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Gift Card Marketing During COVID-19 and How It Can Help Restaurants

Touch Bistro

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.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The findings have offered insight into consumer expectations to support restaurant brands as they work to navigate ongoing operating, social, and economic shifts over the past year and a half. Consumers are snagging deals on social media. 52 percent say social media impacts their app downloads and usage.

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AI Flips into White Castle and Resetting America

Modern Restaurant Management

White Castle’s brand is iconic, navigating new challenges to bring their menu to more customers, prepared in a healthier environment by staff in better working conditions that adhere to social distancing needs is something only Miso Robotics can do. Openness Moving Forward : Market from weaknesses and allow them to become your strength.

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Coronavirus and the Restaurant Industry: What the Data Shows

Black Box Intelligence

This is a special update by Black Box Intelligence detailing the evolving impact of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry. The newly launched Restaurant Recovery Sales Flash is open to all operators. This suggests guests may be favoring their local independent favorites for these dining occasions as dining rooms reopen.

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Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse

Black Box Intelligence

Each update highlights the most relevant and timely workforce, financial, guest and consumer trends. Full-Service: Service Guest Sentiment Improved in Q3. Powered by Black Box Guest Intelligence. Guest Intelligence tracks 6 main categories ‘food’, ‘beverage’, ‘service’, ‘ambiance’, ‘value’ and ‘intent on return’.

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How to Make Your Guests Feel Safe and Get them Back in the Door

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Safety and Trust. Anticipation.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

restaurant recovery is underway, but it will take time for it to return to pre-pandemic levels fully,” said David Portalatin, NPD food industry advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America. The restaurant industry has made progress restaffing, but job recovery for the industry is lagging the overall economy. “The U.S.

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