Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A lot of retailers rushed to market in response to COVID-19 to provide mobile experiences that prioritized safety and contactless interactions. Chipotle recently announced its first digital-only restaurant called the Chipotle Digital Kitchen. Safety is paramount: Gone are the days of buffet style displays and bulk serving.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. designed with high-rent urban areas in mind. Holsom by Yogurtland.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Keeping our guests and team members safe remains our top priority and is the highest form of hospitality in these times. Keeping our guests and team members safe remains our top priority and is the highest form of hospitality in these times. We’ve found our guests really appreciate and need that experience now more than ever.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. . ” Fogo de Chão Inks New Deals. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

We are also leaning heavily into our People First Safety Always Plan to guide us through how we’re doing business, as we seek what’s best for all our teams, franchisees, and enterprise.” Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature robots in fast food, virtual education and chef-inspired, plant-based ice cream. As part of the deployment, White Castle will bring the new version of Flippy, Robot-on-a-Rail (ROAR), into kitchens for testing and future integration. White Castle Employs Flippy the Robot.

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The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Ghost Kitchens Will Likely be Short-Lived. The past year saw the rise of ghost kitchens as a way to operate with lower overhead and labor costs. Increased Safety and Sanitation. It is likely that those restaurants which can afford to go above and beyond in ensuring the safety of their guests will be rewarded.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the latest report from Tripadvisor , which outlinines the road to recovery for the travel and dining industry, restaurants are showing the first signs of recovery, leading the way for hospitality businesses. Diners’ main concerns about visiting restaurants again include cleanliness and safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is expanding its franchise opportunities to feature another nontraditional franchise model – virtual kitchens and has executed area development agreements to bring more of Dickey’s slow-smoked, Texas-style barbecue to Chicago, Houston and Orlando, as well as make its debut in Providence, Rhode Island.

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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. NAB Acquires SALIDO.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

While it is not the outcome we wanted, amid all the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic and the immense strain it has put our industry, the safety of our attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, vendor partners and our own staff is paramount. This is our community and we all must be kept safe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Jockey Hollow Bar + Kitchen's Chris Cannon. Rick Camac Dean, Restaurant & Hospitality Management at ICE (Institute of Culinary Education). Efficiency, accuracy and safety are ideals that restaurants must be able to provide. We learned how vulnerable an industry this is. To be better capitalized. To do more with less.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

JULY 29, 2022

BellaBot from Pudu Robotics In today’s fast-paced world, efficiency is key. The Autonomous Fast-Food Store from Hyper Hyper is a hyper-automated restaurant robot, capable of cooking pizza, burgers, bowls, salads, and delivering boulangerie and ice cream. One such robot is the Bellabot , developed by Pudu Robotics.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 19, 2020

It’s amazing how fast this crisis is moving and how transformative and long-lasting the consequences will be globally. March 18, 2020 USHG Lays Off 2,000 Employees New York-based Union Square Hospitality Group led by Danny Meyer announces they will be laying off about 80% of its staff , equivalent to 2,000 employees. March 19, 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Fast food options usually fall into two buckets: fast, healthy, and unaffordable, or fast, unhealthy, and affordable and nothing in between. The robotic kitchen runs on batteries instead of a diesel generator. Door Dash Shared Kitchen. ?DoorDash? Ono Blend Founders Daniel Fukuba and Stephen Klein.

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EATER

JANUARY 5, 2022

In fact, according to Michael Beacham, president of kitchen business for REEF, a company that allows restaurants to expand using ghost kitchens, sticking with solely physical locations — rooms of warmth and design where friends gather, third spaces that anchor communities — is a limited view of what a restaurant can really be: Everywhere at once.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Is there a shortage of healthy fast-food options? Think about the flow of traffic from the kitchen to the tables. Whether it’s chic and modern or rustic and cozy, fine dining or casual, the atmosphere needs to enhance the dining experience and make it memorable for all the right reasons. Efficiency is key.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2020

Casual dining's share of restaurant visits was in free-fall from the 15th to the 22nd, and now has reached a more stable trend. 2 – Food Safety Concerns Hurt Restaurants Most. Also, distrust of food safety practices at restaurants may make consumers wary of returning. 2020 Hospitality and The New Normal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Frequency is rising fast too, and 43 percent of US consumers plan to visit venues more often than they did in 2019—nearly twice the number who will go out less (22 percent). ” The State of Casual Dining. Satisfying the appetite : Overall, the casual dining sector is seeing a big recovery in visits. Check values up.

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MBB Hospitality

MAY 29, 2019

Do you want a casual diner or a luxury restaurant? Aside from stressing out your kitchen staff, this will also dilute your restaurant’s branding. Casual fast food fans or fine-dining professionals? Will you be offering food delivery options? How “small” is your small restaurant? Young adults or elderly patrons?

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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. – Lori Bolin, President of BrewLogix.

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Blue Orbit Restaurant Consulting

MARCH 22, 2021

first appeared on Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting. It is time to decide what we have become, … What Restaurant Should You Build in 2021? Read More » The post What Restaurant Should You Build in 2021?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers. First, at 2.1

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority. Taffer's Tavern, the new full service tavern concept created by Jon Taffer, signed a multi-unit franchise deal with Cuisine Solutions, a manufacturer of sous vide foods, to bring the ‘Kitchen of the Future’ to the D.C.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

Noodles & Company Launches Ghost Kitchen. Noodles & Company launched its first ghost kitchen test in Chicago. Noodles & Company's Humboldt Park ghost kitchen is located at 3220 W. IHOP® unveiled the latest plans to launch a pilot of its new fast-casual concept, flip’d by IHOP (flip’d).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We’ll quickly see the emergence of Restaurants 2.0 – a new generation of restaurateurs who snatch up available real estate for ghost kitchens, virtual brands or new dine-in experiences that have a heavy reliance on digital interactions and business models that enjoy lower overhead. Jockey Hollow Bar + Kitchen's Chris Cannon.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Aramark Creates Safety Plans. Aramark examined front and back of house processes to establish tailored playbooks for all of its businesses and market segments, leveraging innovative solutions, new service methods, and rigorous safety protocols. Touchless cleaning for the safety of employees. Added sanitizing stations.

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Single Platform

AUGUST 3, 2018

Danny Meyer, who has led the charge against going tip-free , has already gone cash-free at four of the restaurants in his Union Square Hospitality group , mega chains Sweetgreen, Dos Toros, and Tender Greens have banned cash at all of their locations , and Dig Inn has gone cashless at most of its locations. Tender Green on a busy day via Inc.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Irfan Kuci is the Director of Business Development at Focus Hospitality Consulting (FHC), a growing consulting firm based in Dubai with expertise in Back of House (BOH) design, MEP design, interior design, F&B concept creation, project management, franchising as well as hotel/restaurant operational assessments.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Ocean Spray is joining forces with Massachusetts Restaurant United and the COREcares Foundation for this hospitality stimulus, in addition to offering discounts on the brand’s cranberry products to support restaurants on the road to recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. “We put the safety of our employees first.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

Flynn now owns and operates a combined total of 2,355 quick-service, fast casual and casual dining restaurants, generating $3.5 We are optimistic the Fuzzy’s brand will resonate with those in the area looking for affordable, approachable, fast casual dining,” said Pittsley. Chief Communications Officer.

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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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Single Platform

AUGUST 3, 2018

Danny Meyer, who has led the charge against going tip-free , has already gone cash-free at four of the restaurants in his Union Square Hospitality group , mega chains Sweetgreen, Dos Toros, and Tender Greens have banned cash at all of their locations , and Dig Inn has gone cashless at most of its locations. Tender Green on a busy day via Inc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Bill directs all operational and strategic planning and execution for the Applebee’s, Del Taco, MOD Pizza, Wendy’s and Olga’s Kitchen brands. Greg Fuchs serves as the Senior Facilities Manager for Applebee’s, MOD Pizza, Del Taco, Olga’s Kitchen and Wendy’s restaurants in the TSFR portfolio.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

Co-founders Helen Patrikis and Steven Hall, two hospitality PR professionals, formed Dining Bonds, LLC with the goal of establishing it as a one-stop resource to raise revenue for the hospitality community. We can continue to show our support for the hospitality industry and the great, hardworking people it employs.

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