Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2021

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 New Norm: Text to Order. These solutions work in tandem, making it easier than ever for customers to order and pay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

According to the 2021 State of the Restaurant Industry Mid-Year Update , more than 3 in 4 restaurant operators struggle with recruitment and retention, despite an increase in employment. Having a retail management tool with a mobile application, for instance, reduces the need for wait staff to move around when communicating with each other.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Digitize Your Ordering Function and Enhance Your Presence. Just prior to the pandemic, off-premises orders accounted for 60 percent of restaurant engagements, according to a National Restaurant Association report.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Winnow Raises $20M to Fight Food Waste. The company, with US offices located in Iowa City, has recently made headlines in the country, having been selected as a food waste innovator and recipient of the Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Kroger Foundation Grant. 63 million tons of food is wasted every year. ” Marc Zornes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

While the company has products specifically designed for each vertical, such as appointments, eCommerce, online ordering and reservation management, its uniqueness lies in offering high-powered capabilities that every business needs. sweepstakes that gives restaurant operators the chance to win a state-of-the-art mobile ordering system.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2021

Make sure any passwords on mobile devices are encrypted and strong. If debit or credit card information was exposed, credit monitoring is a waste of money—without a Social Security number, a new credit line cannot be opened via an exposed credit card alone. Use secure passwords and properly secure your WiFi network.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution. NCR Corporation added technology that builds diners’ confidence by empowering them to both order and pay via their own mobile device.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As we enter 2022, restaurants need to continue to stay as flexible as possible, learning from 2020 and 2021 while educating personnel and staying up-to-speed on current technological advancements and solutions that can help streamline operations and improve efficiency. Steve Fredette, Co-Founder and President at Toast.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

However, since the start of 2021, Randy’s has seen a wave of interest from both domestic and international franchisees. The Costa Mesa location, opened in March 2021 and the first in Orange County, sold over 100,000 donuts in its ten days. The company reported a 24 percent same-store sales increase in March 2021. "We

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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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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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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. Holsom by Yogurtland.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

These features include tableside mobile ordering, NFC contactless payments, and direct online ordering. They also have the choice of using the MarketConnect app to order and pick up from a designated shelf onsite, avoiding interactions and maintaining necessary social distancing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

In fall 2016 he signed a baseball contract with the New York Mets before returning to the NFL in 2021. Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices. Through it all, Tim's true passion remains the work of the Tim TebowFoundation, which he began in 2010.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

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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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

The idea of purchasing Dining Bonds seemed to strike a chord with the public as a way to provide much needed financial support in order to help restaurants stay in business. Dunkin’s transition to paper cups will remove approximately one billion foam cups from the waste stream annually. franchisees for use in their restaurants.

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EATER

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With her newest book One Fair Wage: Ending Subminimum Pay in America , published in the fall of 2021, Jayaraman furthers the movement. For example, Vianne explained, “DoorDash might offer a higher $12 delivery fee per order. Vianne once delivered a Starbucks order to one well-known celebrity. It was a big order.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

by the end of fiscal 2021. “Casinos are some of Procurant’s best customers, and this partnership with Yellofin helps us build upon that experience to bring state-of-the-art mobile food safety and task management technology to this fast-growing industry,” said Dave Hood, Vice President of Business Development, Procurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

In addition to allowing a safer, hands-free payment method, the system has been shown to make the ordering process quicker and more efficient. Additional, more comprehensive courses are slated for development in 2020 and early 2021. Orders can also be made at the plaza within the complex, using QR codes placed on outdoor tables.

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EATER

MARCH 17, 2022

Now, he’s back at Starbucks, and workers say he’s been involved in union-busting since the first stores in Buffalo organized in 2021. We get better together,” Schultz said in a 2021 letter to baristas after workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York announced their intent to unionize. “No

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

And Independence Day 2021 may be the busiest one yet, with 46% of American consumers reporting that they’re excited to dine out again as pandemic restrictions are loosened. With orders expected to surge on July 4th, make sure you have the right equipment and restaurant technology to safely accommodate big groups or process more online orders.

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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. This eliminates waste and decreases the load on inventory. Reduce Waste . Limiting the menu and cross utilizing the ingredients reduces waste to a great extent.

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Hot Schedules

JULY 8, 2021

Consumer Price Index research indicates rapid inflation in early 2021, so you could understand why operators are increasingly concerned. When inventory is tracked manually, patterns of waste — or theft — can fly under the radar. Increased food waste. Spreadsheets Breed Inaccuracy. Undetected theft. Inaccurate accounting.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 4, 2020

No one knows exactly what will happen in 2021, but if you are a restaurant owner or operator, it’s certain you are thinking ahead to what’s next for your business. Here are the top 12 operational challenges restaurant operators should expect in 2021: 1. Generating enough revenue to break even.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 27, 2022

In Hospitality Technology’s 2021 Customer Engagement Technology Study , it was found that 37% of diners prefer to dine at restaurants that do not have a paper/physical menu. A common guest complaint is that the wait time to order is too long. Improve Ordering Accuracy. Diners have embraced this new technology.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

For example, these common restaurant ingredients rose significantly in mid-December 2021 over the same period in 2020: Refined sugar – 31%. Your team must still take manual inventory by hand to account for spoilage, improper portioning, and waste. As a restaurant operator, you are trying to avoid wasted inventory at all costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

” Customers in Manhattan and Brooklyn can order Nathan’s Famous through any of the following restaurant delivery services: Grubhub, Seamless, UberEats, Caviar, Doordash, Postmates, and Deliver.com. Customers and businesses also have the option to order Nathan’s Famous for catering via EZcater and Forkable.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now also limits their disposal waste by using real plates, silverware and cloth napkins in-house and packaging all to-go orders in recyclable and compostable containers. The restaurant features technological innovations such as tabletop ordering and digital kiosks in an effort to appeal to a younger demographic.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 4, 2022

Many people use mobile apps to order and pay for products, including coffee, almost every day. Instead, customers place their orders through the chain’s mobile app, before opting for either pick-up or delivery. In December 2021, Luckin operated around 5,671 stores, while Starbucks China had some 5,400 locations.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 8, 2022

The 2018 Slovakian Coffee in Good Spirits champion also placed second in the 2021 Coffee Masters. The company plans to combine with Riverview Acquisition Corp, which raised US $250 million through an IPO in August 2021. Fairtrade launched its first Living Income Reference Price in 2021 for Colombian farmers. Rastislav Kasa?r

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 18, 2022

Coffee sales account for over 27% of Nestlé’s total 2021 sales. billion) in 2021. The NCA’s 2022 Spring National Coffee Data Trends report found 60% of the US population drinks coffee every day – a 14% increase since January 2021. This is the biggest daily decrease since 30 July 2021. Tue, 15 Mar.

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BNG Point of Sale

OCTOBER 7, 2021

They streamline processes to record stock, manage your menu and staff, deliver detailed sales readings, and effectively take orders while ensuring you achieve profit goals. The following are some of the key benefits restaurants experience with a POS system in place: Improved Ordering for More Sales. An Improved Customer Experience.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 5, 2021

A mobile POS or an mPOS (mobile point-of-sale) system is any internet-enabled smartphone or a tablet dedicated to performing the functions of an electronic point-of-sale terminal. . For the vast F&B market in the UAE, mobile POS systems are an asset. This is exactly what a mobile POS system has to offer.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

For example, these common restaurant ingredients rose significantly in mid-December 2021 over the same period in 2020: Refined sugar – 31%. Your team must still take manual inventory by hand to account for spoilage, improper portioning, and waste. As a restaurant operator, you are trying to avoid wasted inventory at all costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Looking to 2021 and beyond, there are a few predictions in the restaurant industry that almost everyone can agree on: people still want to eat healthier food and know where their food comes from. Mushroom-based options. Unique Cocktails, Drinks and Herbal Infusions. Quality Over Quantity (Fewer Offerings).

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million in 2021, to $974.9 It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 million tons in 2020 and 12 million tons in 2021. 71% of restaurant customers prefer to order food delivery directly from the restaurant rather than using third-party apps.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

With smart food ordering — meaning leveraging tech for inventory management and vendor selection — operators can cut down on food waste by 80%. For 62% of restaurants , automation could help fill critical gaps in managing orders. IMARC Group , 2022) Global food ordering is expected to top $365 billion by 2030. (

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