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One Year Later: Are We Still Turning Tables on Pay-at-the-Table?

Modern Restaurant Management

QR codes were invented in the 90s but didn’t pick up steam until 2011 – when smartphones became the ubiquitous devices they are today. However, can innovation teach these old dogs new tricks, or will a post-pandemic environment sunset this trend? The Quintessential QR Comeback. ” Pay-at-the-Table Adds Up, Especially with CX.

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14 Restaurant Management Tools to Make your Business More Efficient

7 Shifts

Reservation-tracking tools use your dining room’s capacity and floor plan, which helps prevent overbooking. As both fine dining and casual restaurants have been busy implementing new technology over the past several years, we can now see the real-life effects. Your team can also adjust reservations directly.

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More People Are Dining Out at Restaurants for Thanksgiving

Goliath Consulting

In fact, in 2011, 30 million Americans were expected to eat out on Thanksgiving. 1 Since 2011, some Americans have made ditching the prepping and cooking in the kitchen on Thanksgiving the new tradition. However, in 2022, this number might have just increased a bit more since 2011. Thanksgiving is all about timing.

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MRM People & Places: Cassoulet War, Zagat Stories and AQUAlounge

Modern Restaurant Management

With so many amazing new dining and entertainment experiences emerging around the world, it feels good to be a part of that revolution and to bring something unique back to San Diego.” Hunter also has plans for a robust dining program in partnership with San Diego’s top restaurants and caterers.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

Modern Restaurant Management

The new restaurants — as well as upgrades to existing locations — will adapt the company’s new, modern, and inviting “Fresh Forward” design and meet the needs of today’s consumer with comfortable guest indoor dining spaces as well as numerous delivery and order ahead options, with a strong digital first strategy.

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A Yum! Habit, Chasing DoorDash and BellaBot

Modern Restaurant Management

parent company of fast-casual restaurant chain The Habit Burger Grill, for approximately $375 million in a cash transaction. “As a fast-casual concept with strong unit economics, The Habit Burger Grill is a fantastic addition to the Yum! Beefing Up with Habit Acquisition. Brands, Inc. Gibbs, chief executive officer of Yum!

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A Highly Specific Guide to Barcelona’s Best Tasting Menus

EATER

How to go all-out on at least one meal in the tasting-menu capital of the world Fine dining has had a tough go in recent years. Instead, they began looking to street stalls, pubs, and casual bistros for culinary inspiration. This style of dining remains poignantly relevant here. Today the city of just 1.6 Monica Burton.