Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Intriguingly, it appears fast casual restaurants have started taking back the customers they lost to quick serve restaurants since the pandemic, with consumers visiting fast casual restaurants more often, up to 24 percent from 21 percent in May. Fast casuals are beginning to take back their customers. Drive-thru visits remain high.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2021

Are ovens heating fast and fully enough—or is a restaurant in danger of sending out chicken that’s crispy outside but raw in the middle? Glitches with equipment operations: Is the water hot enough for a dishwasher’s final rinse cycle? Is the detergent consistently at the right level?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. Drive-thru visits have increased 36 percent since the early days of the pandemic with 9 out of 10 visiting in the last month. Drive-Thrus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

“White Castle is an industry innovator, and we take a great amount of pride in our history – never forgetting about the future ahead,” said Lisa Ingram, CEO of White Castle. With a QR code, guests can easily scan the code safely from their own device and join the waitlist through DineTime. ” Resetting America.

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The Restaurant Group

JULY 7, 2020

There is a new normal in the restaurant space, and we are all trying to figure out exactly what that means. How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? Will servers come back to the same role they left?

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Foodable

MAY 18, 2020

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date for the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. Although food safety has been embedded in the foundation of the foodservice industry, safety assurance remains the number one concern for patrons as they begin dining out post pandemic.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2020

AI tech now enables cameras to perform designated tasks, recognize faces, and alert managers when issues arise in operations (2). What this means for operators is that they can use information obtained from AI camera to operation costs and drive revenue by monitoring employees and diners to figure out corrections. Quality Control.

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Foodable

AUGUST 14, 2020

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date on the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. Consumers who have the VirusSAFE Pro app are able to see all of the measures the restaurant is taking to keep them safe. How does VirusSAFE Pro cultivate accountability?

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Foodable

JULY 16, 2020

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date for the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. In this episode of The Barron Report, host Paul Barron sits down with frequent Foodable guest Andrew Horowitz, the president and founder of Horowitz & Company.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

This program, piloted last year, is designed to help KFC team members build short-term savings and create lasting savings behaviors. When life presents unexpected expenses, such as urgent car or home repairs, an emergency fund can help keep families afloat, and prevent them from taking on debt or missing payments.

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Touch Bistro

APRIL 28, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly begins to recede, many restaurants are turning to gift card marketing as part of their 2021 recovery plan. First and foremost, gift cards provide restaurants with an immediate source of revenue – cash that can be incredibly valuable in the early months of recovery. Immediate Cash Flow. Brand Awareness.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 1, 2020

WHAT WE DO: – Finally, effective leaders take actions that are calculated, inclusive of expert understanding, and based on collaboration and strategic thought. Those chains are far more likely to gather their collective minds to find a way out of the storm and survive a period of business downturn.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A detailed look at Salata’s restaurant design and layout. The introduction of the franchising microsite follows a number of brand milestones for Salata in 2019, including: The debut of a new restaurant design (February). ” Perfectly Designed Pizza Hut. Financial requirements. A rebrand (June). " Karamo Brown.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Despite the initiatives launched by the UK government such as Eat Out to Help Out, several restaurants have either been shut down or are on the verge of closure. . It is important to let the guests enjoy the experience, so among other things, the food presentation has to be amazing. Take On Eat Out To Help Out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

With On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store, sellers can take control of their fulfillment process by offering delivery to their loyal customer base directly from their own website. Search filter : A new filter allows users to easily find which hotels and restaurants are taking these added safety precautions. Visa SMB Help.

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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. Altering seating arrangements to improve spacing between guests. Offering easy-to-assemble, take-home meals. Takeout For Good.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. 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. “The bites are baked just right; choose a dip then take a sip!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

New Design for Freddy's. Located in Salina, Kansas, this prototype marks a new chapter for the brand’s design evolution as this option is its first model without a dining room, hosting a double drive-thru and a walk-up ordering station. ” Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S.,

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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. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“Over the past 40 years, TSFR has developed a strong reputation as a leader in the restaurant industry and fostered a talented and engaged team that delights our guests,” said Mark Schostak, Executive Chairman at TSFR. “We know that seismic changes continue to take place within the food and media industries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The survey results reveal that 35 percent of respondents feel the same level of comfort dining out now as they did at the beginning of the pandemic. Some highlights inlcude: Consumers' projected dining out frequency. Only about seven percent of respondents said they anticipate rarely or never eating out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Ocean Spray is joining forces with Massachusetts Restaurant United and the COREcares Foundation for this hospitality stimulus, in addition to offering discounts on the brand’s cranberry products to support restaurants on the road to recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. “We put the safety of our employees first.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

” Ordermark also operates Nextbite where, qualifying restaurants can offer popular delivery-only brands, including HotBox by Wiz, a partnership with Wiz Khalifa, out of their existing restaurant space. When we started Lunchbox 18 months ago, we wanted to help restaurants with a strong ethos and identity speak to their guests directly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the surge in online ordering, early returns on restaurant recovery and what customers want and expect from restaurants. Restaurant Recovery Stats. Companies are focusing on ways to guarantee the safety of their employees and guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

While many find hope for the industry as the country re-opens, the road to recovery is a very long and uncertain one. While the operational and financial impact of social distancing must be top of mind, nearly as important as what you do will be how you communicate these changes to your guests. Anticipation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Overall, “large parties,” or a party with eight or more guests, had a +2 percent increase in same-store transactions in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Cheers to 2023: Overall, restaurant and bar guests drank approximately +11 percent more alcohol in Q4 2023 compared to the average for Q1 through Q3 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Custom designed to be unlike anything currently on the water, the process to receive permitting and approvals charted unmapped territory for the United States Coast Guard and the City of San Diego. ” At 3,900-square-feet, the build out of AQUAlounge is projected at $5 million, and construction is scheduled to begin in February of 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2021

In this example, the restaurant fulfills an estimated 1,500 combined delivery and take-out orders at an average cost of $144 per order over a six-month period. Six igloos for outdoor dining or 27 propane heaters or 183 tanks of propane to keep guests warm. Sluggish Restaurant Recovery. Survival of the Fast Casuals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Have clear signage, enforce the mandated health rules, and diligently track the number of guests inside of your facility at all times. Take their temperatures everyday upon arrival and throughout the day. Think Out of The Box. Judiciously monitor your employees’ health as well. Have them do a self-symptom check regularly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Reach3 is taking an ongoing look at consumer sentiment about restaurants and food retailing to determine how Americans really feel about issues such as sanitization, social distancing and the potential for exposure to infection and how they might be a barrier to visitation as restaurants reopen. Food and grocery delivery options: 79 percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

“ “Many of us quickly shut down our businesses and paid our employees’ health benefits out of pocket because it was the socially responsible thing to do. Small actions like buying a gift card, ordering take-out, or leaving a review can make a difference.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Off-premise dining, such as take-out, curbside and delivery, have grown significantly this year as quarantines, restrictions and mandated shutdowns forced restaurant owners to look for alternative ways to cover the loss of in-dining sales. Now that 2021 is only weeks away, we are making predictions on what the new year will bring.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Although mandated dine-in restrictions have held back all restaurant segments, particularly full service, consumer demand for restaurant meals and the ability to serve the demand with a host of off-premises services, like digital ordering, delivery, drive-thru, and carry-out, are the silver linings that enable the industry to persevere.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news of the expected pent-up demand from guests, the Great Restaurant Restart and delivery trends. Additional key findings from the survey include: Over a third (38 percent) of respondents plan to have between 1-20 guests, with 32 percent planning to have under 50.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Among the highlights: Online Ordering sales of pizza (+9 percent), burgers (+10 percent), and fried chicken (+5 percent) were up from last year, but the largest trend in online ordering was sandwiches and wraps as guests give up on slapping bread together at home and restaurants pivot to menu items that travel well. Restaurant trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Student volunteers support in a variety of hands-on roles that range from assisting chefs with the preparation of their dishes, to facilitating guest registration. The Houses for the Holidays campaign ran from November 12 to December 31 and gave guests the opportunity to purchase a DIY gingerbread house for $5.95

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