ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Most of the restaurant technology tools operators use every day were first introduced years ago, but it wasnt until the 2020 Tech Boom, brought on by COVID-19, that widespread adoption became essential. But first, lets look at how to choose the right technology for your restaurant. Identify your biggest pain points.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The outlook for restaurants is complicated. The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) demonstrates that a combination of inflation, consumers with less disposable income and rising labor costs have created a difficult market for restaurant owners. And the list goes on.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2025

It’s no secret that restaurants with more than one location depend on standardization to thrive. As chain restaurants continue to integrate new technologies into their daily operations, store-to-store standardization of these technologies is often an afterthought.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 8, 2020

One year ago we walked into a Cambridge, Massachusetts restaurant for the first day of field research. We were greeted by the manager of the restaurant and shared with him the concept of contactless dining, an experience where dine-in guests can view menus, order, and pay directly from their mobile phones.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

When the pandemic hit, many restaurants focused on expenses. The pandemic effectively accelerated trends in how restaurants interact with customers. And that’s where restaurants can pivot to focus on growth, not just cutting expenses. Menus were trimmed to a fraction of original size. Inventory stock changed significantly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Controlling the variables in the restaurant industry can feel like a game of whack-a-mole if you don’t have the right tools at your fingertips. Fortunately, controlling the variables that can pose a risk to your business are within your grasp. Many restaurants are essentially having to train new staff right now.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The new system has simplified oil changeouts at the restaurants, while also saving the franchisee money and taking a literal load off employees’ hands. Among the many ways the franchisee supports its restaurants is by helping make sure employees correctly filter and change cooking oil.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2024

After all, our technology has evolved to be better than we ever could have predicted. There are even light-based decontamination technologies to help keep food contact surfaces or clear liquids safe. There are even light-based decontamination technologies to help keep food contact surfaces or clear liquids safe.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

In a sense, this is the place the restaurant industry is in right now. Yet, threats to limited-service and full-service restaurants are still lurking behind the scenes. All this happens when restaurant teams connect their building and kitchen equipment (HVAC, ovens, dishwashers, fryers, refrigerators, freezers, etc.)

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 23, 2025

Per the National Restaurant Association , 46 percent of restaurateurs reported a net increase in customer traffic from January 2024 to January 2025. Cybersecurity threats in the restaurant industry. Upon activation, the malware automatically locks POS systems, bringing operations to a halt for dozens or even hundreds of restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Just as restaurants were on the path toward recovery after COVID-19 closures and safety restrictions, the current economic conditions continue to present challenges for the industry. But restaurants face a fine balance in increasing costs, as customers are also impacted by the realities of inflation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2025

Restaurants must navigate an intricate web of federal and local compliance parameters, from food and workplace safety regulations, to labor laws, to environmental concerns – and when the consequences for violations are so severe, remaining compliant can feel like walking through a minefield.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2025

Forget data centers and distant research labs: your local quick service restaurant may soon be the frontline of AI adoption in the real world. Brands – parent of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut – is partnering with Nvidia to accelerate the development of AI technologies for its restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 2, 2020

As restaurants around the country start to re-open for on-premises dining in some capacity, there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the experience of the past few months. The COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily prompted the hospitality industry as a whole to adapt to new business models or risk folding entirely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The restaurant industry is undergoing a technology renaissance. Everywhere you care to look, AI and automation can be found taking on critical roles and supporting restaurants, bars, cafes, and coffee shops still battling against labor shortages and rising inflation. Yes, restaurant AI is new and evolving.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

This is true for businesses operating in office settings just as much as in restaurants, supermarkets, and other settings where businesses have daily contact with consumers. If technology can make everything quicker and simpler, why do businesses need to worry about adding a human touch to their digital experiences?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2022

As the impact of the pandemic continues, restaurants face constant and evolving operational challenges. At the end of 2021, four out of five restaurants reported facing a staffing shortage due to reduced operating hours and dining capacity. Monitoring Supply Can Curb Waste and Loss. Retaining and Attracting Employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2021

The restaurant industry has seen some major shifts lately. Just a few short years ago, customers paid for their meals in cash or credit cards, orders were totaled on analog cash registers, and customers called restaurants to place orders over the landline phone. The digital transformation is leaving no industry untouched.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Do you ever wish that you had a crystal ball that could tell us what’s in store for the restaurant industry in the coming year? As we close out 2022, food production is at risk. Restaurant operators should leverage digital tools to fight these serious – and simultaneous – threats to our food supply. million tons of grain.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

IoT has become an indispensable tech solution for the restaurant industry. Integrating IoT devices and connectivity drives efficiency, enhances food safety, mitigates risks, increases transparency, reduces waste, and provides many other benefits for restaurants. Improving transparency and traceability across the supply chain.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A new normal has evolved in the restaurant industry: Digital delivery sales are expected to grow at a compound annual rate of over 22 percent through 2023 , according to L.E.K. In response, 37 percent of restaurants are offering online ordering and 32 percent accept mobile payments. Is going out to eat in style anymore?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2021

According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), about two-thirds of restaurant meals are now consumed off-premises. Whether it is a customer connecting to the restaurant, a kitchen to a delivery partner or the POS to the processor, strong network connectivity is critical to smooth operations. Logistics to Implementation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2024

According to the National Restaurant Association, competition in the restaurant sector is strong. In fact, 45 percent of restaurant operators expect competition to be more intense than last year. Moving to Multichannel Dining Experiences Dining out is… back? Orders come from a multitude of places.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Offering delivery can, without a doubt, lead to more sales for your restaurant. For restaurants who are not able to employ their own delivery drivers, third-party delivery services like Grubhub, Uber Eats and EatStreet handle the delivery. When a driver is in an accident while delivering food from your restaurant, who is liable?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 6, 2020

2019 was the year of convenience in the restaurant business. Online ordering, curbside to-go, self-ordering kiosks, and third-party delivery services dominated the restaurant landscape; these trends were so predominant that you'd now be hard-pressed to find a restaurant that doesn't offer at least one of these services.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2021

Not just quite but we can already see some effects of COVID-19 in the hospitality industry, especially restaurants. Let’s observe some of the established ones that emerged in the restaurant industry in the past year – and won’t fade away any time soon: Customer Habits Have Changed, Undeniably. Rethink Technologies.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak effect on the restaurant industry, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine is compiling a list of resources available for restaurant owners, operators and managers. To be added to this guide, reach out to Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Restaurants are filling up again, but hiring and retaining employees in the midst of a national workforce shake-up remains an uphill battle. Take a Modernized Approach to Attract and Engage Talent. One emerging approach some restaurants are implementing is the utilization of modern technology to improve the candidate experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2025

Restaurants were among the hardest hit by the pandemic, and among the slowest to recover. Health and safety protocols ensuring restaurants could open safely meant the industry faced a sloping recovery from a precipitously sharp drop. Customers were slow to return as well, as concerns about the pandemic kept many at home.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2023

As the restaurant industry becomes more reliant on technology, the risk of cyber attacks is rising. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting restaurants, seeking to steal sensitive customer data and disrupt business operations. That's why it's essential for restaurants to consider cyber liability insurance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

With more states lifting sanctions on dine-in options, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Yelp's Small Business Expert Emily Washcovick to learn about ways restaurants can successfully make the transition and slowly ramp up operations, while keeping guest and staff safety top of mind.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Every successful restaurant has one thing in common: they know exactly who they are serving. 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. Why does this matter?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2022

A lot of people would assume that fraud in the restaurant industry doesn’t extend beyond dine-and-dashers and bad cheques, but those with experience in the industry, especially at the level of popular franchises and chains, will tell you that fraud is more common than most people recognize. So, what might affect your restaurant in 2022?

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ChowNow

MARCH 13, 2025

Managing delivery orders shouldnt feel like running an obstacle course, but for many restaurant operators, thats exactly what it is. Lets explore why restaurant operators need a better way to handle deliveryand how the right technology can make all the difference. Lets break down why managing them all at once is so frustrating.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2021

a multi-site restaurant operator with more than 200 locations that was shifting to takeout only decided to evaluate its already robust food safety system. But the incidents never compromised customers’ safety because the restaurants were able to discover and remediate them in real time. Extending Staff Capabilities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Scheduling employees is one of the most time-intensive tasks for restaurant managers. They often have to rely on historical data to forecast customer demand, and typically can’t take into account the impact of weather and other local events on demand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2024

Throughout his 17 years at Mood Media, he's held various customer engagement and sales leadership roles and has worked with key technology partners to optimize innovative solutions based on vertical market trends and customer feedback that deliver positive ROI to operators. Does the payment process take too long?

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