Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2024

Type of Restaurant Adults 18+ Fan of Mocktails Enjoy Mocktails Chain Restaurant 32 percent 54 percent 39 percent Local Restaurant 61 percent 46 percent 59 percent They are also much more likely to say they Frequently or Occasionally dine at every type of establishment from Fast Food to Bars.

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Additionally, he launched Big Chicken, a fast-casual concept that combines his love for comfort food with high-quality ingredients. Shaqs hands-on involvement in branding and expansion has made Big Chicken a rising player in the competitive fast-casual market.

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EATER

MARCH 12, 2025

At Trinas Starlite Lounge, the hot dog tower comes with five hot dogs, fries, and sauce | Trinas Starlite Lounge In this economy, the pricey seafood tower has given way to way to the hot dog tower For Trinas Starlite Lounge , the longstanding bar in Somerville, Massachusetts, 2024 was financially pretty rough. And then the election happened.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

based architecture and design firm / /3877, newly-available real estate offers prime locations and cheaper rent for fast casual restaurants such as taco shops and upscale burger joints. This has led to a growing appeal for unique dining experiences and fast-casual concepts. According to the hospitality experts at Washington D.C.-based

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. percent) than they do in casual restaurants (16.5 percent at fast casual restaurants. percent, from 16.93 percent to 17.32

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

US Foods Springs into Helping Bars and Grills. In other news, US Foods launched its Spring Scoop, “Raising the Bar: The Classics – Celebrated and Elevated.” In fact, 54 percent of diners consider new menu items important to their decision when selecting a restaurant, according to a recent US Foods survey.*

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

More recently, as chefs have been working up seasonal menus to highlight local specialties and homegrown bars have been remixing native spirits, Sri Lanka drew millions of tourists in 2024 , announcing the islands comeback on the global stage after a few years of economic uncertainty. Uncles Colombo gets to sleep early, but not Uncles.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Get it wrong—with a menu that doesn't fit the ambiance or pricey dishes not suited for the clientele—and would-be regulars will at best feel confused and at worst never return. Restaurant concepts define the overall theme or idea behind a restaurant, including cuisine, service style, music, and menu design. Menu design.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For casual dining habits at restaurants like Olive Garden: 56 percent said they ate at casual restaurants frequently or occasionally. 29 percent said they rarely ate at casual restaurants. Bar type restaurants such as Buffalo Wild Wings had a much higher “never” rating at 29 percent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But, if you have a playful style that could be embodied by a mascot character, consider developing a fun mascot figurehead to speak directly to your customers from your social media posts, signage, menu, website, and maybe even merchandise. Make it easy to find important things like your menu, location, phone number and hours of operation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2024

Moving to Interactive Menu Boards Speaking of dining being back – it’s back to being… different. We’ve seen this trend take off at many quick-serve or fast-casual chains, where displays and screens provide entertainment value for patrons as they wait for their meals or decide if they are staying for dessert.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

While there are clear benefits to an all-digital menu system, to get the most out them, you must first take a step back to re-examine what your menu means to you. Your menu: Part love letter, part manifesto, instructions for use and a bill of goods, all rolled into one. Should your menu move to the cloud?

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Have you ever walked into a restaurant, excited for a great meal, but the server can’t answer your questions about the menu? Without the right training, even the best menu or ambiance can fall short due to poor service, leading to dissatisfied customers and lost revenue. Let’s say you run a fast-casual restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Although the land, labor, and creativity of farm-to-table sourcing is so exciting and delicious, considerable operational disruption, scheduling, and menu management is still required to make it all a profitable business model. Restaurants will always be popular for date nights, and restaurants with bars will always attract the thirsty.

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ChowNow

JULY 19, 2024

A well-thought-out menu is more than just a list of dishes. A thoughtful menu also helps manage kitchen operations efficiently and can boost your profitability through strategic pricing and upselling opportunities. Are you creating a full menu, a breakfast menu, a brunch menu, or perhaps a seasonal or limited-time menu?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2024

At our Shannon Rose pubs, in addition to numerous bars available for dining, we have several different dining rooms where we have solo seating tables set up. It’s one reason we offer smaller portions at our Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2022

Most notably, consumer spending at restaurants appears to be holding-up relatively well this summer despite aggressive menu-price increases in the first-half of the year." Consumer spending at restaurants appears to be holding-up relatively well this summer despite aggressive menu-price increases in the first-half of the year.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Halloween celebration and spending is growing in the US Here are thirteen Halloween promotional ideas your restaurant and bar to boost sales this October, and for all the Octobers to come. Halloween Specials and Menu Ideas for Restaurants and Bars ????? Regular menu name. Halloween menu name. Tomato soup.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

” Creating Multi-Brand Platform of Premium Casual Restaurant Concepts. The concept is centered around a 900-degree coal fired oven, and its streamlined menu offers “well-done” pizza, coal fired chicken wings, homemade meatballs, and a variety of handcrafted sandwiches and salads. BurgerFi International Inc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

"The Great Resignation" that ramped up over the summer saw more than 706,000 food service workers leave their jobs in restaurants, dining facilities, bars, and hotels during May alone. In the best of times, restaurants have operated on thin margins to offer competitive menu pricing. How Tight Profit Margins Prevented Solutions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Ghost kitchen and virtual brands are prime strategies for this growth strategy, both of which require a thoughtful approach to menu design, production and fulfillment. Now thoroughly destigmatized, more bars and restaurants will include a dedicated non-alcoholic section on their beverage menus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

Adapting with a tighter, more focused menu to allow kitchens to better plan labor and prep needs and manage enhanced sanitation routines. Upserve’s “Intelligent Menu” capabilities use AI/ML to highlight the most successful online ordering menu items to increase sales and return customers.

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Clover - Restaurants

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Below are key strategies to help improve your happy hour menu and boost sales. Are you an established bar trying to boost traffic on a slow weeknight? With the right information, you can improve your happy hour drink specials to match your customers preferenceswhether they prefer craft cocktails, local beers, or classic bar drinks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“The challenge – and opportunity – for those in the Casual/Midscale category is to be more nimble so that they can also pivot quickly in response to changing circumstances. Having real-time data about how consumers are engaging with their ads can help them do that.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While that sounds amazing, Spain Wine Bar is not a mature restaurant yet and I expected it to be much higher than the previous year. We initiated our bottomless brunch menu on weekends, which actually helped us finish our weeks stronger than before. As of midyear, platform menu pricing was 19 percent above first-party menu pricing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2024

Casual Dining Preferences Market Force Information unveiled a survey on casual dining preferences across the United States highlighting shifting trends influenced by economic factors and evolving consumer tastes. One in 10 people currently work in foodservice, making it the nation’s second-largest private employer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth.

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2024

Train your staff to use ingredients efficiently and plan your menu to minimize waste. Customers sit down, order from a menu, and are served by waitstaff. These establishments often have a diverse menu and focus on high-quality service and ambiance. Bars Bars mainly serve alcoholic beverages and offer a limited food menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

White Castle’s brand is iconic, navigating new challenges to bring their menu to more customers, prepared in a healthier environment by staff in better working conditions that adhere to social distancing needs is something only Miso Robotics can do. We look forward to being a part of White Castle’s next 100 years.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

"Restaurants and bars with outdoor spaces will have the greatest chance of surviving a coronavirus downturn this year and for the rest, they may have to pivot to Plan B," said Robert R. They should consider leaving menus at the table instead of having the server take them. Pellegrini, Jr.

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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. IHOP® unveiled the latest plans to launch a pilot of its new fast-casual concept, flip’d by IHOP (flip’d).

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2023

Who among us hasn’t ordered food through a convenient mobile application, with menu choices ranging from not just quick-serve or fast-casual restaurants, but convenience stores as well? The location even offers a cold brew and tea bar, along with Slurpees, Big Gulps and a car wash.

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EATER

OCTOBER 26, 2023

But mixed in with these are decades-old noodle stalls, casual curry shacks, legendary restaurants, and bustling markets — most of which can be reached on foot, a rarity in Thailand. During this time, most of Phuket Town’s restaurants go meat-free, proclaiming the menu change with yellow banners.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Ideal menu price. To put it simply, your cost of goods sold is how much it costs you to produce a menu item. As you add together all of your menu items, you can determine the total cost of everything (to you) that you sell to your guests. Fast-casual: 28.9%. Casual: 33.2%. Upscale casual: 30.4%.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

The 31-year-old, fast casual, farm-to-table chain was doing well, prior to COVID-19. “We will also have fewer menu offerings due to a lower volume of customers and to ensure that the product remains high quality. Bar seating will be removed and reconfigured to allow six feet between bar stools.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Serai has been the trendsetter at the top of the game for a few years, now joined by Askal in Melbourne earlier this year and have just opened a rooftop bar called Inuman. This trend is not just in fine dining, but though positioning levels – bars/pubs, clubs, smart casual, fast casual, cafés, QSR and right down to impulse.

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Restaurant Business

MARCH 28, 2025

This weeks podcast features a conversation about Bar Louies bankruptcy, California Pizza Kitchens mid-life crisis, and Panera Breads new CEO. Also, more on Nvidia's partnership with Yum Brands, and Piada Italian Street Foods latest handheld menu item, which could be a gamechanger.

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