Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The importance of making guests feel comfortable. Incentivize guests to choose your restaurant. Restaurant operators should also focus on remarketing to guests through email or other means, as well as offering return visit incentives to keep customers coming back. Small Business Recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Lagniappe Krewe Fund grants are available to hospitality employees and their families who have experienced emergencies beyond their control resulting in financial hardship. OpenTable will recommend which actions restaurants can take like running a marketing campaign or managing guest reviews to help them grow their business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Altering seating arrangements to improve spacing between guests. Takeout For Good. Redesigning workflows to ensure safe distancing between employees.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

JUNE 25, 2025

In the dynamic world of hospitality and tourism, simply opening your doors is no longer enough to guarantee success. This is where revenue management for hospitality and tourism comes into play. Key Takeaways Understand the basics of revenue management in hospitality. What Is Revenue Management in Hospitality and Tourism?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Takeout and delivery has continued to sustain interest on Yelp, still up 148 percent based on consumer interest relative to pre-pandemic levels. shows that consumers feel safer when hotels and restaurants raise their cleaning protocols to include hospital-grade disinfectants and third-party audits. Diners are Ready, but Concerned.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

Features of the new restaurant design were determined following a thorough brand study on drive-thru operations and Guest habits, and include a double drive-thru lane, parking stalls for curbside pickup, a walk-up window, and patio seating. ” Franchise opportunities remain in areas across the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

San Diego Entrepreneur and Mission Beach area residentn Brad Hunter is disrupting the luxury hospitality industry with an entirely uncharted concept: AQUAlounge , an floating nautical experience slated to debut in San Diego, California in fall of 2020. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“As many companies look to create a new normal for employees, Church’s has chartered a course that focuses on sustaining our team members and securing the continuity of our business,” said Karen Viera, Chief People Officer for Church’s Chicken. ” Curry Up Now Adds Incentives LTO. . "We

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The expectation for advanced planning reminds hospitality operators to market holiday offerings early, while diners are making their celebratory plans. Tock businesses that offer more than standard reservations see an average of 80 percent more repeat guests. Recruitment costs in food services rose by 13.10

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The healthy and sustainable eating trend is not going away and will most likely continue to rise in popularity into the new year. Don’t overlook children’s menus – having one or two plant-based options available ensures every guest gets to enjoy something. Sustainability. b3lineicon|b3icon-trees|?|Trees. b3lineicon|b3icon-tray|?|Tray.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

" "Chris takes the reins of this great company at a time of strong, sustained performance, and the Board has every confidence that he is the best leader to set the vision and drive the plans for the Company's continued success. This frees up time to focus on guests, while the features do the hard work on their behalf.

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Paper Chase Accountancy

MAY 21, 2025

Key Takeaway | Two Guests, Two Strategies — and a Growing Divide Operators are navigating a tale of two diners: the value-seeker and the experience-driven loyalist. This is leading to very different strategies across the board, and the winners are the ones who know exactly which guest they’re building for. Strong Taco Bell U.S.

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Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

Dining rooms are reopening and with the promise of return to normalcy just a few days away, the unprecedented staffing shortage is dampening the hope of economic recovery. Customers range in their reactions but many might see it as an infringement on their liberties as guests, or the restaurant industry using customers to pay staff.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

The newly launched Restaurant Recovery Sales Flash is open to all operators. As of Saturday, May 9, on average almost 30% of the restaurants operated by the companies that participated in our Restaurants Recovery Sales Flash survey opened their dining rooms in some capacity. Collected and distributed 3 times per week.

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EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Where other trattorias might have a photo gallery of celebrity guests, a closer look at the Gigi’s photo wall reveals the black-and-white portraits are fellow Atlanta chefs and other friends of the team, as if to say, “When you’re a part of this community, you’re family.”. Brooke Jackson-Glidden. Dina Ávila. Dina Ávila. Dina Ávila.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 8, 2022

Every hospitality business owner is attempting to figure out how to stay afloat in the coming weeks and months, and the obstacles are numerous. Consider offering discounts to attract more consumers and scheduling your finest personnel to assist as many guests as possible during peak hours.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2020

With a career in F&B, hospitality & retail spanning more than 25 years, Raymond Santamaria founded Santamaria London, a strategic growth consulting firm in January this year. It is important to let the guests enjoy the experience, so among other things, the food presentation has to be amazing. The teams also have to be trained.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2020

We encourage Congress and the Administration to consider bipartisan options to support the industry’s recovery.” The jobs numbers released last week reinforced that PPP is working by keeping employees on payroll and sustaining millions of small businesses through this time.” 350,000-1 million. $1-2 1-2 million. $2-5

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

However, we’re seeing some major shifts around menu creation, procurement, and dining habits of guests. ReFED , 2022) 43% of diners say that they would pay more to cover sustainability practices implemented by restaurants… and some say they won’t even order if a sustainable packaging option isn’t available.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A $50 million Investment in The Global Farmer Fund, providing access to capital so coffee farmers can use these funds to strengthen their farms and farming practices to be even more productive and sustainable. As a natural extension to its hospitality roots, Fourth announced its entrance into the retail sector.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature links for PPP Forgiveness, new Yelp features and more products and services for restaurant recovery. Through a QR code, guests can easily scan the code and join the waitlist through Yelp. Pre-COVID, companies provided food to employees and guests for meetings, events, or as a perk.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2020

is a preview of the trends and practices that will shape the hospitality industry in 2021. This comprehensive annual report identifies key influences in restaurants, hotels, food, beverage, and hospitality marketing. Once occupancy levels begin to return, hotels will face an uphill climb toward maintaining sustained success again.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner' SevenRooms released its “Restaurant Reckoning: Dynamic Diner” report, which uncovered new diner personas to help operators understand what motivates guests to dine out in this new era of hospitality. Diner Dynamics.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. These closures presented the surviving brands with the opportunity to acquire new guests. Download the report here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest news on restaurant recovery, delivery trends, top ice cream toppings and the ideal "delivery doughnut." The key to the industry's recovery will be the strength of each daypart. " Top Recovery Trends. " Remarkable Resiliency. foodservice industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

SOBEWFF®, which benefits the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU), has raised more than $30 million for the School to date. We can’t thank Southern Glazer’s enough for investing in the next generation of hospitality leaders.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Today, her success has finally proven to her parents that cooking is a viable and sustainable career for women. As part of the effort, KitchenAid is partnering with JBF to create more possibilities in the kitchen for culinary professionals as they face a difficult recovery. 40 in Frederick, Md. Plamondon was born in Evanston, Ill.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Among the highlights: Online Ordering sales of pizza (+9 percent), burgers (+10 percent), and fried chicken (+5 percent) were up from last year, but the largest trend in online ordering was sandwiches and wraps as guests give up on slapping bread together at home and restaurants pivot to menu items that travel well. Restaurant trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“Over the past 40 years, TSFR has developed a strong reputation as a leader in the restaurant industry and fostered a talented and engaged team that delights our guests,” said Mark Schostak, Executive Chairman at TSFR. “We know that seismic changes continue to take place within the food and media industries.

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Embrace the Suck

JUNE 3, 2024

Fear not, for we shall also uncover strategies to address this issue head-on and pave the road to recovery. So fasten your seatbelts, my dear guests, as we embark on this transformative expedition! This newfound understanding allows us to extend empathy and support to those in need, starting the journey towards recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features recovery data, POS performance and shifting habits of diners. On the Road to Recovery. New Zealand was the first to record a strong trend towards recovery, in correlation to its success in containing the spread of the virus to date.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Each update highlights the most relevant and timely workforce, financial, guest and consumer trends. Full-Service: Service Guest Sentiment Improved in Q3. Powered by Black Box Guest Intelligence. Guest Intelligence tracks 6 main categories ‘food’, ‘beverage’, ‘service’, ‘ambiance’, ‘value’ and ‘intent on return’.

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EATER

JULY 2, 2021

But a widespread labor shortage within restaurants at large is prompting some necessary conversations about the nature of restaurant work — the hours, the stress, and corresponding pay are simply not equitable or sustainable. If a guest is not following our safety protocols, will the restaurant take the side of the guest or the employee?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Lunchbox plans to use the capital to scale growth nationally to serve the restaurant industry’s need for efficient and revenue-driven solutions to sustain the current economic depression. When we started Lunchbox 18 months ago, we wanted to help restaurants with a strong ethos and identity speak to their guests directly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The fourth quarter was not good for restaurant sales; each month posted worse same-store sales growth than the previous month, according to Black Box Guest Intelligence. In addition, colder winter weather eliminated some potential for outdoor restaurant dining, favored by many guests who believe patio seating is a safer option.

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