THE RESTAURANT MVP
Culinary Cues
JANUARY 13, 2025
Just like in professional sports, it is the collective effort of a focused restaurant team that includes every player from owner to dishwasher that makes this business work.
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Culinary Cues
JANUARY 13, 2025
Just like in professional sports, it is the collective effort of a focused restaurant team that includes every player from owner to dishwasher that makes this business work.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
But while wings still dominate as the top football snack, new data suggests that more fans are choosing to watch the game at home rather than head to their local sports bar. The average price of wings increased 18 percent, likely due to demand and larger orders. This suggests fans are stocking home bars instead of ordering drinks out.
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Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 16, 2021
With COVID-19 guidelines restricting dine-in, restaurants need revenue from sporting events now more than ever. For many restaurants, major sporting events are a predictable and dependable boon for food and bar sales throughout the year. One way to capture more sales? Trim the menu. Consider Profit Margins. Sharpen the Focus.
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Restaurants are already experimenting with using AI to handle drive through orders to allow human employees to focus on customer interactions in the restaurant. I think smart, AI-enabled platforms will turn data into intelligence around visit frequency, ordering, traffic patterns and more.
EATER
MARCH 12, 2025
Theyd been serving hot dogs, fried chicken sandwiches, and other Southern-inflected bar foods for 15 years. What began as an easy way to breathe new life into the haunt has become a popular order. Its food that draws on the most basic familiarity and cheap thrill make Goldfish extra-large , serve a tower of hot dogs.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 19, 2023
As travel and leisure activities continue to rebound from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands like ours have a unique opportunity to position themselves for growth in non-traditional venues like airports, casinos, college campuses, sports stadiums and other travel centers.
Restaurant Business
AUGUST 2, 2024
Loyal customers and first-time visitors alike want to watch their favorite teams while enjoying their favorite food and drinks, which means there’s big opportunity for restaurants. Being ready to showcase sports broadcasting doesn’t have to be complicated, however—but it’s best to get set up now so sports fans won’t miss a single minute.
Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 11, 2022
Increased Emphasis on Online Ordering. This combination of pressures has brands doubling down on digital ordering – effectively reducing the labor cost of this process. Among mobile gamers, more than a third (35 percent) of them eat fast food at least once a week, and nearly a quarter (22 percent) eat it more frequently.
EATER
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
. | Stephanie Wu Long seafood lunches, grasshopper cocktails, and more A version of this post originally appeared in Stephanie Wus newsletter, From the Editor, a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world. Ive just returned from three glorious, food-filled days in Mexico City. Subscribe now.
ChowNow
MAY 30, 2025
The right promotion at the right time can reignite business, whether that means a packed dining room on a slow weekday or reconnecting with loyal customers who havent ordered in a while. Are you trying to increase your direct online ordering ? A restaurant marketing strategy that works for a sports bar might fall flat at a vegan cafe.
7 Shifts
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Whether through supporting local charities or participating in food drives, local restaurants can become go-to places for customers who want to support their community. These create a unique experience that goes beyond just food and drink. Special offers are one of the top restaurant marketing strategies that bring in a regular crowd.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 3, 2020
When they feel comfortable, people will return to sports bars and restaurants for food, drinks and the "big games" on television. “Having the correct audio system helps with this. ” Installing multiple televisions is important, but recently video walls have become more popular in sports restaurants and bars.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 15, 2021
The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Digitize Your Ordering Function and Enhance Your Presence. Just prior to the pandemic, off-premises orders accounted for 60 percent of restaurant engagements, according to a National Restaurant Association report.
Modern Restaurant Management
AUGUST 18, 2020
. “Our marketing plan has always been to get new people to try our food,” he said. We advertised in local papers, supporting youth sports and wrapping our vehicles. We continued to advertise and market our food, focusing specifically on takeout and delivery to drive business.
Future Food
JUNE 16, 2021
The diversity of our projects across a range of industries provides for constant and engaging evaluation internally as we consider food and beverage trend applications across properties of all shapes and sizes. The first half of this year (and some of 2020), Future Food enjoyed working with two sports centric environments.
Modern Restaurant Management
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
However, technology plays a critical role in this equation — consumer expectations for convenience and ordering options have grown, and brands that view technology as integral to the consumer offering are succeeding. Our bet is on brands built on convenience, technology and meeting the food preferences of diners today.
Modern Restaurant Management
APRIL 14, 2020
Restaurant groups, such as the Arizona Restaurant Association, are also using this opportunity to launch and promote creative Take Out campaigns that benefit the broader food community. Enabled Contactless orders with no on-site transactions required. "Cox Media has been very supportive to us during this difficult time. . "Local
ChowNow
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Everything from food to labor is getting more expensive, which means restaurant margins are tighter than ever. The right marketing strategy helps you get the most out of every dollar by increasing customer retention , boosting order volume, and encouraging repeat visits. Even if your food is incredible, youre not operating in a vacuum.
Modern Restaurant Management
JULY 10, 2024
“I just spent a lot of money” A guest at one of our nightclubs, who spent $5,000 to get $5,000 worth of food and beverage to entertain his 10 guests, took the $500 glass centerpiece on his way out. Take a photo of the bottom and order yourself a set!” And yet, as a Washington, D.C.,
Culinary Cues
MARCH 3, 2024
Or “See if you can find the cooler expander, we have a larger order coming in.” There are plenty of examples of real teams in sports, business, music, the military, law enforcement, medicine, and those kitchens where success is a given. Go down to maintenance and get a bucket of steam.” Right out of middle or high school groupism.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Mittleman, who has been with the Company for 25 years, most recently served as President, Sports & Entertainment. Alison Birdwell, a sports and hospitality industry veteran, has been promoted to President, Sports & Entertainment. Food & Facilities. Carl Mittleman.
Transact
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Taco Mac, a 27-unit sports bar based in Atlanta, has designs to grow within Georgia, and into other states. But Taco Mac’s road to growth faces many of the same challenges that other brands are encountering in 2022: labor has never cost more, and it’s difficult to properly staff a restaurant in order to keep up with demand.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Although mandated dine-in restrictions have held back all restaurant segments, particularly full service, consumer demand for restaurant meals and the ability to serve the demand with a host of off-premises services, like digital ordering, delivery, drive-thru, and carry-out, are the silver linings that enable the industry to persevere.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 27, 2020
Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. ” Over 200 food banks face a surge in demand for emergency food aid in the wake of COVID-19. Frequent hand washing following CDC guidance and food code.
Modern Restaurant Management
AUGUST 19, 2020
In addition to allowing a safer, hands-free payment method, the system has been shown to make the ordering process quicker and more efficient. US Foods Ghost Kitchens. US Foods Holding Corp. US Foods Holding Corp.
Restaurant Business
JUNE 11, 2025
The Atlanta-based company is hoping that more modern food and restaurants will help its brands break through with younger consumers. Last June, the 260-unit chain dropped “Restaurant and Bakery” in favor of the more streamlined Perkins American Food Co. It also sports the chain’s new name and logo. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.
Modern Restaurant Management
JANUARY 3, 2024
Let’s look at some of them: relaxing with a cup of coffee ordering food home strolling with a drink in the park holding a meeting hanging out with friends in the evening going to a concert taking photos for social media. For example, consider a post idea: “You can order your morning takeaway coffee in our cafe.”
Modern Restaurant Management
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The new restaurants — as well as upgrades to existing locations — will adapt the company’s new, modern, and inviting “Fresh Forward” design and meet the needs of today’s consumer with comfortable guest indoor dining spaces as well as numerous delivery and order ahead options, with a strong digital first strategy.
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.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 21, 2020
In the last year we’ve been able to really focus on growing our off-premise business, and we found that guests enjoy our home-style comfort food in the comfort of their own homes. The unfortunate reality is that customers aren’t comparing the curbside or app ordering process of Denny’s to McDonalds.
ChowNow
JANUARY 27, 2021
Online ordering has become extremely popular, so much so that digital sales will account for more than half of limited-service and quick-service sales by 2024. Feature a mouthwatering photo in your email, describe what makes the dish special, and tell your guests how to order it. Offer a small discount off online orders.
Modern Restaurant Management
JANUARY 11, 2024
For back of house set goals on the time it takes to get food to the pass and out to customers. If food is not being prepared correctly, speak to the cooks. A customer will complain, the expo line will get backed up, a server may fall and drop an order. If you are a sports themed restaurant stick to the burgers and wings.
Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 2, 2023
Whether you own or operate a bar, restaurant, hotel, resort, casino, or sports venue, your ability to control costs and deliver a satisfying CX depends on many factors. Can they order goods or services from their phone? Will you deliver the drinks, food, or services to their location on your property?
EATER
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Check out the scene at the new CPKC Stadium, the world’s first dedicated women’s sports stadium and one of the best places to eat in Kansas City People decked out in teal and red poured into the CPKC Stadium on a recent Saturday for a sold-out game. But to diners in the city, CPKC is equally historic for its emphasis on local food.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 21, 2022
As cash intensive businesses (CIB), food and beverage businesses have historically been sites of fraud. Yet, as such businesses move their sales, ordering, operations, and bookings online, the rates of fraud have only increased. Looking at online food delivery overall, the sector is projected to reach revenues of $343.80
Modern Restaurant Management
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Traditional sit-down restaurants and mobile food businesses have uniquely different needs when it comes to insurance. And when it comes to a traditional sit-down restaurant versus a mobile food business, such as a food truck, catering business, or food cart, the insurance needs of both are vastly different and unique.
7 Shifts
JULY 12, 2024
Variable costs Variable costs depend on your restaurant’s level of activity, including food and beverage costs, labor costs, and supplies. COGS is a restaurant metric that includes everything you spend on food and drinks to make the dishes you serve. Customers sit down, order from a menu, and are served by waitstaff.
Modern Restaurant Management
JANUARY 12, 2024
KIn the dynamic world of quick-service restaurants, innovation and adaptability are critical to evolve successfully in order to drive business growth with consumer preferences continuously changing. This included schools, sports teams, hospitals, corporate officers, wedding venues, and much more.
Modern Restaurant Management
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
” In order to commit to an effective rollout system-wide, Wing Zone will introduce the new brand at five corporate locations in Las Vegas before implementing at other locations across the country. . Real Food at BK. Burger King permanently banned 120 artificial ingredients and counting from its food menu nationwide.
Culinary Cues
MAY 27, 2023
Try “FOOD” on for size. Encourage talk about food while on the job, take the time as a chef or manager to make “FOOD FACT” teaching moments throughout the day. Encourage talk about food while on the job, take the time as a chef or manager to make “FOOD FACT” teaching moments throughout the day.
Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 7, 2021
. “After almost four decades of learning and growing, our company has decided it’s time to go back to what first brought people to our brand – and that includes offering bolder-than-ever Tex-Mex food and pulling together design elements that are inspired by On The Border’s legacy.
Modern Restaurant Management
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
lines of business (Business Dining, Education, Healthcare Hospitality, Leisure, and Sports & Entertainment) beat the kitchen heat in sector championships to earn their spot in the national competition. Sports & Entertainment. Unique Food and Beverage Experiences. Fifteen chefs from participating U.S. Scott Simpson.
Modern Restaurant Management
JANUARY 3, 2024
Additionally, it means enacting ways to incentivize guests to order from a brand’s direct ordering channels, with offers like exclusive items and pricing, to drive in-house digital sales and therefore retain owned guest data. – Noah Glass, Founder & CEO, Olo Looking ahead to 2024, we anticipate more change. .
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