Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. Think behind-the-scenes kitchen tours or insights into who the people are that work at the restaurant, offering patrons a chance to immerse themselves in the brand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Contactless ordering at the table, virtual host stands, and online staff wellness checks have all become standard operating procedures for us now. A lot of retailers rushed to market in response to COVID-19 to provide mobile experiences that prioritized safety and contactless interactions. That also applies to the event space itself.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

The National Restaurant Association’s State of the Industry Report found 46 percent of family-dining and fine-dining restaurants added delivery options between March and December 2020, along with 44 percent of casual-dining and fast-casual restaurants. Delivering Success with Ghost Kitchens. So what’s next?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Additionally, as a result of the ongoing labor shortage, we anticipate more automated chatbots to support on-site team members and help streamline their work as well as operators looking for locations with smaller dine-in square footage in favor of adding more drive-thru lanes. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We appreciate how our team shows up every day with positive attitudes, ready for new challenges and open to all of the operational changes thrown their way. Operators that were already embracing an omni-channel approach have accelerated those efforts as a result of this evolving consumer behavior. Raquel Rosenthal, CEO, Digilant.

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EATER

MAY 5, 2023

A growing number of fast food chains are experimenting with seatless locations with only takeout or drive-thru options. Getty Images/iStockphoto As diners increasingly turn to delivery, the future of fast food may be one with no human interaction at all. People just aren’t hanging out at fast food joints the way they used to.

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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 16, 2021

Restaurant operators once again find themselves refocusing priorities and altering their plans for 2022. While sales are trending higher, the National Restaurant Association reports three in four operators say recruitment and retention is their toughest challenge. Rely on Technology to Increase Operational Efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

launched its COVID-19 online operator resource, the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint. The blueprint provides operators with a how-to for putting key COVID-19 guidelines into practice as they plan reopening efforts. restaurant operations. Embracing preparation and safety protocols as part of your restaurant's story.

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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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Transact

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Jason Everett, vice president of operations, reports that Taco Mac is on track to open five restaurants per year for the foreseeable future. Productivity of kitchen staff has been a particular challenge,” Everett says. s food labeling makes Taco Mac’s operations more consistent. Originally posted on qsrmagazine.com.

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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

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. “We’re partnering with top-tier franchise operators who recognize our momentum and are eager to be a part of our story.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Customers shifted their purchases to off-premise dining suddenly, leaving many operators flat footed and ill prepared for seamless online ordering, contactless payment and curbside pickup. In 2020 the restaurant industry learned that offering delivery and running an efficient operation is necessary to stay alive.

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Sling

JULY 24, 2023

Many restaurants operate on very narrow margins and fail because of mismanagement rather than anything wrong with the menu. There is an ever-growing market of specialized software for all of the outside-the-kitchen things restaurateurs have to think about. and UK and proclaims to save managers hours per week on routine safety tasks.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Since the acquisition, SALIDO has operated in stealth mode, strengthening its product team, focusing on product development, and introducing many key features. Additionally, SALIDO has launched integrations like Oracle OPERA to support the evolving needs of SALIDO’s hospitality operators during this challenging time.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Management companies provide restaurants with a franchise like operating system without having a franchise agreement. The right firm helps restaurants improve their financials, staff the restaurant with skilled workers, cultivate better vendor relationships, and maintain consistency in day to day operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

Consumers ask, "Can I trust this establishment, can I trust the food they are offering me, can I trust that the staff is adhering to health and safety protocols." Your restaurant is an extension of somebody's kitchen and is responsible for family meals, birthday celebrations, and the centerpiece of many other life events.

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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 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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The Food Corridor

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This time last year, we were getting ready for an exciting year for the shared kitchen industry. Cloud or ghost kitchens were starting to come into the mainstream consciousness, the sharing economy was on the up, and there was a sense of optimism in the air for the coming year. . We all know what happened next. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

The ability for restaurants, particularly full service restaurants, to operate at total capacity, consumer comfort with dining in, and more business and recreational travel will aid recovery at the dinner daypart. Operators need suppliers’ help. ” The State of Casual Dining. " Top Recovery Trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

Diners’ main concerns about visiting restaurants again include cleanliness and safety. Health and safety when dining out – What matters most? 62 percent of respondents answered that frequent sanitization of all surfaces would be their most important safety initiative. Cloud Kitchen Market.

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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. Cecilia.ai

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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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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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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 17, 2020 Many Large Chains Suspend Dine-In Operations Dunkin’, Chuck E. Restaurants would be repurposed as community kitchens, offering affordable meals to-go. Restaurant Industry Coronavirus Timeline.

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KaTom

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The pizza chain emphasized customer and employee safety by offering contactless delivery, curbside pickup, and contactless carryout. California Pizza Kitchen’s Dining Room Woes. Founded in Beverly Hills, California, by two former federal prosecutors, the pizza chain has been operating for more than 35 years.

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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? By knowing this, you can create more focused strategies for your menu, operations, and marketing. feet in between.

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The Food Corridor

MAY 22, 2020

Either way, social distancing, an increased focus on personal hygiene, face mask wearing, and contact tracing at all kinds of restaurants and in kitchens may be the new normal. With festivals and events of all kinds cancelled for the foreseeable future, food truck operators have had to adjust. Let’s get into some of the details.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

APRIL 2, 2021

But there is an even bigger opportunity to invest beyond restaurant operators and into enterprises that are not even on the radar right now (like those looking to alternative formats and improved unit economic models, as well as transformative technologies ) that will jump to very large valuations over the next few years. Now vs. Next.

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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. Consumers don’t want to have to guess.

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Restaurant Clicks

JANUARY 9, 2020

Fast food, mid-scale, or upscale? Casual or formal dining? Later on, you can solidify and design your menus and confirm all recipes and processes for your kitchen. Ensure that the space is large enough, and that it is compatible with the equipment you’ll need to install, especially in the kitchen. . What is your brand? .

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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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