s in store for 2021?

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Ordering online, paying with mobile phones, scanning QR codes for a menu, and a ton of takeout, are just a part of dining out now. For both safety and ease, there isn’t a better option. For fast-casual and quick-service restaurants—no more lines.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 6, 2023

As customers continue to feel more comfortable dining out, restaurants should have health and safety measures down pat. Exceeding health and safety standards not only ensures the well-being of customers, but it also cultivates a positive experience that fosters loyalty.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Just as restaurants were on the path toward recovery after COVID-19 closures and safety restrictions, the current economic conditions continue to present challenges for the industry. But restaurants face a fine balance in increasing costs, as customers are also impacted by the realities of inflation.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

At least the real bad news is out of the way. Now, let’s think about the purpose of restaurants so that current and potential restaurateurs and chefs can choose the direction they want to take. Great food and drink and honest, sincere service can be the sunshine at the end of a not so terrific day.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 19, 2020

This takes your attention away from your core management responsibilities—plus a continuous stream of new, untrained staff can lead to mistakes and poor guest service. Providing a restaurant staff training manual to new staff also suggests you take their role—and career development—seriously.

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Squirrel Systems

MAY 22, 2020

Through this article we will look at a few interesting examples of how restaurants have transformed their take-out offerings to stay efficient during this period of reduced sales and satisfy customers through innovative technologies.

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Social Hospitality

JULY 15, 2022

Technologies such as food delivery, ghost kitchen setups, and automated communications helped scores of restaurants remain business-worthy through the toughest times in recent history. Technology allows businesses to offset labor issues and also achieve contactless delivery. That’s not all.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

Building a well thought out strategy for starting up the restaurant engine after we move forward is paramount and will, in the process of thinking it through, give every chef and restaurateur a spark of excitement to lean on. The planning process seems overwhelming because there are so many unknowns.

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7 Shifts

JULY 14, 2020

Consider specialty sanitization services In addition to hourly sanitization of all high-contact surfaces (FOH and BOH), ensuring you have access to professional specialty sanitization will provide more confidence and peace of mind to your staff and guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Taking proactive measures and having plans in place will allow your business to react quickly to help minimize the impact of an emergency. Let us pass on the knowledge and expertise that we have gained in our 100+ years in the insurance business, so you can take a few things off your plate – and gain peace of mind.

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Deliverect

APRIL 1, 2020

With the closure of restaurant dine-in services to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, online food ordering has become a crucial business model overnight. Restaurants today have only two options: they can stay open by offering online delivery and/or takeout, or close up shop and wait for the proverbial storm to pass.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2022

This guide sets out six tips for improving your restaurant efficiency that can be implemented immediately and cheaper to your pocket. Provide Customer Service Training. There is a direct correlation between customer service level and staff training. Be conscious of this when taking reservations.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 26, 2020

So, as we close out on 2020 – here are some reflections and outcomes in the past that we might learn from. [] A DRAMATIC EVENT, BEYOND OUR CONTROL HAS SHUT THE DOOR ON RESTAURANT BUSINESS. It is difficult to argue with safety precautions designed to keep people well and thwart the spread of the virus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 7, 2021

Restaurant owners are looking for creative ways to revamp the indoor dining experience with improved health and safety standards. Restaurant owners can use these helpful tips to promote key health and safety standards in order to regain trust and improve the overall customer experience: Improve Air, Hand and Surface Hygiene.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Delivery and take-out will continue to be the most popular way consumers will get their restaurant meals in a COVID and post-COVID world. One, the new normal will become the old normal, and a takeout- and delivery-first model will become the standard in the restaurant industry. Here are their responses. Lavu CEO Saleem S.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A restaurant is not just the restaurant owner, a restaurant is the kitchen staff, waitstaff, the whole industry around restaurants. The law temporarily suspends personal-liability provisions for restaurants impacted by mandated closings or service limitations. Call 833-208-4160 or text a violation to 855-904-5036.) "A

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ghost kitchens, you’ve got spirit, but not much soul. Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Not up for opening your own off-site kitchen?

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience. A restaurant’s back of house includes any area of operations the customer doesn’t usually see. Food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2020

However, it’s equally important to also take a long-term strategic approach to the Coronavirus. Both now and for the future, technology can answer many of the question’s managers have surrounding maintaining the health of employees, ensuring the safety of their guests and protecting their bottom line. Plan Wisely.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2020

As some states begin to entertain loosening restrictions and easing out of “stay at home” directives – restaurants will consider their options. Trust: Customers, rightfully so, are very cautious and concerned about your ability to keep them safe. This is absolutely essential if you want your customers to return.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2020

The following seven tips can help restaurant managers and HR professionals navigate risk in this rapidly evolving pandemic, especially as restaurants in many jurisdictions are required to operate solely with take-out or delivery service options. HR is tasked with more than the safety of employees. Share Guidance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

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. If you don’t learn to adapt and reinvent yourself, you’re not going to be successful, COVID or not.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 9, 2022

Restaurants have been making a comeback while a global pandemic still clutches owners, staff, and customers. Recent industry studies have reported that 63 percent of restaurant consumers prefer to order delivery directly from restaurants, mostly due to the excessive customer fees associated with third party ordering apps.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Technology will be vital in the months – and years – ahead as the pandemic continues to change the conversation about food safety. Restaurants now must prioritize the overall safety of the restaurant environment, in addition to addressing food safety itself. Take for example, the urgency of a food recall.

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Bingage

MAY 28, 2020

While the government has given a clean chit to online food delivery partners to resume their operations, some misinformation regarding the safety of these services has made people consider it unsafe for health. Related Read: Everything you should know about Cloud Kitchen Business Model. Follow Safety guidelines.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The nature of restaurant management is a pendulum; each year operators swing back and forth to prepare for challenges and take advantage of new opportunities. Teams are able to increase tips and revenue without burnout, all while creating a positive customer experience. Read on for our key predictions to help operators get a leg up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

Restaurant’s safety protocols were done “behind the scenes,” and guests most likely didn’t care about the sanitation of high-touch surfaces or whether they were sitting within six feet of other tables. During the pandemic, travel restrictions meant restaurants had to figure out new ways to inspect their facilities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2020

And yet, despite the high unemployment, Quick Service Restaurants are one of the few sectors still hiring in massive numbers. Let’s take a look at four ways your QSR should innovate, that have already shown success elsewhere. So innovative chains are instead doubling down on the safer service option: takeout and delivery.

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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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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We wanted to take a look back and highlight some of our favorite moments during our first season. Shawn is the host of not one but two podcasts— Digital Hospitality and Restaurant Influencers —and he stopped by ours to talk about creating a media brand out of your restaurant. That smartphone is your media center. But what can you do?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

The news may raise concerns for both customers and operators alike because it’s no secret just how contagious COVID-19 can be in public places. With less inventory and even fewer customers coming in, we recommend that you widen your margins and revamp your offerings. Offer Safe and Contact-Free Services.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s also the call-us-when-you-get-here model, where the order scoots out just in time to be dropped through a rear window or popped trunk. It was a convenience added to the playbook to assist customers with difficulty getting out of their car or to keep larger orders from blocking up a drive thru.

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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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Bingage

JULY 18, 2020

For online food businesses like cloud kitchen or ghost kitchen or any other food delivering business, digital advertising may be a remarkable useful resource in promoting, in addition to operating the business. In this post, we are going to discuss how the cloud kitchen can leverage the power of Social media. More info is here.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The recent evolution of ghost kitchens has had quite an impact on the hospitality industry. Also referred to as cloud kitchens, dark kitchens, or virtual kitchens, the concept of a ghost kitchen essentially refers to a physical space that can be used to prepare and cook food. What is a Ghost Kitchen?

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