Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Food that naturally travels well—chicken wings, burritos, Chinese food—was bound to have a leg-up. So, what can marketers of fast casuals do to bring people back to their brick-and-mortar locations? For Bigger Marketing Budgets, It’s About Doubling Down on Digital. Bottom-line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

Fast Food and QSR Value The United States Fast Food & Quick Service Restaurant Market size was valued at US$ 248.8 billion by 2033, according to The "United States Fast Food and Quick Services Restaurants Market Size and Share Analysis – Growth Trends and Forecast Report 2025-2033" from ResearchAndMarkets.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2025

From smarter ordering systems to food that travels better, here’s what pizzeria owners can expect in the year ahead. The Off-Premises Dining Shift: Food That Travels Well Delivery and pickup continue to dominate the pizza market as off-premises dining solidifies its role in customer behavior.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Effective full-funnel marketing strategies are vital for the success of any business, but are definitely the garnish on top for those in the food and beverage industry. The landscape of digital marketing is constantly evolving, presenting both challenges and opportunities for restaurant operators.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Demand for gluten-free products continues to grow, with 15 percent of consumers surveyed looking for gluten-free options when dining out, according to a 2020 report by market research firm Mintel. Marketing gluten-free can help attract new clientele, including the friends and family members of potential gluten-free patrons.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Digital Payments Enabling Seamless, Smart Mobility Travel payments are undergoing a revolution, with card-based payments unlocking new levels of convenience. Verticalized, Personalized Payments Catering to diverse customer preferences is critical in today’s market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Although dynamic pricing is a staple in industries like travel and hospitality, its application in fast food is uncharted territory. The findings reveal critical insights into how dynamic pricing impacts customer behavior and what strategies might retain loyalty in a competitive market.

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The Rail

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Video marketing is an essential tool to captivate audiences, drive foot traffic, and win the fierce battle for online attention. Taking it a step further than high-quality images , video marketing taps into the sensory appeal that text and photos cant achieve. Remember the days of beautiful dinner images on Instagram?

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

We believe that having those additional insights allowed operators to be more accurate and specific in their marketing, and that was the deciding factor in successful campaigns." "Also, leveraging demographic data to augment loyalty programs and special offers was a critical factor in successful campaigns."

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Culinary Cues

MAY 1, 2025

Untilan artisan bread baker enters the market and shows consumers just how good bread can be. When everyone begins to align with constant improvement (whether by choice or forced by a competitive marketplace) then the community of restaurants will notice rising interest inside and outside the traditional market.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

Find your own voice in a market that is filled with 74 thousand pizzerias in the U.S. Travel and experience what others have worked with for decades. Make it your quest to understand, relish, respect, and create the very best dough and in-turn, the very best crust to be found from coast to coast. Choose your oven wisely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I often travel alone as a result of my career, and business travel is changing too: for many companies, having large numbers of employees traveling isn’t financially prudent – but being a solo diner doesn’t mean our expectations around our dining experience have changed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 4, 2025

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked Murray for her insights on how and why to change a restaurant’s concept, social media marketing, and more. This includes looking at how the restaurant is running, looking at the people that are coming in, looking at the demographics and doing market research.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

So, are we pricing ourselves out of the market? The road to profit is complex requiring everyone’s concentration and effort, especially in the current environment where we are quickly slipping back into the mode of dining out is a luxury, not a part of the American lifestyle. This is not a place where restaurants want to live.

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EATER

MAY 27, 2025

Supporters quickly snapped up the dozen spots to join Doiron on visits to markets, farms, and archaeological sites, with most of each day structured around a group venture. Outside of food, creator-led group travel has been a growing niche. Doirons trip is one of a handful of creator-led tours of Italy this year organized by Via Rosa.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2025

Variety of Voluntary Benefits : Voluntary benefits can include personal insurance policies like pet, travel, car and homeowners’ insurance, with a discount for enrolling in coverage. In fact, 69 percent of employees rank pet insurance as the most significant voluntary benefit an organization can offer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 28, 2020

Consumers demand it and the market has responded by offering several delivery options, from independent delivery companies to national firms. When determining and defining your delivery area, consider your food and how it travels, and how long it can stay hot in a container. Q: Would delivery work for my concept?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2023

As travel and leisure activities continue to rebound from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands like ours have a unique opportunity to position themselves for growth in non-traditional venues like airports, casinos, college campuses, sports stadiums and other travel centers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Born and raised in France, Laroche is vice president of marketing with Symrise North America a global manufacturer of flavors for the food and beverage industry. I grew up in a family where food was ubiquitous at home and while traveling and in a country with a strong culinary heritage. I love traveling and go on culinary adventure.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

From sustainable practices and health-conscious menus to tech-enhanced dining and global flavors, hotel and resort restaurants are adapting to meet the diverse needs of the modern traveler. Why it matters for hotels and resorts: Guests, especially younger generations, are increasingly prioritizing sustainability in their travel choices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

When paired with other products like Square Marketing and Square Loyalty, sellers can strengthen customer relationships, create open lines of communication, and incentivize patrons to keep coming back. Across European markets, Visa is investing to increase the number of digital payment acceptance devices within shops by more than 50 percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2023

Choose Items That Will Travel Well If we're doing a drop-off catering, we want to sell something that’s wrapped up – in the case of a Mexican restaurant, for example, a burrito. We want whatever we serve to be the best it can be wherever it travels to. And you’re getting them for free!).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

Leveraging food delivery automation platforms ensures route optimization minimizes excessive travel time, making better use of fossil fuel types, from unleaded gas in a moped to diesel in an 18-wheeler. You can often wrap these efforts into a fun coupon or ongoing marketing effort to boost future sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2021

The choices restaurants make today on how to invest in marketing and leverage various food sales channels will have profound impacts for years to come. If restaurant brands can see the signs and incentivize guests to maintain a direct relationship with them today billions of dollars of promotional marketing dollars can be saved.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2022

Summer 2022 is certainly expected to look different than the last two years as travel and gatherings increase. According to Forbes , 2022 summer travel plans are on the rise as 85 percent of Americans are planning to travel this summer while 46 percent plan to fly. In a candidate-driven market, that is entirely too long.

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ChowNow

JUNE 12, 2025

Use Automated Email Marketing to Stay Top of Mind with Customers 88% of people check their emails every day, making email marketing one of the most effective ways to increase sales. Refine Your Menu to Work Smarter Focus on the menu items that are proven sellers, easy to prep, and travel well for takeout or delivery options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2025

This technology calculates the most efficient delivery routes, reducing travel time and fuel costs. For example, a catering business with multiple daily deliveries can benefit greatly from automated routing that reduces travel time and ensures food arrives hot and fresh.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The type of food has a much greater impact on carbon emissions than the distance it has travelled. When considering the transport element, the method of transport is more significant than distance travelled and avoiding food that has been air-freighted will have the most significant travel-based impact.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

All markets within Texas experience negative trends in the week to April 17, following a week of positive trends to April 10. In CGA’s latest COVID-19 Impact study, it was found that 62 percent of American consumers had been out to Bars/Restaurants since their local market re-opened. To access the full report, click here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 4, 2025

“Especially with the younger generation—the data shows that over half (53 percent) of Gen Z travelers are prioritizing food-focused trips, whether it’s a hidden culinary gem or a destination with a noteworthy dining scene. .

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EATER

MAY 14, 2025

Oysters grown off-bottom are safer from predators, and the method is believed to produce a cleaner oyster thats easier to get to market. Some oyster farmers, like Hog Island, sell directly to restaurants and wholesale retailers, while others work with a distributor who helps get their product to market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

” The food and beverage industry is faced with this demand, yet there are very few pickle-flavored sauces actually available in today’s market. Luscious Lychee – Lychee is gaining popularity across markets, bringing a soft, subtle sweetness and floral aroma to cocktails that complements the renewed martini craze.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

While it’s difficult to draw a straight line between these continuing outages and any single underlying cause, it’s impossible to have a discussion on the matter without taking into account the current status of the talent market. Right now, it is a candidate-short market across the board. Big Changes are Necessary.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The data experts from Zenreach, the walk-through marketing company, compared in-store foot traffic of various restaurant brands by breaking them into three categories: SMB – Less than 10 locations. Mid-market – Less than 50 locations. Study tracks food authenticity market in 20+ countries for the period 2020-2030.

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EATER

JUNE 12, 2023

. | Missy Frederick Between packed itineraries and early flights, the iconic sandwich makes for a perfect on-the-go meal on the last day of your trip This post originally appeared in the May 27, 2023, edition of Eater Travel, a biweekly dispatch from Eater’s staff about navigating places where food is the main attraction. Subscribe now.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Mobile apps are effective tools for easy, direct-to-customer marketing that keep restaurants in customers’ minds at home and on the go. It addresses customer needs while providing endless opportunities for marketing that meets the customer wherever they are. Consider Expanding Delivery Options in Your Market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Restaurants have been quick to adapt to the changing COVID-19 environment by implementing systems that offer curbside pickup and delivery while aggressively marketing their local takeout and outdoor dining options. Would you like to travel to the Veneto region or to Napa Valley in your glass today?

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