Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

There is a new normal in the restaurant space, and we are all trying to figure out exactly what that means. How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? Overwhelming? Yes, absolutely. Many even want to.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

If 2020 and 2021 were all about helping operators find new revenue streams to reach guests when they couldn’t come into restaurants, then 2022 was all about getting customers back in. In contrast, customers are entering 2023 with higher expectations for stellar experiences when they do choose to spend money on dining out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 21, 2021

Yet, nine in ten operators predict issues with recruitment at a time which is essential for our industry's recovery. Mobile order and pay takes care of a lot of the admin side of a shift. From taking orders at tables, processing payments or taking telephone orders for takeaway. Reduce Admin Tasks. Reduce Wait Times.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 2, 2020

STATE THE CHALLENGE: Re-open the restaurant making sure that it is prepared to adapt to the newly established needs of guests while addressing the critical challenges that have existed and will exist in the future (Labor, Marketing, Service, Efficiency, Guest Satisfaction, Growth, Profitability). Check out their site at: [link].

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

While many find hope for the industry as the country re-opens, the road to recovery is a very long and uncertain one. While the operational and financial impact of social distancing must be top of mind, nearly as important as what you do will be how you communicate these changes to your guests. Anticipation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

There is a new normal in the restaurant space, and we are all trying to figure out exactly what that means. How will restaurants shift their labor models to follow state safety regulations, ensure social distancing, minimize contact, and support the changing tide of guest preferences? Overwhelming? Yes, absolutely. Many even want to.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. But despite these concerns, 46 percent of people noted they will eat out daily to several times a week in coming months and showed a growing loyalty to their favorite brands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As the QSR industry becomes increasingly crowded, understanding operations from the inside out is more crucial than ever. Specifically, at Walt Disney World, they taught me not only the value of, but how and when to execute guest service recovery. This is where real, hands-on experience becomes invaluable.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2020

If you are not receiving these updates, call your distribution partners to find out if they have made any changes that might impact your business and orders. No Hot Shot (recovery) Deliveries. Be sure to check in with your distributor to find out what to-go products are available and adjust your menu and prices accordingly.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 23, 2021

They are, at least in part – etched into our brains from those early days in English Composition class – lines that stand out as an umbrella statement that encompasses a point in time from yesterday or today. Now we have an opportunity to be reborn – to change what is wrong with how we operate and come out bigger and better in the end.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. MRM Restaurant Survival Guide Updates and COVID-19 Resources for Restaurants. Additional funding has been allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP ).

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2021

No doubt, the restaurant industry is on the edge of a boom, or likely even in one already, as millions of Americans venture out into restaurants, diners, and bars. ” Take a realistic approach to restaurant insurance moving forward. “This has allowed us to avoid taking a firm stance on customer vaccination.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Since guests cannot frequent their favorite establishments in person, they're now leaning on you to bring a "dine-in experience" to their homes. Now is the time to set expectations for how your guests will interact with your restaurant in the future. " Greet people as they walk in to pick up their orders. ."

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. MRM Restaurant Survival Guide Updates and COVID-19 Resources for Restaurants. Additional funding has been allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP ).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2021

Are ovens heating fast and fully enough—or is a restaurant in danger of sending out chicken that’s crispy outside but raw in the middle? Glitches with equipment operations: Is the water hot enough for a dishwasher’s final rinse cycle? Is the detergent consistently at the right level?

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Culinary Cues

JULY 23, 2023

When the menu is not their own then they are left with all the responsibility for the guest and employee experience and very little authority to set the stage for success. It is a juxtaposition that is nearly impossible to manage. To the owner/operator there are two things that define success: customer satisfaction and profit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The survey results reveal that 35 percent of respondents feel the same level of comfort dining out now as they did at the beginning of the pandemic. Some highlights inlcude: Consumers' projected dining out frequency. Only about seven percent of respondents said they anticipate rarely or never eating out.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

Building a well thought out strategy for starting up the restaurant engine after we move forward is paramount and will, in the process of thinking it through, give every chef and restaurateur a spark of excitement to lean on. The planning process seems overwhelming because there are so many unknowns.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

While we see national economic recovery in numbers such as the aforementioned jobs report; yet, I’m still sitting here, waiting for my pizza. Those who figured out another path, a different career or a job in a different industry are seemingly unmotivated to go back to their previous work.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 1, 2020

WHAT WE DO: – Finally, effective leaders take actions that are calculated, inclusive of expert understanding, and based on collaboration and strategic thought. Those chains are far more likely to gather their collective minds to find a way out of the storm and survive a period of business downturn.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Have clear signage, enforce the mandated health rules, and diligently track the number of guests inside of your facility at all times. Take their temperatures everyday upon arrival and throughout the day. Think Out of The Box. Judiciously monitor your employees’ health as well. Have them do a self-symptom check regularly.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 3, 2020

As you move through IDEATION that will help to define what your restaurant concept, menu, systems, and staffing will look like as we eventually move out of this crisis, it is just as important to discuss and plan for the things that can go wrong. Assuming that it can’t happen to you is at best naïve, and at worst – tragic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Some customers have the gift of foresight, using DoubleDash to add on recovery (or hair of the dog) essentials from nearby stores. The Case of Optimism Restaurant owners and operators expect to see much of the same in 2024, largely due to increasing food and labor costs and decreased consumer spending or dining out due to economic inflation.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 29, 2024

It is human nature to try and push those out of our minds, but given a moments pause, it’s easy to remember them. As they say in life – the first step in recovery is to admit that there is a problem. It takes time for people to push aside tradition, habits, and yes – fear, that accompanies change. Okay, there is a problem. “My

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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. Offering easy-to-assemble, take-home meals. Takeout For Good.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

Matthew Crompton, CGA’s Client Solutions Director, Americas said: “Recovery is well and truly here, and for many states sales may be close to returning to normal levels. “Let us assume that operators were able to better meet the needs of those 30 percent of guests who are under-whelmed by the beverage program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the surge in online ordering, early returns on restaurant recovery and what customers want and expect from restaurants. Restaurant Recovery Stats. Companies are focusing on ways to guarantee the safety of their employees and guests.

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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. “The bites are baked just right; choose a dip then take a sip!

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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.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2020

The survey found that 59 percent of US and 47 percent of UK consumers plan to dine-out as soon as they are able. But while limited dining options are available, people have shown an increased desire to help out independent restaurants. Mixed take-out bag. Can't touch this.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Reach3 is taking an ongoing look at consumer sentiment about restaurants and food retailing to determine how Americans really feel about issues such as sanitization, social distancing and the potential for exposure to infection and how they might be a barrier to visitation as restaurants reopen. Food and grocery delivery options: 79 percent.

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EATER

JUNE 26, 2020

While the city of Miami has allowed restaurants to operate their dining rooms at half capacity since May 27, this particular spot is remaining closed for dine-in service until its owners can offer their customers a more “on-brand” dining experience — meaning fun and easygoing — rather than a modified, cautious night out.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Off-premise dining, such as take-out, curbside and delivery, have grown significantly this year as quarantines, restrictions and mandated shutdowns forced restaurant owners to look for alternative ways to cover the loss of in-dining sales. Now that 2021 is only weeks away, we are making predictions on what the new year will bring.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

“During the period I was laid off due to COVID-19, there were several problems out of my control with my unemployment status leaving me in a difficult financial situation,” said Jessica Schiefele, long time Ruby Slipper bartender. To learn more about Smithfield Culinary go to www.smithfieldculinary.com.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2020

Restaurateurs who were eager to reopen their doors after lock-down only a few weeks ago are having to confront temporary product shortages and price inflation, vulnerable to spontaneous out of stock notices or unexpected shipment delays. As such, communication and transparency is a necessary component of recovery. Conclusion.

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