Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2021

Thanks to mobile ordering apps or loyalty programs, you may also have customers’ names, addresses, and other sensitive data. You may also use plenty of internet-connected devices like iPads or smartphones for taking orders. Educate Employees. million class-action lawsuit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Given the increase in off-premise, we expect to see more drive-thru’s similar in format to Checkers & Rally’s iconic double drive-thru model, which dedicates one lane to traditional consumer drive-thru service and one to e-commerce only, including pre-paid digital orders for pickup and third party-delivery orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In a survey of 4,079 small business owners conducted from 8/15 to 9/13/21, 66 percent reported having a "very difficult" time finding the right employees to fill open roles, many of which are necessary to help them drive revenue and rebound. In July, 47 percent couldn't hire enough employees. Dining Trends in Canada.

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2021 Loyalty Program Retail Online Ordering 178

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. Consumers are still very willing to get mobile and visit your stores for pick-up. 15 percent are ordering take out/delivery with alcoholic drinks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We have also learned that our guests are willing to try new things and have really embraced our touchless ordering system as well as our new takeout offerings. We realized how important transparency and communication were this year, both with our staff and our customers, in order to make everyone feel comfortable and feel safe.

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2020 Kitchen Safety Food Safety Loyalty Program 197

The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 18, 2020

Cloud Kitchen models accept orders via online platforms such as websites, mobile apps, third-party platforms, or via hotline numbers. The delivery-only restaurant format primarily relies on online food aggregators such as UberEats, DoorDash, Deliveroo for accepting large online orders. Kitchen Equipment & Packaging .

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 23, 2020

Cloud Kitchen models accept orders via online platforms such as websites, mobile apps, third-party platforms, or via hotline numbers. The delivery-only restaurant format primarily relies on online food aggregators such as UberEats, DoorDash, Deliveroo for accepting large online orders. Kitchen Equipment & Packaging .

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering License Email Marketing 52

Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A good POS system can help you keep your customers and employees happy with speedy, accurate service. Restaurant POS systems rely on table-side ordering directly communicating from the server to the kitchen and bar. During peak service, they don’t have to wait to get their orders in the queue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the great gift of a restaurant gift card, learning about event professionals, top QSR traffic and digital ordering strategies. Finding and retaining employees remain among the biggest obstacles operators struggle with.

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2019 Compost Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 128

Restaurant365

JULY 29, 2021

However, many CFOs are still facing uncertainty, particularly from pandemic-related complications that are still challenging operations and restaurant profitability. Use of automation and self-service for both in-store ordering and drive-thrus. Increased focus on restaurant loyalty programs or custom mobile apps.

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Cash Management Point of Sale Inventory 2021 78

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. A 1,400-square foot model without interior seating is also currently in development and will be equipped with a drive-thru and walk-up order window.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Because the facility includes a kitchen for restaurants to prepare foods, the only equipment needed to operate a Dickey’s location is a smoker and a warming cabinet. PREP, an 83,500-square-foot culinary campus, houses multi-functional shared kitchen facilities featuring extensive equipment. Hot for Dave's Hot Chicken.

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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. It’s one more way we can show how much we care about our employees. “We are very excited about our partnership with SaverLife. To be able to offer these types of resources means a lot.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

An inaugural loyalty program (September). We are fully equipped to expand quickly into new markets and support franchise partners that are experienced and passionate about Salata.” Program, which has impacted more than 65 million students in 35 years. A rebrand (June). A new tech suite (September).

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Franchise Franchising Loyalty Program Book 110

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The challenges our teams have faced over the last two years specifically has made us value our employees now more than ever. We have historically and continue to offer competitive pay, thorough training programs, flexible hours and a fun work environment so that we can continue to staff our locations as we grow.

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2022 Food Supply Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 189

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry. 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. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 210

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has launched the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to support U.S. restaurant employees financially impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Clic here to d onate to the Foundation’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. This fund is designed to help those struggling employees.”

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Healthcare Employee Relations Online Ordering Customer Service 206

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In essence, this shift should lead restaurants to embrace the idea of maintaining a truly “intelligent” smart kitchen, one that will be tech-equipped to continue evolving with consumer demands. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 215

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

With thousands of restaurants forced to close their dining rooms, and millions of Americans facing sudden unemployment, GroupRaise saw an opportunity to mobilize its 10,000+ restaurant partners along with their communities to offer those who are able a chance to support both local business and food distribution to at-risk families.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 176

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

More than half of survey respondents said they will order more than usual, with only one in 10 saying less than usual. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. Restaurant and bar related concerns.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Customer Service 189

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The National Labor Relations Board will issue its final rule tomorrow, February 26, governing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. NLRB Issues Joint-Employer Ruling. ” The NLRB issued an NPRM concerning joint-employer status under the NLRA on September 13, 2018.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Experience Back of House 139

Restaurant Clicks

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

While there are many that offer great features, some are better equipped for different service styles, restaurant sizes, budgets, and so on. . Tableside ordering. Online ordering. Loyalty programs. Tableside ordering. Customer relation management (CRM). Loyalty programs. Menu management.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more. The Awards are one of these programs.” ” said Dawn Padmore, VP of Awards.

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Food Tip Distribution Guest Recovery Food Safety 173

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

The most popular COVID-related safety offerings people look for when booking a venue included outdoor spaces (47 percent) and socially-distanced floor plans (40 percent). The more seamless this experience is for customers, the more likely they are to order through a venue today and in the future. ” Optimism Is Returning.

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2021 Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 189

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

We would like to thank Derek Jones and all of the employees at Smart Foodservice for their dedication in building a highly differentiated business in the cash and carry industry, and we know the company will be in great hands with its new owners.” Two-Hens Growth Fueled by Accelerator Program. SpotOn Secures $50M Funding.

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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 154

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

In Taiwan and South Korea, where restaurant dining rooms remained open during the pandemic, frequent users actually reported ordering more takeout and delivery. Respondents across all countries said their top food-related concerns were: safety and hygiene, access to healthy foods, and nutrition. Singapore recognized a similar increase.

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2020 Fast Casual Food Safety Guest Recovery 191

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

Did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25 percent, and did not reduce the number or hours of their employees; OR. Did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25 percent, and did not reduce the number or hours of their employees; OR. Relish by ezCater.

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Food Safety Customer Experience Website Management Employee Relations 145

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

17 percent said they were just avoiding dining-in (opting to pick-up or have food delivered), with 10 percent appearing to lean toward Ordering for Pickup only. percent from unusually high numbers a year ago related to U.S. In reality, Order for Pickup offers wait times up to 2.4X Faster than order in person at Taco Bell.

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Point of Sale POS 122

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

" The platform will continue to house a variety of helpful COVID-related materials as well as evolving resources to address new and emerging challenges. The US Foods Ghost Kitchen program also recently expanded its concept offerings from six to 12. ” Drive Kindness. The businees was conceptualized and launched by Rene Prats.

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Webinar Customer Experience Mobile Ordering Customer Service 189

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. The funding will be used to help more restaurants transition to online ordering during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Ordermark Raises $120M in Series C Funding.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

New guest expectations are incredibly crucial for operators to consider, as Americans interested in dining out will only keep their reservations at a new restaurant if certain measures are met, including: More than half want six-foot social distancing and employees wearing face masks enforced (53 percent and 52 percent, respectively).

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2020 Food Safety Hotels Dine-in 189

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The National Labor Relations Board instructed an administrative law judge to approve settlements resolving complaints against McDonald’s USA LLC, McDonald’s Restaurants of Illinois, Inc., Upon entering Flip’d, visitors can order from a digital kiosk or directly at the counter. NLRB Approves McDonald's Settlements.

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Mobile Ordering Catering POS Customer Experience 100

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

” In order to commit to an effective rollout system-wide, Wing Zone will introduce the new brand at five corporate locations in Las Vegas before implementing at other locations across the country. ” The new owners/operators will travel to Dallas to attend Dickey’s training program – Barbecue University.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

Looking at trends from hundreds of thousands average daily orders, Grubhub's mid-year report checks in on what has shaped 2021 thus far, including the top trending foods, popular restaurants across the country, and what we can expect to see more of in the second half of the year. .: Top Vegan Orders. Top Alcohol Orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

“Cities such as San Francisco and Honolulu, which have had some of the nation’s strictest stay-at-home orders, are now seeing the highest numbers of closures relative to the number of businesses in their respective cities.” Meanwhile, grocery related businesses are on the decline as people spend less time at home.

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Franchise Franchising Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety 177

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Labor issues will continue to bring challenges in 2020, but these challenges will offer restaurants the opportunity for a continued and relentless focus on creating rewarding environments for employees. The ongoing labor shortage is leaving employers struggling to hire and maintain employees while also being pressured to increase wages.

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2020 Kitchen Safety Consumer Goods Point of Sale 138

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It may turn out to be a good investment, since previous Rewards Network consumer surveys have indicated that people expect to order delivery more in the coming months than previous fall/winter periods. In addition, 44 percent of consumers would order delivery of uncooked meals they finish preparing at home.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Hotels Food Safety 221