Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. Read the first part, here. For the second part, click here.

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

A growing number of fast food chains are experimenting with seatless locations with only takeout or drive-thru options. Getty Images/iStockphoto As diners increasingly turn to delivery, the future of fast food may be one with no human interaction at all. People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Unique experiential opportunities will further enhance customer engagement, providing memorable moments beyond just the act of dining. Think behind-the-scenes kitchen tours or insights into who the people are that work at the restaurant, offering patrons a chance to immerse themselves in the brand. Read the first part, here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Additionally, as a result of the ongoing labor shortage, we anticipate more automated chatbots to support on-site team members and help streamline their work as well as operators looking for locations with smaller dine-in square footage in favor of adding more drive-thru lanes. Here are their insights. Smaller menus in general.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Keeping our guests and team members safe remains our top priority and is the highest form of hospitality in these times. We’ve always seen bartaco as a place to escape, and providing that comfort allows our guests to relax, have fun, and feel transported for a while. Steve Martorano, owner of Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale.

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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

JULY 30, 2021

We are also leaning heavily into our People First Safety Always Plan to guide us through how we’re doing business, as we seek what’s best for all our teams, franchisees, and enterprise.” MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise (MUFSO) landscape. KFC Foundation Launches MyChange.

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The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The lack of time to pivot from mainly indoor dining to virtually only delivery and takeout meant that most restaurants outsourced delivery to third parties, such as DoorDash, Uber, and Postmates. Ghost Kitchens Will Likely be Short-Lived. Transformation of Dining Rooms. Increased Safety and Sanitation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

Adapting with a tighter, more focused menu to allow kitchens to better plan labor and prep needs and manage enhanced sanitation routines. Embracing preparation and safety protocols as part of your restaurant's story. Seeking opportunities to create new, lasting rituals to signal safety, to claim new spaces and to innovate.

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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. . QDOBA's New Concept. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 27, 2020

Accepting this as a new reality, restaurant operators are planning how to navigate post-lockdown operations while complying with safety regulations and reopening their restaurant. Due to the virus scare, physical distancing is here to stay, and restaurant operators must take adequate measures to ensure the safety of customers and staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

From the very beginning we worked to attract loyal guests seeking an authentic, family dining experience. With restaurant dining rooms closing unexpectedly and inconsistently from market to market, the industry realized the ability to communicate frequently and rapidly to their customers is critical. Shasta, California.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the latest report from Tripadvisor , which outlinines the road to recovery for the travel and dining industry, restaurants are showing the first signs of recovery, leading the way for hospitality businesses. Around one in six (16 percent) will avoid dine-in experiences altogether in favor of delivery or take-out.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2021

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. Modular Chicken. Golden Chick is introducing its first modular constructed building.

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The Restaurant Times

APRIL 22, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic related increase in demand for food delivery has given food brands, cloud kitchens and delivery only kitchens an opportunity to test and demonstrate their new order-to-go technologies. Apprehensions about food safety in the customer’s mind can cost you your business. That’s the silver lining.

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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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Foodable

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

On this episode of the Takeout, Delivery, and Catering podcast series, hosts TJ Schier and Sam Stanovich sit down with Carl Howard, the president and chief executive officer of Fazoli's , to explore menu innovation, food safety strategies, and how to thrive in a crowded market. Food safety is paramount,” says Howard.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

The ability for restaurants, particularly full service restaurants, to operate at total capacity, consumer comfort with dining in, and more business and recreational travel will aid recovery at the dinner daypart. The key to the industry's recovery will be the strength of each daypart. foodservice industry. Visits at P.M. ” 2.

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360Training

JANUARY 14, 2020

fast food with no table service) or through a non-server position like dishwashing or bussing tables. Looking to pick up work in food service? Here’s everything you need to know: age restrictions, qualifications, the kind of training that might be required in your area, and potential future career paths. Waiting tables is a team sport.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The Hospitality Recovery Coalition includes DISCUS, the American Distilled Spirits Alliance (ADSA), the Council of State Restaurant Associations (CSRA), the National Restaurant Association and TIPs. “Without assistance at all levels of government, many of these businesses will be forced to close their doors. .”

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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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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Britt Cloud, Goliath’s Consulting Chef, directs back of house operations and works with the current chef/kitchen manager to restructure inventory, food costing, menu, labor, and health policies. Front of House operations is a steady balance of guest needs, employee personalities, efficient strategies, and health and safety enforcement.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

And Independence Day 2021 may be the busiest one yet, with 46% of American consumers reporting that they’re excited to dine out again as pandemic restrictions are loosened. This means you’ll have to continue to follow strict safety protocols to make sure everyone is safe and that your restaurant remains on the right side of the law.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Is there a shortage of healthy fast-food options? Think about the flow of traffic from the kitchen to the tables. Whether it’s chic and modern or rustic and cozy, fine dining or casual, the atmosphere needs to enhance the dining experience and make it memorable for all the right reasons. Efficiency is key.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 19, 2020

It’s amazing how fast this crisis is moving and how transformative and long-lasting the consequences will be globally. It’s amazing how fast this crisis is moving and how transformative and long-lasting the consequences will be globally. March 17, 2020 Many Large Chains Suspend Dine-In Operations Dunkin’, Chuck E.

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EATER

JANUARY 5, 2022

At the Food on Demand conference in Las Vegas, the food service industry laid out its vision for a future in which customers never have to wait. Just don’t think too hard about how that’d work. The conference room at the Bellagio hotel swelled with the horns of “Ride of the Valkyries.” What a bold future.

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KaTom

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The pizza chain emphasized customer and employee safety by offering contactless delivery, curbside pickup, and contactless carryout. Before the pandemic, Pizza Hut had been progressively shying away from its dine-in features, focusing on delivery and takeout – a decision that was accelerated when COVID-19 struck.

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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. Although the restaurant market is seeing a decline in foot traffic overall, the share of visits across categories is beginning to stabilize, according to the latest briefing from Sense360. percent and 2.2

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

While it is not the outcome we wanted, amid all the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic and the immense strain it has put our industry, the safety of our attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, vendor partners and our own staff is paramount. National Restaurant Association Show Canceled. This is our community and we all must be kept safe.

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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. . “Fast food options usually fall into two buckets: fast, healthy, and unaffordable, or fast, unhealthy, and affordable and nothing in between.

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MBB Hospitality

MAY 29, 2019

Do you want a casual diner or a luxury restaurant? Unfortunately, that won’t happen if people find it hard to locate or visit your dining establishment. Aside from stressing out your kitchen staff, this will also dilute your restaurant’s branding. Casual fast food fans or fine-dining professionals?

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The Food Corridor

MAY 22, 2020

Either way, social distancing, an increased focus on personal hygiene, face mask wearing, and contact tracing at all kinds of restaurants and in kitchens may be the new normal. Dining Out. This gives us an idea of what dining out may look like in the future. Let’s get into some of the details. Food Trucks and Caterers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. This was largely due to a favorable shift in the Thanksgiving holiday. percentage points.”

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Restaurant Clicks

JANUARY 9, 2020

Statistics show that the number of Americans dining out continues to increase, however, so there are plenty of potential customers to go around. Fast food, mid-scale, or upscale? Casual or formal dining? Starting your own restaurant can be challenging, especially considering all the competition in the restaurant industry.

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Elements like music, lighting and decor are still important factors in ambiance ratings, but cleanliness emerged as a safety issue. The largest increase in “short-staffed” mentions was in family dining versus the beginning of the year; mentions are running about 30% higher than the industry overall in Q3 to date.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

APRIL 2, 2021

There can be a consulting advantage when it comes to fast results on strategic value creation plans. Investors can obtain outsized returns in the foodservice industry (whether investing in large restaurant chains, foodservice technology providers, suppliers, or international powerhouses) while also fulfilling a purpose. The reason?

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