Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2024

Online food delivery thrives as phones become one-stop shops for ordering and tracking meals. This convenience has made the online food delivery market massive, with global revenues of over $1 trillion in 2023 alone. They must choose whether to use third-party online ordering platforms or handle delivery in-house.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 20, 2025

The challenges can be overwhelming, from managing multiple orders to coordinating staff and ensuring timely deliveries. You’re handling inventory, coordinating staff, and managing delivery routes, but everything seems to take twice as long as it should. Growing a restaurant or catering business is no small feat.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Is your delivery operation disorganized? If managing food delivery feels more like a headache than a revenue stream, youre not alone. With 52% of consumers saying that ordering out is essential to their lifestyle, every restaurant that wants to stay competitive must offer delivery.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

If youre one of the thousands of restaurants that added online food delivery in recent years, you might be wondering: is it actually helping my business grow? These metrics give you a clear picture of your delivery performancefrom order volume and customer retention to delivery speed and profitability.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Managing multiple third-party delivery platforms can feel like running several businesses at once. In this article, well show you how to consolidate your delivery apps into one system so you can end tablet chaos, improve takeout operation, and ensure customers get their food fast, hot, and, most importantly, accurate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2022

The food and grocery delivery space is booming – and it shows no signs of slowing down. Data collected from receipts and other publicly available sources in a January report shows a clear takeaway for quick service restaurants (QSRs): percentage-based discounts are winning the food delivery space. Percentage-Based Discounts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2024

Here’s the scene of a restaurant using third-party delivery… Dine-in customers walk into the smell of delicious food, but the atmosphere feels more like a busy train station than a place to eat. Drivers who are trying to be more efficient are even batching orders themselves – picking up multiple deliveries at once.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 11, 2022

Accurate inventory management is crucial to running a successful business because it directly impacts a company’s bottom line and is key to maximizing profits. Built by a former Subway franchisee, GoVentory automates the inventory management process by utilizing GS1 Standards to achieve optimal supply chain visibility.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2023

Less than two decades ago, restaurant-quality meal delivery was largely limited to pizza and Chinese takeout. Today, the global food delivery app industry is predicted to reach $320 billion by 2029 — up from $140 billion in 2022. When it comes to delivery, you can take the process into your own hands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

” noises chirping from veritable command centers of tablets in restaurants throughout the country have become a ubiquitous symphony thanks to the staying power of third-party delivery apps offering unparalleled convenience and accessibility to consumers. Let your compassion and preparedness shine.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Fast food and food delivery gradually began changing that equation. Due to the manual review process and human intervention required, the process could take days before an interview was scheduled with a hiring manager. The restaurant experience was once solely comprised of human-to-human, in-person experiences.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Have you noticed how food delivery apps are becoming essential in attracting and retaining diners? In this article, we’ll show you exactly how to create a food delivery app tailored to your restaurant’s needs, while staying competitive in a booming industry. The global online food delivery market size was valued at USD 221.65

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. When consumers order more food online, it’s clearly good for business – but it can also make it harder for businesses to manage inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2022

The prominence of food delivery and service robots has increased in the overall restaurant industry. In this blog, we will discuss the changing face of the restaurant industry as a result of the introduction of food delivery and service robots. Contactless Food Delivery- Robots Taking Over the Streets.

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ChowNow

MARCH 20, 2025

Keeping menus updated across various online ordering systems and third-party delivery apps can feel like a never-ending game of catch-up. Instead of constantly playing defence with menu updates, imagine a centralized system that allows you to make menu changes instantly across every delivery app and direct ordering platform.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

In this guide, youre going to learn: The key components of effective restaurant operations management Common challenges restaurant owners face (and how to solve them) Best practices to run a more efficient and profitable restaurant Lets explore what it takes to manage restaurant operations like a pro.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Inefficient restaurant inventory management practices, improper storage, gaps in inventory logs, theft, and waste can cause even the most successful kitchens to struggle or fail. Below are the top seven inventory management mistakes restaurants are making, and how to correct them. Reduce the number of deliveries as often as possible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, the typical increase in consumers wanting to dine out during the holiday season – not to mention the continued demand for take-away and delivery services – could disrupt this balance, even as businesses attempt to bolster their staff with seasonal hires. This influx of new staff is a major stressor in itself.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 19, 2024

According to Statista , the global online food delivery market size was valued at $151.5 billion in 2021 and the meal delivery market is expected to reach more than 192 million users by 2029. According to Statista , the global online food delivery market size was valued at $151.5

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Finding a well-rounded bar manager can be the determining factor in the success of your business. Through the right interview questions, you can find a manager who doesn’t just fit the job but can boost your bar’s reputation. In this article: How do you handle inventory management to keep the bar always adequately stocked?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In fact, leveraging IoT is revolutionizing the sector by optimizing supply chain management, enhancing the customer experience, and facilitating data-driven decision-making. Connected devices in restaurants or food delivery services streamline the ordering process, improving accuracy and providing real-time status updates.

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The Rail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By Indiana Lee, Contributor The rise of food delivery services has driven the restaurant industry into a new frontier. While many restaurant owners eagerly embrace this trend, it’s crucial not to overlook the additional expenses of implementing a delivery service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

is the second-largest online food delivery market​ and generated an estimated $218B in revenue in 2022. The job of telling apart real bad behavior from regular problems becomes a puzzle for delivery apps. In addition, businesses and food delivery apps should be on the lookout for suspicious activity to avoid CNP.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2025

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out for a a deeper dive into Ashcraft’s franchising journey, learning why she feels it’s important to be present in her shop every day. After making my decision, I also signed up to be a food delivery driver. and how she creates a team culture where everyone contributes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This "Super" special edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup has a Super Bowl theme. Takeout Holds Steady, Delivery Slumps Delivery orders dropped 9 percent, while dine-in traffic fell 20 percent. Is Delivery Worth the Dollars? The steepest decline happened between 6-9 p.m.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2025

Ballas shares his insights with Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine and discusses issues that must be on the radar for franchises and brands including AI, automation, sustainability, staffing, training, and more. What are some key trends you expect to affect the franchise landscape this year and in years ahead?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 16, 2025

With food and overall costs climbing, owners and managers are finding creative ways to reduce expenses and manage their spending more efficiently. From managing actual water use to reducing waste tied to drinking water, restaurants have a significant opportunity to save money and minimize unnecessary spending.

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ChowNow

APRIL 11, 2025

If your restaurant uses delivery apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash, or Grubhub, you already know how overwhelming order volume can get when the rush hitsespecially when youre bouncing between tablets, updating menus in three places, and relying on staff to manually punch in each delivery order.

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The Rail

MARCH 31, 2025

By Jose Chavez, Contributor Managing multiple locations is tough in the restaurant business. Restaurant businesses need to adopt technology that enables collaboration among remote teams and simplifies management if they want to succeed. Successful management and onboarding of new staff with the company vision depends on this.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2025

The labor portion alone creates a significant administrative load for management, given the breadth of the requirements and the precision needed to minimize errors. They can also notify managers if their manual changes potentially violate compliance strictures, giving them more informed control.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Advances in AI and customer relationship management (CRM) tools allow businesses to analyze customer behavior, predict preferences, and craft hyper-personalized dining and drinking experiences. Cloud-based POS systems, mobile ordering platforms, and delivery-focused kitchen setups will remain vital tools for navigating uncertainty.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Their stories inspire these 10 proven restaurant management tips and tricks for success. Its practical wisdom drawn from years of supporting restaurant managers, crafted to stand the test of time. Staff Management 1. Weve heard from managers who faced near walkouts during packed evenings because schedules got sloppy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2025

Seasoned store manager labor is even harder to find. Hack the labor shortage problem by creating job aids to simplify and scale limited store manager resources. " Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked Tang to take a deeper dive into technology and the drive-thru experience.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A full 55% of consumers consider takeout and delivery essential to their restaurant experience. Restaurants turned to restaurant management apps to navigate this change, and it appears there’s no going back. 7shifts Most managers are familiar (and frustrated) with traditional paper scheduling techniques.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2025

For starters, their plans include using AI agents to run repetitive admin; applying voice-automated AI to drive-through and back-office operations; implementing computer vision to speed up meal delivery; and sensor-tagging hard-working kitchen kit to predict maintenance needs. That’s a lot to deal with for our crew.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 30, 2024

. "Value is a broader tent than price, but price is an important value platform when consumers are faced with high inflation or a personal economic situation such as a job loss," Tim Fires, president of global foodservice at Circana, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. "We

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EATER

APRIL 10, 2024

Tomekah George Wonder’s big idea for food delivery is to own every aspect of the process, from recipe development to the moment it ends up at your door A few weeks ago, chef JJ Johnson launched a new restaurant concept in downtown Brooklyn. Wonder has shown a savvy curatorial eye reminiscent of the early days of delivery app Caviar.

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