Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features a gloomy start to the new year, dining trends for 2020, the importance of discounts, holiday gift card sales results, delivery frustrations, soda curiosity and a consumer culture report. Family and Upscale Dining Outperformed During the Quarter.

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2020 Point of Sale Online Ordering Consumer Goods 110

Future Food

JULY 2, 2019

Here are a sampling of the comments that were published: “Customer service is critical whether you are a fast food store or fine dining. Having a smile on the face of every employee makes the world of difference.” Create the combination of great food and great service and you have a sustainable and award-winning business.

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Customer Service Employee Relations Hospitality Fine Dining 68

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. Family dining was another segment that was hit hard, which includes many buffet-based concepts. The top factor influencing the choice to buy alcoholic drinks with take out/delivery relates to ease and safety.

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2020 Fast Casual Point of Sale Online Ordering 196

The Restaurant Times

MAY 30, 2021

It also outlines details regarding the concept, cuisines to be offered, number of employees, etc. Furthermore, this section should also consist of other related information which is vital to the business like: Type of service and layout: You need to mention what kind of service you intend to offer. while deciding the location. .

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Point of Sale Food Truck Employee Relations Cash Management 52

Restaurant365

OCTOBER 23, 2019

COGS totaled takes into account the ingredients that make up your food andbeverage sales, and related supplies (like napkins or coffee filters). It’s important to note that COGS doesn’t include one-time, non-inventory-related costs, like repairs for a broken oven, new barstools, restaurant decorations, or utility bills.

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Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Insurance 74

Restaurant365

MAY 27, 2021

In addition, there are still a lot of uncertain factors surrounding dining capacity. Optimizing your prime cost takes data, insights, and sustained effort, but it can directly add profit back to your bottom line. However, with eased restrictions and an increase with dine-in sales, it’s important to re-examine your food costs.

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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. Finding and retaining employees remain among the biggest obstacles operators struggle with. First, at 2.1

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2019 Compost Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 128

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Under Allen’s leadership, this C-suite team has been instrumental in implementing a multi-faceted transformation plan designed to ensure long-term sustainability, enhance brand relevance, accelerate innovation, improve guest satisfaction, increase overall profitability and create a clear growth plan to propel the company forward.

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Online Ordering Hospitality Leadership Design 123

Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

You may not have noticed, but some brilliant restaurant chains and franchises are shaking up the dining culture of the Nordic countries, both with new concepts and by revamping old ones. An experience that combines the high quality of fine-dining with the cosy atmosphere of sharing dishes with friends. Scandinavia. 14 Outlets.

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Fast Casual Casual Franchise Franchising 52

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The only sustainable way to address the pain points is to rebalance digital and staffing resources by utilizing mobile strategies to alleviate stress in customer facing interactions while complementing those processes that are labor intensive,” said Judy Chan, Bluedot’s Chief Marketing Officer. Dine-In Struggle.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Price inflation has gone up three times as fast in restaurants as it has in grocery stores, largely attributable to wage increases and the requisite labor levels in a restaurant environment Sales per employee in grocery stores are 3.6x In the U.S., can reduce costs as much as 25% compared to standard restaurants 6.

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Food Truck 2015 Point of Sale Dietary Restrictions 64

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This past year has shown us the invaluable difference that a warm and welcoming dining experience can make for customers, who are increasingly choosing establishments that go the extra mile in offering hospitality. We’ve seen how robotics can improve not only the customer experience, but the employee experience.

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2023 Front of House Customer Experience Customer Service 118

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. First and foremost, most restaurants are going to see a huge drop-off in the number of customers who dine in. Improve employee performance.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 216

Sustainability Beyond the Plate

JANUARY 26, 2017

Other natural fibers such as bamboo are fine for composting, as long as they aren’t treated or combined with other materials. Sustainability in foodservice has been an upward trend for years with many operators already implementing measures that reflect the values of their customers. What will this cost me?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

In this article, we discuss how restaurant design is changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight how we must rethink the consumer-facing footprint to make the restaurant experience more sustainable and bolster consumer confidence. Studies have shown that better IAQ relates to reduce risk of airborne viruses such as COVID-19.

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Design Guest Recovery Consumer Goods Fine Dining 213

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

" Pandemic Pivots Become Permanent The temporary "pivots" developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings, and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry's "new normal." million by 2030. million by 2030.

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2023 2022 Consumer Goods Point of Sale 204

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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Food Tip Distribution Guest Recovery Food Safety 173

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the latest delivery platform consolidation, the release of PPP loan information and ServSafe Dining Commitment. The jobs numbers released last week reinforced that PPP is working by keeping employees on payroll and sustaining millions of small businesses through this time.”

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Mobile Ordering Restaurant Law Seating Customer Service 193

Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

The number of restaurants reopening their dining rooms has steadily increased in recent days. As of Saturday, May 9, on average almost 30% of the restaurants operated by the companies that participated in our Restaurants Recovery Sales Flash survey opened their dining rooms in some capacity. Texas allowed dining rooms to open on May 1.

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Point of Sale Guest Recovery Fine Dining Fast Casual 124

EATER

AUGUST 22, 2022

If courses were inspired by something exact, the servers mentioned its scene of origin: After Catelyn Stark arrests Tyrion Lannister at an inn, she dines on onions dripping in juices, and we got the same. At Elizabeth under Regan, her use of these sources transcended dining room cliche. Vaneda Vireak.

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Fine Dining 2012 Reference Social Media 102

EATER

JULY 6, 2022

Former apprentices and employees say they faced working conditions they considered unsafe, while numerous former livestock employees describe what they view as unnecessary animal suffering within Stone Barns’ holistic land management system. The farm is run by Jack Algiere, who was hired as the center’s first employee in 2003.

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Agriculture Leadership Employee Relations Food Safety 98

EATER

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, Pilsen is one of the hippest areas in Chicago, with a thriving arts scene, fine dining options, and quaint cafes that continue to entice wealthier transplants to the area as working-class Mexicans who have lived there for years are displaced. Between 2000 and 2010, the Latinx population declined 26 percent. s Chinatown.

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EATER

OCTOBER 13, 2020

I believe that, motivated by the desire to keep sponsorship and donor money flowing, employees of the foundation violated its own longstanding ethics and procedures to avoid a possible public backlash over the award winners. This statement reveals a number of things.

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Social Media Employee Relations Leadership Email Marketing 102

Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

If you need a more customizable system for your restaurant, you may consider choosing a more robust system that offers features such as inventory tracking, table and order management, employee timesheets, and CRM integration. Employee scheduling. Employee tips. Qualifications of Restaurant Management Software.

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Management Management Cash Management Mobile Ordering 78

EATER

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In light of the workarounds required of the past 18 months, Eater’s nationwide staff considered any place our readers could reliably get food as a restaurant in our quest to celebrate just how thrilling dining out is, whatever that looks like right now. Hillary Dixler Canavan, restaurant editor. Editorial lead: Hillary Dixler Canavan.

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Fine Dining Front of House Food Truck Back of House 139

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Also, in today's Covid challenged environment, Citrus safeguards both employees and customers by completely eliminating contact, enabling businesses to thrive, providing a safe pickup experience for all. Menish Gupta, Citrus CEO, commented: "Today's curbside pick-up logistics are inefficient and disorganized.

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Serving White Paper Food Recycling 207

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Today, her success has finally proven to her parents that cooking is a viable and sustainable career for women. Etana Diaz, who began her career as a pastry chef and a line cook in fine dining, but found her true love for butchery after discovering that pastry wasn’t her passion. Plamondon, Sr. Dies at 88.

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Allergens Kitchen Safety Guest Recovery Customer Service 146

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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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 155

EATER

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And whether it’s as a vehicle for Chaplin’s absurdist physical comedy, or it’s offering romantic depictions of Italian cuisine in Goodfellas and Big Night , or it’s the way the The Menu uses visceral horror and biting satire to critique the extravagance of luxury dining culture, food plays a crucial role in making the movies we love feel real.

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Food Food Truck Consumer Goods Food Order 143

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. With the rise of delivery and take-out, restaurants will start getting creative with the in-dining experience. ”-Food Fanatic Chef Aaron Gregory.

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2020 Kitchen Safety Consumer Goods Point of Sale 138

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The norm for the industry is now declining dine-in sales growth offset by very strong to-go and other forms of off-premise sales. Family and Upscale Dining are Best Performing Segments, Casual Dining Hurting. The fine dining and family dining segments continued to achieve positive same-store sales growth during October.

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2019 Point of Sale 2018 Consumer Goods 108

EATER

JULY 22, 2021

Chef Russell Jackson opened the fine dining restaurant Reverence in Harlem just months before the pandemic began. Chefs Russell Jackson and Ian Boden struggled to reconcile their visions of fine dining with their communities’ desires. shed nearly 4 million industry jobs out of 15.6 Tom McGovern.

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Fine Dining Back of House Dine-in Front of House 117

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

“We’re excited to team up with DoorDash to bring their industry-leading selection of restaurants to our cardmembers with an added perk to make dining in more rewarding.” “What these two have created with this unique approach to everyday sandwiches and salads is best in class in a growing space of fast-fine concepts.

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Fast Casual Customer Service Online Ordering Casual 113

EATER

JULY 6, 2022

Now, its mission is linked more than ever to fine dining destination Blue Hill at Stone Barns and a famous chef’s vision for trickle-down change. On the morning of February 7, 2020, office employees at the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture filed one by one into meetings with management.

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Agriculture Leadership Education Employee Relations 93

EATER

DECEMBER 23, 2020

SingleThread has been hailed as the pinnacle of farm-to-table dining. Like Blackberry Farm in Tennessee and the Willows Inn on Washington’s Lummi Island, SingleThread epitomizes an over-the-top ideal of farm-to-table dining. Kyle and Katina Connaughton at SingleThread Farm in Sonoma County, California.

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Menu Agriculture Seasonal Menu Vineyard 131

Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Only fine dining did improve in sales growth. QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 Not only is turnover rising for all employees, the percentage of new hires that leave the company within the first 90 days of employment is also increasing. Year-over-year check growth was 5.7%

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Fast Casual Guest Recovery Fine Dining Point of Sale 84

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Nearly half of respondents said they would last less than a year, with 28 percent saying they would last between four and six months – enough to sustain through the winter. restaurants are operating at less than 100 percent capacity in their dining rooms. Patio dining in colder weather. Limitations and consumer demand.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Hotels Food Safety 221