Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2025

How Design Technology Improves Space and Guest Experience Every square foot counts when redesigning a fast-casual eatery or a fine dining venue. For customers, 3D design tools allow the creation of warm and interactive dining spaces since restaurant operators can try different seating arrangements.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A staff of skilled, experienced team members keeps dining rooms running smoothly, boosts efficiency in the kitchen, builds goodwill with customers, and pushes restaurants to innovate – all of which contribute to business success and sustainability. Employees want to work in an environment where they feel valued and set up for success.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Key customer factors that influence dining preferences, from demographics to behavior. These are the people most likely to dine with you based on factors like their age, income, dining preferences, and lifestyle. Every successful restaurant has one thing in common: they know exactly who they are serving.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Given that many are not yet comfortable dining out, restaurant businesses are struggling to make ends meet. COVID-19, in that regard, has definitely changed the future of restaurants. Fine-dining restaurants are often famous for their chef’s signature dishes. Rewards and Offers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2022

They can talk and even sing songs for guests – creating a fun and novel dining experience. Restaurants that have adopted these robots have reported increased work efficiency and more customer traffic despite dining restrictions still being in place. Automated Dining. Technology in the Restaurant Industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2022

A lot of people would assume that fraud in the restaurant industry doesn’t extend beyond dine-and-dashers and bad cheques, but those with experience in the industry, especially at the level of popular franchises and chains, will tell you that fraud is more common than most people recognize. So, what might affect your restaurant in 2022?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 7, 2021

This is especially true if you wish to boost awareness about your restaurant, attracting new dine-ins, or enticing customers to keep coming back. This way, you can strongly appeal to your customers’ hungry pangs and influence their dining decisions. Balcony dining, outdoor patio, indoor seating, rooftop bars or lounges.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Outdoor dining is still top of mind as owners want to keep employees and customers safe and have questions about maintaining outdoor spaces in inclement weather. That's fine for sidewalks but not very conducive to outdoor dining, including keeping tables leveled. How much should a restaurant invest in outdoor dining necessities?

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

But one thing is for sure: the COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the restaurant dining experience. Additionally, plant-based and immunity-boosting foods, sanitation and outdoor dining has accelerated to an all time high. It has resulted in a huge shift in dining consciousness. Superfoods. Sanitation. Serene Spaces.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience. Though many of the market forces that shaped the restaurant industry in 2021 were closely linked to disruption from the pandemic's onset in 2020, 2022 brings new challenges — and opportunities. Simplified Menus. Simplified Menus. Serving smaller portion sizes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2022

This will aid you in delivering an enjoyable dining experience and help you retain customer loyalty. Thank: Let the customer know that although an issue occurred, you are still very happy that they dined with you, and you would welcome their return. Untrained and unmotivated staff. Inefficient management of staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Quick-service restaurants are also feeling the pressure – large chains like Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s have had to close dining rooms due to insufficient staffing. Operators will look to technology to offset labor shortages and free up staff to enhance the dining experience. Service with a smile is not a thing of the past.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 23, 2023

But with the growth in off-premise dining comes extra pressure for businesses. As a result of the change in dining habits, consumer expectations have actually increased post-COVID, and for each and every restaurant that wants to survive, it is crucial that those expectations are not just met, but exceeded.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2022

On the flip side, if you run an upscale restaurant, offering a prix fixe menu is a great way to attract customers who usually wouldn’t dine with you. On Valentine’s Day, restaurants fill up quickly with reservations from couples eager to spend a romantic night together. A prix fixe menu also gives off an air of elegance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Let’s go over a few basic questions all dining establishments should consider when selecting their furniture. But definitely consider getting help. That stated, how and why your patrons will dine is paramount. But always consider your clientele and their expected dining experience. Also, consider your location.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"The Menu" hits the screens next month and chefs are already dishing about the black comedy focused on fine-dining. Personally, the end goal for me is to spend more time having “fine dining” experiences and visiting Michelin star restaurants. .” Here are what some shared with us.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2022

” A broad definition of the omnichannel customer might be anyone who comes into contact with your brand at any touchpoint, be it in-store, on your website, on social media, or through email or a newsletter. The Quest for the Holy Grail. Behind the scenes, however, is often where the seams start to show.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2022

While inflation is most definitely impacting guests, RMS' Q2 2022 Industry Trends Report shows it's not all bad news for operators. In addition, RMS asked 750 diners across all generations throughout the US about their current and future dining behavior. Special occasion dining is on the rise. Average check was up 7.2

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

According to Upserve’s 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry Report, the industry will collectively lose $240 billion, with casual dining sales volume down by 60 percent and fast casual down 50 percent. Above-average CX doesn’t just happen, and it definitely doesn’t happen overnight.

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EATER

MARCH 25, 2025

I dont think weve necessarily stayed away from all the issues and the controversy, but Ive definitely stayed away from a lot of it because I keep to myself. I dont think weve necessarily stayed away from all the issues and the controversy, but Ive definitely stayed away from a lot of it because I keep to myself.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2025

Along the way, she reveals what goes on behind New York City’s fine dining scene, while dealing with harassment, and gaslighting before her journey of healing and self-recovery. Part of what kept me in restaurants was definitely necessity. In the prologue, you had a great phrase: “Restaurants helped me reinvent my past.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

For the future, as upward of 80-90 percent of business now takes place in the drive-thru and pick-up lanes, it is essential for every site to bring the dining room experience to the windows. With my children, I’m definitely not getting out of that lane without ice cream if the aroma of caramel is present! Great question.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The modern restaurant ecosystem demands that businesses of all shapes and styles, from full-service fine dining to quick-serve fast-casual, incorporate third-party delivery systems into their business models, strategic planning, Front and Back of House training and physical design. The “Ding!”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

You may think that’s overstating, but… According to Restaurant Insider , 90 percent of guests research a restaurant online before dining there. A restaurant’s brand identity is the cumulative effect of what your guests see, taste, smell, feel and hear at your restaurant, online, and in the world at large. Your Signage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

For shifting consumer preferences, 34 percent expect more takeout and delivery in 2025, 28 percent expect greater demand for healthier options, and 24 percent expect less frequent dine-in visits. Those priorities include increased marketing and sales efforts alongside new benefits and programs to attract and retain staff.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

Whatever your end goal might be: Executive Chef in a fine dining operation, Corporate Chef, Sous Chef, Restaurant Manager, Entrepreneur, Research Chef, or Consultant – where ever you hope to land in the future – put that goal in writing. The restaurant industry is being hit extraordinarily hard, unlike any other time in recent history.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This is what hospitality is all about. [] TO PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR CHEF CREATIVITY: The definition of a chef sometimes includes: “frustrated artist”. Restaurants cannot wait that long, no way, no how – this is the end of the world, as we know it. Sorry – just trying to be realistic. At least the real bad news is out of the way.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 3, 2023

Hospitality is what makes the experience of dining special, and it is most definitely what brings people back. She wasn’t a chef as we might describe that person today, but she was a terrific cook and a savvy businesswoman. I said I was confused since the jar was clearly empty. What was the ingredient? Then focus on hospitality.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 21, 2023

In fact, the term “social media” is a misuse of the intended definition. So, the definition of family, friends, team, and belongingness may no longer apply. So, I thought from what I know, and what I have experienced, I would take a hard look at the good, the bad, and the ugly (the theme song from the movie is playing in my head).

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EATER

JANUARY 28, 2021

With indoor dining still not an option in much of the country, hotel restaurants are using empty rooms as private dining suites There are few restaurants Hector Tamez frequents more than Uni , the izakaya located in Boston’s boutique Eliot Hotel. Why not briefly fill rooms by offering an exclusive evening of private pandemic dining?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

You’ll definitely see a lower survey completion rate when using this method, as some customers will wait until they’ve tried the product or service, but it can be effective for collecting some quality reviews quickly – especially if there’s a lag time between receiving your product.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 23, 2025

Are your regulars ordering the same drink and entree every time they come in? Does the energy feel flat, and the customers look bored. Seeing those glazed-over eyes is unsettling, and youre starting to think, Maybe its time to shake things up a bit. Maybe hosting an event could pump some new life into your restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

Some staggering statistics on the restaurant industry during this pandemic include: Restaurants, on average, laid off 91 percent of their hourly workforce and 70 percent of salaried employees due to COVID-19 related closures ( James Beard Foundation ). Inability to utilize PPP loan funds to pay overhead costs in excess of certain thresholds.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Moving forward in search of doing something meaningful and growing your position into a career may require some adjustments and a definite plan. If, however you have the sense that cooking is more than that and you have your eyes on many years connected to the professional kitchen, then read on. Master your role and support those around you.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of Drinksgiving and Thanksgiving trends, FSR challenges, and "out-of-the-box" dining habits. AI usage has also skyrocketed, primarily in the back-of-house.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2024

High-definition digital menu displays are a must, allowing you to showcase mouth-watering images of your offerings and update content in real time. Customers definitely don't want to see long lines and excessive wait times in the drive-thru lane. How will the drive-thru change in the coming years?

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