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The Evolution of Restaurant Technology: What’s Next?

Modern Restaurant Management

We started doing to-go orders but that was still through your POS. So you’d get them back and then try to remember what happened six weeks ago that made your food costs high. In 2005 when I started, we had OpenTable for reservations and a POS, but that's about it. We want to help automate nightly produce ordering.

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Consumer Dining Survey: Sales Inching Up; Basket Size Trending Down

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percent, the highest it's been since November 1981, not to mention the sharpest monthly increase the country has seen since 2005. In the 2022 Q2 Trends Report , nearly one in three consumers reported ordering "more or much more" from their favorite QSRs (up from 21 percent in Q1). QSR net sales are up 1.4 percent YOY.

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Veganuary and Beyond: Capitalizing on Growing Plant-Based Trend

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Many would not think a comfort-food classic like mac and cheese could be adapted for vegan palates, but fast-growing franchise I Heart Mac & Cheese recently launched new vegan menu plant-based options through a partnership with Beyond Meat, and created a homemade modified cheese sauce for vegetarian/vegan guests. Phoenix Saute.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

You have countless things to do and countless people to please, and while orders might be low now, it won’t be long before it feels like you’re just surviving through shifts. Published: 2005 ?? 90% of restaurants fail, and it’s not because of poor food. Goodreads: 4.23 Let’s face it, restaurant management is a tough job.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news about an influx of catering orders, the topic of tipping, the rise of kiosks and affordable Michelin restaurants. Of that increase, 30 percent came through Catering Online Ordering, which launched in Q3 2023. On average, catering orders ticket sizes in Q4 2023 were $160.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Randy’s Donuts Plans Rise and Burger King Makes Sustainable Commitment

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. “After almost four decades of learning and growing, our company has decided it’s time to go back to what first brought people to our brand – and that includes offering bolder-than-ever Tex-Mex food and pulling together design elements that are inspired by On The Border’s legacy. Freddy's Names CEO.

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The Great Birria Boom

EATER

How two Mexican-American birrieros made the beloved dish a sensation in America In 2005, two Mexican-American teenagers from LA met at the fair in Coatzingo, Puebla, during Semana Santa, or Holy Week, a time when countless Mexican-American families head back to their family’s hometowns all over Mexico to visit relatives.