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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The Rail

JANUARY 19, 2023

Tech optimization in the food industry is ever-evolving, mainly because of the constant changes in the hospitality and restaurant sector. Electric Vehicle Fleets Many restaurants have a fleet of vehicles for deliveries, marketing purposes, and other restaurant-related business. But let’s talk specifically about the food industry.

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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. " Pielogy Expands in Ohio.

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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. Keeping our guests and team members safe remains our top priority and is the highest form of hospitality in these times. We’ve found our guests really appreciate and need that experience now more than ever.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

It’s one more way we can show how much we care about our employees. “We’re thrilled to partner with the KFC Foundation to provide KFC restaurant employees with the tools they need to quickly build emergency savings funds and establish long-term saving habits,” said Leigh Phillips, President and CEO, SaverLife.

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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. First, at 2.1

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Apicbase

MARCH 31, 2023

The country is a playground for hospitality entrepreneurs, and we have the proof: a round-up of the 57 expanding restaurant businesses with solid concepts and strong operations. Immergrün 70 Outlets Vegetarian Fast Casual Germany Immergrün is evergreen food for fresh people. Ready for a deep dive?

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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. NAB Acquires SALIDO.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

In addition to virtual kitchens meeting lower labor costs, they also offer a fast-track to opening, with a location able to begin serving in just one month. Fazoli's teamed up with Impact Hospitality Group and owner Mike Lokhandwala to franchise a ghost kitchen facility at PREP Atlanta, located at 3781 Presidential Parkway, Ste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). In Taiwan and South Korea, where restaurant dining rooms remained open during the pandemic, frequent users actually reported ordering more takeout and delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 26, 2023

We had traditionally sit-down and quick-serve, and then fast-casual kind of birthed in the middle. The way that we stay in front of those particular arenas is to continue to have engaging mobile app experiences coupled with an elevated in-store experience. From an employee standpoint, it's listening to their needs.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

71% of restaurant customers prefer to order food delivery directly from the restaurant rather than using third-party apps. On the other hand, fast food restaurants are on the rise , with 0.8% In 2023, 52% said they would order from a ghost kitchen, while 24% felt indifferent on the subject, which was consistent with 2021 findings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This will enable brands to better manage off-premises orders and balance their hybrid operating models. The concept of self-service will continue to evolve as consumers become accustomed to placing orders with devices. Operations will continue to be simplified despite digital experiences expansion.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2019

“Salata is on an upward trajectory to become “the” premiere national fast-casual salad restaurant,” said Wheeler. A total of 322 meals were custom ordered by 304 children and 18 staff members, totaling $483 in funding provided to the school for just the one day. A rebrand (June). " Karamo Brown.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2020

Grubhub launched its Ultimate technology, a revolutionary, first-of-its-kind proprietary hardware and software solution that integrates all restaurant ordering channels into one system. There are four components that make up the Ultimate technology: Lightweight point of sale (POS) with direct integration to the Grubhub web and mobile app.

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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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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. Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list.

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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. Miami-based Drive Kindness, a new home meal delivery solution, partnered with Olo to enable fully integrated home meal delivery ordering through Olo’s Dispatch platform.

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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. New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know.

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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., HOP® Restaurants announced plans to launch Flip’d by IHOP™, a new fast-casual concept in the U.S.,

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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.” SpotOn Secures $50M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc.,

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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. Experienced reductions in business activity as a result of health directives related to COVID-19, and did not reduce the salaries or wages of their employees by more than 25 percent.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2020

This investment comes at a pivotal time, as the Indian fast casual has more than 50 franchise and corporate locations in varying stages of development across the United States, including two franchised locations that recently opened in Atlanta and Orange County, California. Curry Up Now Secures Investment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Mentors on the platform harbor vast expertise on a variety of culinary related topics, bringing a range of perspectives and backgrounds to chefs around the country in need of support and advice. He was instrumental in organizing the Frederick Community College Hospitality Program. Plamondon, Sr. Dies at 88. 40 in Frederick, Md.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Restaurant brands (in four categories including pizza, fast-casual, fast food, out-of-home coffee) representative of each of the quadrant values include: The Loyalty Map Multiple. 21 percent of those ordering restaurant delivery in the past month are new users. The 2021 survey examined 94 categories and 855 brands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. 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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

According to a new survey released by the National Restaurant Association, nearly one in six restaurants (representing nearly 100,000 restaurants) is closed either permanently or long-term; nearly three million employees are still out of work; and the industry is on track to lose $240 billion in sales by the end of the year. Comfort Food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

parent company of fast-casual restaurant chain The Habit Burger Grill, for approximately $375 million in a cash transaction. “As a fast-casual concept with strong unit economics, The Habit Burger Grill is a fantastic addition to the Yum! Beefing Up with Habit Acquisition. Brands, Inc. and internationally.

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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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EATER

AUGUST 5, 2020

Customer mask mandates from other fast food and fast casual chain restaurants soon followed. Chain restaurants have stepped up to do what the federal government won’t: issue sweeping directives aimed to protect the safety of guests and employees. Most require employees to wear masks at work.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

She has also held leadership roles at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay. There is much work to do, but I am eager to build on the company’s recent momentum and set out on this exciting journey alongside Checkers & Rally’s passionate employees and talented franchisees.”

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