Social Hospitality

AUGUST 25, 2019

C ustomer interaction points can range from mobile apps, third-party food aggregator apps, social media, and chat apps. Besides answering customer inquiries, Chatbots help funnel sales in an efficient manner. That changes when you use a conversational chatbot on the website, mobile app, or social media.

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Social Media Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Website Management 253

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

For example, a handheld POS device will allow you to turn tables faster, improve order accuracy, and speed up service. A kitchen display system (KDS) can significantly improve your operations by digitally routing orders to the kitchen and then tracking them. Undoubtedly, it has become a community favorite across the country.

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Loyalty Program Online Ordering Social Media Mobile Ordering 197

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In today’s world, that means their mobile devices. To gain more diners and drive more orders, restaurants need to optimize their mobile marketing and make it easier to order. What’s mobile marketing? Why mobile marketing for restaurants? Here are some tips and tools to help you get started.

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Marketing Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Online Ordering 78

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Create a Menu. Mobile Coffee Shops (Carts and Trucks). We're all here for it! Coffee shops can be so much more than a place to grab a cup of joe and a croissant. They are places where friends and family gather, where ideas are formed and spread, and where important work gets done. Table of Contents. Coffee Shop Concepts. Coffee Bars.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Break-even point. Sales per labor hour. Ideal menu price. To put it simply, your cost of goods sold is how much it costs you to produce a menu item. As you add together all of your menu items, you can determine the total cost of everything (to you) that you sell to your guests. Food cost percentage. Prime costs.

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Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Customer Service 416

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Further Optimize Delivery, Takeout and Curbside Experiences Many QSRs already relieve congested drive-thrus with distinct lines or protocols for call-ahead orders and third-party pickups. One of our clients, a well-known QSR legacy brand, added an express drive-thru lane for customers ordering ahead on the brand’s app.

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Operations Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 180

Open for Business

APRIL 9, 2024

Loyalty is more than a frequent guest punch card or a points-based rewards program in the restaurant world. For example, suppose your loyalty program offers extra rewards for ordering a combo or specific add-ons. It’s about making meaningful connections with guests to keep them coming back time and time again.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

– Jaime Bettencourt, SVP of Revenue Growth & Brand Strategy, Mood Media Over the coming years, we can expect technology to play an increasingly pivotal role in the restaurant industry. For example, there will be fewer human interactions when ordering takeaways during busy lunch hours, quick customer seating, or bill payments.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 13, 2022

From their humble, though ingenious, beginnings as copper tokens and stamps, through the era of credit card clubs, to today’s mobile apps, loyalty programs have become indispensable marketing tools. million members, all driven through their mobile app. But no one forgets their mobile phone. They have roughly 14.2

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

Restaurants have made great strides in the digital realm—from contactless payments to online ordering—but 32 percent of them feel like they could add to their technology stack to optimize operations. Company leaders know that their frontline squads have a unique vantage point and valuable insights.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Communication Online Ordering 198

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

To say that the current COVID-19 crisis represents a major change to the way we live our lives is, at this point, probably a bit of an understatement. A lot of restaurants have seen sales decrease by as much as 70 percent in a lot of cases, with no end to the current situation in sight. The Power of Mobile-First Design.

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Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Online Ordering Point of Sale 234

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While sales have in many cases, rebounded, operators faced ongoing struggles from inflationary pressure on food costs, hiring and retaining staff, along with supply chain issues and availability of key items. These elements were not offset by topline sales gains so many felt the pressure on the bottom line in actual earnings.

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Sling

JULY 24, 2023

Some of these apps are designed to solve specific problems, like shift scheduling or point of sale , while others boast all-in-one suites for every aspect of restaurant management. Many restaurants operate on very narrow margins and fail because of mismanagement rather than anything wrong with the menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Create a contactless experience via QR Codes with a contactless menu and contactless check-ins. 'Safety' Pizza chains still getting orders via phone 70 percent of the time. Pizza chains still getting orders via phone 70 percent of the time. An app-first experience for restaurant chains. Impressions are everything.

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Marketing Social Media Food Safety Email Marketing 234

Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

Some of the most popular restaurant management software include tools and features across at least four or five of the following categories: Restaurant Point of Sale. The point of sale system is the nervous system for the restaurant tech stack. That’s where restaurant management software comes in.

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Management Management Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 120

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Over the past year, many restaurants have reduced the stress of the system by having consumers order online, by phone or mobile app, while additionally offering curbside delivery at the nearest point of retail. Undoubtedly, one of the most affected industries as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was the restaurant industry.

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 204

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Menus were trimmed to a fraction of original size. The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Digitize Your Ordering Function and Enhance Your Presence. In the near future, we’ll look at printed menus the way we look back at newspapers today.

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Technology Loyalty Program Front of House Online Ordering 204

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

White Castle’s brand is iconic, navigating new challenges to bring their menu to more customers, prepared in a healthier environment by staff in better working conditions that adhere to social distancing needs is something only Miso Robotics can do. White Castle Employs Flippy the Robot.

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Mobile Ordering Certification Loyalty Program Kitchen Safety 164

Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Today’s tools are high-tech, user-friendly, and mobile so you don’t have to be physically in the restaurant to stay on top of the business. Restaurant technology has changed everything about the way people do business today. Today, digital tools can streamline almost every aspect of running a restaurant business. Quick links.

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Technology Front of House Back of House Online Ordering 147

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Forty percent of those surveyed in the US and 39 percent in the UK said they would feel safer if they could view the menu from their mobile device, while 35 percent in the US versus 31 percent in the UK would like to be able to pay in the same manner. The US and UK also varied on how they wanted to retrieve take-out orders.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 31, 2020

Even though starting a cloud kitchen business is relatively straightforward, just like any other restaurant business, there are possibilities that sales may not keep up with your expectations. Cloud Kitchen Marketing Tips to Grow Your Online Sales. Follow these useful tips to attract more customers and grow your online sales.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Some restaurants were forced to pivot quickly to off-premise channels to deal with local business restrictions, changing menus toward a delivery focus. Other restaurants had to shift operations to a limited-capacity model, adjusting labor and food costs to match new sales levels. Generating enough revenue to break even.

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2021 Operations Mobile Ordering Social Media 78

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

According to the latest Financial Trends Insights from Black Box Financial Intelligence™ , based on data from the week ending June 28, restaurants sales continue improving. See the latest sales and traffic results here: Sales Improve but Restaurants Should Brace Themselves for Challenges Ahead. Financial Trends Insights.

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Open for Business

JUNE 27, 2023

If you’re looking for ways to bring in new customers, turn drop-ins into regulars, and boost sales, consider a loyalty program for your restaurant. There are a ton of different ways to do it, but the benefits of a well-run loyalty program are the same: happier customers, higher sales, and stronger relationships with guests.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A 2022 Deloitte Study found that consumers spend an incredible 20% more when ordering through technology like tableside ordering , online menus, and handheld POS devices. Implementing QR code ordering is one of the fastest ways to quickly implement digital ordering. Fortunately, working with them is simple.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A Mobile Point-of-Sale System. Mobility is central to a food truck business, and your point of sale should support that. Using a handheld device like an iPad to run credit cards, manage inventory, and place orders streamline operations and fit into the limited space of a food truck. Where are you now?

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

With nearly half of the United States imposing higher minimum wages starting in 2020, restaurants also need to focus on optimizing labor costs (especially as a percentage of sales). By integrating POS system with an accounting and scheduling platform, labor and sales data can be used for smart forecasting. Finding and training staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. March Sales Decline. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March.

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2020 Fast Casual Point of Sale Online Ordering 196

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

With cloud-based, mobile-friendly solutions, the change can be relatively simple, with no cumbersome hard-wiring or expensive new hardware needed. we’ve learned a great deal about the features restaurant operators now find critical to their successful operations: QR-Based, Contactless Ordering and Payment.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Though you can probably remember all the vital facts about the people in your inner social circle, it’s impossible to remember everything about a restaurant’s hundreds or even thousands of guests. Most potential guests, especially Millennials and Gen Z , first notice a restaurant online, usually on social media channels.

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Technology Online Ordering Website Management Mobile Ordering 78

ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The value of technology includes restaurant menus: Although traditional physical menus are still an important part of a customer’s dine-in experience, you can no longer afford to ignore your restaurant’s online menu—and the significant impact it can have on your business. Why do online menus matter?

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Today, technology is at the helm of on-premise ordering processes. Customers in the restaurant industry can directly place their orders on tableside tablet systems. The new technology also allows servers to enter customer orders on hand-held devices. Tracking and measuring sales metrics. Tableside Ordering System.

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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Online ordering is perfect for upselling customers. They want to be able to order it the minute they think about it. Your customers believe that your restaurant should be available with an online ordering system when they want to use it. Through online ordering. 2: Streamline Your Online Menu. Craving pizza?

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Online Ordering Ordering Loyalty Program Email Marketing 89

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Chicago is the city that plans orders ahead the most, followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, and Philadelphia! Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This restaurant ordering technology means no one needs to enter incoming delivery orders into your POS manually. And when you change the menu on your end, it updates on all the delivery platforms at the same time. This scheduling software is user-friendly, mobile, and cloud based.

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Food Safety Email Marketing Mobile Ordering Website Management 78

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In fact, they love it so much that overall restaurant industry sales are projected to reach a record high of $863 billion in 2019. Customer-led Ordering and Payment. So, where are we headed? What’s on our collective horizon for the future of dining? Here’s a look at the top predictions for the coming decade.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Throughout subsequent waves of the pandemic, the reports explored the growth of off-premise strategies including the spike in mobile apps and, more recently, captured softening safety concerns among consumers when they began favoring shorter wait times over safety protocols. Order accuracy and speed top list of what consumers want.

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