Lavu

APRIL 17, 2025

Managing food costs is a growing challenge for restaurants as ingredient prices fluctuate and margins shrink. It also streamlines the ordering process, ensuring that every ingredient is purchased and used with purpose. Controls Costs : Optimizes ordering and stock levels, avoiding unnecessary expenses.

Inventory 78

Inventory Food Waste Mobile Ordering 78

Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Managing food allergies in a restaurant isn’t just about good service its a critical safety responsibility. Managing food allergens in restaurants is non-negotiable, especially with 32 million Americans living with food allergies. KDS Integration : Streamline order preparation with allergen-specific alerts.

Allergens 78

Allergens POS Kitchen Safety Management 78

EATER

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Lille Allen Organizations like Feeding America support the nations food-insecure communities. She told me she had been trying to figure out how to get a turkey from a food pantry; she had fallen on her hip recently, complicating existing mobility issues. I made a note to check into regular food deliveries from a local service.

Food 266

Food Food Supply Food Truck Food Safety 266

Lavu

JUNE 20, 2025

From AI-driven ordering systems to smart inventory tools and contactless dining experiences, today’s innovations are reshaping how restaurants operate, serve customers, and stay competitive. In 2025, staying ahead means more than great food—it means leveraging the right tech to boost efficiency, reduce costs, and elevate the guest experience.

Technology 78

Technology 2025 Online Ordering Fast Casual 78

Lavu

MAY 30, 2025

Order and pay at the table technology is emerging as a game-changer, allowing guests to browse the menu, place their order, and complete paymentall from their smartphone or a tablet, without waiting for staff. Then, you might want to consider offering order and pay at the table technology.

Ordering 78

Ordering Mobile Ordering Fast Casual Online Ordering 78

Indoor Media

JANUARY 16, 2025

Because pizza isn’t just food—it’s an experience. To-Do: Create a cohesive brand (logo, colors, messaging) across all platforms Run promotions and highlight unique menu items Ensure your website is mobile-friendly with clear menus and photos 3. These can make patrons question the care you put into the food itself.

Website Management 78

Website Management Customer Experience Back of House Customer Service 78

Lavu

JUNE 13, 2025

Other bars and restaurants tout the benefits of increased safety and cleanliness (more on that below). With cashless options such as credit cards, mobile payment apps, and contactless payments, customers can make quick and hassle-free payments, reducing wait times at the point of sale.

2025 78

2025 Cash Management Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 78

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

No matter how much technology evolves, or trends shift, people will always come back for quality food, great value, and friendly service. While the ways we order and dine may have changed, the reasons people choose a restaurant haven’t. These core elements never go out of style. Aligning tech with business goals is a must.

Loyalty Program 471

Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 471

Focus POS

JANUARY 17, 2023

As a restaurant owner and manager you want to make sure your staff and customers are protected every time they come in to order food from your establishment. A Mobile Tablets restaurant solution allows your wait staff to still take orders but removes the need to go to a shared, stationary POS terminal to input order details.

Seasonal Menu 78

Seasonal Menu Front of House Online Ordering Mobile Ordering 78

Lavu

MAY 2, 2025

Managing food allergens isnt just a best practiceits a legal and safety necessity for todays restaurants. With increasing awareness of food allergies, allergen management in POS systems has become essential to ensure customer safety and streamline kitchen operations.

Allergens 78

Allergens POS Management Management 78

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." The pandemic made speed, accuracy, and seamless ordering non-negotiable.

Mobile Ordering 418

Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Fine Dining Food Safety 418

Future Food

MAY 29, 2025

Following our time at the 2025 FoodService Australia Food and Hospitality Week at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, one thing became abundantly clear: hospitality businesses that are embracing integrated, intelligent technologies are not only adapting to industry change, theyre leading it. The tools exist.

Hospitality 78

Hospitality Technology Food Safety Audits 78

Qu

JUNE 17, 2025

From knowing where an order is in the kitchen to having instant insight into which upsell recommendations are driving the greatest gains in average order value. At Qu, we’re focused on giving you data-driven tools to optimize every part of the order journey so you can run a more efficient, profitable business.

POS 52

POS Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Equipment 52

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 4, 2025

The Chinese chain opened two stores in Greenwich Village and Chelsea, offering mobile app ordering and competitive pricing. With the new equipment, MTPak Coffee now offers a minimum order quantity of 200 pieces and a one-week turnaround time after design approval. Changes aim to simplify orders and boost barista efficiency.

Pricing 77

Pricing Café 2025 2024 77

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Mobile orders were expected to drive $38 billion in restaurant revenue in 2020. What’s more, digital consultancy Mobiquity in June 2020 reported a 36 percent year-over-year increase in the number of restaurant mobile app reviewers who said it was their first time using such an app. Dining/fast food/take out.

Mobile Ordering 493

Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Ordering Customer Experience 493

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members.

Food 474

Food Food Safety Front of House Fast Casual 474

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

While the company has products specifically designed for each vertical, such as appointments, eCommerce, online ordering and reservation management, its uniqueness lies in offering high-powered capabilities that every business needs. Tastewise, an AI-powered food intelligence solution, launched in the UK. ” Tastewise Data.

Serving 517

Serving White Paper Food Recycling 517

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Traditional sit-down restaurants and mobile food businesses have uniquely different needs when it comes to insurance. Restaurant insurance can provide your business with a safety net when it comes to claims and risk. Mobile Food Business Insurance Needs. Food Truck Insurance Needs. Cyber Liability.

Insurance 474

Insurance Food Truck Food Mobile Ordering 474

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Expect to see more self-ordering kiosks already present at Taco Bell, Panera and McDonalds. Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal.

Food Truck 539

Food Truck Retail Mobile Ordering Food Safety 539

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Having a retail management tool with a mobile application, for instance, reduces the need for wait staff to move around when communicating with each other. Similarly, restaurant visitors expect their food to be of a consistent quality every time they visit. Kitchen operations.

Technology 492

Technology Operations Food Safety Kitchen Safety 492

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A good mobile experience. Creating a contactless ordering experience for guests at your restaurant is important in order for your business to stay competitive and profitable. Restaurants have endless third-party ordering app options, but those do come with a price, approximately five-twenty percent of each sale.

Mobile Ordering 568

Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Consumer Goods Customer Experience 568

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2021

This success is based on a pivot to seamless mobile experiences and tech-driven data amid an ever-changing set of variables from regulation to consumer behaviors. The NPD Group predicted that restaurant digital orders would triple in volume by the end of 2020 , with mobile leading the way. Simplified Mobile Experience.

Technology 493

Technology Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 493

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 29, 2020

For franchises, that means making sure your evaluations and data collection house in order. Food service has changed forever and getting an integrated digital approach to managing all your guidelines and compliance issues, especially across multiple locations, is more crucial than ever.

Front of House 539

Front of House Management Management Franchising 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 8, 2020

We were greeted by the manager of the restaurant and shared with him the concept of contactless dining, an experience where dine-in guests can view menus, order, and pay directly from their mobile phones. contactless payment, mobile ordering, text on arrival for seating).”

Hospitality 520

Hospitality Technology Mobile Ordering Food Safety 520

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

Restaurants have made great strides in the digital realm—from contactless payments to online ordering—but 32 percent of them feel like they could add to their technology stack to optimize operations. From ordering food to reserving a table, they want to do things digitally.

Mobile Ordering 493

Mobile Ordering Front of House Communication Online Ordering 493

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

'Safety' is what I believe to be most important now to help assure patrons to revisit their favorite restaurants. The marketing message has not changed drastically from food-based to safety procedures. But now there is an added message about the safety precautions that are in place for a restaurant.

Marketing 585

Marketing Social Media Food Safety Email Marketing 585

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2022

When restaurants got the green light to reopen their dining rooms, they implemented a host of safety procedures to prevent the spread of germs. To go contactless, customers scanned a small black and white square called a QR code on their mobile device to see a digital copy of the menu. At least 63.6 Direct Mail Campaigns. Promotions.

Social Media 539

Social Media Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Kitchen Safety 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

Square is launching On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store where sellers can dispatch a courier through delivery partners for orders placed directly on their website. ” Traditionally, to enable delivery most sellers list their menu on food delivery platforms because the restaurant doesn’t have their own couriers. .

Guest Recovery 539

Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Mobile Ordering Food Safety 539

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution. General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide.

Food Safety 527

Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Mobile-Based Loyalty Programs. Mobile-based loyalty programs will become a cornerstone of the QSR value proposition for customers, as they have welcomed the added level of convenience and value that come with loyalty program enrollment. Managing down third-party fees will improve margins as labor costs continue to rise.

Loyalty Program 508

Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Customer Service 508

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Safety ordinances can vary widely by city, county, and sate. Your safety and sanitation policies should be in alignment with the latest FDA , CDC , state, and local policies regarding COVID-19. ServeSafe and food handler certification. Knowing exactly what is expected of you as a restaurant manager can be confusing.

FOH 507

FOH BOH Employee Relations Food Safety 507

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Fatigued by cooking at home, consumers are anxious to dine at their favorite restaurants according to a new Oracle Food and Beverage study. Thirty-nine percent of those in the US and 36 percent in the UK ordered more frequently from their local restaurant than before the crisis. "Throughout COVID-19 Consumer Dining Trends.

2020 493

2020 Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Food Safety 493

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp. launched its COVID-19 online operator resource, the US Foods Restaurant Reopening Blueprint. The Restaurant Reopening Blueprint is informed by interviews with key stakeholders such as diners, restaurant staff and US Foods consultants and chefs. Click here to view the application and instructions.

Front of House 520

Front of House Back of House Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 520

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

" Under the banner of its longstanding “We Help You Make It” promise to foodservice operators, US Foods Holding Corp. Also launching today, is a special edition of the company’s Food Fanatics magazine. To view all of the available resources or connect with a US Foods expert, visit the company’s website here.

Mobile Ordering 494

Mobile Ordering Webinar Loyalty Program Online Ordering 494

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2020

We’ve seen entire states reopen and re-close in short order due to spikes in cases. It’s a giant expense to gear up to reopen, invest in perishable supplies, rehire staff, upgrade safety measures … all just to close up shop again. Simple online ordering. An easy to use app. Contactless delivery.

Innovation 558

Innovation Hiring Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 558

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

2022 539

2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 539

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2024

Online food delivery thrives as phones become one-stop shops for ordering and tracking meals. This convenience has made the online food delivery market massive, with global revenues of over $1 trillion in 2023 alone. They must choose whether to use third-party online ordering platforms or handle delivery in-house.

Delivery 448

Delivery Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Customer Service 448