Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Whether you’re serving gourmet food in a fine dining establishment or flipping burgers next to the local university, there’s going to be an audience that works best for your business. By focusing on niche marketing , your restaurant will flourish. What is Niche Marketing? Are you located in a mall?

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Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

Approach the sandwich as a professional chef approaches the presentation of a fine dining meal just without the pretention and costly trimmings that fine dining requires. [] PIZZA: Ahhhone of Americas and the worlds top menu items. Find your own voice in a market that is filled with 74 thousand pizzerias in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Safety is the new “trend” that every dining establishment must offer, and it goes far beyond offering paperless QSR code menus and bottles of hand sanitizer at the host stand. Doing everything to ensure your customers feel safe dining with you will remain priority #1. Think Beyond Your Four Walls.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

Two-thirds of restaurant leaders believe AI or automation will improve their business in each of the 15 areas we asked about, the most popular of which are marketing and promotions (77 percent), inventory management (77 percent), payments (76 percent), menu optimization (76 percent), and staff management (75 percent).

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Email marketing might not be as flashy as social media marketing, but for restaurants, its possibly the most effective way to stay connected with customers. When used correctly, restaurant email marketing keeps your restaurant top of mind, turning occasional diners into loyal regulars.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While Noma’s run as a Michelin restaurant is now at an end, there are many reasons why it doesn’t spell the end of fine dining cuisine as we know it. There’s a high cost in running fine dining restaurants, but the value rests in their place in society.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2020

A Zagat dining trends survey says 75 percent of respondents have selected a restaurant based on food photos. Part of your social media marketing strategy might be stepping up your ‘gram game with careful attention to plating, and that’s smart. But to truly up-level your marketing strategy, it pays to think bigger.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 26, 2025

The next time you walk through your local supermarket, butcher shop, fish market or bakery, take a moment to think about this. Putting aside the challenge of bird flu and the work and demands surrounding the care of animals, cost of feed, and process of harvesting and preparing eggs for market even at todays price this works out to around $.50

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2025

With households increasingly treating dining out as a luxury, every menu item and service interaction becomes a potential make-or-break moment. Additionally, customer satisfaction with full-service restaurants varies significantly depending on the type of purchase experience (dine in, carry out, or delivery).

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Culinary Cues

MAY 1, 2025

Untilan artisan bread baker enters the market and shows consumers just how good bread can be. The same can be true for the quality of purchased meats and fresh fish, an expanded wine list, broader selection of regional beers, an upgrade to quality coffee and tea, or even improving the sound system in dining rooms.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

As per a recent report by Global Market Insights, mobile wallet market size is projected to exceed USD 700 billion by 2027. Surging Deployment in the Restaurant Industry. Mobile wallet providers offer attractive discounts and cashback to encourage maximum transaction through this digital payment system.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Solo dining – a time dedicated to eating a meal alone at a sit-down restaurant – is an opportunity for diners to practice self care over a meal, whether that be by relaxing and reflecting at the end of a long day or even by engaging the mind with a book or catching up on the news. Just the “cover count.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2025

Mobile Ordering and Contactless Payments : By enabling customers to place orders and pay via smartphones or kiosks, mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) ordering systems relieve servers of multitasking and allow them to focus on enhancing the dining experience. This results in faster service, fewer errors, and a more relaxed work environment.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

So far, 2020 has thrown marketing plans, advertising budgets, and restaurant growth out of the window. But as restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan too. Their business is built on the power of word of mouth—one of, if not the most useful marketing tools in the book.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 20, 2025

at the Italian casual-dining chain as its investments in affordability and Uber delivery paid off. 20, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Consumers are finding value in casual-dining brands like Olive Garden. Same-store sales at the Italian casual-dining chain spiked 6.9% By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Here’s a look at the food trends that will capture our taste buds and redefine dining in 2025. The tangy, slightly chewy dough will be featured in creative ways, from pizza crusts and flatbreads to brownies and crackers, as stated by Whole Foods Market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

As per a recent report by Global Market Insights, mobile wallet market size is projected to exceed USD 700 billion by 2027. Surging Deployment in the Restaurant Industry. Mobile wallet providers offer attractive discounts and cashback to encourage maximum transaction through this digital payment system.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 22, 2023

Based on all the buzz, it’s touted as AI-mazing for marketing. This has led many businesses to view it as a marketing magic bullet to solve their revenue woes. These include: Chatbots and customer-facing AI : Who doesn’t want to enhance their dining experience? Take integrated WiFi marketing.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2021

In today's highly competitive environment, restaurant marketing requires precise, dependable, and complete consumer data. Data acquired about your actual consumers can be used in both online and offline marketing campaigns. Consider online marketing for restaurant engagement to be a long-term commitment. Email Marketing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. percent) and fine dining restaurants (19.9 percent year-over-year at fine dining and 3.53

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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

When used strategically, customer data can help you personalize marketing, streamline operations, and create a better dining experience for your guests. The more you understand your customers, the better you can fine-tune your marketing and pricing strategies. Personalized marketing and promotions.

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Goliath Consulting

MAY 26, 2025

A trendy, fast-casual spot will likely need very different content than a fine dining experience. Prioritize Brand Fit The best content creators feel like an extension of your team. Ensure their tone, aesthetic, and values align with your restaurants vibe.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Knowing how to calculate and optimize your customer acquisition cost (CAC) can help you make smarter decisions about your marketing and advertising strategies. CAC lets you get a clearer view of how your marketing efforts impact your bottom line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2024

Our model could potentially be perfect for a future trailblazer, someone who was maybe told that their cuisine didn't have a market or that their concept was too specialized or too fancy. We want to one day dine at those restaurants. We will do anything we can to ensure those restaurants become a reality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Given that many are not yet comfortable dining out, restaurant businesses are struggling to make ends meet. Fine-dining restaurants are often famous for their chef’s signature dishes. I f your restaurant is open for dine-in services, then you can lure your loyal customers using promotional offers. Delivery and DIY.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This Valentine's Day edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining and gifting trends including the importance of experience. Restaurants saw 41 percent more transactions The busiest dining hour? However: 41 percent said they planned to dine at home instead of dining out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. meal delivery market, making Uber’s total market share 27 percent. meal delivery consumer spending.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 23, 2021

You hire accountants for accounting, marketers for marketing, and lawyers for legal matters. When Canlis, the recognized fine dining restaurant in Seattle, was forced to close its dining room during Covid-19 lockdowns, their employees got to work. ” He noted that it’s different than other disciplines.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2025

Mother’s Day reigns queen as the largest dining-out holiday of the year, with Americans projected to spend around $35.7 Music Drives Dining Performance Music is the invisible host. Yet, many restaurants either throw on a random playlist or forget music altogether, missing a crucial opportunity to elevate the dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2025

Music and dining are all about expectations. However, when going out to dine, it is all about being social, having great conversations and enjoying each other’s company. Not following the law can end up costing you tens of thousands in fines.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The premiumization of tea is a natural extension to what has been taking place in fine wine, specialty coffee, craft spirits and beer over the past several decades. Really, wherever food and beverage has an intentional focus on quality and customer experience, fine tea has a rightful place – just like wine and craft beverages.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Music can play a role to enhance the dining experience, setting the mood and complementing the menu and design. A made-for-business streaming service ensures restaurants are playing legal music, enables operators to enhance the customer experience and eliminates the danger of hefty fines.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 12, 2022

Reach guests choosing to order-in by creating a Restaurant Week takeout menu—all you need is online ordering technology that enables you to pace and fulfill to-go orders while also serving a full dining room (providing you with two revenue streams). Be In Charge of Your Own Marketing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The research stems from in-person chef interviews and a nationwide survey of more than 400 restaurant owners and operators spanning 47 states with respondents ranging from fine dining establishments to fast-casual venues, breweries, and caterers. "This

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

Take the Flights restaurant , for example: Partnering up with the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce, Flights started ‘Feed the Need Bay Area’ to leverage accounting support and marketing talent so that they could support the Bay Area community. Have a Marketing Plan for Reopening. Pick the Right Marketing Channels.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Although often used as just a pitstop, the capital Colombo is home to a host of impressive restaurants and bars, as well as legendary bakeries, diners, and weekend markets. Maru The UNESCO-listed iconic Galle Fort houses a bunch of phenomenal dining spots, but Maru tops the list. Travel around and youll be rewarded.

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