The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 29, 2020

On your official website, post the relevant reopening-related details and make sure to update your Google business listings as well. . They would likely show interest in understanding the services you offer and any special instructions, or safety precautions your restaurant is taking. Level Up Your Social Media Game.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The bakery, which distributes to grocery stores nationwide, is now built to better accommodate both customer and consumer needs while continuing to put the safety of employees and customers first. We’ve also noticed the increased importance of loyalty programs at times like this. Bruce Reinstein, Partner, Kinetic12.

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2020 Kitchen Safety Food Safety Loyalty Program 197

7 Shifts

MARCH 27, 2020

Safety If you can run your business as a takeout and delivery spot, consider whether or not you can carry out operations safely to avoid spreading COVID-19. Can you give dine-in related employees other tasks to do that will benefit your business and ensure that they don’t lose their income? We’ll talk about this more later on.

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Social Media Restaurant Law Employee Relations Communication 312

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 180

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Here are the blueprint details: Cuomo also asks New Yorkers to help enforce these regulations by self-reporting any restaurants they see breaking the 25% capacity rule, a program titled “New Yorkers Protecting New Yorkers.” The program ultimately supported 95 restaurants and 1,000 workers in the industry.

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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

The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 14, 2022

Globally, food waste generates 4.4 This is one of the reasons why food waste has been gaining momentum over the past few years. In the US, food waste and related packaging account for almost 45% of the material that goes into landfills. Some of the most common permits are: (i) Employee Identification Number (EIN).

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Waste License Loyalty Program Website Management 98

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. A new survey shows that Americans love new tech-driven options for ordering and retrieving food, but the flipside is that it is making them more impatient. In Love with Tech, but Impatient.

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2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 215

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2020

This new site is a one-stop hub of critical information for restaurants, employees, customers and industry partners. In addition to the latest resources on COVID-19 restaurant and employee recovery programs, RestaurantsAct.com offers a brand new, industry-first interactive map of each state, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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Online Ordering Back of House Customer Service Small Business 212

Focus POS

JUNE 2, 2020

According to the National Restaurant Association, the food service industry has encountered a shortfall of $80 billion and counting. It’s vital to set your QSR or fine dining restaurant up with the tools that will allow you to weather this storm, and any future storm related to COVID-19, other pandemics or disasters.

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Technology Fine Dining Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 187

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. Virtual kitchens handle food delivery and have additional staff at the facility, so the barbecue brand will only need to employ a limited number of team members.

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Franchise Franchising Kitchen Safety Food Safety 189

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 prefer an easy experience when they do choose to order food or buy products or services online. Food and Alcohol Sales Trends.

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2020 Fast Casual Point of Sale Online Ordering 196

The Restaurant Times

JUNE 1, 2022

In fact, an average American consumes ~23 lbs of ice cream and related frozen desserts every year. You will be the EIN by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and you will need it while applying for any license, permit, or other state-related paperwork. Food Service License. Food Handler’s Permit. Business License.

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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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The Restaurant Times

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Some of the common permits required are: Employee Identification Number (EIN). Food Service License. You need to get a food service license if you plan to serve food at the bar. It ensures that the business meets the food safety regulations set by its food safety authority.

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Bar License Loyalty Program Kitchen Safety 52

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Consumers ranked local chains as their second most desired type of apps and loyalty programs. Must haves for local chain restaurant apps include easy ordering (66 percent), easy payment (61 percent), loyalty/rewards points (52 percent), and coupons and/or deals (52 percent). Loyalty programs yield repeat business.

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2021 Fast Casual Mobile Ordering Social Media 170

The Restaurant Times

JUNE 11, 2021

For example, improvising on items that are doing well on your menu can bring in more customers, and striking off the ones which are not generating any revenue saves up on food costs. . A user-friendly interface makes handling the software convenient for employees, especially new hires. Source: DinePlan. Has User-Friendly Interface.

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POS Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Online Ordering 52

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI).

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Hospitality Food Consumer Goods Point of Sale 183

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

.” The addition of INAA Restaurant Group marks the ninth multi-unit development agreement for Naf Naf since launching its franchising program in the second half of 2019. “Naf allows us to align and grow with a clearly differentiated restaurant brand with fantastic food, run by a seasoned and successful management team.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Finding and retaining employees remain among the biggest obstacles operators struggle with. Additionally, turnover rates for restaurant employees and managers continue to be at all-time highs. It seems the industry has reached its ceiling in terms of hourly employee turnover and is now moderating. Go with a Restaurant Gift Card.

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2019 Compost Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 128

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

DECEMBER 19, 2023

. – Frances Allen, President and CEO, Checkers Brand loyalty took priority in 2023. Building these relationships with customers is key to attracting new guests and fostering long-term brand loyalty across locations. We’ve seen how robotics can improve not only the customer experience, but the employee experience.

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EATER

MARCH 15, 2021

Now, he was letting go of employees, picking up most of the work himself. He managed to hire back most of the staff, thanks to strong sales and a Paycheck Protection Program loan secured by the restaurant’s owners. Her story changed front-line workers’ safety,” Shepherd says. O’Neill even met his wife at an Outback.

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Kitchen Safety Education Customer Service Certification 103

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

APRIL 20, 2020

ezCater launched Feed the Front Line , a program that helps anyone contribute meals to healthcare workers fighting coronavirus. In just over a week, the program has already sent more than 20,000 meals to 145 hospitals across the country. All donations are tax-deductible and go directly to Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE).

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Healthcare Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program Small Business 180

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. ” Over 200 food banks face a surge in demand for emergency food aid in the wake of COVID-19. Aramark Creates Safety Plans.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 176

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 Asia, the third factor most often cited was provenance and food production methods. ” Safety, hygiene and the food supply chain. . In the U.S.

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2020 Fast Casual Food Safety Guest Recovery 191

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 154

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. He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager.

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Food Tip Distribution Guest Recovery Food Safety 173

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Most Important safety initiatives. Followed (not surprisingly) by restaurants and delivery drivers following proper safety protocols, price, and ease of ordering from the restaurant. Restaurants with a loyalty program should also highlight the benefits while remarketing to guests. Restaurant and bar related concerns.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Customer Service 189

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

However, among those interested in dining out, needs for health, safety and extraordinary personalized experiences vary greatly, which SevenRooms has categorized into four diner personas. The most important safety measures include: More than one-third of Americans (37 percent) want physical barriers between tables.

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2020 Food Safety Hotels Dine-in 189

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 215

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This will manifest itself in several ways, such as informing robotics in the kitchen for food preparation, in addition to kitchen display systems (KDS) as restaurants kitchens seek to improve efficiency and better optimize for enhance prep station capacity management. Loyalty will continue to get more personal and less transactional.

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2023 Loyalty Program Fast Casual Customer Experience 167

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). 62 percent of consumers have gone out to the On Premise for food since venues reopened, and 16 percent for a drink led occasion.

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2021 Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 189

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

JULY 7, 2020

“Uber and Postmates have long shared a belief that platforms like ours can power much more than just food delivery—they can be a hugely important part of local commerce and communities, all the more important during crises like COVID-19," said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. "As This disclosure covers each of the 4.9

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