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.

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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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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Identify your biggest pain points. Are you aiming to speed up service, cut labor costs, or increase online sales? Can it increase sales or customer retention? What was once a gradual process turned into a rapid transformation, permanently reshaping how restaurants operate and interact with customers. Are labor costs too high?

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In 2025, the US online food delivery market is expected to reach $424.9 Whether theyre grabbing takeout on the way home from work or scheduling a delivery for later that day, digital ordering has become the norm. Since 2014, online ordering has grown 300% faster than dine-in and now accounts for roughly 40% of restaurant sales.

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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

You can also use sales trends to adjust menu pricing and share customer-favorite menu items, helping you get the most out of high-demand dishes. You can also use sales trends to adjust menu pricing and share customer-favorite menu items, helping you get the most out of high-demand dishes. Restaurants collect a ton of customer data.

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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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7 Shifts

APRIL 9, 2020

Whether you have been offering delivery and takeout for years, or have had to make a recent pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to know which food travels best for delivery—and how to change up your menu to stay profitable while dine-in isn't an option. Let’s run through a little scenario.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Nearly every restaurant in the United States relies on a Point of Sale (POS) system for the majority of its front-of-house operations. Handle Online Ordering and Delivery Management Payments from guests who have dined at your restaurant or who want to get food to go aren't the only concerns when your POS system isn't working.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2021

As a result, restaurants have turned to third party delivery providers in order to help meet the growing demand for off-premise orders, but these providers are cutting into restaurant’s razor thin profit margins. So how can restaurants avoid these fees? By using loyalty programs as a way to encourage customers to order directly.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

On top of that, nearly half of all restaurants offered delivery services during the pandemic. On top of that, nearly half of all restaurants offered delivery services during the pandemic. In March 2022 alone, sales for meal delivery services increased six percent year over year, collectively, with 51 percent of U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Of course, delivery also spiked, but the underlying thread between each of these dining preferences is the use of mobile for ordering and pick-up. Similarly, the State of Mobile 2021 report by App Annie found mobile orders of food and food delivery in the US grew by 105 percent in the past year. Owning the End-to-End Experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

Home Delivery, Contactless Society, Increased Remote Work and the Gen-Z Digital Generation. The use of delivery apps, like UberEats and DoorDash, provided a much-needed revenue stream allowing restaurants to rely less on an in-person brick-and-mortar experience. Restaurant and bar employment (as of July 2021) remains down by 1.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Delivery and curbside pick-up reduced on-site staffing. The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Restaurants have responded to capture more off-premises sales by improving digital menus, whether found in-app, through a Google search or on store screens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2025

Social media, online reviews, and delivery platforms make digital branding just as important as physical branding. The Charlotte-based hospitality branding agency has a wealth of experience developing comprehensive hospitality concepts. In case you were wondering why they chose the name The Plaid Pengun, Haubenhofer tells the story.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Delivery/Takeout : COVID created a shift from in-person dining to takeout and delivery options, increasing reliance on third party delivery services, and on attractive takeout options. From a legal perspective, Insurance : the pandemic highlighted the limitations of insurance policies. – Pooja S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2021

The cost of partnering with third-party food delivery services can be high, but the cost of not doing so could be even higher. Two key factors are driving the problem for restaurateurs: the first is the fact that delivery has become more than just another sales channel. Three Ways to Handle the High Costs of Delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. March Sales Decline. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A major pain point for our clients has been navigating regulatory compliance issues such as corporate officer updates, alcohol license and permit renewals, and training team members in proper alcohol service protocol. Once a liquor license is revoked for non-renewal, penalties may prevent immediate application for a new license. ID, Please?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2020

When restaurants are able to connect their point-of-sale systems all the way through packaging and quality assurance, management is given a level of control that allows them to shift their focus to serving the customer. In fact, consumers say they are using delivery services (DoorDash, Caviar, GrubHub, etc.)

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

For operators, restaurant apps mean higher sales, greater customer retention, and smoother day-to-day operations. Online ordering and delivery apps. Online ordering has become a core part of restaurant operations, allowing customers to place takeout and delivery orders with just a few quick touches of their screen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 28, 2020

From the expansion of drive-through operations, delivery services and curbside pick-up, to on-lot pop-up restaurants and even satellite locations, restaurants are using technology to survive and, in some cases, thrive in these challenging times. Restaurants Doubling Down on Drive-Thru, Curbside and Delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 5, 2022

As per a recently published report by Future Market insights, the Takeaway and Delivery Food market is going to witness accelerated demand in the coming years with online food platforms. As restaurants shuttered across the world due to the pandemic in 2020, deliveries and takeout orders soared.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Contactless Ordering, Inside and Out Door Dash, Uber Eats and other third-party delivery services will continue to expand. It’s also become a boost to top-line sales. We now design in specific pick-up areas for these third-party delivery systems. Controlling food waste is a hot topic in the industry as well.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2022

To combat these obstacles among countless others, leaning on point-of-sale (POS) solutions can empower restaurants to quickly leverage new features to maximize profits in a fluctuating service economy. With many restaurants running with limited staff, automating delivery allows your staff to focus on higher-priority tasks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store. Square is launching On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store where sellers can dispatch a courier through delivery partners for orders placed directly on their website. The buyer receives text updates with links to live maps to track delivery progress.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But, almost overnight, restaurants saw their revenue percentages flip and were forced to pivot from dine-in to primarily drive-thrus, curbside pickups, and deliveries. But, almost overnight, restaurants saw their revenue percentages flip and were forced to pivot from dine-in to primarily drive-thrus, curbside pickups, and deliveries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With inflation continuing to reach near 40-year highs, tipping for takeout and delivery dropped to 14.5 But a recent Deliverect global survey of 7,000 consumers shows more people today are purchasing up to three takeout or delivery orders per week than they were before the recent increase in cost of living. Today  Today in the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features the latest news on restaurant recovery, delivery trends, top ice cream toppings and the ideal "delivery doughnut." Falling outlets, rising sales. But sales have bounced back well over the first six months of 2021, and are now running ahead of 2019 levels. ” 2.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2022

The last thing you want to do is promise customers delivery times that you have no chance of delivering. Thoughtful table planning combined with realistic timings on food delivery from the kitchen is needed to estimate how long each table sitting will probably take. Untrained and unmotivated staff. Inefficient management of staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

According to the latest Financial Trends Insights from Black Box Financial Intelligence™ , based on data from the week ending June 28, restaurants sales continue improving. See the latest sales and traffic results here: Sales Improve but Restaurants Should Brace Themselves for Challenges Ahead. Financial Trends Insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

” The space earned that moniker because staff used it to handle delivery orders from a multitude of online platforms. Focused on helping grow the business, Canter found a way to generate millions of additional revenue through the use of third-party delivery services such as Grubhub and DoorDash.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

A majority of restaurants have shut down in-person dining and are relying more heavily on online orders and delivery. Many consumers are reluctant to return to in-person delivery and continue to opt for contactless delivery options. In fact, email addresses might be on the most important data points you hold.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

If your restaurant isnt showing up in local searchesor if customers cant easily place an order once they find youyoure missing out on sales. You can also use loyalty incentives, like a rewards program that gives customers points when they order through your website but not when they order through third-party apps.

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EATER

APRIL 2, 2024

Food delivery apps have recently added new fees in response to minimum pay rules in New York City and Seattle. Getty Images/iStockphoto As delivery discourse rages, don’t forget the middlemen: apps like UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub. No one is happy about the delivery apps. But we should give credit where it’s due.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

Airflow within restaurants should flow from cleaner sources to dirtier sources – from dining areas to kitchens, restrooms to pick up / delivery spaces and more. Airflow within restaurants should flow from cleaner sources to dirtier sources – from dining areas to kitchens, restrooms to pick up / delivery spaces and more.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

If you want to increase order volume for your restaurant, focusing on online takeout and delivery is key. When people search for best pizza near me or local burger delivery, you want your restaurant to appear at the top of the results. Include location-based keywords on your site, like Chicagos best tacos or Atlanta sushi delivery.

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