Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hospitality operators are rapidly turning to contactless ordering and payment solutions to help navigate the long road back to normal from COVID-19’s impacts. While it’s a smart innovation that some say is long overdue, the reality is operators are responding to customer demand. Incorporate Rich Imagery and Multimedia.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2023

The quick service restaurant (QSR) industry is currently experiencing a trend of commoditization, with low barriers to entry and a standardized set of features offered by most restaurants. In other words, it means providing services to individuals through digital platforms and technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2024

In 2025, the restaurant and broader hospitality industry finds itself at a critical juncture. While corporate travel is expected to pick up, helping offset a predicted slowdown in leisure spending, the broader hospitality sector must grapple with economic and operational risks. restaurants broke records with projected sales of $1.1

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hospitality industry, a vibrant tapestry woven from warm smiles and impeccable service, faces persistent challenges amid small signs of labor market improvement. Robots don't merely augment efficiency; they redefine the hospitality landscape by ensuring operational flexibility and service optimization.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The hospitality industry served as the launch pad for the revival of the two-dimensional barcode, and now restaurants of all sizes are relying on this method to keep operations booming in a contactless world. Here are a few ways to ensure QR codes are used responsibility in hospitality: Educate Staff on QR Code Security Issues.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As we wrap up a year that brought more tremendous change to the hospitality industry, I like to look ahead and anticipate some of the opportunities and challenges we will see in 2022 (and beyond). With technology at their fingertips, hospitality operators will be able to bridge e-commerce with real commerce.

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EATER

APRIL 2, 2025

The announcement included nominees for Outstanding Restaurateur, Best New Restaurant, and the regional Best Chef awards, as well as finalists for three new categories: Best New Bar, Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service, and Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Transformative Techniques Bartenders are experimenting with the foundations of a cocktail by using techniques like sous vide for prep and serving, forced carbonation for effervescence and clarified citrus to augment beverages before they even reach the mixing stage. This follows a new love of customization, indulgence, and comfort in the US.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Overall, the biggest lesson we’ve taken from this unpredictable year is that in order to successfully spread the spirit of BBQ and kindness, we need to be transparent with our communities, engage with our most loyal customers, and be there for them in hard times. Technology is essential to best serve our customers.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

If you could sum up the word “hospitality” into one sentence, what would it be? Describe a time when you had to handle a long line and impatient customers. Hospitality isn’t an easy industry to work with. If you could sum up the word “hospitality” into one sentence, what would it be?

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2021

You may serve the best food on the block, but if your restaurant doesn't match its dishes with plausible customer service, your customers may never come back. That's why it's important to provide an outstanding dining experience from the second your customer's enter your restaurant, till the moment they leave.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2025

Quick-service restaurants maintain a steady customer satisfaction score of 79 (on a 100 point scale), while full-service restaurants — despite slipping 2 percent to 82 — remain one of the highest-rated industries in the Index, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Restaurant and Food Delivery Study 2025.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Having a strategy for plant-based is now a business imperative–your customers want it and your competitors are doing it. Qdoba Mexican Eats’ nation-wide Impossible Foods launch in 2019 made it a standout, with the restaurant chain allowing customers to add Impossible Foods’ plant-based meat to any of its core dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 10, 2025

After 15-plus years leading training practices in hospitality, I have seen firsthand how the strongest brands turn their playbook into a methodical growth engine. But your team does not show up every day to memorize handbook rules, they show up to serve amazing food. Celebrate hospitality wins during the training period.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

– Misty Chalk, vice president, Americas at BrightSign AI Continues to Revolutionize Restaurant Operations and Guest Services: The restaurant sector is poised for a seismic shift as AI integration takes center stage. It will enable hyper-personalized experiences that transform guest interactions through advanced customer insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2022

Ensuring guests experience true hospitality is tantamount to running a successful restaurant. Thanks to restaurant technologies, it’s possible to not only deliver a superior customer experience — the crux of hospitality — but also take things to the next level. Hospitality is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

The past five years have reinforced the critical intersection of digital and hospitality in the restaurant industry. Digital not only powers seamless experiences but also unlocks guest data that can elevate hospitality across all touchpoints, both digital and in-person. Technology continues to transform restaurant operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

SoftPOS can also serve as a back-up solution or a queue-buster during busy periods, ensuring scalability and flexibility increasing acceptance and conversion. Verticalized, Personalized Payments Catering to diverse customer preferences is critical in today’s market.

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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. Another challenge many restauranteurs might not be considering is the impact third-party delivery services like Door Dash have on your brand. Nuance also extends to the service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 4, 2020

Hospitality businesses are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis. However, states across the country are beginning to lift stay at home orders, which means these types of businesses can finally ease into serving customers in person. Practice Even Better Customer Service. Reward Customer Loyalty.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Smart business owners who find inexpensive, creative ways to anticipate and fulfill customers’ needs will stand out through COVID-19 and beyond. Here are some needs that customers are likely to be prioritizing right now, with some low-cost ideas on how to meet those needs. Safety and Normalcy. The Human Touch.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 19, 2021

As restaurants and other hospitality venues re-open and see increased demand from customers and guests, one thing is clear: labor shortages could slow their recovery, hampering businesses trying to capitalize on the booming consumer demand. While some point to the labor crunch as a short-term issue, this is likely wishful thinking.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2025

If the music is too loud or inappropriate, the guest’s night is ruined and their money wasted, no matter how good the food or service. When full-service restaurants don’t have music, they are unwittingly sending a message to their guests: GET OUT. means not only lower sales but also less repeat business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

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. “Now, more than ever, restaurateurs need an effective and affordable way to promote their restaurants to new and existing customers so they can bring them back again and again.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

By the time you receive your steaming bag of burgers and fries, its possible that you havent actually spoken to any of the humans involved in preparing or serving the meal youre about to consume. All of them promise a seamless experience to the fast-food customer. It can also make restaurant service more efficient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Success for hospitality businesses will depend on getting unique, yet on-brand, holiday experiences live early, so guests can book them. Early reservations often mean faster turns, so our customers look to Tock to find ways to get more covers when bookings are trending to earlier in the evening.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This ideally reinforces the connection in the customer’s brain between their everyday choices and the resulting impacts on the environment: “You’ve saved so many gallons of water, you’ve saved so many square meters of land and emissions and energy,” as Goldman says. Congratulations. without interruptions. So he took action. We call it out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2025

The Untapped Power of Music In an era of fierce competition in the restaurant and hospitality sectors, curating an unparalleled guest experience isn’t just beneficial, it’s essential for turning reserved seats into lasting memories. It greets guests, sets the rhythm of service and quietly guides spending.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Chatmeter used its generative AI platform, Pulse Ai: Signals, to analyze more than two million customer reviews and understand why most consumers are opting for pick up or cooking at home: growing frustration with expensive fees, delayed deliveries, incorrect orders and poor customer service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2025

More than half (54 percent) of independent restaurant owners report making half as much or less than this same time last year, according to a report from Alignable with 51 percent saying customer spending is “much lower” than 2024. Tariffs, attracting new customers, and inflation top the list of concerns.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2020

How did you get the idea to contribute your food to hospitals? I knew the hospitals and ICU were going to be flooded, and thought adding new food options would benefit their workers in this time of need. It spun off to people wanting to donate to support these meals to more hospitals. This was really quick.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Any restaurant — Toast customer or not — can be listed on the site.Toast is committing up to $250,000 in matching contributions to World Central Kitchen and the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

History will show that COVID was the line of demarcation for the hospitality industry in the 21st century. Here are a few early observations of what 2025 could bring to the hospitality industry. Contactless Ordering, Inside and Out Door Dash, Uber Eats and other third-party delivery services will continue to expand. For $14.99

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 8, 2021

For the hospitality industry, the last 18 months have been very challenging. Walk down any street, uptown or downtown, and there are still numerous ‘closed’ signs on the front of restaurants and other service businesses. Including a double-checked itemized list with the order or sent digitally to customers upon delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2022

Restaurant owners must develop new ways to work more efficiently and attract more customers. Furthermore, restaurants began implementing QR codes for contactless self-serve ordering. Food Delivery and Service Robots. Technology in the Restaurant Industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, persistent labor shortages are pushing restaurants to explore automation and artificial intelligence to streamline operations – from kitchen management to customer service – to alleviate staffing pressures while also enhancing efficiency.

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