Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. Additional findings indicate that 44 percent favor a balance of human staff and some technology, while 41 percent prefer no AI use at all in their dining experience.

Fast Casual 251

Fast Casual Food Point of Sale Mobile Ordering 251

Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2025

If you are serious about a kitchen career and have the focus to map out the best path, then listen up. Every cook, at least every serious cook, seems to want to work in one of those exceptional fine dining or cutting-edge experimental operations that are depicted in shows like Chefs Table or The Bear.

Hotels 372

Hotels Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Healthcare 372

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2025

" To learn more about the courses and induction cooking methods, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) reached out to Chef Chris Galarza, Founder of Forward Dining Solutions LLC and Co-founder of EcoChef, who assisted in Chatham’s induction conversion and who helped design Chatham’s ACF courses.

Sustainability 448

Sustainability Food Equipment Design 448

EATER

MAY 14, 2025

Organize all your orders dine-in, online, and third-party and fulfill them in a flash, right from your POS. Here, co-owner, director of operations, and wine director Ryan Bailey explains what it was like taking over such a large restaurant. This send is the second of a four-part series on restaurant growth, presented by Square.

Seating 225

Seating Outdoor Dine-in Beverage 225

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2025

Value-driven dining and a growing interest in regional brands are two trends uncovered in Yelp's 2025 Fastest Growing Brand s report. These metrics were then weighted.Yelp measures consumer interest by looking at select actions users take in connection with businesses on Yelp, including viewing business pages or posting photos or reviews.

2024 221

2024 2023 Customer Experience Pricing 221

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2025

Restaurant employees are the heart of the dining experience, and their commitment keeps the industry thriving. Day in and day out, restaurant employees are on their feet—cooking, serving, bartending, cleaning, and ensuring every guest has a memorable experience, all while often working unusual schedules or long hours.

Insurance 412

Insurance Healthcare Small Business Leadership 412

Culinary Cues

APRIL 14, 2025

He ran a restaurant in Tijuana where out of necessity one night, he put together the famous salad with the ingredients on hand. The dish was elevated to an entirely different level as the guest became the most important person in the dining room during the process. As is the case with Caesar Salad, the story sells.

Fine Dining 339

Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Travel Presentation 339

EATER

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It’s the people that make a place — but these days, human interaction is hard to come by I used to love to travel. Let me be clear: I absolutely would not and do not recommend frivolous travel. Restaurants have always been my joyous entry point to a place and its people. A nasal-swab COVID test right before I departed.

Travel 354

Travel Food Back of House Front of House 354

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

What’s Important to Travelers. SevenRooms released its “Checking In For F&B” report, which uncovered the most important things to today’s traveler when it comes to food and beverage at hotels. Loyalty rewards for their restaurants and bars: Almost 1 in 3 (32 percent). A restaurant open late (38 percent).

Travel 297

Travel Food Hotels Loyalty Program 297

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MARCH 27, 2020

However, no one understands the consequences more than the travel and hospitality industries. After all, you don’t want to pay for search traffic if no one is actively searching for travel destinations. Let’s focus on steps you can take to market your hotel or restaurant during the coronavirus crisis.

Hospitality 454

Hospitality Marketing Travel Hotels 454

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 4, 2025

“Consumers are increasingly seeking destinations and experiences that take them off the beaten path,” Arden Shore, Editor-in-Chief of The Infatuation, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Italy is a top food and shopping destination, with 55 percent of respondents eager to travel there for pasta, specifically.

2025 221

2025 Food Travel Magazine 221

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ghost kitchens have been critical to enabling take-out meals during the current pandemic and are predicted to be central in restaurant operations moving forward. Plenty of services exist to take care of the tricky parts. Without a dining room blocking the way, let there be light. Why are they effective right now?

Front of House 508

Front of House Kitchen Safety Food Back of House 508

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. In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature help for small business owners and products for the 'new normal' for restaurants as they reopen.

Guest Recovery 539

Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Food Safety 539

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. Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. Yelp's Economic Impact Report.

2020 450

2020 Travel Food Safety Consumer Goods 450

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As operators begin to firm up plans for the new year, they should keep in mind the wants and needs of their guests and take the lessons they’ve learned this year to prep themselves for what’s next to drive future success. Personalized Dining is the Future. New Channels Will Continue to Emerge.

2021 474

2021 Fine Dining Online Ordering Travel 474

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Smart business owners who find inexpensive, creative ways to anticipate and fulfill customers’ needs will stand out through COVID-19 and beyond. Employees should be encouraged to take an extra minute or two to make guests feel at ease and not rushed. Safety and Normalcy.

Customer Service 474

Customer Service Online Ordering Customer Experience Hospitality 474

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

Casual Dining velocity has grown by 158 percent over the same period, suggesting many of the Casual Dining business models were able to maintain sales to some degree through pandemic restrictions. The Value of Trust. The impact of COVID-19 on customer behavior was experienced swiftly f by all industries.

2021 490

2021 Coupons Loyalty Program Consumer Goods 490

EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Lille Allen Restaurants across India, Nepal, and Bhutan are taking inspiration from mountain communities, where foraging, preservation, and centuries-old culinary traditions provide great meals in challenging conditions Its a balmy afternoon in Darwa, a small village in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Travel 194

Travel Social Media Seasonal Menu Back of House 194

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Q1 Yelp Economic Average (YEA) , which takes a holistic look at the local economic changes since the start of 2020, focused on the economic impact of COVID-19. RMS, which counts 100,000 restaurants in 40 countries as clients, sought to answer the question: How has consumers’ thinking about food and dining changed during the pandemic?

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2020 Food Safety Fast Casual Guest Recovery 479

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As we close out 2022, food production is at risk. Also, transform from a punitive culture – where employees fear “getting in trouble” for asking questions or pointing out infractions – to a collaborative one, where everyone takes responsibility for upholding high safety and quality standards. million tons of grain.

Food Safety 566

Food Safety Audits Food Supply Food 566

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. Wealthy Americans discovered it for themselves in the 1850s and 1860s while traveling in Europe. Wealthy Americans discovered it for themselves in the 1850s and 1860s while traveling in Europe. But tipping did not take off immediately in the U.S.

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Presentation Tip Distribution Restaurant Law Back of House 486

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 94

Hotels 2025 Travel Dietary Restrictions 94

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Recent surveys are showing the vast majority of Americans have been cutting back on dining out. For those who do go out, a worrying 40 oercent of diners believe they are receiving less value from restaurants compared to previous times. Adopt In-House Technology to Improve Service and Reduce Errors.

Technology 450

Technology Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Download 450

EATER

MARCH 25, 2025

As he travels the country eating at these restaurants, often accompanied by his wife Ronni and other family members, Lees built his own brand of family-run business. Hes also become a self-appointed champion for those independent restaurants, which frequently end up with lines of customers out the door after Lee posts a positive review.

Social Media 224

Social Media Small Business Front of House Point of Sale 224

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 6, 2022

Substantial price hikes on restaurant menus are causing consumers to choose other options aside from eating or taking out, and a ‘tipping point’ is on the horizon where inflation will depress overall demand. Eating out and ordering less : As part of this overall cut in spending, consumers are simply dining out less.

Consumer Goods 493

Consumer Goods Coupons Loyalty Program Pricing 493

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

Experiential dining, plant-based menus and sustainability were hot topics in the Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) 2023 Trends Report. The visionary panel that explored dining away from home included members with specific expertise and interest in restaurant dining and the hospitality industry.

2024 474

2024 Food Truck Fast Casual Allergens 474

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Every restaurant and restaurateur are struggling to figure it out how am I going to make this work? Customers are becoming more discerning about value and anxious about the price of a meal (from quick service to fine dining). Theres plenty of fear and loathing going on in the restaurant business. This is true for every business.

Fine Dining 242

Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Recruiting 242

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Nowadays, running a successful restaurant takes more than great food and good service. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile, you could be losing out on potential customers. You can also reach out to other local businesses or organizations to provide further context to search engines about your restaurant’s location.

Book 195

Book Marketing Email Marketing Social Media 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2021

The long-awaited joy of a bustling dining room has finally returned. Today we will take a look at how disintermediation of the guest has impacted hotels, airlines, real estate, movies, and consumer packaged goods. Fortunately, many other digitally disrupted industries offer key insights on how to navigate the shift.

Airlines 493

Airlines Consumer Goods Point of Sale Hotels 493

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

Wow visuals on the plate and in the dining room, wow views from every seat, wow service, and of course – wow flavors on the plate. We may complain about the guest who is taking loads of pictures of their food and posting them on Instagram, but deep inside we get a bit of a rush when it happens. It is, and must be, a team effort.

Front of House 474

Front of House Customer Experience Dine-in Training 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board. ” A Year of Challenges U.S.

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Marketing Loyalty Program 2024 2025 221

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

We’ve been crayon pros for over 30 years, ever since we started partnering with the fast-growing casual dining restaurant chains of the 90s. Read on to learn more about crayons—the unsung heroes of casual dining. Crayons have an important role to play in giving families the feel-good dining experiences they crave.

Fast Casual 493

Fast Casual Fine Dining Casual Consumer Goods 493

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

With COVID-19 guidelines restricting dine-in, restaurants need revenue from sporting events now more than ever. But with COVID-19 restrictions putting a damper on indoor dining, restaurant owners are scrambling to make the most of these timely moments through off-premise sales. One way to capture more sales? Trim the menu.

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Sports POS Menu Food Order 515

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. It compromises the in-house dining experience because it was always added as an afterthought. gets Bryan G.’s

Delivery 449

Delivery Food Order Customer Experience Dine-in 449

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Restaurants have been quick to adapt to the changing COVID-19 environment by implementing systems that offer curbside pickup and delivery while aggressively marketing their local takeout and outdoor dining options. Knowing that beverages offer the longest shelf life and highest margin, BevAlc is taking center stage for restaurants owners.

Cash Management 572

Cash Management Point of Sale Consumer Goods Small Business 572

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2020

If running a restaurant wasn’t already expensive, running one under new distancing regulations means less capacity and investment in safety infrastructure that will take a toll on costs. The restaurant dining experience has changed forever and menu items must also adapt to these times. Re-engineer Menus.

Front of House 531

Front of House Inventory Food Safety Social Media 531

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

Faced with the stark reality of closed dining areas, people working from home, and home-cooked meals, COVID-19 will force a radical rethinking of Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) marketing. Overall, you have people who fear leaving their homes and won’t be quick to flock to crowded indoor dining spaces where they dine without masks on.

Marketing 442

Marketing Franchising Franchise Social Media 442