Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2021

As we progress through a pandemic that’s kept many inside for months, guests are looking to venture out and experience unique dining moments. By utilizing seasonal ingredients and creating specialty menu items, our product innovation efforts have kept us relevant in a competitive industry, earning guest loyalty and driving sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

If 2020 and 2021 were all about helping operators find new revenue streams to reach guests when they couldn’t come into restaurants, then 2022 was all about getting customers back in. Today, more guests expect special treatment – they want to have more of their needs anticipated before they even have to ask.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

To encourage a swift recovery, restaurant owners and operators must think creatively and conscientiously about how they alleviate these fears and ensure a safe experience. It reduces the use of unsanitary ordering kiosks, menus, and payment terminals, while at the same time elevating the guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2020

Delivery offers fewer chances for guest recovery than dine-in. True hospitality and creativity will set you apart from other restaurants, so figure out how to extend their guest experience beyond their four walls. Great service, delicious food, and your logo front and center will leave a lasting memory for all guests.

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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. Featuring day and daypart tracking, this enables sales and marketing teams to measure performance and activation ROI to develop effective strategies. ” What Restaurant Employees Want at Work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2025

Post-Pandemic Dining: A Mixed Recovery One thing is clear: Diners haven’t returned to pre-pandemic dining levels. Limited-time offers (LTOs) and promotions that highlight quality ingredients can boost guest satisfaction and profitability without relying on deep discounts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Many restaurants now incorporate electronic ID checking machines or set point of sale reminders to specify the birthdate a guest must be born on or after to be served alcohol. Market … Responsibly. Cocktails-to-go can open up a brand new stream of revenue for restaurants and be valuable in recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2021

The new tipping regulations represent a new era for the restaurant landscape that will either significantly help or hurt the industry’s post-pandemic recovery process. For a dinner rush, why pay three dishwashers the non-tipped minimum of $7.25 minimum) to occasionally help with dishes?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Requiring appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees, including gloves and masks. Takeout For Good. Increasing grab-and-go meal options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The importance of making guests feel comfortable. Incentivize guests to choose your restaurant. Restaurant operators should also focus on remarketing to guests through email or other means, as well as offering return visit incentives to keep customers coming back. Small Business Recovery. The Buzz on Beverages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2022

The restaurant recovery is real in major markets across the U.S. Guests in the Midwest were slightly more generous this quarter, with Indiana coming in at the highest across all tipped transactions with an average tip percentage of 21.29 While all regions in the U.S. When it comes to tipping. percent, Delaware at 21.22

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

All markets within Texas experience negative trends in the week to April 17, following a week of positive trends to April 10. Matthew Crompton, CGA’s Client Solutions Director, Americas said: “Recovery is well and truly here, and for many states sales may be close to returning to normal levels. " Beverage Insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

In August, consumers would feel safest if staff was wearing protective gear and wiping down equipment. Nielsen CGA's latest COVID-19 On Premise Impact Report provides further insights into markets which are more ‘open’ than others, with the aim to assess what might happen as re-opening increases. In-store pickup.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

Features of the new restaurant design were determined following a thorough brand study on drive-thru operations and Guest habits, and include a double drive-thru lane, parking stalls for curbside pickup, a walk-up window, and patio seating. ” Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S., Taco John’s International Inc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry. Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. The TableUp team will join the TouchBistro family and continue working from Boston. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

These include marketing, website development, omnichannel payments and point-of-sale (POS) solutions. "We're “We will continue to create innovative products and further our go-to-market approach to ensure merchants nationwide have access to the tools they need to run their businesses. ” Tastewise Data.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2020

No Hot Shot (recovery) Deliveries. Another way to ensure product availability and minimize supply chain disruptions as you reopen would be to continue to focus on a modified menu –guest favorites, high-profit items, and items that take a cross utilization of products. Delivery Windows & routes are shifting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. “The market is still ripe for continued expansion and growth,” said Kapoor. with restaurant concepts in more than ten countries. and the sky’s the limit.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Some customers have the gift of foresight, using DoubleDash to add on recovery (or hair of the dog) essentials from nearby stores. With lower overhead, streamlined staffing, and limited menus, QSR models offer flexibility to guests and operational efficiency for staff. Quirky Combos : This year, we also saw some unique combinations!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

Customers will see Black-owned carousels on DoorDash in select markets including Washington D.C, With a QR code, guests can easily scan the code safely from their own device and join the waitlist through DineTime. Openness Moving Forward : Market from weaknesses and allow them to become your strength. ” Resetting America.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Guests may enjoy a variety of seating arrangements, two bars, as well as private cabanas and daybeds offering bottle service and other five-star experiences. With the ability to cover and heat all areas, AQUAlounge will ensure a comfortable guest experience while sipping cocktails, dining or relaxing on the water. billion on average.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As part of these agreements, Tropical Smoothie Cafe restaurants will be developed in key markets throughout the state over the next five years. Salata is currently in high-growth mode and is actively seeking to expand into new markets in 2020. Existing markets poised for growth include Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

The sit-down restaurant recovery will hinge on the country’s continued handling of the pandemic and subsequent economic recovery. Despite a nearly one-third decline in overall card sales, the average dollar amount loaded onto each card remained fairly consistent in 2020, indicating that guests maintained their spending power.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2020

You can just go to the market and do with what you’ve got.”. The reality is everyone has to adjust in some capacity but everyone is very focused on the guest’s experience still and that will get them far” (5). As such, communication and transparency is a necessary component of recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the surge in online ordering, early returns on restaurant recovery and what customers want and expect from restaurants. Restaurant Recovery Stats. Companies are focusing on ways to guarantee the safety of their employees and guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Overall, “large parties,” or a party with eight or more guests, had a +2 percent increase in same-store transactions in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Cheers to 2023: Overall, restaurant and bar guests drank approximately +11 percent more alcohol in Q4 2023 compared to the average for Q1 through Q3 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2021

By keeping the prep work out of the kitchen, restaurants can bring stability and efficiency to the product yield (you only buy 100 percent usable produce) and price (no more fluctuations with the commodity market). The pandemic shutdowns caused consumers to return to their kitchens pushing up retail food markets and lowering foodservice ones.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Hotel guests said they feel “extremely safe” knowing a hotel room is cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants compared to leading consumer brands1. Diminishing Customer Satisfaction With Restaurants May Hamper Recovery Efforts. says it is clear that the restaurant industry is well on its way to recovery.

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Lavu

JULY 11, 2025

With the global cloud POS market projected to grow 18.2% Beyond operational speed, these systems equip business owners with real-time data to make informed decisions. These devices, connected to a cloud-based system, streamline the ordering process and create a seamless experience for both staff and guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Additionally, Joe Erlinger, most recently President, International Operated Markets, has been appointed President, McDonald's USA, effective immediately. "I look forward to working with our franchisees to build upon the transformational progress in our largest market. Chris Kempczinski. "The " Reducing Food Waste.

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Understanding key restaurant calculations will help you assess your performance and plan your menu, labor needs, operating hours and marketing campaigns. Once you understand how one unit is performing year over year, you can compare it to the rest of the market. So, which metrics should you track to truly understand your performance?

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Aaron Allen & Associates

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It’s the same thing over and over, and constant coverage we’re consuming on the pandemic in multiple facets — now on to restaurant recovery from COVID. Those who were agile to respond have already started to pull ahead in terms of market share. Even in darkness and fog, sailors sleep better on a ship knowing it’s equipped with radar.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

With this number in hand, you are better equipped to make operational and accounting adjustments. Since this minimum wage increase will line up with the predicted economic recovery, it’s more important than ever for restaurant owners and operators to optimize restaurant labor costs. Tips for returning to pre-COVID profit margins.

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Gourmet Marketing

AUGUST 21, 2020

Hotel recovery is entirely dependent on consumers’ behavior and trust and confidence in your establishment. Require all employees to wear PPE (personal protective equipment), including masks and gloves. Virtually lead your guests through the space. Food & Beverage. Start the virtual tour off as if it were in person.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“This new model will allow our franchisees to go-to-market quicker than ever before, while reducing the overall development and operational costs,” said Jim Stevens, president of Golden Chick. INAA will develop 10 restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, with the first location scheduled to open this year.

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