Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 9, 2024

To learn more about how restaurants can optimize and create craveworthy catering menus, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Michelle Smart, Chief Customer Care Officer at ezCater, for real-world examples and tips. What are simple ways restaurants can optimize their menu to capitalize on catering opportunities?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

To keep up with changing consumer preferences, operators noted that their top areas of investment in 2022 include mobile ordering (54 percent); delivery services (47 percent); technology such as new POS digital signage or other in-store tech (45 percent); and alternative payment methods (37 percent). "Consumers

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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. As travel season approaches, we anticipate seeing more people lean into making their vacation destinations feel more like home, with an increase in activities like cooking while traveling!

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Customers simply approach Ono’s ordering kiosk, place their custom order, and watch as robotic systems create their blends from scratch. Quality Control – Ono can ensure orders are to the customers' standards 100 percent of the time. Within 60 seconds, blends are ready at Ono’s pick-up area.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Americans selected what F&B factors would sway them to a hotel either for the first time, or for a return visit, and aside from a complimentary meal or drink, the data found some of the top selections to be: A variety of food options for all dietary preferences and restrictions: More than 1 in 3 (34 percent). The Local Influence.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Expect to see more farm-to-table concepts, where restaurants highlight local, seasonal ingredients sourced from nearby farms. Menus will be designed to minimize food waste, with ingredients used efficiently across dishes. These types of activities not only enrich the guest experience but also encourage longer stays and repeat visits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We think CPK’s creative California vibe and innovative menu will resonate with Albertans and offer something completely new in the market.” “As customers line up to order, they will pass glassed-in display grills cooking signature items like our hot dogs, cheesesteaks, and burgers. Bojangles' Culinary Innovation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Coping with seasonality and fluctuations in business (37 percent) Economic instability impact on F&B businesses This could indicate that a period of inflation in the US, initiated by COVID-19, may well have impacted small businesses in this industry. Most common challenges for US F&B business owners: 1.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

According to new research from the National Restaurant Association, 72 percent of people want a restaurant gift card this holiday season. Given that the 2019 holiday season is shorter than last year, brands will need strong gift card promotions throughout December to optimize their overall sales. Go with a Restaurant Gift Card.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The menu at HAGS will accommodate any number of substitutions and dietary restrictions. Waiters will sit, relaxed at your table while they take an order, or pause in the rush of dinner service to try a new wine and catch up with a regular. We’re just there to facilitate it.”

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EATER

APRIL 14, 2022

Lola Landa, owner of Lviv’s Kafe Jerusalem, adjusts to a new normal during wartime: serving her customers while volunteering to feed Ukraine’s refugees Kafe Jerusalem has been a staple in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, for the last 14 years. We get asked about it every single day, but can’t get it back on the menu,” Landa says.

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The Rail

JUNE 19, 2023

One strategy that can be particularly impactful is to build a customer-centric brand. By making the consumer the key point of focus, your restaurant can not only survive but thrive in an industry where customer satisfaction and loyalty are keys to longevity. A truly customer-centric restaurant brand reflects this.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

Coffee shop owners who don’t adapt to their changing needs risk losing sales and customers. While COVID-19 will no doubt affect 2020’s sales figures, many countries are starting to ease their lockdown restrictions, which could see the industry experiencing growth in the second half of the year. Credit: La Marzocco Korea.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Bitter Ends provides window service to its customers ordering online. The luncheonette also sells its foods at the Linea Verde Green Market to give customers convenient access to its food during its off-days. Morcilla’s menu includes several options for desserts, drinks, and dinner.

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SpotOn

MARCH 18, 2024

Everybody knows about the traditional sit-down restaurant experience, where servers give guests paper or digital menus. There's also the quick-service restaurant model, where guests order and pay for simple dishes created right away, similar to the modern bistro. The prix fixe menu doesn't only need to serve French food.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Located close to Salmon Bay, the Walrus & the Carpenter is a higher-end version of your neighborhood fishing pub with locally sourced oysters, fabulous sides, and a robust beer menu. The Walrus & the Carpenter service is second-to-none, and they have great indoor and outdoor dining options. Musang, in Seattle’s Mt.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2020

As a caterer, having eco-friendly options for your business can help you build relationships and get more customers, all while limiting your company’s own impact on the environment. Check out these tips to learn how your catering company can adopt sustainable business practices while providing great customer service.

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Ken Burgin

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are the training suggestions I was given by ChatGPT for FRONT OF HOUSE S TAFF Menu Knowledge Training : Utilise ChatGPT to create quizzes and interactive modules to test employees’ understanding of the menu. This will help train staff in customer service skills and problem-solving.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This restaurant features new French cuisine and offers plenty of tasting menus for discerning palates. Choose from a five or seven-course menu, and you’re bound to get extra surprises like amuse-bouches and desserts. Their menus are also light enough so you can enjoy every single course without feeling overly stuffed.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Savor is affiliated with Niagara Falls’ culinary school and features an inventive menu full of local ingredients. With excellent service and a beautiful presentation, Savor is a true winner. Tide and Vine Oyster House combines delectable food with impeccable service for a truly outstanding dining experience. Make a Reservation.

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Apicbase

MAY 21, 2024

Whether launching a new concept or expanding into a different market, menu development is critical for a restaurant’s success. That means balancing brilliant ideas with practicality and taking the time to consider all variables that can impact food costs , menu scalability, and customer first impressions.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

They serve a variety of customers such as students, locals in the area, tourists, and more. It’s a small restaurant with huge pizzas and awesome service. They have a dessert menu that features gelato, which is a dessert specific to Italy. Depending on the season, you may also get to enjoy someone playing the piano nearby.

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Ken Burgin

JULY 25, 2023

15 Training Games for Front of House Restaurant and Cafe Staff Menu Mastery: Divide staff into teams and have them take turns describing a dish on the menu as enticingly as possible in 30 seconds. Role Reversal: Waitstaff takes turns being demanding customers, and their teammates have to manage the situation.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Increasingly, we’re seeing companies that are looking to provide food via convenient and affordable formats that have attractive unit economics or are more relevant to emerging consumer trends — bringing food to customers where they live, work, eat, play, shop, and so on. In the U.S.,

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24/7 Waiter

JUNE 22, 2023

It is crucial to get customer feedback when you own a restaurant. Knowing what your customers think of your food, service, and ambiance allows you to be better equipped to run a successful business. Customer reviews provide you with good and bad insight. This question can help you gain customers. Food Questions 9.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2019

As more meatless options become popular throughout the hospitality scene, Tripleseat released three popular menu options trending this holiday season as restaurants prepare for dinner parties. "We can anticipate more meatless menu trends in 2020 as chefs experiment with additional foods to replace animal products."

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature links for PPP Forgiveness, new Yelp features and more products and services for restaurant recovery. Bloom Intelligence acquired SuperFi, a WiFi marketing company that provides professional email marketing services with advanced segmentation and analytics. PPP Forgiveness Links and EZ App.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a new documentary on women in the culinary world, the loss of an industry legend, a contest to create healthy recipes and products and services to help restaurant in the pandemic. 'A 'A Woman's Place' on Hulu. He married Lorraine Pietryka on Aug. 20, 1955, and served in the U.S.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

I’ve worked in Michelin-starred kitchens, I’ve worked at a bar, I’ve worked in so many different facets of service, but none of them spoke to my existence as a Black American. It doesn’t have the restrictions of a brick-and-mortar space. RC: It’s mostly in the seasonings. I don’t have to make a profit to make sure it exists.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

Restaurant bookings in May were up 48 percent compared to May 2019, and revenues are increasing as on-premise dining picks up heading into a busy summer season. In fact, tech solutions can directly spur customers to visit restaurants. The key to this tech-driven approach is being able to leverage guest data.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 11, 2021

They offer a special pre-dinner service called L’apero, two hours of hors d’oeuvres, and half-price wine. Anything on the menu is great, but I highly recommend the smoked salmon eggs benedict (with citrus hollandaise!). The restaurant also offers catering services, so you can bring the biscuits and grits to your events.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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EATER

JULY 6, 2022

While staff did work with local, seasonal, unique ingredients, servers and cooks alike say they grew uncomfortable telling stories about some of the restaurant’s sourcing and preparation practices, including for a number of its signature dishes, which they considered misleading. Jennifer May for the Washington Post via Getty Images.

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