Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 216

Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The data from inventory management can help you place more accurate orders, calculate exact food costs, make informed menu changes, and address potential sources of food waste. However, it doesn’t account for potential real-life areas of inventory waste, like portioning mistakes, kitchen waste, or server errors.

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Inventory Management Management Point of Sale 138

Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

Four-page menus do not reflect business common sense – inventories become unmanageable, waste is much more difficult to manage, the level of expertise required of employees grows exponentially, consistency and quality are challenging, and profit is hard to predict and realize. Technology can provide ways to fill in the gaps.

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Customer Experience Cash Management Customer Service Front of House 387

Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You pride yourself on sourcing the best ingredients with the partners who deliver reliably and at an effective cost. Responsiveness – Sometimes orders need to change on the fly. Having a supplier that treats you like a partner and not just a revenue source makes your end of the process much more satisfactory. Is it a Win-Win?

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Food Supply Food Mobile Ordering Inventory 137

Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Consumers are increasingly aware of the environmental impact of their food choices, leading to a surge in demand for locally sourced, organic, and plant-based options. Contactless services, mobile ordering, and AI-driven personalization will become more prevalent, reflecting the growing integration of technology into the dining experience.

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2024 Technology Menu Mobile Ordering 52

The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 29, 2021

For a mobile business like food trucks catering to multiple locations, it is relatively harder to keep everything clean and be eco-friendly. Source Your Raw Materials Locally. When you source your raw materials from local sources, they are actually fresh. This eliminates waste and decreases the load on inventory.

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Food Truck Sustainability 2021 Food 97

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

From managing an off-premise presence with online ordering platforms to navigating the labor shortage and keeping costs down, it’s clear from the emerging trends we are seeing that technology is at the heart of helping FSRs not only survive but make gains during these extremely challenging times.”

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Loyalty Program Online Ordering Cash Management Point of Sale 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. 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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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 216

Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

Digital ordering has been a game changer, and the latest trends for 2023 could change how hospitality businesses operate even more. Instead, they show orders on a screen and can even help manage how meals are coursed out. Inventory management software updates stock levels based on POS data on what guests order.

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2023 Hospitality Loyalty Program Email Marketing 78

SpotOn

MAY 8, 2024

A transactional email is a message sent to a customer after they take a specific action on your website or mobile app. You might provide shipping notifications after a customer makes a purchase, send an email with invoice or order confirmation details, or alert someone if their payment fails. Confusion or distrust may well result.

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Small Business Email Marketing Mobile Ordering Social Media 52

Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Meanwhile, a restaurant’s bar program represents a significant source of total revenue. It also has one of the most complex stock lists. Because liquor, wine, and beer have such wildly varying prices, it pays to keep tight controls on ordering and inventory. Take these lessons to heart. Monitor your portion sizes (and pour sizes).

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Inventory Bar Management Management 40

Xtra Chef

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

This product release includes the debut of Waste Tracking for Inventory Management users, updates to xtraCASH and Sync, and some new features to look for in the Vendor Hub and Purchasing & Ordering Management. Inventory Management users, meet Waste Tracking! From there, click Add New to add a waste event.

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Waste Cash Management Online Ordering Inventory 88

Restaurant365

MAY 17, 2022

A POS system provides automated inventory tracking based on customer orders. But it does not account for sources of inventory loss, such as spoilage, liquid spills, incorrect or inefficient food or drink preparation, customer complaint resolutions, or theft. Record waste as an integral part of food inventory management.

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Inventory Management Management Food 78

Restaurant365

APRIL 14, 2020

Much of the typical food and beverage inventory in restaurants tends to have a relatively short shelf life, making accurate inventory numbers essential to run a functioning kitchen, make economical orders, and adapt to long-term trends. Plan for flexibility in menu to prevent wasted inventory. Forecast demand.

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Inventory Delivery Management Management 109

Deliverect

JULY 24, 2020

The lockdown accelerated the adoption of online ordering and delivery tech as dining rooms closed and people were stuck at home. It has also brought contactless ordering and payment to the fore, especially as restaurants prepare to reopen with new sanitation and distancing measures in place. Online reservation systems.

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Technology Mobile Ordering Front of House Online Ordering 110

Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

As you probably already know, serving through rush-hour is no easy task, and mobile restaurants, especially, run the risk of running dry mid-service. If it’s within your budget, you can order custom-made cabinets or cooler spaces to maximize the space. Be careful not to over order.

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Food Truck Mobile Ordering Food Food Order 96

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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2023 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience 198

Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

If it’s not on the shelf, it can’t be stolen, spoiled or wasted. So, the key to minimizing food waste that can eat into your profits is effective restaurant inventory management. With manual ordering, you’re not taking advantage of such time- and money-saving advancements as digital counts, smart ordering and automated vendor invoices.

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Inventory Management Management Waste 103

Lavu

APRIL 22, 2020

If you haven’t taken advantage of this free online ordering and delivery integration tool, click here. Are you taking delivery orders over the phone, entering them into your POS system, sending them to the kitchen, then having your delivery driver take them to your customers? What do you need to do to set up online delivery?

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Delivery Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program 91

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Adults are always tired, so if you park a mobile concept serving caffeinated beverages (especially near colleges and offices), customers will certainly come. After the clock hits 5 pm after a long day at work, a mobile truck serving up happy hour is precisely what people want to see. Mobile milkshake machine. Shuck truck.

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Food Truck Food Seasonal Menu Mobile Ordering 195

The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Running a restaurant after a pandemic requires every restaurant owner to make an online food ordering system a necessary change. Online food ordering systems are crucial to your business’s profitability and sales management. You can no longer accept orders over the phone and expect to be happy with the outcomes.

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Management Management Online Ordering Loyalty Program 52

Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

If it’s not on the shelf, it can’t be stolen, spoiled or wasted. So, the key to minimizing food waste that can eat into your profits is effective restaurant inventory management. With manual ordering, you’re not taking advantage of such time- and money-saving advancements as digital counts, smart ordering and automated vendor invoices.

Inventory 78

Inventory Management Management Waste 78

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Given the increase in off-premise, we expect to see more drive-thru’s similar in format to Checkers & Rally’s iconic double drive-thru model, which dedicates one lane to traditional consumer drive-thru service and one to e-commerce only, including pre-paid digital orders for pickup and third party-delivery orders.

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2022 Food Supply Back of House Kitchen Safety 180

Restaurant365

JULY 21, 2021

How do you keep track of all these different shipments and ingredients to minimize food waste, ensure you are prepared for service, and optimize what you’re spending on your ingredients? This means that for restaurant owners and operators, the budget you have invested in product can quickly go to waste if inventory control isn’t top of mind.

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Inventory Management Management Waste 78

Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

As you probably already know, serving through rush-hour is no easy task, and mobile restaurants, especially, run the risk of running dry mid-service. If it’s within your budget, you can order custom-made cabinets or cooler spaces to maximize the space. Be careful not to over order.

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Food Truck Mobile Ordering Food Food Order 60

Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Tools like cloud-based scheduling and centralized mobile apps for employees can help make labor scheduling more efficient. Tools based on accurate inventory, like smart ordering, suggested purchasing amounts, or smart receiving (tracking when vendor ingredient costs are above normal), help maintain the profit margin of individual menu items.

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Operations 2020 Mobile Ordering Social Media 92

Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Sometimes called a virtual restaurant, virtual kitchen or cloud kitchen, a ghost kitchen is a food-service business that serves customers exclusively through online orders.

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Front of House Online Ordering Kitchen Safety Customer Service 147

Mad Mobile

MARCH 1, 2024

From server robots to ordering kiosks in fast food establishments, it seems like there’s always a new gimmick trying to get your attention. But data shows that it’s more than just about the flashy toys. In the first model, customers have access to kiosks or tablets at the table and can place orders and payout at their convenience.

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Seasonal Menu POS Loyalty Program Customer Experience 40

7 Shifts

AUGUST 29, 2019

Look into lowering ingredient cost to keep menu prices the same by sourcing less expensive ingredients or acquiring new vendors. That sort of streamlining leads to shorter wait times after ordering, faster table turn times, and more satisfied customers. Dogs: Low Profit, Low Popularity Let these sleeping dogs lie. Design Your Menu.

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Menu Point of Sale Website Management Online Ordering 279

The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The greatest commercial kitchen in the world would be for waste if you didn’t take your local norms and laws into account. Source: Sam Tell Companies. While the physical well-being of team members is a key benefit of such designs, minimizing mobility improves productivity and decreases accidents. Kitchen Floor Plan .

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Design Kitchen Safety Back of House Food Safety 98

Kounta

JANUARY 9, 2020

Trend 2: Green goes mainstream — zero waste movement will influence dining habits. The modern zero waste movement will no longer speak to a select few but impact and influence the masses. An integrated system will let you streamline orders, adjust menu items based on hours and costs of ingredients, and more.

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Hospitality Cash Management Influencer POS 98

Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Running a successful restaurant isn’t just selling menu items and fulfilling orders – it’s also about controlling the amount of product that you have in the restaurant, daily, weekly, and monthly. Proper restaurant inventory management can minimize loss and waste, helping you spot inefficiencies in your operations.

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Inventory Mobile Ordering Food Supply Point of Sale 60

The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Goodhew leads the technology strategy and execution at BurgerFi, where he oversees the digital platforms, loyalty program, online ordering capabilities, and store systems that deliver a seamless guest experience and drive business growth. He has switched from one industry to another, or from one role to another, with passion and courage.

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Innovation Fast Casual Retail Loyalty Program 52

7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

When you keep track of your inventory turnover, you can make sure you're not overordering ingredients, which can lead to high food waste, akin to throwing money away. You can also be sure that you're not under ordering, which may force you to ‘86 a top menu item and leave customers upset in the process. The best part?

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Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Customer Service 416

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

QDOBA Mexican Eats® introduced new restaurant formats, top photo, that feature buildouts including mobile-order drive-thrus, walk-up windows, mobile-order pick-up lockers, dedicated curbside pick-up areas, ghost kitchens, and concepts with updated outdoor seating. QDOBA's New Concept. ” Delivering Jobs. .

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Franchise Franchising Loyalty Program Kitchen Safety 154

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

78 percent of Canadians have ordered delivery within six months prior to the survey. 78 percent of Canadians have ordered delivery within six months prior to the survey. Quebec ordered delivery the most, with 84 percent saying they had ordered within the last six months. Delivering Excellence. ” Supporting Local.

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2021 Loyalty Program Retail Online Ordering 179

The Restaurant Times

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I n essence, internet, ghost, or cloud kitchens are enterprises that do not have the physical capacity to serve walk-in clients and focus solely on delivery orders. While the goal in larger areas will be to increase order frequency, for ‘new’ regions it will be to bring in first-time consumers. Source: Restaurant India.

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2022 Kitchen Safety Food Supply Food Safety 52