Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes. – Corin Camenisch, Product Marketing Lead at SumUp 1 + 0 = 3: The New Math of Marketing! .

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind. Holsom by Yogurtland.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Chris Prociv, VP Marketing & Innovation at La Brea Bakery. The bakery, which distributes to grocery stores nationwide, is now built to better accommodate both customer and consumer needs while continuing to put the safety of employees and customers first. Even in the worst of times comes innovation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Golden Chick’s modular restaurant design will feature a drive-thru as well as an area for online order pick-ups in a 1,920-square-foot space. for the first time, including innovative designs that give a modern touch to the brand’s Southern Brazilian heritage, as well as a standalone butchery.

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The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Ghost Kitchens Will Likely be Short-Lived. The past year saw the rise of ghost kitchens as a way to operate with lower overhead and labor costs. Increased Safety and Sanitation. It is likely that those restaurants which can afford to go above and beyond in ensuring the safety of their guests will be rewarded.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

“Preparing to reopen a restaurant in the face of a changing pandemic can be complex and challenging without the right resources to help guide your planning efforts,” said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. Staying nimble given the fluid environment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature robots in fast food, virtual education and chef-inspired, plant-based ice cream. As part of the deployment, White Castle will bring the new version of Flippy, Robot-on-a-Rail (ROAR), into kitchens for testing and future integration. White Castle Employs Flippy the Robot.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Third – and this is true of all industries, not just restaurants: being innovative and flexible has tremendous value. Jockey Hollow Bar + Kitchen's Chris Cannon. You have to constantly adjust and innovate based on what's happening in the marketplace and environment. Berekk Blackwell, President of Daily Jam.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

Diners’ main concerns about visiting restaurants again include cleanliness and safety. Health and safety when dining out – What matters most? 62 percent of respondents answered that frequent sanitization of all surfaces would be their most important safety initiative. Cloud Kitchen Market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

SALIDO leverages design, data, and workflow management to optimize both front- and back-end operations. ” The majority of SALIDO's employees joined NAB following the acquisition to continue innovating the Restaurant OS. launched Fall Scoop 2020, titled “On Point With Off-Premise – Designed To Make It.”

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The Food Corridor

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This time last year, we were getting ready for an exciting year for the shared kitchen industry. Cloud or ghost kitchens were starting to come into the mainstream consciousness, the sharing economy was on the up, and there was a sense of optimism in the air for the coming year. . We all know what happened next. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Fast food options usually fall into two buckets: fast, healthy, and unaffordable, or fast, unhealthy, and affordable and nothing in between. Minimal Waste – Ono’s food truck is designed to be environmentally sustainable. The robotic kitchen runs on batteries instead of a diesel generator.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2020

Casual dining's share of restaurant visits was in free-fall from the 15th to the 22nd, and now has reached a more stable trend. Expect to see some grocery chains take this conversion to the next step by permanently converting designated stores into warehouses where only curbside or delivery are offered. #2 – March 2020].

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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). “Sodexo’s Sustainable Diets Strategy in North America has resulted in a number of benefits and innovations for our clients and customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers. First, at 2.1

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority. Taffer's Tavern, the new full service tavern concept created by Jon Taffer, signed a multi-unit franchise deal with Cuisine Solutions, a manufacturer of sous vide foods, to bring the ‘Kitchen of the Future’ to the D.C.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. At Capriotti’s we are on a continuous and ever accelerating path toward innovation while building on our unique heritage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Together, the initiative supported the food and beverage community by providing more than 500,000 freshly cooked meals and much needed supplies across 19 relief kitchens nationwide. “We put the safety of our employees first. “We put the safety of our employees first. " On #GivingTuesday (Dec.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We’ll quickly see the emergence of Restaurants 2.0 – a new generation of restaurateurs who snatch up available real estate for ghost kitchens, virtual brands or new dine-in experiences that have a heavy reliance on digital interactions and business models that enjoy lower overhead. Jerry Abiog, Co-Founder/CMO Standard Insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Aramark Creates Safety Plans. ” Examples of safety and service enhancements include: A culture of safety and wellbeing for employees and customers. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. Noodles & Company Launches Ghost Kitchen. Noodles & Company launched its first ghost kitchen test in Chicago.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This will manifest itself in several ways, such as informing robotics in the kitchen for food preparation, in addition to kitchen display systems (KDS) as restaurants kitchens seek to improve efficiency and better optimize for enhance prep station capacity management. – Lori Bolin, President of BrewLogix.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features tech companies winning funding, AI in the kitchen, DoorDash invests in brick and mortar and the gamification of food ordering. “With 92% of restaurant traffic now off-premise, this funding gives us the opportunity to provide more restaurants with innovative ways to reach more consumers. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

Flynn now owns and operates a combined total of 2,355 quick-service, fast casual and casual dining restaurants, generating $3.5 In the next two or three years, I expect we will see a lot of automat restaurants, so it’s great to jump on board with the innovative concept now.” Chief Communications Officer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

We’ve really set ourselves apart as the hottest fast-casual brand out there right now, and there’s no question about it based on the numbers.” “The business is doing incredible things through its careful selection of vetted franchise owners and fast, but strategic, growth. and Canada. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) plans to bring its signature California-style pizzas, pastas, salads and more to Canada for the first time. We think CPK’s creative California vibe and innovative menu will resonate with Albertans and offer something completely new in the market.” CPK Heads North.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Sandy is a graduate of Walsh College with a Bachelor’s of Accountancy and accomplished the designation of Certified Scrum Master in 2017. Bill directs all operational and strategic planning and execution for the Applebee’s, Del Taco, MOD Pizza, Wendy’s and Olga’s Kitchen brands. William (Bill) M.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Kempczinski was one of key hires during this period, joining McDonald's in September 2015 as executive vice president of strategy, business development & innovation following leadership positions at Kraft and Pepsi. Sharing best practices on successful, creative and innovative solutions to reduce wasted food across industry sectors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The hibachi and ramen kitchen will offer a unique twist on both Japanese traditions, blending the best of both art forms to create a craveable dining destination in a fast-casual setting. ru Sushi Kitchen at Legacy Hall in September 2019 to much success. in Plano, Texas. Filet Mignon Hibachi Fried Rice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

. “Over the last century, women, despite their incredible contributions, have struggled to make it in professional kitchens — held back by inequalities unfairly put upon them,” said Rob Sundy, Head of Brand Marketing & Creative Studios at Whirlpool Corporation, the parent company of the KitchenAid brand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 16, 2021

The announcement comes after the COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges for the hospitality industry, particularly for restaurant General Managers who grappled with unprecedented obstacles, such as labor shortages, customer and employee safety, and supply chain delays. ” Starbird Plans Franchising. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

DD Green Achievement restaurants, which were designed to save between 15 to 20 percent of energy use as compared to traditional Dunkin’ restaurants, have proven to save approximately 33 percent of energy use, on average, when compared to conventional Dunkin’ locations, outperforming design anticipations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

. "With colder weather setting in and new restrictions going into effect across the country, our ongoing commitment to helping restaurant operators adapt during the pandemic has never been more important," said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. "Our Step Up to The Table.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Irfan Kuci is the Director of Business Development at Focus Hospitality Consulting (FHC), a growing consulting firm based in Dubai with expertise in Back of House (BOH) design, MEP design, interior design, F&B concept creation, project management, franchising as well as hotel/restaurant operational assessments.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Anthony Bourdain recalled in Kitchen Confidential being berated for asking for burn cream, and then watching a fellow cook whose hands “looked like the claw of some monstrous science-fiction crustacean, knobby and calloused under wounds old and new,” move a sizzling pan out of a broiler with his bare hand. There is also the cost.

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