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. In addition to the emergence of indoor dining, it explores rising competition between fast food and fast casual restaurant brands with COVID restrictions loosening.

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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. In March 2022 alone, sales for meal delivery services increased six percent year over year, collectively, with 51 percent of U.S.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Participants in MyChange with SaverLife receive access to the national SaverLife platform and the opportunity to participate in national savings challenges, access financial education articles, engage in forums and accumulate redeemable points for a chance to win prizes. “We are very excited about our partnership with SaverLife. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

In a State of the Restaurant industry report, the Natiional Restaurant Association sees a return to normal with predicted sales growth in 2023. Other top research lists how impactful the Super Bowl was for restaurants, the state of gift cards and top pizza cities. million by the end of 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As with most other industries, the biggest talking point for restaurants in 2023 has been artificial intelligence. . Each year, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asks experts for their views on the state of the industry. Here are some of their insights. Click here for the first part.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

The brand’s commitment to each guest service experience is the focal point of upcoming menu innovation, value-based choices, and a portfolio of new organic food and beverage educational content. Additional 2020 Award Recipients: Top Delivery Sales : Lance and Blake Condray, Campbell, CA. million guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2022

Of these, one of the biggest challenges facing independent, franchised and fast-casual restaurants is staffing. A good starting point for addressing many issues is use of a manager’s log. A recent article in The New York Times cited a 5.7-percent Team meetings can also be extremely helpful. Managers are already busy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. Pizza Ordering Predictions HungerRush released the results of a national dining survey on 2024 pizza ordering predictions for The Big Game (February 11) and National Pizza Day (February 9). Fifth place goes to guacamole.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list. “We owed this rebrand to our fan-base of customers, franchisees and budding investors to experience our brand in an optimized and energized way.” ” Ike's Loves Bangin' Buns.

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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. s operations.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

By Kateryna Reshetilo, Contributor Are you a restaurant owner looking for ways to keep up with the fast-changing demands of your customers? billion in 2022 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3% Comprehensive analytics dashboard for insights into customer preferences and sales trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“The concepts are designed with our consumer in mind and position our stores to grow sales within and outside the four walls, while reducing buildout costs for franchisees.” ” Many of the concepts are designed to grow off-premise sales, including ghost kitchen formats and smaller takeout footprints as low as 1,000 sq.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Expert Market’s survey results also revealed that labor shortages have been cited as a top concern for nearly a quarter (23 percent) of US F&B businesses, top chart. This insight highlights staffing issues as a concerning and current challenge faced by US F&B businesses. percent, it is yet to reach pre-pandemic levels of around 1.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

Augustine, Florida, a new self-serve store in Bayonne, New Jersey, focused on catering with a late-night walk-up window, and a counter-service store in Navarre, Florida, that will appeal strongly to tourists. "This New Design for Freddy's.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

Pizza is King The report states that “pizza, as a percentage of food sales, is 80% higher in nearly half of the pizzerias (48.6%).” This increase in sales can be attributed to factors such as the growing popularity of plant-based toppings. The same applies to point-of-sale (POS) systems and kitchen automation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

“Both full-service and fast food restaurant customers are skewing a bit more toward higher income levels and college graduates,” says Forrest Morgeson, Associate Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University and Director of Research Emeritus at the ACSI. Olive Garden is next among major chains, up four percent to 83.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Among the highlights: On or Off Prem Same-store catering transactions increased +71 percent in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Overall, “large parties,” or a party with eight or more guests, had a +2 percent increase in same-store transactions in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Total tips averaged 18.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New & Notable spotlights the latest news restaurateurs need to know. TEAM Schostak Family Celebrates Anniversary and Employees. TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more.

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Black Box Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Comp Sales -3.2% Comp Traffic Best Region: New England Best Segment: Family Dining Best Cuisine: Breakfast Worst Region: NY-NJ Worst Segment: Fast Casual Worst Cuisine: Sandwich The December 2024 Restaurant Industry Trends + A Year in Review 2024 saw many ups and downs. Same-store sales growth in December: -0.3%

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. Sales growth held strong for the restaurant industry this September – continuing a two-month streak of positive gains after unseasonably low sales growth results in June and July. from August 2022. reported in August.

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Qu

MARCH 28, 2025

This marked a significant milestone, as the restaurant industrytraditionally underrepresented at such eventsemerged as a focal point of technological innovation. This distributed approach creates resilience while enabling the speed and intelligence needed in today’s fast-paced restaurant environment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature resources to help restaurants survive the winter weather and the learning how to improve bread-baking skills. Make it This Winter. US Foods Holding Corp. " US Foods has also officially rebranded its "Make It Now" site as "Make It This Winter." Step Up to The Table.

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Black Box Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. Restaurant Sales & Traffic Growth Softening Again, Likely Signaling Tougher Times Ahead. However, when looking more granularly at the data, same-store sales growth was -3.4% percentage point drop. year over year in November.

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SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Restaurant profit margin calculator How to lower restaurant costs How to increase restaurant sales Gross and net profit margins for restaurants In restaurants, profit margin is the percentage of revenue left over after expenses and costs are taken out. We all know it. Restaurant profit margins are pretty low.

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Restaurant Sales Growth Rebounds – Posting Best Month Since March 2022 . Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. How did the restaurant industry perform in August 2022? High Prices, Large Check Growth Fuels Increase in Sales Despite Declines in Traffic .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features the National Restaurant Association, Absolute Brands, Bacardi, Tito's Vodka, Yum! Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. New Level of Hot Dog.

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Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2022

Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. Sales and traffic growth face difficult laps from 2021’s release of pent-up demand and stimulus. Sales and traffic growth face difficult laps from 2021’s release of pent-up demand and stimulus. percentage points compared to last month.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. After experiencing the softest sales growth results in over a year during this past June and July, the restaurant industry has since enjoyed a strong rebound in its sales that started in August and has extended into October.

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Black Box Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. On the surface, 2023 started off extremely well for restaurants, with sales and traffic growth experiencing a remarkable improvement compared with previous months. As a result of these easy comparisons, same-store sales jumped to +14.2%

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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. These challenges have been especially taxing on the restaurant industry and its more than 13.5 Rise of Ghost Kitchens.

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Black Box Intelligence

JULY 26, 2022

New data from Black Box Intelligence confirms fewer price hikes positively impacts intent to return; leads to increase in guest traffic and sales. Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. Same-Store Sales Growth Lowest Since February 2021. Same-store sales growth was +1.6%

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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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Foodable

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Listen to "Digital Consumer Trends 2022" on Spreaker. Three Key Points: It's no secret that consumers drive the trends. Brands will need to continue to enhance their digital business to keep consumers connected in order to create loyalty and drive sales. In fact, keeping up with modern consumer trends has become a necessity.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

consumers say they would order plant-based meat items in quick-service or fast-casual restaurants. Plant-Based Chorizo in Chipotle’s 3,000+ Restaurants In 2022 Chipotle added plant-based chorizo to its menu (for a limited time). In the U.S., As of 2021, the total addressable market in the U.S. We Can Help.

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Foodable

MARCH 29, 2022

Instacart still could be overvalued relative to DASH, however, as its revenue growth, last year was less than a third of DoorDash’s, 21% versus 69%, while its price-to-sales ratio is more than 50% higher at 13x compared to DASH’s 7.5x. Fast Casual Drive-Thru? March 18, 2022)). on Spreaker. Foodable Labs Sentiment: 78.64

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