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Gift Card Marketing During COVID-19 and How It Can Help Restaurants

Touch Bistro

As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly begins to recede, many restaurants are turning to gift card marketing as part of their 2021 recovery plan. First and foremost, gift cards provide restaurants with an immediate source of revenue – cash that can be incredibly valuable in the early months of recovery. Immediate Cash Flow.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-November 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Online ordering is obviously huge in 2020, and customers are craving comfort food when they’re ordering in, according to Upserve’s new 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry data collected from the company's 10,000+ restaurant customers. State of the Industry. " Demand for Contactless.

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Five Ways for Restaurants to Thrive When Offices Reopen

Modern Restaurant Management

The return of high-value customers with large business orders is a big opportunity for restaurants. Many offices are requiring individual packaging for catered food and even office snacks. The majority of ezCater orders now contain individually packaged items. Use checklists to eliminate order mistakes.

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Restaurant Reopening Checklist: Tips for Thriving

Restaurant365

Most states have issued executive orders that provide specific requirements that must be followed in order to reopen dining rooms. Ensure proper training for food employees with new or altered duties and require that they apply the training according to established procedures. Managing Food Pick Up and Delivery.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

As part of the effort, KitchenAid is partnering with JBF to create more possibilities in the kitchen for culinary professionals as they face a difficult recovery. He began his life-long career in the hospitality business at the food service division of Stouffer in Newark, N.J., Army as First Lieutenant at Fort McPherson, Ga.,

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-June 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature top foods of 2021, customer satisfaction, the Good Food 100 and shopping sentiments, State of the Plate. And while last year's top food, the wildly popular spicy chicken sandwich, didn't make the list, the Nashville hot chicken sandwich still made the top 10.

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PPP Flexibility, Free Reopening Resources and HungerForce

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the latest on PPP loans and newest tech and products to help restaurants on the road to recovery. US Foods Holding Corp. Independent restaurant owners can visit usfoods.com/reopen to order a free reopening kit through June 19, 2020. PPP Goes Flexible. President Trump signed H.R.7010