Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Off-Premises Dining Is Essential Nearly 75 percent of all restaurant traffic now happens off-premises—meaning that almost three out of four restaurant orders are taken to go. More than 60 percent say they’re ordering off-premises more often than a year ago. Older adults still prefer in-person ordering.

Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2021

Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. The next time that your restaurant prepares a pan of food that goes uneaten, or has an inventory order that surpasses demand, think donation. Organic Recycling.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

While the company has products specifically designed for each vertical, such as appointments, eCommerce, online ordering and reservation management, its uniqueness lies in offering high-powered capabilities that every business needs. sweepstakes that gives restaurant operators the chance to win a state-of-the-art mobile ordering system.

Serving

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Consumers also reported “ordering in” more in general with 63 percent of Americans ordering food delivery at least once a week and 21 percent doing so three or more times, according to a 2020 LendingTree survey. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Upgrade inventory and ordering systems with the latest technology. a POS system, predictive ordering technology) to accurately predict what products you’ll need to order based on historical patterns. Efficient ordering and stock rotation will minimize food spoilage and waste. Recycle and compost.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2023

With the increased volume, assets like self-order kiosks and app-based delivery allow workers to focus their time and energy on fulfilling orders instead of interacting with certain customers or performing tedious tasks.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

But costs aren't the only problem here; more waste means more hauling fees, landfill fees, increased equipment costs, and more. Whichever your specific goals are, they will fall under one of the following categories: reduce waste production, reuse and recycle. Reuse and Recycle. now recycle their waste.

Waste

7 Shifts

JULY 14, 2020

Some service providers offer special prices/packages knowing these are tough times for restaurants so find out if labor, materials, equipment, and chemicals are included in the pricing. Poorly maintained equipment also uses more energy increasing your electricity and water bills. A restaurant’s health code depends on it!

Management

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

The kitchen was not filled with the most sophisticated equipment and certainly not computerized. Instead of thirty-gallon trash cans spread out through the kitchen, there were two much smaller cans, a recycling bin, and tubs for compost. This restaurant was their house, and they had a handle on how the house was doing.

Seating

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

Square is launching On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store where sellers can dispatch a courier through delivery partners for orders placed directly on their website. This approach is often expensive because these platforms charge a commission to fulfill the delivery for each order. On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store.

Guest Recovery

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2021

For example, some restaurants and delivery services recognized very early on their need to refresh ordering platforms and apps and strategically deploy contactless delivery methods. Building on the concepts of a circular food economy, talk centers around recycling and how to return packaging to suppliers. Manage the Packaging.

Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2020

” In order to bring back the customer base, neighborhood restaurants will have to reconcile with real concerns over safety and sanitation, while still providing a great dine-in experience. There’s just so many touch points in a restaurant.” Wearing Masks and Gloves.

Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

You can save up on ingredients by discontinuing the more niche dishes that rarely get ordered. For their safety and convenience, enable delivery and payment services that allow customers to pay without cash, as well as choose when and how their order should be delivered. Instead, you can reach a compromise in your menu.

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

The idea of purchasing Dining Bonds seemed to strike a chord with the public as a way to provide much needed financial support in order to help restaurants stay in business. Dunkin’ is also on track to fully transition to new, recyclable hot coffee cup lids in all of its U.S. In Dunkin’ U.S.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This has led to a rise in the appearance of green kitchens, where the business focuses on reducing as much waste as possible and trying to recycle and reuse leftovers whenever they can. For restaurant owners, this structure means much lower overhead costs, no service staff, using ghost -kitchen POS system, and delivery-only ordering.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

What issues have affected the industry over the last five years in the topics of marketing, design, operations, law, finance, technology and equipment? Tableside ordering via tablets, tableside payment, POS systems designed with mobility and flexibility in mind have dominated the market growing out of the fast casual.

Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In essence, this shift should lead restaurants to embrace the idea of maintaining a truly “intelligent” smart kitchen, one that will be tech-equipped to continue evolving with consumer demands. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

2022

Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Essentially, the concept of zero waste is based on the elimination of waste, mainly through reusing and recycling products, materials, and packaging. This is a daunting task considering that a staggering 91% of all plastics ever produced haven’t been recycled – ending up in landfills and oceans around the world instead.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

On the ordering side, the brand improved its signage for to-go orders and is also planning to leverage technology with the rollout of a new online ordering system. to offer online ordering for Yogurtland guests. Away From Home, Kraft Heinz. Cowboy Invests in Walk-On's.

Franchising

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now also limits their disposal waste by using real plates, silverware and cloth napkins in-house and packaging all to-go orders in recyclable and compostable containers. Taco Bell committed to making all consumer-facing packaging recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025 worldwide. Taco Bell's 2020 Commitments.

Franchising

Goliath Consulting

MARCH 14, 2020

According to Technomic, a food industry research firm, 64% of consumers consider high quality packaging an important factor in deciding where to order food (1). Wrong packaging could mean unhappy customers, bad reviews, and fewer repeat orders. This probably explains the trend of previously-recycled and reusable packaging.

Delivery

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. When they do use them, more than a third (35 percent) say they will splurge and order more expensive items than usual.

2019

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

These features include tableside mobile ordering, NFC contactless payments, and direct online ordering. They also have the choice of using the MarketConnect app to order and pick up from a designated shelf onsite, avoiding interactions and maintaining necessary social distancing.

Fast Casual

Cheetah

DECEMBER 20, 2021

And for established eateries, ghost kitchens enable them to take full advantage of the boom in delivery orders without creating permanent changes to their business including rent,staff, equipment and so on. Costs are usually dependent on the space, special equipment and duration of agreement. 4 Leading Ghost Kitchens Compared.

Front of House

Focus POS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Recycling and composting, selling non-GMO foods, and phasing out non-recyclable plastics are among the other practices Gen Z seek out in a restaurant. Anything that can be automated such as the use of tablet POS or online ordering attracts Gen Z. The first step is to equip your restaurant with the right tools for success.

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When a user opens their smartphone camera to scan the QR code, it reads the code and prompts an action, whether taking you to a webpage, completing an order, generating an invoice, making payment or reviewing COVID-19 safety measures. Enable Touchless Capabilities.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

In order to pull off successful events and cater to their clients’ needs, event planners and their bar staff. Work with your chef to choose locally sourced ingredients and garnishes as part of your venue’s food order. need to be in the know with all the upcoming trends. Even better?

Events

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The problem is only getting worse, yet, simultaneously, there has been a rise in environmental awareness, which encourages the food industry to adopt green practices in order to reduce the scale of pollution. percent of the leftover food is recycled, 1.4 The Food Waste Reduction Alliance stated in a report that only 14.3

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2022

You might try to recycle your old paper menus when you add new dishes to the mix, but no paper or plastic at all is really the best way to go. Many restaurants toss a paper menu into every takeout order, but try posting a QR code near your register instead. They’re Environmentally Friendly.

Online Ordering

Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 8, 2022

Mobile ordering app Orda partners with DoorDash. The app allows customers to order and pay at coffee shops, as well as receiving rewards from their purchases. Kua Coffee supports climate-adaptive farming and processing techniques, as well as developing coffee waste recycling schemes. Pact Coffee releases recyclable coffee pods.

Pricing

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

Women are also more likely to try a new drink or food item, whereas men tend to have favourite drinks that they order again and again. If three people all order a hand brew, we use the SP9 three times and those three are much more likely to taste similar than three made by hand, or by three different staff members.”.

Café

The Rail

JULY 19, 2022

Restaurant technology encompasses various modern and state-of-the-art equipment, tools, software, and solutions that food establishments now use on a regular basis. Restaurant automation solutions, for functions like stock and inventory, order processing, or CRM. 1 - Technology. Restaurant management systems.

Online Ordering

Perfect Daily Grind

JANUARY 27, 2023

Uganda Coffee Development Authority distributes wet processing equipment to 35 local farmers and co-operatives. The resealable Penta Pak, which is recyclable and reusable, has a five-panel design, which the company says provides more stability. Customers are able to place orders using an app at the two-lane coffee drive-thru concept.

2023

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

During that period, McDonald's also undertook several "velocity growth accelerators," including (1) an Experience of the Future layout, which features a combination of ordering flexibility, customer experience, and a more streamlined menu; (2) mobile ordering and payments; and (3) delivery alternatives. "When

Waste

The Restaurant Times

JUNE 11, 2020

A cloud kitchen business primarily accepts orders online from third-party online food aggregators and its own online ordering enabled website. It can also accept orders over the phone from a central call center, wherein the orders are routed to the nearest cloud kitchen outlet. . Demystifying the Cloud Kitchen Business.

Online Ordering

The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Expired raw materials, spilt food, food wasted during serving, spoiled food, incorrect order taking, leftovers; all of these are the food wastes generated from a restaurant format. Use Eco-friendly Equipment. You can use recyclable materials like paper to create cups, containers, straws, cutlery, and even carry bags.

Food Truck