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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

Modern Restaurant Management

Tech’s impact on tipping: 56 percent of all respondents would reportedly not tip an AI system, while 22 percent would either tip or at least consider tipping, depending on the service. Nearly 135,000 distribution jobs help keep 950,000 retail jobs thriving with freshly packaged beers from the brewers' tanks.

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5 Essential Restaurant Customer Retention Strategies Every Operator Needs In 2025

ChowNow

Wealth Distribution: 80% of wealth is often held by 20% of the population. Personalize the Customer Experience Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People , once said: A persons name is, to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language. Sales: 80% of sales typically come from 20% of clients.

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Just Launched: 7shifts Tip Payouts!

7 Shifts

For many in the hospitality industry, tipping is an integral part of their restaurant's culture. It influences the livelihoods of restaurant workers around the world. I'm excited to introduce Tip Payouts , an easy-to-use tip payment solution that empowers restaurant managers to send tips directly to employees' bank accounts in seconds.

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How to Schedule Employees Effectively in 9 Steps

7 Shifts

A patchwork of federal, state, and local laws regarding labor, overtime, payment of tipped workers, and more are what govern restaurants. Bonus tip: Data rules supreme here, but make sure to cross-check it with reality! If you're using Excel, you can distribute it via email or provide cloud access.

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How Restaurant Food Photography Can Help Boost Sales

The Restaurant Group

The Power of Visuals in the Restaurant Industry Why Images Matter Appealing food images dramatically influence customer choices. Advanced Tips for Captivating Food Images Embrace Geometry in Composition Incorporating geometry creates compelling visual effects. Visuals are essential for marketing and social media engagement.

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

Among the results: Tipping culture is here to stay, in fact 48 percent of card or digital payment transactions at QSR restaurants included a tip – up 11 percent since 2020. The average Valentine’s Day dinner with food, drinks, and tip cost diners $121 in 2023. San Francisco only saw approximately 2 percent growth.

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How to Reduce your Restaurant Tech Stack

7 Shifts

It directly influences the quality of service and the dining experience for customers. Pay Historically, paying tips and running payroll has been a manual process that frankly, takes forever to complete (we’ve found time savings of up to 34 hours per month with just Tip Pooling alone).