Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This past year saw the following trends: The Digital Revolution – In 2023, restaurants gravitated towards digitalization, embracing things like online ordering, mobile applications, and digital payment solutions. Food waste is a huge, expensive issue, with fresh foods often rotting on trucks during transport.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

Using technology to facilitate contactless payments, online ordering, and quick table rotation can increase consumers’ satisfaction and loyalty. Also, consider providing curbside, takeout, or delivery services in addition to flexible and quick ordering and delivery alternatives, including online, phone, or in-app ordering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 2, 2024

Restaurant leaders representing nearly 3,700 QSR, fast casual, casual dining, and fine dining locations shared 2024’s top challenges and opportunities alongside plans for investment in back-of-house technology, increased sales, and team training, benefits, and support. More than 68 percent reported implementing sustainability practices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. percent by 2024, and 2020 will be a catalyst year that could drive that number up. Minimizing food waste will continue to be a focus in 2020. ChowNow CEO Chris Webb.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2020

The weakest business categories varied by type and price point, and included stores selling mobile phones, shoes, and appliances. Delivery and To-Go orders are up 14 percent. While the Super Bowl is primed to be a big day for QSRs, it’s also an opportunity for fraudsters to take advantage of the surge in online orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 28, 2024

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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Qu

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

By helping kitchens prep exactly what they need, the Production Optimization Board reduces waste, speeds up service, and ensures fresher food. Value: By improving kitchen operations, the Production Optimization Board boosts speed of service while cutting down on food waste. The result?

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Sometimes called a virtual restaurant, virtual kitchen or cloud kitchen, a ghost kitchen is a food-service business that serves customers exclusively through online orders.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A modern Point of Sale (POS) system can help you do just that by cutting costs, reducing waste, and streamlining operations. Here are the 7 must-have POS features that can transform your business: Inventory Tracking : Reduce food waste by 10% with real-time stock management and automated alerts.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

In fact, 45% of restaurant operators expect their competition to be much more intense in 2024 than last year. Once in your customers' hands, this piece of paper can directly influence what your diners order and how much they spend in one sitting. The competition in the restaurant industry is getting tighter.

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SpotOn

DECEMBER 30, 2024

At the beginning of 2024, the NRA reported that 73% of operators expected profit to be less or the same over the year, with 38% saying they didn't make any profit in 2023. Handhelds enable servers to take orders and payments at the table instead of running to and from the POS, making them twice as efficient.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To give you the full picture of the positives and negatives of what lies ahead for 2024, we combed through dozens of recent industry reports and compiled a list of 93 restaurant industry statistics. Restaurant Industry Stats 2024 – Our Top 10 10 restaurant industry stats for 2024 to keep in mind. Let’s dig in. billion by 2030.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As we settle into 2024, the restaurant industry stands on the cusp of transformative changes, shaped by evolving consumer preferences, sustainability concerns, and a relentless pace of technological innovation. Restaurants that spotlight these offerings emphasize their commitment to reducing carbon footprints and supporting local economies.

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Qu

MARCH 12, 2025

Qu’s Winter Product Highlights offer diverse ordering options that bridge the physical and digital divide, including smarter drive-thru ordering, expanded online ordering (with curbside and tableside options), and more personalized kiosk ordering.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 18, 2022

Peetnik Rewards members can also purchase the Hazelnut Cold Brew Oat Latte through the mobile app. The chain is piloting reusable cup programmes in six international markets (including the US, UK, and Japan) to reach its goal of halving waste levels by 2030. COFE App acquires coffee ordering platform Kaffeen.

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Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 8, 2022

Mobile ordering app Orda partners with DoorDash. The app allows customers to order and pay at coffee shops, as well as receiving rewards from their purchases. Kua Coffee supports climate-adaptive farming and processing techniques, as well as developing coffee waste recycling schemes. Take a look.

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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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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

The F&B director works with the order forms, the COO analyses the profit and loss statements, the inventory manager checks the stock counts, the executive chef works in the recipes database and so on. Keep track of internal orders by digitally managing stock transfers between units.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Everyday more and more people are using their phones and other devices to order food for delivery or pick-up. Their setup, layout and location [lean, focussed and near the target audience] make them better suited to handle online orders. That’s where tech comes in. We wouldn’t either. The interest goes both ways.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The pandemic has altered consumer behavior, from how people order restaurant food, where they can eat, and their perception of third-party delivery companies. 21 percent of those ordering restaurant delivery in the past month are new users. “Which is why loyalty is more critical than ever in this sector,” noted Passikoff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Each Station is powered by Sharebite’s enterprise-ready technology platform, enabling companies to centrally manage employee food ordering and facilitate contactless deliveries at designated drop-off points inside office buildings. Toast unveiled the next generation of its mobile handheld point of sale: Toast Go® 2.

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