Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. But is B Corp certification something restaurants should pursue?

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

hadynyah/Getty Images A local food expert provides the ideal culinary tour of Sri Lanka, from the islands palm tree-lined beaches to its rolling highland tea plantations Floating just below the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is a stunningly verdant island cloaked in jungles. Travel around and youll be rewarded.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2021

With today’s food trends moving toward the direction of fresh, healthy, local, and sustainable, the term “plant-based” continues to enter the conversation on every playing field. Effectively educating those (bartenders, wait staff, back of the house, etc.) Choose a Versatile Plant-Based Protein.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

It also continues its rapid growth internationally by adding franchise development deals for France, Morocco, Egypt, Kuwait, and Bahrain to its international market now totaling 64 stores. In total, 165 stores are set to open. Randy’s Donuts is also in negotiations for dozens of stores throughout California and other states.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Every successful restaurant has one thing in common: they know exactly who they are serving. On the other hand, when you know exactly who your ideal customers are, you can craft an experience that resonates with customers on a deeper, emotional level, creating a connection that will keep them coming back for years.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2021

To position themselves for sustainable growth, restaurants must respond quickly. Brands have been pushing aggressively for higher levels of digital adoption, which provides access to first-party customer data and a lower cost to serve. Improve Back-Office Processes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

To embrace the opportunities of the new year, restaurants should prioritize three key resolutions: embracing new customer experiences, emphasizing sustainability initiatives, and revisiting fundamental aspects of their operations. Back-of-house operations also offer significant technological opportunities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

While the restaurant and foodservice industry added back 1.7M While the restaurant and foodservice industry added back 1.7M Additonally, ninety-six percent of operators experienced supply delays or shortages of key food or beverage items in 2021 – and these challenges will likely continue in 2022. million by the end of 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 22, 2024

Kafarakis also served as President of the Specialty Food Association (SFA) and Chief Innovation and Member Advancement Officer at the National Restaurant Association. The restaurant industry has dominated both the financial and front pages of late as Roark completed its acquisition of Subway and Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy. "This

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Restaurant employees had to pivot and consider looking at other industries for employment, so when restaurants opened back up, some of those employees didn’t return to the restaurant industry. The past five years have reinforced the critical intersection of digital and hospitality in the restaurant industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

With products now cleared for consumer sale in both the United States and Singapore, the cultivated meat industry is moving from proof of concept and early-stage R&D to a focus on demonstrating scalability, sustainable unit economics, and consumer and customer demand. The cultivated meat industry is entering its next chapter.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2020

Improving from 20 percent margin to a 35-percent margin on a $12 dish, serving five0 covers per night translates into a $90 net increase in profits, allowing for increased cash flow to sustain operations. For instance, a spot that usually serves tourists may need to adapt to a more local crowd. Optimize Inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

In this article, we discuss how restaurant design is changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight how we must rethink the consumer-facing footprint to make the restaurant experience more sustainable and bolster consumer confidence. In a post COVID-19 world, restaurant design must evolve and adapt to the new normal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

We’re continually learning about new and innovative ways to help our clients be more sustainable—whether that be choosing eco-friendly materials and fixtures or finding new products that use recycled or compostable packaging. Mark Hoefer, General Manager, Le Bilboquet Atlanta. “Will this look good on Instagram?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

Over the past few weeks, we have met with clients, attended roundtables, observed trends and polls, and have kept our creativity flowing, to develop design solutions to help sustain our food and beverage industry partners through COVID-19 and beyond. They are confident people want to go back to dining out and not be reminded of COVID-19.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

” Their answers touched on a variety of subjects including AI, virtual reality, virtual kitchens, staffing and retention, social media marketing, sustainability and third-party delivery. Elo’s Sonal Apte, vice president of retail and hospitality. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Whether its a loyalty program, strategic promotions, or email marketing campaigns, great marketing isnt just about attracting new customersits about keeping the ones you already have coming back. Every restaurant serves a unique customer base, and the more you know about them, the more effective your marketing efforts will be.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I t’s no secret that the key to sustainability in restaurants is managing limited resources and keeping your operations clean and safe. The bottom line: clarity around sustainability, food preparation and safety is essential. As consumers demand more transparency about sustainability, turn your operations into an advantage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

While staffing has always topped the list of restaurant owner/manager pain points, it now seems to be at crisis proportions. And the situation isn’t likely to improve soon as more competition in the battle for talent is anticipated. Robotics are being tested at every single position in the restaurant from cooks to table service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

For your restaurant, communications are limited to the closed circuit of your business, from the front-of-house to the kitchen. When you think of artificial intelligence, you might think of examples from science fiction like Terminator or The Matrix. Communications. Let’s take a look at a few that can directly benefit you today.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2023

The original design is a heavy timber replica of a six-beam Haida house—a traditional style of building by the Haida Tribe—which opened in 1939 as a Native American curio shop before serving as a restaurant space starting in 1945. The architects removed rotting elements, using the new building to wrap over half of the old.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2023

Which brings us back to the restaurant industry. Fast casual brands, like the one I currently work for – Modern Market Eatery – are increasingly taking over that space and earning a loyal following for their culinary flexibility and innovation that they can serve up at prices less than upscale dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Furthermore, a recent study by SaverLife sponsored by the FINRA Foundation found that savings balances above just $250 are correlated with increased housing security, ability to pay utility bills, and avoiding high-cost borrowing. “We are very excited about our partnership with SaverLife. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 5, 2022

Restaurants that incorporated digital solutions such as contactless ordering and delivery have been able to continue safely serving customers despite closures and shortages. To grow and sustain business, every restaurant needs to be able to quickly adapt to a changing world. Restaurants Must Prepare For Continued Disruptions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As brands place emphasis on creating a meaningful guest experience, robotics companies offering tools such as tech-enabled order taking or serving, should stop calling themselves ‘robotics’ as it will likely steer some operators, consumers and investors away. For part one, click here.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

WHAT THEY KNOW: [] Your employees know that the essential challenge is TRUST. [] Your employees know that preparing and serving food is only a part of what has kept customers coming back on a regular basis. We all know the challenges facing restaurants right now – there is little benefit in reiterating the problems.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Restaurant industry insiders offer their insights on F&B trends we can expect to see in 2024. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. The top items paired with ibuprofen included Cheesesteaks, Cognac, Nacho Fries, Bacon Egg and Cheese, and Cold Brew!

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Hardee's, and Panda Express are just some of the leading restaurant chains that have added plant-based items to their menus over the past 12 months, with Del Taco, Qdoba Mexican Eats, Red Robin, and Yard House adding additional items to their existing plant-based offerings. This data covers U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Few scenarios strike more fear into a restauranteur’s heart than the prospect of serving food to patrons that makes them sick. Tracing contaminated products back to the original source through the entire supply chain is usually the only way to find out what has caused or allowed the contamination to occur.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Across the restaurant industry, it’s no secret that expectations for service, sustainability, and satisfaction are higher than ever. Breaking up your workflow across front of house, back of house, and restrooms can help your staff confidently deliver a great meal and a memorable guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. The Pandemic Has Permanently Altered the Consumer-Restaurant Relationships. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off. 71 percent rely on delivery for 11 percent or more of sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

“Now, more than ever, restaurateurs need an effective and affordable way to promote their restaurants to new and existing customers so they can bring them back again and again. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp. TouchBistro acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2023

The addressable market ultimately needs to be large enough for these products; otherwise, you’ll likely end up with something niche, at best, which won’t serve the overall goal of scalability. He also worked closely with Dave Chang and Marguerite Mariscal on Momofuku’s extension into CPG. What makes a brand scalable?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Trend Two: Increasing the Importance of User-Generated Content (UGC) UGC serves as social proof and is more effective than direct advertising. At the beginning of the year, we like talking about trends. They seem like anchors for the new year. Trends create frameworks to understand where to start and what to focus on.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

EST. Alonso Castañeda , VP of Brand Development & Strategy for Savory Restaurant Fund, will discuss how the brands he works with have been able to take advantage of the current landscape to creatively serve customers. The Main Course. Restaurant of the Future Panel. 20 at 4 p.m. Brands Inc. for approximately $25 million.

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