ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Key customer factors that influence dining preferences, from demographics to behavior. Demographics help you define the basic characteristics of your target diners, giving you insight into who they are, what they can afford, and how their lifestyle influences their dining choices. Lets get started and find your target audience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It combines different online and offline strategies to promote a restaurant and increase orders. Or you can partner with influencers, invite them to the restaurant, and ask them for a review on their accounts. UGC refers to photos, videos, and other types of content your visitors create with mentions of your restaurant.

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Marketing Email Marketing Social Media SEO 508

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2022

billion on national television advertisements, and digital spend is also on the rise given the increasing influence of social media platforms like TikTok. Drives market share growth – The fast-food industry is made up of several large competitors and many smaller brands. In 2021, QSR brands spent an estimated $1.8

Advertising 522

Advertising Take-out Marketing Social Media 522

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The tasks of the chef are fairly universal: planning menus, putting your signature on each dish, hiring and training staff, ordering product and building vendor relationships, controlling costs and adhering to budgets, maintaining a clean and safe kitchen environment, etc.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. Restaurants with large or intricate menus will need to allocate more time to staff training on the ingredients, preparation methods, and food handling procedures.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 7, 2021

It literally refers to the idea of adding videos to your email campaigns. This way, you can strongly appeal to your customers’ hungry pangs and influence their dining decisions. New research into Millenials eating up food videos on YouTube is proof of this. Video Email Marketing: What is it and Why Should You do it?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Easy online ordering – Easy online ordering was nearly tied for second. Food and Alcohol Sales Trends.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

How many times has the job been referred to as “flipping hamburgers” or working in a “greasy spoon”? This was the first time that anyone actually referred to the kitchen as a great place to learn, grow, and get a foothold on a career. I have thanked that manager (in my heart) countless times for that advice over the years.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 13, 2022

Centuries ago, nutrition was not a science, but rather the body’s divining rod pointing to specific foods that it required, and a stroke of luck. It is a question that is rarely vocalized, but often considered by cooks and consumers when they make food choices. It is a choice that cooks have a responsibility to understand and address.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features news of dramatic Valentine's Day shift, best food scenes, and the evolution of c-store foodservice. Food-away-from-home spending is likely to see modest growth as softer consumer spending patterns prevail. ” A Year of Challenges U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 493

EATER

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

An Rong Xu /Eater In her debut cookbook, ‘Made in Taiwan,’ the journalist uses recipes to tell the story of the island’s people, and take a stand on its sovereignty “I’m not a food influencer or a professional chef,” Clarissa Wei says. “A You can’t divorce politics and food in Taiwan. That’s not my strong suit at all.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features restaurant industry year-end totals, how restaurant labor is evolving, fast-food brand intimacy and top cities for locavores. The chains’ carry-out, drive-thru, and delivery orders soared throughout the pandemic as consumers looked for relief from preparing most of their meals at home.

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EATER

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Located in one of the city’s last remaining (relatively) affordable neighborhoods, Gumbo Yaya proudly advertises itself as “Soul Food” and a “Southern Kitchen” on its facade, which looks out onto a miniature cobbled plaza. Her friend Najat, who has ordered the same thing, takes a bite, looks at me, and says, “It’s perfect.”.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

“Both full-service and fast food restaurant customers are skewing a bit more toward higher income levels and college graduates,” says Forrest Morgeson, Associate Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University and Director of Research Emeritus at the ACSI. Chains affected include McDonald’s (visits down ~2.5

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2024 Mobile Ordering White Paper Customer Service 294

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Reference secondary research studies or create your surveys and questionnaires to send out to a select group of people! Do they serve just coffee or small foods as well? Many food businesses have gotten their start through sites like Kickstarter , Indiegogo , AngelList , GoFundMe. Food Handler's Permit.

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The Rail

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By Shubham Ahuja, Contributor It’s no secret that technology has become a major player in the hospitality industry over the past several years – such as increase adaption in delivery, online ordering, and touchless ordering/payment. Read on to learn about the next big thing in food service industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

History books often reference a military battle tactic known as scorched earth, when one side would burn down all infrastructure and resources as they retreated in order to prevent the advancing side from using them. How Food Delivery Apps Influence the Bottom Line. ” ABC Test. The Business Impact.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For the chef interested in helping the bottom line – winter provides an opportunity to work with lesser cuts of meat and poultry, less frequently ordered fish, and dramatically enhance their perceived value through alternative cooking methods that draw out and combine flavors. My “elegant comfort foods” had to focus on natural presentations.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2024

Of all the costs your restaurants generate, your food is one of the largest. The cost of the food you serve can be affected by so many different outside influences, some of them more obvious, like the rise and fall of fuel costs or the effects of good or bad weather. This is commonly referred to as a percentage.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 18, 2020

He wrote a document (cookbook) called Opera that contained more than 1,000 recipes and some of the first defined connections between food and health – an early predecessor to the science of nutrition. [] ANTONINE CAREME. He is often referred to as a king of chefs. Fernand Point. [] FANNIE FARMER.

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EATER

JANUARY 17, 2023

The first morning I wake up in my grandmother’s flat, I take a short and sweaty walk to my neighborhood kopitiam and buy myself the same breakfast: two orders of roti pratha with goat curry and an iced Milo. But as a historian, I wonder about how the food we now consider commonplace became widespread and mainstream.

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Beverage Consumer Goods Food Order Advertising 325

EATER

MAY 20, 2020

The cookbook author and YouTube star, who rose to fame on the strength of her heady-yet-approachable recipes, low-key glamour, and self-effacing charm, recently experienced what she referred to as “ baby’s first internet backlash.” Only whiteness can deracinate and subsume the world of culinary influences into itself and yet remain unnamed.

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EATER

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The answer eventually came in irrigated terrace systems and chinampas , or man-made islands, which yielded enough food to sustain the growing population. Today, huitlacoche is a delicacy in Mexico and can be found everywhere, from food stands to open-air markets to Michelin-starred restaurants. Shutterstock. Huitlacoche quesadillas.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Shawn is the host of not one but two podcasts— Digital Hospitality and Restaurant Influencers —and he stopped by ours to talk about creating a media brand out of your restaurant. We refer to these employees as “51 percenters.” It's not enough to just add digital ordering—you have to build your business around it.

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Social Media Hiring Website Management Hospitality 448

EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

So many of TikTok’s food creators built their platforms on relatability, but some have succeeded to the point of rendering themselves unrelatable, with lofty Architectural Digest -esque kitchens and deals with luxury fashion brands. I’m also trying to see if I can’t get by without a food processor.” “I’m This is an intentional choice.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

license plates; a neon-accented diner serving fast food; and a McDonald’s-style playground. in order to appear internationally integrated, equating Americanization with globalization. Fatimah Fadhil The fast food diner area. The restaurant’s international offerings go beyond the food. Fatimah Fadhil Stuffed grape leaves.

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Employee Relations Travel Sports Social Media 348

7 Shifts

AUGUST 29, 2019

That sort of streamlining leads to shorter wait times after ordering, faster table turn times, and more satisfied customers. If your restaurant uses an inventory management software, you can refer to this to track your actual inputs versus your outputs to see just how efficient your kitchen is. Look at Chili’s , for example.

Menu 279

Menu Point of Sale Website Management Online Ordering 279

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

JULY 5, 2019

Even if your restaurant is well established, you have to keep up with current marketing trends in order to remain competitive. Put an “Order now!” ” button that redirects people to your online ordering website, for example. Incentivize customers for referring your brand to their friends.

Marketing 170

Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program Email Marketing 170

Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Food delivery is projected to grow 12% per year over the next 3 years 1. Aside from the sales opportunity, there are other clear benefits to incorporating food delivery at your restaurant, such as giving the restaurant increased visibility, exposure to new customers and gaining of valuable insights on purchasing trends 2,3. Technology.

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EATER

APRIL 30, 2024

Most people think Isan food is humble, affordable, cheap,” he says. “I I want to take what people know about Isan food and then take them somewhere else.” Num’s ant eggs thunder with umami, but the dish is a far cry from Isan’s reputation for fiery, tart, and salty food. Chef Num at work.

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Seasonal Menu Agriculture Food Order Take-out 306

EATER

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

At this point, six months into the pandemic, I’m impressed by anyone who still considers cooking a creative, joyful pastime, not just a means to food. Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. As restaurants closed, cooking — and cooking well — became essential even for those who previously spent little time in the kitchen.

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EATER

JANUARY 9, 2023

Together, these projects celebrate the ways food and drink viscerally tether us to a place. Embrace the extravagant spirit by ordering yours đặc biệt, meaning “the special” or “the works.” — Austin Bush. The time capsule serving up ancient Italian food. The influencers have taken over Italy. HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Just as there is no single food and drink formula for restaurant industry success, there is no simple formula for a healthy profit margin. Your restaurant profit margin can be influenced by food and inventory trends, your geographic location, the state of the broader economy, and a wide range of other factors.

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EATER

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Food remains at the center of the ongoing search for identity, belonging, and community within the Asian diasporas. But with every declaration of what Asian food is or isn’t, what belongs and what doesn’t, is something, or someone, that gets cast aside. Having really sweet foods was a rarity, sugar was really expensive.”

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EATER

JANUARY 14, 2022

Over the course of more than a dozen centuries, it has managed to sustain its influence in the culinary world, even if its preparation method may have changed: Unlike the Romans, today’s garum makers don’t typically use huge quantities of fish and salt and seawater to prepare it, much less stone tanks. How was garum used in the kitchen? “It

Food Supply 290

Food Supply Influencer 2014 Online Ordering 290

Lavu

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Starting a food delivery business can really make a difference for restaurants or any food business, helping them reach more people and make more money. You need to invest in reliable and easy-to-use delivery platforms that work well with your restaurant’s ordering system. Is online food delivery a profitable business?

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