7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The shrunken labor pool inflation, turnover, and technology, all make up the stew that operating a restaurant is in 2023. As CNBC reported earlier this year , the hospitality sector is seeing wage growth, particularly in the fast food and fast casual segments.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This includes raising wages, boosting benefits such as offering early wage access, and leveraging technology to improve scheduling, automate processes and streamline operations, ensuring a seamless shift every time. 2022 will be the year where the restaurant industry shows the world how flexible and techno-savvy it really is.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 3, 2021

From converting to fast casual to offering meal kits to ghost kitchen-driven expansion, restaurants are meeting customers where they are (mostly at-home!), Fast casual is king With dining rooms effectively shut down early last year (many of them still limited), restaurants had to rethink how they would be serving hungry diners.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 16, 2022

With that team, they've built a brand of 11 locations serving fresh, fast, and healthy food to the Atlanta metro area. They have been featured in QSR magazine's “ 40/40 List of America's Hottest Startup Fast Casuals" for 2020 and made Atlanta Business Chronicle's “Fastest Growing Companies” in 2022 list. † gusto!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2022

"Like so many industries, full-service and fast-casual restaurants are feeling the impact that inflation is having on their business and guest count. These regulations vary by state and restaurant owners should be sure they are aware of their state’s policy before adding service fees to customer tickets.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 26, 2023

There is a widespread new appreciation for restaurants, an encouraging sign for the future, according to The Bank of America 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report. How would you characterize 2022 for restaurants? In 2021, restaurants saw a rebound, leading many to approach 2022 with rose colored glasses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Fast forward to 2022. Who makes the magic happen?

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Restaurant Technology Guys

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

TaKorean, a fast-casual Korean-inspired concept with Latin-American influence, was founded by Mike Lenard in 2010 to bring a fresh twist on Korean flavors to the Washington DC food scene. Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast Ep. Restaurant Technology Guys Podcast Ep. The post 167.

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Foodable

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Listen to "Digital Consumer Trends 2022" on Spreaker. Startups will need to focus on quality and innovation to overcome labor, technology, and equipment challenges when building out their units. Brands will need to continue to enhance their digital business to keep consumers connected in order to create loyalty and drive sales.

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Foodable

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In this special keynote session from Fast Casual Global , host and pioneer of the fast casual segment, Paul Barron, explores how Consumer insights and brand connections will create the next phase of growth in food service. alone, and Globally fast casual revenue is estimated at approximately half a trillion dollars.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

In addition to the emergence of indoor dining, it explores rising competition between fast food and fast casual restaurant brands with COVID restrictions loosening. “The data strongly signals long wait times are a vulnerability for fast food restaurants as they compete for customers. . Fast food reigns supreme.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Nowadays, vegan food is becoming normal in restaurants and fast food joints. Bn at an impressive 22 percent CAGR in 2022. Plant-based eating was previously limited to some selected restaurants and casual cafes. percent CAGR between 2022 and 2032, and Plant-Based Milk sales will grow ~ 2x by 2032, says Future Market Insights.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 7, 2022

2022 might have been QSR’s best year yet: Covid’s impact on restaurant operators dwindled, and despite inflation soaring, quick-service restaurant operators reported record sales. . The past year brought new restaurant technology, limitless LTOs, spicy celebrity collaborations, and innovation beyond our imaginations!

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In terms of trends, it is clear that in 2023 technology will continue to shape and enhance the restaurant industry and we will see operators adopting new technologies to create an even more seamless and frictionless experience for guests, while still maintaining unique and engaging dining experiences. For part one, click here.

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Foodable

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this session from Fast Casual Global , host Paul Barron chats with Josh Chanin, Energy Efficiency Consultant of California Energy Wise and Jonah Goldman, Co-founder, Director of Strategic Marketing of PLNT Burger , to explore the reasons why emerging and startup brands are the new pioneers on how restaurants will be created.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 15, 2023

QSRs, coffee shops, fast-casual restaurants, and full-service establishments all have one more opportunity to win over new diners and achieve record revenues. percent more than in 2022. The holidays are restaurants’ version of the Olympics; these final weeks are their last chance to surge forward.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. Technology has clearly played a huge role in restaurant modernization, especially in light of the pandemic.

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The Restaurant Times

JULY 6, 2023

Today, David is responsible for all aspects of franchise development and operations for Capriotti’s, scaling a recently acquired fast-casual concept Wing Zone to new heights. Capriotti’s has received numerous awards, including the Franchise Innovation 2020 Award and being named in the Top 100 Movers and Shakers by Fast Casual.

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Qu

MARCH 31, 2023

Restaurant leaders today find themselves in a rush to optimize every individual part of their operations while overcoming cost pressures, supply chain challenges, and technology proliferation. Sadly, the tower of technology tools is stacked so high that managing the entire system has become burdensome (and exhausting ).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2022

The entire industry was forced to adopt a decade’s worth of delivery and curbside technology in a matter of months just to stay functional as consumers first battled lockdowns and later their own hesitancy to return to dining-in. Consumers too squeezed the industry, particularly in the early days of the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Nearly all restaurateurs (98 percent) believe AI will solve some of their staffing challenges, particularly around food prep and delivery management (42 percent), voice ordering technology (41 percent), predictive ordering and inventory management (39 percent), and food prep robots (38 percent). percent in 2023.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 1, 2022

Advertised as a place for “uninterrupted private meetings between decision-makers and solution providers,” BITAC allows for several in-depth conversations between attendees and suppliers of equipment , furnishings, and technology needed to scale and sustain a restaurant business. Topics: Restaurant Equipment and Technology.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Other casual dining concepts involve similar investments; for example to open a Chilis franchised unit the opening cost is $3.4 Wendy’s is among the most expensive fast food restaurant franchises, at an approximate cost of $2.8 The total investment to open a Buffalo Wild Wings ranges around $3.5

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QSR Automations

APRIL 29, 2024

In the fast-paced world of restaurant management, making sure everything runs smoothly and customers are satisfied is key. With ConnectSmart® Host, restaurants can stay ahead of the curve by leveraging technology to streamline operations, empower staff, and exceed customer expectations.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Whether owning or renting, the combination of 12 interest rate increases since May 2022, looming fixed rate mortgage cliff and predictions of one more rate increase before year end – interest rate impacts will continue to dominate cost of living pressures. decline in the F&B business survival rate, 2nd highest of all sectors.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Whether owning or renting, the combination of 12 interest rate increases since May 2022, looming fixed rate mortgage cliff and predictions of one more rate increase before year end – interest rate impacts will continue to dominate cost of living pressures. decline in the F&B business survival rate, 2nd highest of all sectors.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MAY 3, 2024

Restaurant Advisory Services … BUT SOME CASUAL DINING RESTAURANT CEOs ARE USING THE RIGHT STRATEGIES TO BOOST SALES… The casual dining sector recovered in 2023, and many chains recorded healthy same-store sales growth (leading the pack were Texas Roadhouse, Maggiano’s, and Kura Sushi USA).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

The new model will launch in 2022 and enables the company to advance work-life-balance for employees, while enhancing the workability and connectivity of the Restaurant Support Center teams. Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices.

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Foodable

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this session from Fast Casual Global , host Paul Barron sits down with Atul Sood, Chief Business Officer, of Kitchen United to discuss how understanding third-party delivery will be a key strategy long into the future and how innovators are creating entirely new business sectors in food service today.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

JULY 29, 2022

Restaurant robotics is a term that is used to describe the use of technology in restaurants to automate certain tasks. And even though there are only 1 service robots for every 1,500 restaurants (globally, as of 2022), many are coming out of the prototype phase and can do almost anything a human can.

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Foodable

JANUARY 14, 2021

Three Key Points: Do not expect normalcy to return until 2022. Businesses that survived 2020 implemented delivery and takeout systems , turned to ghost kitchens, and invested in other technology that lowers staffing requirements. Fast casual is going to struggle without drive-thrus and other convenient options for pickup.

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Qu

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

… but it IS vastly: Different / Changed Evolving Struggling Misunderstood (it’s not about Hardware) Under-served (from a Technology & Innovation standpoint) At Qu we’ve been all about going “Beyond POS” since we rebranded using that tagline in 2018. The results speak for themselves: So, the Fact is … POS is NOT Dead.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The fast-casual brand continues to grow amid the pandemic and is on track to open more than 30 restaurants this year. The program’s goal is to create 100 Black-owned franchise restaurants by the end of 2022 and to continue growing that number. With drive-thru equipped buildouts as low as 1,200 sq. Holsom by Yogurtland.

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The Restaurant Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The COVID-19 restaurant trends seen now will likely continue well into 2021 and perhaps even 2022. Whatever the reason, likely a combination of these, it is unlikely that this shift will reverse before 2022. The restaurant industry is increasingly turning to technology to help streamline changes and maximize profits.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

AUGUST 15, 2023

Hotel sales grew 23% over 2022, and Restaurants & Cafés grew by 17%. In the UAE, the three largest segments among limited-service restaurant chains (usually overlapping what’s popularly called fast-food) are Burger, Chicken, and Bakery. Other times, there are just overlooked gaps in the market. Maximize Value.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2022

In particular, supply chain disruptions and staffing shortages – whether due to resignations or illness – are forcing quick service and fast casual restaurants to adapt quickly to changing conditions. Former competitors are now part of the same umbrella company.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. . " Pielogy Expands in Ohio. Saladworks in 2020.

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