Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2023

Franchise brands have many goals in common: enter a new market; attract new franchisees, employees and loyal customers; increase average unit volume (AUV); and accelerate franchise expansion strategies. Why should an entrepreneur consider franchising your concept over others? Let’s talk about how to tell your story.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It was so well received that I ended up franchising it. Build Social Media Presence : As soon as you start to advertise your business is up for sale, the first thing a potential buyer will do is Google your restaurant. You need to have a long-standing social media presence.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Expect 2025 to see a renewed fight for the survival and growth of local markets, driven by both consumers and restaurateurs who value authenticity, sustainability, and the vital social role these markets play. The franchise model remains one of the best business structures in today’s restaurant landscape.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. ” Dickey’s is now offering a franchise discount for existing Owners Operators. . Virtual Barbecue Pit. Hot for Dave's Hot Chicken. 10 units in Chicago.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise (MUFSO) landscape. The model recognizes the importance of in-person interactions, while continuing to practice social distancing guidelines. Clean Juice will also feature Tebow in social media, web, point-of-purchase materials product development, and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. The new formats come on the heels of a major multi-unit franchise development strategy announced last month that is set to grow the brand to 2,000 units. QDOBA's New Concept.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. “Dunkin’ is committed to keeping America running and working.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Brooklyn Dumpling Inks First Franchise Deal. Brooklyn Dumpling Shop has signed its first franchising deal to bring five locations to Connecticut.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2024

Restaurants receive huge amounts of feedback from customers — in survey responses, via social media, on review sites, and more. But 1,500 reviews, plus thousands of survey responses, not to mention social media mentions, is unmanageable for most businesses. What do they think about the menu on social media?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. ” Samira Shariff brings nearly 40 years of experience building successful restaurant brands in Alberta as a multi-unit franchise owner and operator in Edmonton.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 1, 2020

With more than 79% of the US population now using Facebook, Instagram or Twitter 1 and users projected to increase to 257 million by 2023, restaurants can no longer afford not to invest in their social media presence. In fact, more than 63% of restaurants reported to have used social media to market their business in 2018 2.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The people have spoken, and your restaurant franchise is a winner. Therefore, it might be time to expand your franchise and lay the foundation for one (or even several) more franchise locations. Read on for our actionable, step-by-step process on how to expand your franchise. Next, you need a location.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For franchise owners, maintaining uniform excellence across all outlets is key. For franchise owners, analyzing data across all branches can unveil patterns that might go unnoticed on an individual scale. Franchises need to ensure that loyalty programs are consistent across all locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

Take it Local : A large number of QSR locations are franchised, meaning the owner is operating similar to a small business. Local franchise owners can appeal to the local consumer by putting a personal face behind a big name QSR brand. Timeout from Fighting : Let’s call it half-time for the great fast-food social media wars.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The modern restaurant has a lot of competition, including other local restaurants, franchises, and the biggest of national chains. Social media platforms will play just as significant a marketing role for restaurants in 2022. Forget your big-name celebs with a social media management team posting content and engaging with fans.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And there are a few reasons that having a thorough, structured digital marketing strategy is imperative to the overall success of your restaurant or franchise. Invest in an Online Presence Social media platforms provide an unparalleled opportunity to get in front of the right audience at the right time.

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EATER

MAY 7, 2025

Its the chance to see beyond the words and actions posted on social media, and meaningfully interrogate whether the people claiming reinvention or clamoring for second chances mean what they say when the pressure is at its max. On Yes, Chef!

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This means that restaurants and franchises must focus on efficiency and lean operations. Run Social Media Ads Social media is a huge part of people's lives today, so it's an important place for any virtual restaurant to be present. One way to do this is to open a virtual restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2020

Joey Coiffi, top photo, CEO of The Salad House , a growing New Jersey-based fast casual franchise, discusses how their restaurants were able to quickly ramp up to help out, the impact of social media sharing as well as restaurant technology's role in giving back. How did you get the idea to contribute your food to hospitals?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Restaurants can benefit from reaching out to diners on social media or via email to let them know their support is appreciated. For example, in 2019, a Cincinnati-based restaurant, Buffalo Wings & Rings, a franchise with 60 locations across the U.S,

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Create unique content – Think blog posts, testimonials, engaging/fun social media posts. Online content managed by your restaurant (website, social media and more) can all be optimized for search, helping your brand to rank higher and gain more visibility. Are you a franchise?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The world of food franchising has been a catalyst for pioneering innovations that have had a ripple effect across multiple industries. After all, the McDonald brothers, with the pivotal support of Ray Kroc, changed our approach to franchising altogether. However, most companies’ communication efforts stop there.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2023

For restaurant owners or franchise managers, the importance of brand purpose and social responsibility can’t be overstated, especially when attracting the Gen Z demographic. This tech-savvy, socially conscious generation has distinct preferences and values that can significantly shape the success of your establishment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, the restaurant industry has incurred staffing issues that have closed independent establishments and franchises nationwide. Feedback Analysis Through AI-powered sentiment analysis tools, restaurants can process online reviews, social media mentions, and customer feedback to extract insights.

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Goliath Consulting

MAY 19, 2020

This trend of individual servings and lunchbox type meals is expected to continue for the remainder of 2020, and catering businesses will surely benefit from taking advantage of this trend as catering orders are expected to recover slowly, at least as social distancing and small gatherings remain in effect. INVEST IN SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2022

Restaurants pivoted to contactless ordering with open arms for sanitary and social distancing purposes, and embraced digital platforms and apps that enabled streamlined delivery and curbside pickup. Today’s restaurants can’t afford to underestimate the power of these social platforms as marketing tools.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Restaurant businesses found themselves offering new curbside and delivery services and leveraged the marketing value of social media to attract attention and stay viable in an uncertain time. Moreover, if a franchisee has multiple investors into a franchise, LLCs become more complex from a tax perspective. Leasing issues.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2022

While there’s no method that is 100% effective at preventing and eliminating new threats to businesses and their patrons, becoming familiarized with the way scammers work can save a business- whether its family-owned or a mega franchise- from taking a hit. What are QR scams and how do they work?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Coolgreens just turned 10 and is looking towards its future: the company has a goal of opening a total of 150 corporate and franchise locations within the next five years.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. This promotion can be done through social media, as well as reaching out to local journalists if what is being done on behalf of employees is genuinely outside the norm among other area restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 22, 2023

AI is everywhere: It’s pasted across headlines (like this one), trending on social media and the subject of conversations. Social media analysis : Social media analysis, and other forms of basic analysis, are potentially good applications of AI. The goal being to increase understanding.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Leading the Tampa expansion are Tammy and Brad Cochran of Tampa Bay CSC, multi-unit Chicken Salad Chick franchise owners. ” The Dolly Llama Looking to Franchising.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

Below are excerpts from my conversation with Landon Eckles , CEO & Co-Founder of Clean Juice , and Renee Israel , Chief Franchise Officer of Modern Restaurant Concepts , which features the Modern Market Eatery & Lemonade brands. Once we make decisions how do we communicate out to our franchise owners?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

We bought gift cards for future use, donated to employee relief funds, and shared our favorite spots on social media. ” At PepsiCo, our Foodservice team works with customers across the industry including franchise and locally-owned restaurants, so we’ve seen first-hand the challenges and opportunities around delivery.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 14, 2022

On social media, creators lament this “tipping fatigue,” creating fun, fictional scenarios where tip prompts appear after a doctor's visit or a friendly hangout that feels all too real. So while the social media outcry may seem exaggerated (as it usually is), “ tip-flation ” is real. “It fewer than a year ago.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And, although many people think that the restaurant industry is dominated by franchises, 70 percent of restaurants are single-unit operations, according to the National Restaurant Association. Customers should experience your brand consistently whether they’re on social media, a mobile delivery app, your website or in your restaurant.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 28, 2020

Larger franchises have offered free delivery (McDonalds, Applebee’s, IHOP, Panera Bread, Wingstop and Chipotle Mexican Grill, among many others) to accommodate decreasing on-premise sales (1). Even larger brands, like that of the sub/sandwich franchise Jersey Mikes, relied on third-party delivery as a way of managing within its capacity (4).

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