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Using Tech for Better Guest Engagement

Modern Restaurant Management

Identifying Bottlenecks and Improved Service Efficiency : Identify how efficiently staff members move between tasks and potential customer service pitfalls, providing opportunities to refine employee training or rectify operational challenges. Turning to AI, restaurants can further optimize their operations and customer engagement.

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Cost Cutting Ideas for Restaurants: Increase Restaurant Efficiency & Reduce Costs With These New Technologies

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How to cut labor costs in a restaurant 101: Use a labor management tool Did you know that restaurants spend about 30% of their revenue on wages, overtime, payroll taxes, and employee health care? Because of COVID-19 restrictions on on-premise dining, customers are turning to takeout and delivery like never before.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-August 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

New guest expectations are incredibly crucial for operators to consider, as Americans interested in dining out will only keep their reservations at a new restaurant if certain measures are met, including: More than half want six-foot social distancing and employees wearing face masks enforced (53 percent and 52 percent, respectively).

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

A drive to create better working conditions and benefits for industry employees. Restaurant operators are focused on cost control and need easy-to-use technology for a better employee experience and more significant data-driven insights. To read the full James Beard Foundation 2023 Annual Industry Report, click here.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features evolving guest relationships, views on restauarant tech, employee desires and wedding trends. 46 percent would love to manage their dietary preferences with their favorite establishments. ” What Restaurant Employees Want at Work. Key Takeaways. with an average score of 4.1

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Leveraging transactional, behavioral, demographic, and offline data from their most valued guests, operators can effectively personalize every guest interaction based on their likes, dislikes, dietary restrictions, preferred payment methods, and more, to drive lifetime value.

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What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022?

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Thanks to working from home and lockdowns during the pandemic, diners are making more homecooked meals, a trend that will likely continue even as businesses continue to reopen in-person offices and global lockdown restrictions ease. Ensure you are adding key dietary, intolerance, and nutritional info on menus, websites, and food packaging.

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