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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-February 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Although mandated dine-in restrictions have held back all restaurant segments, particularly full service, consumer demand for restaurant meals and the ability to serve the demand with a host of off-premises services, like digital ordering, delivery, drive-thru, and carry-out, are the silver linings that enable the industry to persevere.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are already experimenting with using AI to handle drive through orders to allow human employees to focus on customer interactions in the restaurant. I think smart, AI-enabled platforms will turn data into intelligence around visit frequency, ordering, traffic patterns and more. As of 2024, over half of U.S.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

“With almost 40 million alcoholic drinks sold weekly in America’s casual dining chains, small $ gains per beverage order can very quickly add up to some serious revenue gains. In fact, 62 percent of adults reported having shopped at a brand, retailer or restaurant for the first time in the past year due to a coupon or discount.

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Takeout For Good and Menus Go Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

With thousands of restaurants forced to close their dining rooms, and millions of Americans facing sudden unemployment, GroupRaise saw an opportunity to mobilize its 10,000+ restaurant partners along with their communities to offer those who are able a chance to support both local business and food distribution to at-risk families.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places.

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AI Flips into White Castle and Resetting America

Modern Restaurant Management

Leverage two-way SMS to notify diners of order status updates from ConnectSmart Kitchen, including when the order is complete – allowing for no-contact pickup. ” Bbot solutions can integrate directly into a venue’s existing ordering and payment system. ” Valrhona Secures B-Corp. Certification.

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Future Hospitality Trends in Stadium & Sporting / Entertainment Precincts

Future Food

The first half of this year (and some of 2020), Future Food enjoyed working with two sports centric environments. The modern-day benchmark for food and hospitality in sporting stadia is driven by the standards of the high streets. Hospitality at contemporary sporting events can be considered as an integral component of the ‘experience.’

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