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The Digital Revolution, Evolving Consumer Expectations and Other Trends

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This past year saw the following trends: The Digital Revolution – In 2023, restaurants gravitated towards digitalization, embracing things like online ordering, mobile applications, and digital payment solutions. These innovations were pivotal in safeguarding the safety of customers and foods.

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Best Prep for Super Bowl Off-Premise Programs

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With the Super Bowl and March Madness coming up, restaurant owners should be preparing now in order to capitalize on the influx of online orders. Offer gift card promotions to customers who purchase a certain amount of food or drink duringthe Super Bowl. This can help increase sales and also encourage repeat business.

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Restaurant Week: How to Gain New Customers and Boost Revenue

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A vast, community-wide event like Restaurant Week can be the perfect push to start 2022 successfully. All that said, grappling with supply chain and labor shortages and with an imperative to keep everyone safe continues to put restaurant operators in a tough position. Undoubtedly, it has become a community favorite across the country.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

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Contactless ordering at the table, virtual host stands, and online staff wellness checks have all become standard operating procedures for us now. The younger generations don’t just want great food, they expect memorable experiences. Mobile experiences will become tailored to a wider audience through increased adoption.

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Are Restaurants Ready for the Federal Minimum Wage Increase?

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The pandemic accelerated the shift from dine-in to pick-up and delivery; and while the dine-in option will resume post mass vaccination, there is certainly a new segment of users that will remain loyal to food delivery. An increase in orders necessitates an increased focus on fast delivery and accuracy. As an example, a large U.S.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

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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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Competition’s Coming: Key Technology Changes Can Help You Win

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The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Digitize Your Ordering Function and Enhance Your Presence. Just prior to the pandemic, off-premises orders accounted for 60 percent of restaurant engagements, according to a National Restaurant Association report.