Apicbase

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Founded in Derby, England, in 2008, this restaurant franchise skilfully navigates the challenge of blending traditional hospitality with a cutting-edge digital strategy. Improved customer engagement and convenience. At the forefront of the UK’s culinary scene, Heavenly Desserts shines as a beacon of innovation.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

This includes greeting guests and thanking them for their patronage, conducting tableside checks, and resolving any customer complaints quickly, effectively, and empathetically. The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Thanks to the labor shortage and increased profit pressure, savvy restaurants are going digital to provide the best customer experience and to keep up with the hefty competition. In addition to improving the customer experience, it allows everything to run more efficiently, increases table turnover, and increases the bottom line.

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Technology Dietary Restrictions Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 180

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

It’s the key to creating a consistent experience every day, week, and month of the year — the essential structure for the restaurant’s operations. Getting it right is critical for sustained success in the restaurant industry. But it isn’t simple. Table of Contents: What makes a great employee schedule?

Restaurant Law 418

Restaurant Law Employee Relations Tip Distribution Communication 418

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

Faced with the stark reality of closed dining areas, people working from home, and home-cooked meals, COVID-19 will force a radical rethinking of Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) marketing. Mobile advance ordering will become normative, as well as alerting local customers to restaurant openings and any deals.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 3, 2021

From converting to fast casual to offering meal kits to ghost kitchen-driven expansion, restaurants are meeting customers where they are (mostly at-home!) , and making the restaurant business better for it. The brand is now considering franchising. They’re also easier to replicate, expand, and in some cases, even franchise.

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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

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. We implemented curbside take-out and other options for our customers.

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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. If restaurants aren’t ordering as much food to serve in house, suppliers end up with a backlog of perishable goods. Customers can simply pre-order online and pick up their goods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Restaurant design, kitchens, and the dining customer experience has been changing over the past few years and with the COVID pandemic, it may be changing again. Some trending concepts over the past several years have included more open seating, high ceilings, and exposed structure concepts. Getting Creative with Outdoor Space.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

It’s the key to creating a consistent experience every day, week, and month of the year — the essential structure for the restaurant’s operations. Getting it right is critical for sustained success in the restaurant industry. But it isn’t simple. Table of Contents: What makes a great employee schedule?

Restaurant Law 195

Restaurant Law Employee Relations Tip Distribution Communication 195

Focus POS

JUNE 17, 2019

It improves customer service by providing faster, more efficient transactions (and additional transaction types, such as self-service or online ordering) and engages customers on a deeper level through gift card implementation and loyalty programs. Restaurant Point of Sale Software. Friendly UI and UX. Flexibility.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. As Americans reach for a potential post-pandemic world, the restaurant industry continues to reel from two years of economic, staffing and supply chain chaos. A recent article in The New York Times cited a 5.7-percent

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Healthcare Cash Management Social Media Communication 203

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Vinegar Hill House Superfine The Atrium Almondine Bakery AlMar Grimaldi’s Pizzeria Bread & Spread Westville Dumbo The River Cafe Celestine Gran Electrica. Vinegar Hill House. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vinegar Hill House (@vinegarhillhouse). Most restaurants in this area cater to dinners or lunch.

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Front of House Café Online Ordering Reservations 109

Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Management companies provide restaurants with a franchise like operating system without having a franchise agreement. Britt Cloud, Goliath’s Consulting Chef, directs back of house operations and works with the current chef/kitchen manager to restructure inventory, food costing, menu, labor, and health policies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Two, there will continue to be pushback on high commission fees from third-party delivery services, and more and more restaurants will find that, given the commission-free alternatives, they simply don’t need them. We celebrate this as it benefits us all when brands focus on sustainability. Lavu CEO Saleem S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2020

This new site is a one-stop hub of critical information for restaurants, employees, customers and industry partners. "In addition to providing an essential service for so many people, local restaurants also deliver welcome comfort and variety to people across the country," said Louis Gump, senior vice president, Cox Media. "Local

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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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SpotOn

MARCH 5, 2024

What started as a quest for survival quickly transformed into a front-of-house cluttered with third-party platform iPads—each one a needy baby constantly pinging for attention. Dieu's father fixed up the restaurant, and her brother used his customer service expertise to hire and train their team.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 30, 2021

In addition to managing internal operations, he is also the interface between customers and the staff. A restaurant primarily has two types of operations – front of the house and back of the house. Optimum coordination and optimization between the two will increase customer satisfaction. . Managing Finance .

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Apicbase

MARCH 31, 2023

In no particular order – let’s go… Hans im Glück 93 Outlets Burgers Full Service Germany, Austria and Switzerland In the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale Hans in Luck , Hans starts his journey with a big piece of gold, which he trades down for things of lesser value. Eventually he remains with nothing, but he’s happier than ever.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. The Pandemic Has Permanently Altered the Consumer-Restaurant Relationships.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 11, 2023

Automated order-taking refers to technology, operating systems, or software that take orders from customers and respond to them automatically. According to Fast Casual research , 8 out of 10 US customers use voice search to locate restaurants. The drive-through voice ordering system is a well-known example of automated order-taking. .

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Aside from the sales opportunity, there are other clear benefits to incorporating food delivery at your restaurant, such as giving the restaurant increased visibility, exposure to new customers and gaining of valuable insights on purchasing trends 2,3. Do you have a delivery menu? Space and Staff.

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Sling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

You’ll enjoy delicious food, stellar customer service , and…periodic 7.8 Experts regularly monitor the mountain’s activity, and volcanologists have certified the restaurant No Immediate Death By Volcano. 2) The Disaster Cafe – Lloret de Mar, Spain. earthquakes throughout the evening. 3) O.Noir – Toronto, Canada.

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Embrace the Suck

AUGUST 11, 2019

You’re now out in front of the market, and you don’t fear competition because you don’t have much. Chipotle did not invent the burrito; they disrupted the quality of ingredients and customized how we ordered a burrito. A: In the restaurant market today, you probably see that the waters have changed.

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Qu

MARCH 31, 2023

It’s ripe for innovation, consolidation, and unification—all in service to greater efficiencies. Customers are tired of restaurants getting their orders wrong. And as a franchise expands locations and individual store traffic grows, order inaccuracy becomes exponentially more difficult to rein in.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Fatimah Fadhil The steak house section. Inspired by a Florida Golden Corral, developed in the Netherlands, and imported to Kurdistan, ABC Restaurant features an assortment of global cuisines all filtered through the semi-autonomous region’s relationship with the U.S. Parents laugh, whipping out phones to capture the moment.

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Goliath Consulting

JULY 28, 2020

Another profound shift in the industry is the way staff is now expected to interact with their customers. Social distancing has radically changed the way restaurants work, causing a spike in delivery and take-out orders, and employees are taking on different responsibilities to fit these new roles in the workplace (2). Situational Leadership.

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Leadership Employee Relations Front of House Communication 139

Sling

JULY 4, 2021

There’s nothing like high-quality photos of food to whet your customers’ appetites and get them in the door. 3) Keep Customers Happy With Text Message Restaurant Marketing. Text message marketing is a great way to gather customer information and keep them thinking about your food. 1) Produce A Food-Prep Video.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise and MUFSO landscape. Continuing under the leadership of VP of Franchise Development, Shannon Swenson, Dave’s Hot Chicken has expanded its reach across the country with new deals signed in several key markets. Dunkin' Explores New Opportunities.

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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. World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co. unveiled the world’s first mobile restaurant powered by robotic technology, top video and photo. .”

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Apicbase

JULY 1, 2022

The brand acts as a hub for multiple expansions and extensions, ranging from franchise outlets, delivery, takeout, virtual restaurants, dark kitchens and even retail ventures. With these expansions, the importance of the back-of-house is growing exponentially. This blogpost covers: What is a central kitchen? What Is A Central Kitchen?

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Operations Back of House Front of House Food Supply 52

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features Boston Market, Danu Partners, P.F. Chang’s, Wing Squad, Yumpingo, Restaurant Revolution Technologies, Waitbusters, Dairy Queen, Fish City Grill, The National Restaurant Association and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and Keilhauer. New CEO at Boston Market. The plan is here.

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Online Ordering Hospitality Leadership Design 122

Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Restaurant owners, operators, and managers are constantly faced with decisions about accounting, operations, inventory, customer service, and staffing. The role may cover a wide range of areas, from front-of-house to back-of-house, or customer experience in the restaurant to off-premises.

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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." This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features consumers' dining desires, the power of personalization and the untapped opportunity in localized marketing. Mixed take-out bag.

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