Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Fast Food Flavor Report Fast food brands and restaurants are scratching their heads trying to figure out what flavors are a bonafide trend and which are just a fleeting fad. This follows a new love of customization, indulgence, and comfort in the US. That’s where the NEXT Flavor Report comes in.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2025

In today’s fast-paced dining world, guest satisfaction goes beyond just great food—it’s about delivering a seamless experience. For restaurants looking to upgrade their service without major overhauls, improving the speed and clarity of internal communication is a practical starting point.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In the wake of the pandemic-induced economic turbulence, hospitality is suffering from labor shortages, with the increased cost of living compounding the impact on businesses and individuals alike. Now more than ever, effective customer service is pivotal in retaining customer loyalty and regenerating pandemic-hit revenue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Last November alone, a record-high one million American hospitality workers quit their jobs. When technology elevates the role of the human worker, there really is no dichotomy between automation and hospitality. When technology elevates the role of the human worker, there really is no dichotomy between automation and hospitality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. The data suggests guests are willing to tip more for great service when digital tools are available to ease the payment process.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

In recent years, consumer behaviors have drastically changed to now preferring delivery services and an increased willingness to pay a premium for a seamless experience. The data revealed that 60 percent of consumers surveyed prefer human staff versus AI-managed customer support, despite the potential for increased service efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 22, 2025

In the food service industry, branded apparel is a critical extension of your business's identity. The uniforms worn by staff, from kitchen to counter, represent your brand in every customer interaction, making apparel a strategic business decision rather than merely an operational requirement.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to Black Box Intelligence and Snagajob , full-service restaurants are feeling the pinch and report approximately six fewer employees in the back of house and three fewer in the front of house. Things like customized tags and cost reporting can create detailed, valuable forecasts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

. “We are seeing sign-on bonuses at fast food and fast casual locations, something never seen before in the industry. This has overarching impact on the ability of full service, most drastically affected by the pandemic to ever recover.” People were in between jobs or suddenly out of work. .”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). Having a strategy for plant-based is now a business imperative–your customers want it and your competitors are doing it. Healthier Hospitals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2020

Joey Coiffi, top photo, CEO of The Salad House , a growing New Jersey-based fast casual franchise, discusses how their restaurants were able to quickly ramp up to help out, the impact of social media sharing as well as restaurant technology's role in giving back. How did you get the idea to contribute your food to hospitals?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2025

The Charlotte-based hospitality branding agency has a wealth of experience developing comprehensive hospitality concepts. We were entering the saturated fast-casual burger space and knew we needed to make an impact. Nuance also extends to the service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand. The hospitality industry suffers the most from labor shortages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

As the novel coronavirus outbreak leads to state-mandated dining room closures, many food service franchisors are struggling to maintain business. This platform alerts the shop when a car is pulling in for pickup to allow for more seamless and efficient service that limits interaction and keeps customers and employees safe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. On top of that, nearly half of all restaurants offered delivery services during the pandemic. Lessons Learned.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As mentioned before, this expands the need for loyalty programs, and also demands an agile technology stack that can go where customers are, as well as bring customers in. The objective for restaurants is to create more engagement and stay top of mind with customers, including when they’re not hungry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Consider a large Mexican fast-casual chain that implemented a tuition coverage program for employees pursuing degrees in fields like agriculture, culinary arts, and hospitality. What kind of skills are most in demand for restaurant and hospitality careers? Leading companies have successfully adopted this approach.

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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

JUNE 18, 2020

Over the past several months we have seen customers modify their business models to accommodate restrictions and consumer preferences. Customers can simply pre-order online and pick up their goods. As restaurants cautiously begin to reopen in pockets of the U.S. and abroad, the restaurant industry remains far from full capacity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. So, for the first time, restaurant owners and marketers are able to see exactly what their customer’s buying journey looks like. 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

MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes. In the U.K. In the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The restaurateur behind Shake Shack and Union Square Hospitality Group is investing in Panera Brands, where he’ll help the brand go public and apply his “enlightened hospitality” philosophy Panera Brands is set to go public, and Danny Meyer is getting a piece of the bread.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Offering increased visibility for brands and expanding the pool of customers restaurants are able to reach, the dynamic services these apps provide are essential for owners and operators competing for relevance and market share in a rapidly shifting landscape of business models utilizing SaaS technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

Mobile wallets are expected to record a strong footprint in restaurants on account of the ongoing concerns over sanitation as well as minimizing contact between customers and staffers. They also provide customers the facility to save and store discount coupons and loyalty gift cards for future transactions.

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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. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy.

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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." Both sides agreed that a negative take-out experience – ranging from a reduced menu to poor service – was a deal-breaker. Restaurants vs. delivery services. Can't touch this.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2022

.” I am seeing a significant increase in restaurant clients’ inquiries regarding adding various service charges as a way to avoid raising menu prices. In many states, service charges are subject to sales tax and need to be added prior to sales tax calculation. “As a chef and as a customer. Everything matters."

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2022 Customer Service Fast Casual Food Safety 450

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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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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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

is facing a critical labor shortage, particularly hourly restaurant and hospitality workers. "The "The Great Resignation" that ramped up over the summer saw more than 706,000 food service workers leave their jobs in restaurants, dining facilities, bars, and hotels during May alone.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features restaurant industry year-end totals, how restaurant labor is evolving, fast-food brand intimacy and top cities for locavores. In April, the segment’s customer transactions declined by -70 percent compared to year ago, and improved its declines to -30 percent in December.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

Mobile wallets are expected to record a strong footprint in restaurants on account of the ongoing concerns over sanitation as well as minimizing contact between customers and staffers. They also provide customers the facility to save and store discount coupons and loyalty gift cards for future transactions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

Setting this context early provides a lens through which your customers can better understand your decisions elsewhere and provide some rationale for things that seem out of place like unique ingredients, unfamiliar techniques, or premium prices. Curious customers will be intrigued by tales of your provision’s provenance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Instead, as these solutions advance, companies should refer to their technology as “Smart Carts,” or something in the same vein, to give a more accurate representation of what they provide and come off as warm and welcoming tools designed to elevate hospitality. – Tim McLaughlin, Founder & CEO, GoTab. "We

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The most recognizable observation is that staffing proves to be a challenge across the board and stems from an oversaturation of options within the hospitality business areas. Hiring trends are consistent with other restaurants located in those specific areas, whether fast-casual, full-service, family-style or quick-service.

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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.” Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices. ” Just Salad Completes Financing Round.

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