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. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off. 65 percent rely on mobile ordering for 11 percent or more of sales. In Love with Tech, but Impatient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Forty percent of those surveyed in the US and 39 percent in the UK said they would feel safer if they could view the menu from their mobile device, while 35 percent in the US versus 31 percent in the UK would like to be able to pay in the same manner. The US and UK also varied on how they wanted to retrieve take-out orders.

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2020 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Fast Casual 197

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Mobile Coffee Shops (Carts and Trucks). A common way for coffee shops to get financed is through business loan programs. Planned marketing strategies: Will you have a loyalty program? List all employees and partners. If you're serving food at your coffee shop, your employees should complete a food handler's course.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The new report captures a steady rise in mobile ordering, reinforcing the critical importance of mobile initiatives for restaurant brands. According to the data, consumers deleted restaurant apps if menu items were missing or if there was limited ability to customize orders. Mobile orders are on the rise.

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2021 Fast Casual Mobile Ordering Social Media 170

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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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 180

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Every restaurant has been forced to adapt their operations in order to survive and ultimately grow for the future. 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.”

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2020 Restaurant Law Fine Dining Outdoor 285

The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Running a restaurant after a pandemic requires every restaurant owner to make an online food ordering system a necessary change. Online food ordering systems are crucial to your business’s profitability and sales management. You can no longer accept orders over the phone and expect to be happy with the outcomes.

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Management Management Online Ordering Loyalty Program 52

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

Focus POS

JUNE 2, 2020

It could be argued that the restaurant industry has been hit the hardest when it comes to stay-at-home orders and social distancing mandates; however, the resilience of the restaurant industry cannot be denied, and as restaurateurs shift their thinking from, “How am I going to survive?” Illness Resurgence is Highly Likely .

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 7, 2020

The restaurant industry knows that high turnover and unengaged employees can be costly. Operationally, unhappy employees can prevent a culture of accountability, call in late, or become no-shows, leaving you with an understaffed operation. Overview of How Employee Mobile Apps Have Improved Restaurant Management.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 26, 2022

These apps enable you to centralize different facets of your restaurant’s day-to-day activities, such as accepting online orders, ringing up customers, managing payroll, and tracking performance. It should be easy to use because a system requiring extensive training might lead to frustration for the employees.

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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

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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2020 Fast Casual Point of Sale Online Ordering 196

The Restaurant Times

JUNE 11, 2021

Instead of carrying out numerous third-party integrations company-by-company for different purposes like billing or order management, it is better to go in for a multi-purpose POS system that manages it all. . A user-friendly interface makes handling the software convenient for employees, especially new hires. Let us see how.

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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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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 9, 2023

Tip #1: Treat Your Employees Well While this may not be the first thing that pops into your mind, it is one of the most important things you can do to level up your restaurant. According to the Harvard Business Review (and many others), engaged, happy employees are the secret to your success. Have employee events.

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Lavu

MARCH 27, 2020

They can do anything from ensuring order accuracy to accepting payments and even performing payroll and accounting for you. Innovations in efficiency, on the other hand, can lead to long-lasting success, as in the case of the McDonald’s brothers’ systematization of fast food orders. Customer loyalty resources and gift card management.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 2, 2019

managing employees. Manual inventory control can be streamlined with counting on a tablet or mobile device. Over time, smart suggestive ordering, based on sales reporting forecasts and par level inventory, can reduce over-ordering and food waste. Here are the top 9 reasons you need to have a restaurant management system.

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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

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. Generating Online Orders And Marketing .

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering License Email Marketing 52

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. Generating Online Orders And Marketing .

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering License Email Marketing 52

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

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

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

Fazoli’s fans in Atlanta can order delectable Italian dishes for delivery, carryout and catering only. As a way to provide a fast-track to joining the Fazoli’s Family, the brand’s latest conversion program offers new and current franchisees a Zero Franchisee Fee, Zero Royalty Fee in year one.

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Franchise Franchising Kitchen Safety Food Safety 189

iTab POS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

A restaurant POS system, on the other hand, connects terminals through a common interface and when you employees input an order to their workstation using a hand-held device, the ticket becomes accessible at all points throughout the system. Maximizing Revenues Through Loyalty Programs. Detailed and Accurate Reporting.

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Cash Management Mobile Ordering POS Point of Sale 40

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

An inaugural loyalty program (September). 31 by adding a First Book donation to their Pizza Hut orders, which will help provide grants to educators to purchase culturally relevant titles on the First Book Marketplace and allow First Book to work with publishers to bring new Stories For All titles to life in paperback.

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Franchise Franchising Loyalty Program Book 110

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

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 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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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

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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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 215

Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

71% of restaurant customers prefer to order food delivery directly from the restaurant rather than using third-party apps. 85% of operators use POS data to engage with customers via text or email, while 60% use it for their loyalty programs. million tons in 2020 and 12 million tons in 2021. That’s 4% more than the previous year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

However, history shows time and again: businesses that continue marketing through downturns emerge stronger, and enjoy robust consumer loyalty. Businesses that continue marketing through downturns emerge stronger, and enjoy robust consumer loyalty. One of the first instincts for cost-cutting measures is to eliminate marketing.

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Marketing Tip Distribution Loyalty Program Healthcare 202

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

Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

Some of the elements to put into considerations include: Deciding between a legacy system and a mobile system. A legacy POS system includes hardware that’s placed inside your restaurant, while a mobile POS system uses multiple stations that are run via cloud-based software. Employee scheduling. Employee tips.

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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. As mentioned before, this expands the need for loyalty programs, and also demands an agile technology stack that can go where customers are, as well as bring customers in.

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