The Rail

JUNE 6, 2025

Changing the restaurant enhances the dining experience and demonstrates to the patrons that the company values them. 1 Simplify the Dining Area for Comfort and Style Updating the dining area produces a friendly environment that invites guests to remain longer and enjoy their food.

Social Media

ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

When people are hungry, they turn to Google. Its the number one way customers discover new restaurants and if your business isnt showing up in the search results, youre losing diners to competitors who are. In this article, you will learn: How to optimize your Google Business Profile to boost visibility and credibility.

SEO

Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As the hospitality industry continues to evolve, the dining experience at hotels and resorts has become a crucial element in shaping guest satisfaction. From sustainable practices and health-conscious menus to tech-enhanced dining and global flavors, hotel and resort restaurants are adapting to meet the diverse needs of the modern traveler.

Hotels

Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

Starbucks’ deal with Empower Delivery fits the acqui-hire framework. One example is OpenAI’s Operator, a tool that can perform web-based tasks like making a restaurant reservation or ordering food from a delivery app. Image by Nico Heins/Midjourney Want to sound smart at the next restaurant tech cocktail party?

Hiring

EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Travel around and youll be rewarded. hadynyah/Getty Images A local food expert provides the ideal culinary tour of Sri Lanka, from the islands palm tree-lined beaches to its rolling highland tea plantations Floating just below the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is a stunningly verdant island cloaked in jungles.

Hotels

Culinary Cues

MARCH 16, 2025

With the help of the federal government (without their help I cant imagine any business surviving let alone the average citizen), restaurants began to experiment with delivery, remote pick-up, using technology to minimize employee interaction, and later ghost kitchens that saved the day for some, but changed our industry entirely.

Food Supply

Future Food

JULY 31, 2025

Dining is now central to the customer experience, commercial performance, and cultural identity of leading precincts. From the layered dining ecosystems of our CBD retail precincts, the community-focused transformation of Parramatta Square , and the headline-grabbing launch of Market Pavilion at Chadstone , food is the headline act.

Retail

Restaurant Clicks

JULY 22, 2025

Whether you’re traveling or just want to try something new, this list gives you a simple, honest guide to some of the most well-loved barbecue restaurants in the state. #30 Whether you’re traveling or just want to try something new, this list gives you a simple, honest guide to some of the most well-loved barbecue restaurants in the state. #30

Back of House

Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Cloud-based POS systems allow you to access real-time data from anywhere, whether youre on the floor, at home, or traveling. Enhancing Customer Loyalty with Data-Driven Personalization In todays competitive dining landscape, personalized service is key to building customer loyalty.

2025

Lavu

MARCH 28, 2025

By offering multilingual options, restaurant owners can create a more inclusive dining experience, attracting a wider customer base while optimizing staff productivity. Better Communication : Customers can view menus in their preferred language, reducing confusion and improving their dining experience.

Operations

Lavu

JUNE 26, 2025

From higher app usage to growing demand for personalized ordering experiences, this data uncovers the trends influencing modern dining behavior. Key Mobile Food Ordering Statistics Every Restaurant Should Know Mobile ordering continues to rise, and some predictions have the food delivery market valued at $365B by 2030.

Mobile Ordering

Lavu

JULY 25, 2025

Restaurant catering is a lucrative way to reach customers beyond your dining rooms. Most restaurant owners have banquets and private dining halls that can be used to organize events like weddings, business conferences, or parties, while some also offer off-premise catering services. will help streamline the process.

Catering

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"The pandemic forced the restaurant industry to reinvent itself overnight, moving from a primarily in-store dining experience to an omnichannel, digital-first business. Special events have become a big reason for going out, making unique dining experiences more important than ever. This trend has held on in the last five years.

Loyalty Program

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Delivery/Takeout : COVID created a shift from in-person dining to takeout and delivery options, increasing reliance on third party delivery services, and on attractive takeout options. Landlord/Tenant Disputes : in my practice, I have seen a huge increase in lease disputes. – Pooja S.

Mobile Ordering

Restaurant Clicks

MAY 6, 2025

Whether you’re a local resident or a traveler passing through, Scott’s Kitchen provides a satisfying and authentic barbecue experience that reflects the rich culinary traditions of the region. #29 The casual dining atmosphere, along with options for takeout and delivery, makes it a convenient choice for both locals and visitors.

Seasonal Menu

Restaurant Business

JULY 29, 2025

The casual-dining chain is introducing two new menu categories, bowls and bites, featuring a selection of items ranging in price from under $10 to $16. The casual-dining chain is introducing two new menu categories, bowls and bites, featuring a selection of items ranging in price from under $10 to $16. By Joe Guszkowski on Jul.

Pricing

EATER

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Lille Allen We asked couples across the country about budgets, date nights in, and what makes a restaurant really worth it In the first seven years of our relationship, my husband and I never codified date night. We went to restaurants sometimes, we cooked together other times. Thats when well crack open a cookbook and follow instructions.

Back of House

EATER

MARCH 11, 2025

Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our relationship to food and dining has undergone some permanent changes I got COVID for the first time this past February. Many cities have all but nixed their outdoor dining programs, and there hasnt been a push to make the air indoors any safer.

Food Supply

Restaurant Business

JUNE 20, 2025

Photo courtesy: Keke's Breakfast Cafe Kekes plots a growth spurt: Denny’s purchased family-dining chain Keke’s Breakfast Café in 2022. . Photo courtesy: Keke's Breakfast Cafe Kekes plots a growth spurt: Denny’s purchased family-dining chain Keke’s Breakfast Café in 2022. By Heather Lalley on Jun. restaurant industry.

Leadership

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.

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 28, 2020

Q: Would delivery work for my concept? A: Delivery –of all things– is a hot topic. Consumers demand it and the market has responded by offering several delivery options, from independent delivery companies to national firms. consumers order delivery or takeout once a week. Projected U.S.

Delivery

7 Shifts

APRIL 9, 2020

Whether you have been offering delivery and takeout for years, or have had to make a recent pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to know which food travels best for delivery—and how to change up your menu to stay profitable while dine-in isn't an option. Let’s run through a little scenario.

Travel

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Food that naturally travels well—chicken wings, burritos, Chinese food—was bound to have a leg-up. Smart QSR and fast casual chains like Chipotle and Shake Shack reconfigured their strategies to lean heavily into delivery apps, digital ordering, and loyalty programs. But the platform is where the real winners shook out.

Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2024

Online food delivery thrives as phones become one-stop shops for ordering and tracking meals. This convenience has made the online food delivery market massive, with global revenues of over $1 trillion in 2023 alone. They must choose whether to use third-party online ordering platforms or handle delivery in-house.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2024

Here’s the scene of a restaurant using third-party delivery… Dine-in customers walk into the smell of delicious food, but the atmosphere feels more like a busy train station than a place to eat. Drivers who are trying to be more efficient are even batching orders themselves – picking up multiple deliveries at once.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

As more states implement restrictions and seating bans on restaurants to curb the spread of COVID-19, many restaurants are offering delivery for the first time and are now more vulnerable to challenges arising from delivery services. Keep delivery cars clean and provide drivers with disinfectants to help them keep their cars clean.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store. Square is launching On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store where sellers can dispatch a courier through delivery partners for orders placed directly on their website. The buyer receives text updates with links to live maps to track delivery progress.

Guest Recovery

7 Shifts

MARCH 20, 2020

However, in the wake of COVID-19, restaurants are leaning into alternative ways to move inventory, keep staff working, and delight their guests by focusing on delivery and takeout. Here are a few reasons to consider exploring these off-premise dining options. As of this article’s publication, more than 20 U.S.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 4, 2023

Despite inflation taking its toll, many people are continuing to prioritize and enjoy the convenience of takeaway and food delivery with recent Deliverect data revealing that more people are purchasing delivery orders today than they were before the recent increase in the cost of living. Quality, Convenient Deliveries Influence Choice.

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2021

It’s easy for restaurant experiences to be impersonal and ordinary right now, with face masks and takeout containers dictating the nature of dining. The area of restaurant operation that presents the most opportunity for improvement is takeout and delivery. Differentiated Dining. Live music?

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Recent surveys are showing the vast majority of Americans have been cutting back on dining out. Another way to increase the value of customers’ dining experience and increase return visits is to provide loyalty rewards with a custom, restaurant-branded mobile application. Consider Expanding Delivery Options in Your Market.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. Takeout and delivery increased 300X in a couple of weeks relative to reservations and wait list on Yelp. Yelp Economic Average.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Without a dining room blocking the way, let there be light. For that reason, they must become more livable.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

lines of business (Business Dining, Education, Healthcare Hospitality, Leisure, and Sports & Entertainment) beat the kitchen heat in sector championships to earn their spot in the national competition. The Best Chefs in the U.S. Aramark is hosting an intense culinary competition to determine its best U.S.-based based chefs.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Restaurant management can put some thought into reconfiguring any dining area to make the space feel exclusive and welcoming, not bare or half-empty; this will likely mean the removal of furnishings that don’t allow social distancing. Safety and Normalcy.

Customer Service

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the rise of eCommerce, economic impact, dining during COVID and hot dog insights. Of restaurants that have stayed open, many shifted their focus to takeout and delivery. Yelp's Economic Impact Report.

2020

EATER

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

But some restaurateurs are sticking with in-house delivery or small local companies instead. Even then, Brackett says he never considered signing up with a big third-party delivery service, even though the headquarters of two of the country’s largest providers, Uber Eats and DoorDash, are within walking distance of his restaurant.

Delivery