Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2023

These craft consumers want the full on-premise experience and are willing to pay for it, which includes variety across all variables (styles, ABV, flavor profiles, serving sizes), knowledgeable servers, food pairings and the right glassware/temperature for the beverage, among other things. Here are some of their insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As we look back, there was a long-overdue flood of tech investment into our industry, largely as the result of the boon of food delivery during the pandemic. As we look back, there was a long-overdue flood of tech investment into our industry, largely as the result of the boon of food delivery during the pandemic.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MAY 3, 2024

*Originally Published in the Aaron Allen & Associates Newsletter on 04/08/2024 It’s been making the news lately that many C-suite positions in leading restaurant chains are changing hands. Some are playing to the strength of the “full service” business model (with training and new SOPs) and innovating with technology in the right places.

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SpotOn

MAY 3, 2024

If you work in the food service industry, the National Restaurant Association Show is the place to be. The 2024 National Restaurant Association Show is at McCormick Place , 2301 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL  60616 , Saturday, May 18, 2024 – Tuesday, May 21, 2024. We'll help you do that.

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The Rail

MARCH 27, 2024

By Emma Carter, Contributor The 2024 National Restaurant Association report shows that sales are up and restaurants are hiring. However, labor and food costs have gone up and consumers have become more value-conscious. As a Mac user, knowing how to recover Excel file such as an unsaved Excel file or lost Excel file is important.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Originally published in the Aaron Allen & Associates newsletter on 02/19/2024. As we start 2024, it’s a good time to decide where to double down and where to back away. The Power of Long-Term Thinking Questions like “What’s next?” and “Where should we go from here?” Similar situations repeat in Mexican, Snacks, and Sandwich.

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Focus POS

MARCH 18, 2022

5 Restaurant Online Ordering Facts All Restaurateurs Should Know. The last few years have been rough on the restaurant business, which has weathered supply chain issues, labor shortages, rising food costs, a pandemic, and cutthroat competition. The Key to Success is Knowing the Facts.

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ChowNow

MARCH 17, 2021

While many of these changes occurred because of COVID-19, most industry experts expect these restaurant industry trends to stay long after the pandemic is over. We compiled over 20 recent restaurant industry statistics that every restaurateur and restaurant operator should know in 2021. Constant Contact ). Constant Contact ).

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Increased demand for food delivery had already boosted the growth of ghost kitchens, and the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated both the popularity and profitability of the model. Ghost kitchens cut the cost of real estate and labor by reducing the restaurant model to accommodate off-premise food sales. What is a ghost kitchen?

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. With fewer workers on the market, service businesses of all kinds are competing for a smaller talent pool. The cost of restaurant and service industry labor in 2021 is accelerating rapidly. Unemployment benefits.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 11, 2024

Originally published in the Aaron Allen & Associates newsletter on 03/11/2024. In a sector where change is the only constant, staying ahead requires not just hard work, but smart work. This is where the true value of partnership comes into play. Menu overhauls happen in waves, and many of the bigger players have already started.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Speed of service (SoS) may be one of the most important metrics your QSR restaurants track—Its influence on other facets of your business is undeniable. Speed of Service impacts your customer satisfaction rate (or VOC, Voice of Consumer scores), is impacted by your labor retention rate and can deter guests from returning.

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2021

million in April, and the accommodations and food services sector accounted for the largest increases. With fewer workers on the market, service businesses of all kinds are competing for a smaller talent pool. The cost of restaurant and service industry labor in 2021 is accelerating rapidly. Unemployment benefits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Good Food Restaurant Scorecard. Despite skyrocketing demand for plant-based food across the U.S., 42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). This data covers U.S.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

2023 has been a challenging year for restaurant operators, caught as they were between rising food costs and labour shortages. To give you the full picture of the positives and negatives of what lies ahead for 2024, we combed through dozens of recent industry reports and compiled a list of 93 restaurant industry statistics.

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2023

She now co-owns Poppy + Rose, Poppy & Seed , and Root of all Food , an LA-based catering company. Kwini Reed fell into the restaurant industry by accident. She met her now husband and business partner, chef Michael Reed when he worked at Poppy + Rose in downtown LA. But first, Reed recounts how she followed her husband into restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

A Return to Normal The National Restaurant Association released its 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report, which examines key factors impacting the industry including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and food and menu trends to forecast sales and market trends for the year ahead.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

This 85+ item list of food service statistics results from meticulous combing through dozens of industry reports. It highlights those shifts so that you can prepare your operation for success without being blindsided by pitfalls and emerging trends. This trend is expected to continue in 2023. Let’s dig in.

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Mad Mobile

MARCH 8, 2024

Statistics from 2024 show that 84% of US consumers enjoy using self-service kiosks with 66% preferring them to staffed checkouts. Statistics from 2024 show that 84% of US consumers enjoy using self-service kiosks with 66% preferring them to staffed checkouts.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Most successful food businesses are now multi-unit and multi-channel. All come with their own data sets and metrics – food cost, inventory variance, sales numbers, the list goes on. Kitchen management software comes in all shapes and sizes. It makes choosing the system that is right for you all the more complicated.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sentiment for restaurant service and food improved significantly in December compared to a year ago. For service, net sentiment was the third highest in 2020, only behind September and November which saw the best scores of all for the year. For food, 50 percent of all mentions and reviews during the month had positive sentiment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.). Ghost Kitchens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features an economic report from Yelp, super Super Bowl stats, delivery trends, megatrends, best cities for BBQ and top venues. Yelponomics. Yelp released its first-ever annual Yelp Economic Average? A weak fourth quarter, down 1.4 calculated? GDP growth?.

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