EATER

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Restaurants are critical to economic recovery in a community, Button says, citing the importance of supporting other local businesses, too. Repurposing 2,000 pounds of food per week, Refferito Harlem operates food pantries and hosts regular three-course dinners catered to lower-income communities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Restaurants are serving guests who are more digitally enabled than ever before. They expect digital ordering options, on-demand choices and services that cater to their online lifestyle. This way, operators can create highly personalized, almost predictive, guest experiences. The Rise of Digital Channels. Full-Speed Ahead: 2021.

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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. Along with furthering their technological investments, operators are also altering their physical restaurant locations to cater to delivery. 55 percent plan to add more space for pick-up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2021

“A lot of restaurants are making it compulsory for the guests to be fully vaccinated, this is in tune with World Health Organization guidelines,” said Brad Cummins, founder of Insurance Geek, an insurance services platform. “As for their own businesses, 94% of respondents expressedoptimism about a recovery.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Restaurateurs who are able to innovate their offerings and cater to both delivery and in-person needs will be in the opportune position to survive this moment of despair in the industry. Smart solutions have taken a forefront role in spearheading the COVID-recovery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Data findings in the series have offered insight into customer expectations to support restaurant brands as they navigate through the health crisis and continue to move forward through the recovery. These closures presented the surviving brands with the opportunity to acquire new guests. Download the report here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news of the expected pent-up demand from guests, the Great Restaurant Restart and delivery trends. Additional key findings from the survey include: Over a third (38 percent) of respondents plan to have between 1-20 guests, with 32 percent planning to have under 50.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Altering seating arrangements to improve spacing between guests. Contactless delivery and drop off for catering. Takeout For Good.

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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 The company has 12 new U.S. locations opened in the past year and six additional locations set to open in the coming months.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2021

Guest Intent Shows Positive Trend. While the recovery has not been universal or consistent – due to geographical, economic, and household differences – there are a number of key overarching trends. In fact, 67 percent of all SMBs fear that inflation will hurt their recovery. Online sales grew 19.9 percent and 95.6

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Among the highlights: Online Ordering sales of pizza (+9 percent), burgers (+10 percent), and fried chicken (+5 percent) were up from last year, but the largest trend in online ordering was sandwiches and wraps as guests give up on slapping bread together at home and restaurants pivot to menu items that travel well. Restaurant trends.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2020

With the industry’s recovery expected to be sluggish, some even estimating that the full recovery could take years (1), there’s little doubt that this trend of off-premise dining will continue to grow in 2021. Consumer behavior has also shifted, many preferring contactless options and off-premise dining than dining in.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

OpenTable will recommend which actions restaurants can take like running a marketing campaign or managing guest reviews to help them grow their business. And, on Election Day, Nando’s will provide free catered meals to poll workers in Nando’s USA communities, as a thank-you to our dedicated poll-working volunteers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

Matthew Crompton, CGA’s Client Solutions Director, Americas said: “Recovery is well and truly here, and for many states sales may be close to returning to normal levels. “Let us assume that operators were able to better meet the needs of those 30 percent of guests who are under-whelmed by the beverage program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“Over the past 40 years, TSFR has developed a strong reputation as a leader in the restaurant industry and fostered a talented and engaged team that delights our guests,” said Mark Schostak, Executive Chairman at TSFR. The companies will launch a two-way integration. ” As part of the week-long celebration across its U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

As part of the effort, KitchenAid is partnering with JBF to create more possibilities in the kitchen for culinary professionals as they face a difficult recovery. “We have had great success with this new tool, and we know that our guests appreciate it as well. . "In " Trabon and MenuTrinfo Team Up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Catering has become a major aspect of our business, which we believe has significant upside. “We could not have done this without collaboration with outside brands who have helped to bring the Flavor of New York to more guests through Nathan’s Famous, Wings of New York and Arthur Treacher’s.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

Hotel guests said they feel “extremely safe” knowing a hotel room is cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants compared to leading consumer brands1. Diminishing Customer Satisfaction With Restaurants May Hamper Recovery Efforts. says it is clear that the restaurant industry is well on its way to recovery.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In a webinar as part of Toast’s Restaurant Recovery Series , co-sponsored by 7shifts and our trusted partners at XtraChef , we gathered restaurateurs from around the country to discuss new ways of managing staff, new service and compensation models, and how COVID-19 has impacted their business. When they reopened, it was with 75% less staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Guests may enjoy a variety of seating arrangements, two bars, as well as private cabanas and daybeds offering bottle service and other five-star experiences. Hunter also has plans for a robust dining program in partnership with San Diego’s top restaurants and caterers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Hospitality Recovery Coalition. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) announced the formation of the Hospitality Recovery Coalition with the goal of supporting on-premise partners, including restaurants, bars and distilleries, facing harsh economic impacts due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

According to 7shifts’ Restaurant Data Hub , New York restaurant sales recovery has been slower than the overall United States (and Canadian) average. We’re focusing on our guests’ safety, health and well-being. Using guest engagement platforms. While providing social distancing, we want to give people pleasant things to look at.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

” The Long Road to Recovery. Asia Center for Tourism and Hospitality Research, the road to recovery could still be a long one. “Restaurants should consider alternative ways of driving guests back to make up for the loss in gift card sales,” said Paytronix President and CEO Andrew Robbins. "In the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

Tripadvisor launched the first of several initiatives to provide immediate economic support to our local communities, enabling diners and travelers to assist in the long term recovery of travel and hospitality businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Tripadvisor

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Don’t overlook children’s menus – having one or two plant-based options available ensures every guest gets to enjoy something. Adding ‘low calorie’ courses, or actual menus catered to minimal but tasty offerings, have proven successful and even boost profitability. b3lineicon|b3icon-trees|?|Trees. Sustainability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Tock businesses that offer more than standard reservations see an average of 80 percent more repeat guests. Notably, on average, 90 percent of guests who book an experience at a business, book another experience on a future visit. Recruitment costs in food services rose by 13.10 The year-over-year increase of 21.64

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Foodable

JULY 13, 2021

“As we moved through the pandemic, we realized we needed a seamless platform—one system that was accessible via web, app, or catering that customers could use for ordering. So we switched over to a new platform that enables a more seamless guest experience,” says Magid. These systems live side by side with third party delivery.

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Black Box Intelligence

MARCH 10, 2020

The newly launched Restaurant Recovery Sales Flash is open to all operators. As of Saturday, May 9, on average almost 30% of the restaurants operated by the companies that participated in our Restaurants Recovery Sales Flash survey opened their dining rooms in some capacity. Collected and distributed 3 times per week.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

After experiencing a slow recovery, west coast brands have figured out how to increase restaurant sales, and are starting to see growth. The pandemic recovery is rapidly evolving and we’ll continue to track restaurant sales statistics across the industry. And food prices are rising overall, with restaurants outpacing grocers.

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Cheetah

APRIL 26, 2021

In fact, the industry is set on a quick recovery. Unlike traditional restaurants, food trucks can try different ways to take food straight to the guests and capitalize on many people staying and working from home. However, unlike brick-and-mortar restaurants, indoor regulations didn’t impose any restrictions on food trucks.

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

To drive your growth rate higher, implement marketing and social media tactics that will help you win over new guests or find ways to get current guests to come in more frequently. To learn how you can make changes like these to drive restaurant sales, consider using a guest intelligence tool that will help you eliminate guesswork.

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EATER

JANUARY 18, 2022

But then the noises of dining returned, along with brand-new sounds: Home bakers zipped by delivering bite-sized Nyonya kueh, private chefs warmly greeted guests for home-cooked meals, and proud locals paraded culinary tours through plates of nasi lemak and char kuey teow. But it was COVID-19 that cemented Mallorca’s locavore credentials.

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Foodable

APRIL 29, 2020

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date for the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. Three Key Points: Inventing news offerings to provide guests with experiences, rather than just food or drinks, is key to surviving. Where do bars fit in on the other side of this pandemic?

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Foodable

JULY 2, 2020

Check out the Restaurant Recovery Resource to keep up to date for the latest innovations and ideas to help your business recover from the crisis. In this episode of The Barron Report, host Paul Barron sits down with frequent Foodable guest Andrew Horowitz, the president and founder of Horowitz & Company.

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Black Box Intelligence

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And with Guest Intelligence you can monitor and manage customer feedback specifically for delivery, to-go, and curbside. 2-year growth rate metrics published weekly during coronavirus recovery for more accurate performance benchmarking. Interested in seeing our products in action? Request a demo here.

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EATER

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Where other trattorias might have a photo gallery of celebrity guests, a closer look at the Gigi’s photo wall reveals the black-and-white portraits are fellow Atlanta chefs and other friends of the team, as if to say, “When you’re a part of this community, you’re family.”. Rachel P.

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