Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A standout menu is no longer just a necessity — it’s a critical asset for success. One of our most effective methods for creating a deeper connection beyond a transaction is through storytelling, using local flavors and regional influences in our menu. Maintaining a balance between innovation and tradition is crucial.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 22, 2025

Higher Menu Prices To offset rising costs, restaurants may raise menu pricesespecially for dishes that rely heavily on imported goods. Supplier and Menu Shifts Some restaurants may respond by sourcing more ingredients domestically. Supplier and Menu Shifts Some restaurants may respond by sourcing more ingredients domestically.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2025

Minimizing Menu Price Increases : Just because diners are still eating out and ordering in, does not mean they are happy about higher menu prices. Restaurant operators should limit significant menu price increases, explore value menus when possible, and avoid implementing any sneaky service charges.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 14, 2025

Sourcing the best ingredients at the right price requires a keen understanding of seasonal rhythms, strong relationships with suppliers, and flexibility to adapt menus on the fly. Strategies for Managing Food Costs During Disruptions Don’t be afraid to substitute ingredients Your menu is not set in stone.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

. "Charcuterie boards and other finger foods are important to have on your menu to capture orders from workplaces planning holiday happy hours rather than full meals. " Buffets and self-serve food are on the menu: 66 percent of organizers say they’re having buffets, instead of: Heavy appetizers – 34 percent Stations (e.g.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Include some details, such as specific menu options or a signature craft cocktail, in the narrative. Place clips of your menu or the restaurant scenery throughout the video to entice viewers while they listen to the customer’s story. Maybe your restaurant offers cuisine they’ve never tried before.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 21, 2025

By combining proactive planning, strategic menu adjustments, operational efficiency, and strong vendor relationships, businesses can effectively manage these challenges while prioritizing customer satisfaction and food safety. Menu Engineering Feature Stable Ingredients : Highlight dishes with ingredients less susceptible to price swings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

menu, hours, etc.), These agents are naturally sounding conversational assistants made to be intelligent with a restaurant operators’ intended processes, logic, and information – Not to be mistaken with IVR technology when waiting to hear a robotic menu of options represented by pressing a number 1 through 8.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Improve Seasonal Menu Offerings When it comes to the holidays, consumers love to tuck into festive favorites. It’s the perfect season for experimenting with new menu items that align with previous seasonal trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 13, 2025

Are there specific menu items or categories that are proving to be popular and others that have fallen out of favor? Restaurants that offer diverse and innovative menu options can attract this group. Provide customizable menu options that allow them to tailor their meals to their preferences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2025

A beer and wine license allows restaurants to craft a unique cocktail menu featuring wine-based liquors without the need for liquor insurance or the extensive paperwork associated with a full liquor license. A well-crafted menu and unique ambiance can encourage customer loyalty.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

For instance, "Discover which menu items are most popular among our target market" is a clear and focused goal. If your market research goal is to introduce a new menu item, you can measure its success by tracking its sales and customer feedback. Instead of having a vague goal like "Improve my business," make your goals more specific.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2025

While there was a brief dip in consumer awareness of menu price increases in late 2024, the spring of 2025 has seen a moderate rise, affecting dining habits and consumer perceptions of value. Millennials and parents also over-index in restaurant visits, with a strong inclination toward nightlife activities and premium dining experiences.

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Restaurant Business

MAY 27, 2025

The fast-casual chain on Tuesday dropped prices and simplified the menu in an overhaul designed to drive traffic. CEO Mike Burns said it was time to stop nickel and diming guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This reduces waste and ensures menu availability, even during busy periods. However, inconsistencies across platforms and unanticipated errors, such as unavailable menu items or out-of-sync systems, often frustrate customers. Menu innovation has become a key way to deliver value.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2025

There is an opportunity for restaurant operators who want to embrace the GLP-1 movement by focusing on portion sizes and crafting "GLP-1-friendly”menu items, Sally Lyons Wyatt, global executive vice president and chief advisor, Circana, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. "By

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Recent experiments with pricing strategies, such as summer value promotions, yielded lukewarm results, leaving operators questioning the best approach to menu pricing. Regional-based pricing strategies have more significant gains than across-the-board menu price increases. Implement location-based price differentiation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2024

An AI-driven recommendation system can even suggest menu items based on individual tastes and nutritional needs, while chatbots can provide personalized customer service, answering queries and taking orders efficiently. Unifying and acting on digital customer data can also shape a more personalized customer experience.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This approach feels like a suggestion, not a sales pitch, and helps customers discover menu items they might have otherwise missed. Prix Fixe Menu: A multi-course meal at a set price encourages guests to order more while offering an elevated dining experience. Example: Three-Course Chefs Menu Starter, entre, and dessert for $50.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2025

Naturally engaging for the senses, videos attract attention in a sea of content, get diners interested in your menu, and encourage visitors. Showcasing New Menu Items and Specials Several aspects of the restaurant experience affect the guest’s perception, but the menu is arguably the most important.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Health-driven brand True Food Kitchen transitioned its kitchens across all 46 locations in 18 states as well as its entire menu to become 100-percemt seed oil-free. As part of a multi-year shift, the brand exclusively uses avocado and olive oils, eliminating industrial seed oils from every ingredient of its 100-plus menu items.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2025

Other restaurants are integrating AI into reservations, guest messaging, and even menu pricing—helping them react to demand in real time. Dynamic pricing allows restaurants to adjust menu prices based on factors like inventory levels, time of day, or seasonality.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

Approach the sandwich as a professional chef approaches the presentation of a fine dining meal just without the pretention and costly trimmings that fine dining requires. [] PIZZA: Ahhhone of Americas and the worlds top menu items. Make sure everything is made in house just like that fine dining chef would do for a ten- course tasting menu.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Starbucks hasn’t had a hit new drink in years Starbucks has, outside of a few new flavors and latte options, failed to successfully innovate its drink menu over the last decade or so. In October, Starbucks announced that it would discontinue the drinks , which didn’t even make it two years on the menu. This hasn’t always been the case.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Instead, you’ll see signage about the health benefits of plant-based eating — the “primary drivers of consumer choice are personal benefit,” says Goldman — and the menu board, designed like any one in other fast-food chains. The bottom of the Yang’s Kitchen menu notes to diners, “We are working with Zero Foodprint to restore the planet.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2025

Where to Tap into Hidden Revenue If you want to boost profits, the quickest way isn’t to raise menu prices or cut portions, it’s to go straight to the source of your costs: manufacturers, distributors, and beverage companies. Pepsi even provided an allowance to update my menu boards, A-frame signs, and printed menus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As a step further, offering a flexible menu catered to solo diners – with smaller portions to reduce food waste and allow the diner to taste more dishes – provides waiters with an additional opportunity to make personalized recommendations specific to these menu offerings. Cuisine type?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2025

This will also allow the operator to concentrate on the operational and menu aspects, ensuring that both customer service and menu innovation remain exceptional and continuously evolving. In what ways should restaurants be tapping into AI for marketing? Restaurants should tap into AI for marketing in a few key ways.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2025

How each area contributes to the whole is a lesson learned in large properties like hotels, resorts, and clubs. [] MENU DIVERSITY A multi-outlet hotel, as an example, will likely have a breakfast restaurant, a family oriented mid-priced restaurant, and a fine-dining operation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2025

While pizza remains a category leader in delivery, due to its durability and ease of transport, 2025 will see a greater emphasis on making other menu items travel better, too. Customers appreciate menu consistency, but they’re also looking for value and ways to customize their experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2025

Most of these increases in costs will be passed on to the consumer by higher menu prices. If the 200-percent tariff increase goes into effect for European wines, those items will be virtually priced off the menu and will be unaffordable for the average restaurant guest. Feature dishes and menu items w/ already high margins.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From sudden menu changes to staff shortages, the ability to switch up and change at a moment’s notice and due so calmly is invaluable. Adaptability Restaurants are known to be fast paced environments with many different situations happening at once on any given occasion.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This direct communication lets us announce new menu items, special discounts, upcoming events, and more, keeping customers informed and excited about what’s happening at Health Nut. Embrace Email Marketing Email marketing remains one of the most effective ways to stay connected with customers.

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ChowNow

JUNE 12, 2025

Think seasonal menu items, weekend-only bundles, or one-day-only discounts; the urgency motivates guests to take action soon. The best part is these promos don’t require big budgets or deep discounts, but they consistently boost restaurant sales while keeping your menu new and exciting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Keep your menu up to date Some experts like Claudia Tomina have been informing how Google is enhancing the menu section of Business Profile. As an example Google now highlights specific dishes and keywords mentioned in reviews, so it’s crucial to keep your menu updated online.

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