Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2025

Are people dining out more or less? The findings tell a story of shifting behaviors, digital transformation, and a new definition of value in dining. The findings tell a story of shifting behaviors, digital transformation, and a new definition of value in dining. What’s driving their choices? The reason?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2021

Both of the companies referenced are using the Internet of Things (IoT) to connect, analyze and control their equipment. Glitches with equipment operations: Is the water hot enough for a dishwasher’s final rinse cycle? When the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S., Extending Staff Capabilities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

It includes documents to assist in organizing and reopening dining rooms and businesses. OpenTable added new features and price cuts for 2020 as they recognize the road to recovery will be long and difficult. Download the full guidance, here. Employee health. Cleaning/sanitizing/disinfecting. No cover fees through September 30, 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As news of loosening restrictions in some parts of the country offers diners an opportunity to return to indoor dining, will customers be ready and willing? According to a recent study by McKinsey, more than 80 percent of survey respondents reported medium to high anxiety levels about the idea of returning to dine-in restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2021

With strict government health lockdowns in place, dining out became a thing of the past. However, the post-pandemic industry will face new challenges even as recovery begins. Restaurants lucky enough to have access to outdoor dining space had to balance the needs of the business with the safety of customers and employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

If 2020 and 2021 were all about helping operators find new revenue streams to reach guests when they couldn’t come into restaurants, then 2022 was all about getting customers back in. In contrast, customers are entering 2023 with higher expectations for stellar experiences when they do choose to spend money on dining out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2021

As we progress through a pandemic that’s kept many inside for months, guests are looking to venture out and experience unique dining moments. By utilizing seasonal ingredients and creating specialty menu items, our product innovation efforts have kept us relevant in a competitive industry, earning guest loyalty and driving sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Rewards Network, together with American Airlines AAdvantage Dining and United Airlines MileagePlus Dining, surveyed their members to learn more about what they anticipate their dining habits will look like over the next few months. Some highlights inlcude: Consumers' projected dining out frequency.

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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. 43 percent plan to add an outdoor on-site dining space. "What The Pandemic Has Permanently Altered the Consumer-Restaurant Relationships. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2020

Delivery offers fewer chances for guest recovery than dine-in. True hospitality and creativity will set you apart from other restaurants, so figure out how to extend their guest experience beyond their four walls. Great service, delicious food, and your logo front and center will leave a lasting memory for all guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features COVID-19 crisis statistics and surveys about third-party delivery, guest expectations, QSR reliance and more. “The industry’s successful recovery will depend on a customer’s feeling of well-being,” noted Oakes.

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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. Requiring appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees, including gloves and masks. Takeout For Good. Aramark Creates Safety Plans.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

Casual Dining velocity has grown by 158 percent over the same period, suggesting many of the Casual Dining business models were able to maintain sales to some degree through pandemic restrictions. The Value of Trust. The impact of COVID-19 on customer behavior was experienced swiftly f by all industries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features news of restaurant resiliency, dining trends in Canada, restaurant salaries across the U.S. Restaurant Resiliency. Throughout one of the most challenging years for U.S. Throughout one of the most challenging years for U.S. Carry-out ended 2020 holding 46 percent of off-premises order share.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Some customers have the gift of foresight, using DoubleDash to add on recovery (or hair of the dog) essentials from nearby stores. Restaurant industry insiders offer their insights on F&B trends we can expect to see in 2024. Quirky Combos : This year, we also saw some unique combinations!

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature a lot of tech news, a celebrity-owned virtual dining concept, and the annual Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest. Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. TouchBistro Acquires TableUp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

While we see national economic recovery in numbers such as the aforementioned jobs report; yet, I’m still sitting here, waiting for my pizza. A recent jobs report revealed 6.6 million jobs were created in the last year. It’s a jaw-dropping number and the opportunities for employment are endless.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Full-service restaurant chains, which primarily rely on dine-in customers and had few if any off-premises services when the dine-in restrictions went into effect, bore the brunt of the transaction declines throughout the pandemic. An Unpopular Year. For full-service restaurants now, it’s about government restrictions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

Miso Robotics understood where we could improve and stay true to White Castle’s brand of taste, innovation and best-in-class dining. In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature robots in fast food, virtual education and chef-inspired, plant-based ice cream. White Castle Employs Flippy the Robot.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature real-time data on consumer behavior and the move to #cutoutcutlery. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc. secured $60 million in Series C funding. The round is led by DST Global with participation from existing investors including Dragoneer Investment Group and Franklin Templeton.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the surge in online ordering, early returns on restaurant recovery and what customers want and expect from restaurants. Restaurant Recovery Stats. Dine-in sales still represent a small percentage of the total.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

Located in Salina, Kansas, this prototype marks a new chapter for the brand’s design evolution as this option is its first model without a dining room, hosting a double drive-thru and a walk-up ordering station. MRM Franchise Feed features the latest news in the restaurant and MUFSO franchising landscape. Happy Birthday, TCBY.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With so many amazing new dining and entertainment experiences emerging around the world, it feels good to be a part of that revolution and to bring something unique back to San Diego.” Hunter also has plans for a robust dining program in partnership with San Diego’s top restaurants and caterers. million who spend $11.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the rise of eCommerce, economic impact, dining during COVID and hot dog insights. Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. Yelp's Economic Impact Report.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. . “This program is a way to empower and equip restaurant employees with tools and resources to help them succeed and achieve their goals. KFC Foundation Launches MyChange.

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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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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 15, 2020

According to John Davie, CEO of Dining Alliance, “Restaurateurs who are reopening and asking what they should do regarding supply chain should prepare to engage smaller suppliers who have multiple sources of product” (2). The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to us all just how interconnected our food system is in the US if not, the world.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. More Tropical in Colorado. Salata Debuts Franchise Microsite. Salata launched a new microsite for prospective franchisees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Overall, “large parties,” or a party with eight or more guests, had a +2 percent increase in same-store transactions in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022. Cheers to 2023: Overall, restaurant and bar guests drank approximately +11 percent more alcohol in Q4 2023 compared to the average for Q1 through Q3 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2021

An idea on the minds of foodservice leadership post-pandemic is the ghost kitchen – a kitchen dedicated to prepping food without maintaining a dining space. During the pandemic many existing fast casual concepts shut down their dining rooms and in essence became ghost kitchens where customers could order for delivery or pick up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Hottovy, consumer equity strategist at Morningstar., "Easterbrook, who left McDonald's "following the Board's determination that he violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee", had been instrumental in the company's turnaround efforts since 2015.

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Cheetah

JUNE 14, 2021

Dining rooms are reopening and with the promise of return to normalcy just a few days away, the unprecedented staffing shortage is dampening the hope of economic recovery. If you are reading this article, you probably know that restaurants are facing turmoil as the most severe labor crisis ever experienced is hitting the industry.

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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. With delivery and drive-thru, you can serve those customers you have to turn away because your dining area is too packed.

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Foodable

APRIL 30, 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. New FOH positions will be created to sanitarily conduct business. Three areas of operations will have to become compartmentalized post pandemic.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

After many months of on-again, off-again indoor dining restrictions, outdoor dining capacity limits, and relying on delivery/take out only, a brighter future is on the horizon. With this number in hand, you are better equipped to make operational and accounting adjustments. What is the average profit margin for restaurants?

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Aaron Allen & Associates

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It’s the same thing over and over, and constant coverage we’re consuming on the pandemic in multiple facets — now on to restaurant recovery from COVID. Your customers, crews, stakeholders, and shareholders all put their faith in your judgment and leadership. But who has the playbook for this sort of thing? You did the best you could.

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Foodable

DECEMBER 9, 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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