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

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 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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Restaurant operators searching for something versatile that will cross the dayparts need to look no further than their breakfast menu as waffles have been breaking out of the morning. Profitability: Waffles are a low-cost, center-of-the-plate item and one of the most profitable breakfast item menu offerings.

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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

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

But what if your menu was telling your guests something about luxury? In the January 23, 2024 New York Times article,“The Menu Trends That Define Dining Right Now,” the publication gathered 121 menus from restaurants all over the United States.

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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

APRIL 15, 2025

. "However, they are also more price-sensitive and selective about their menu choices. Lean proteins, clean-label ingredients, and menu transparency (e.g., They report higher sensitivity to restaurant prices, likely because they eat less and choose more premium ingredients or menu items that align with health goals. "Restaurant

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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

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 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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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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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Premium menu items have a lower price sensitivity, and Gen Zers are wild about specialty beverages and innovative flavors. Nearly one-third of Gen Z and millennials have increased meal purchases from convenience stores, according to our Q4 survey. Hope in the hybrid (worker). Some customer segments will continue to dine out.

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Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A recent opportunity analysis and industry forecast, developed in partnership with Allied Market Research, uncovered four key global trends and growth factors that are helping to guide Chatimes innovation pipeline, including recent menu additions and whats coming up in 2025.Unique

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2025

Kiosks should be installed in high-visibility, high-traffic areas, like near an entrance or by digital menu boards, to naturally guide guests into a self-service experience. Start by evaluating the physical layout of the store to determine optimal kiosk placement. They should be directly in the line of entry as they make their way to counter.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025. Despite the popularity of our events, we will continue to keep them small but mighty in 2025."

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EATER

MARCH 28, 2025

Levy A host of diverse offerings are on the menu at Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium, and other arenas this season. These baseball stadiums didnt start developing new menu items overnight or without forethought. One of the most important factors to consider, however, is that new menu items are hand-held or easily enjoyable finger foods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2024

The rising cost of ingredients and an ongoing commitment to sustainability is the driving force behind the Low-Waste Menu trend which encourages resourcefulness to reduce waste and maximize ingredient usage. Limited words on the menu gives server the opportunity to interact with their guest more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2025

A strong POS system can streamline operations, inventory and menu management, assist with staffing shortages and scheduling conflicts, as well as assist with sorting through data and sales patterns to help personalize marketing campaigns in a new location. Tracking inventory can prevent unnecessary and costly food waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2024

It's not just the merch on the menu that is driving traffic to the brand with a misison to create spaces that blend sports and leisure and offer innovative cocktails, next-level architecture and high-end designer decor with elevated bar bites, retro games, and exclusive event nights.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Understanding your target market is the foundation of making smart decisions for your menu, pricing, and overall guest experience. Without a well-defined target market, restaurants risk wasting resources on strategies that dont connect and menu offerings that dont selltrying to appeal to everyone, but standing out to no one.

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