Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. consumers being new to ordering meal delivery services (up from 47 percent in March 2021). A Fearful Transition.

Online Ordering 188

Online Ordering Point of Sale Management Management 188

SpotOn

JULY 22, 2024

Full service restaurant concepts fall into two broad categories: casual dining and fine dining. Casual and fine dining restaurants offer different menus and experiences to guests and require different expertise and operational knowledge for success. Fine dining concepts don't have to be formal.

Fine Dining 98

Fine Dining Casual Fast Casual Dine-in 98

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 12, 2022

Restaurants continue to face labor and supply chain issues, plus rising food costs. This can be done by calculating your restaurant’s food cost percentage and cost of each dish using reports and data that an integrated point-of-sale can provide. Offer Easy Online Ordering. Be In Charge of Your Own Marketing.

Loyalty Program 223

Loyalty Program Online Ordering Point of Sale Customer Experience 223

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Businesses have been forced to pivot away from on-premises dining to offer on-line ordering and take-out services. Whether fine-dining or fast casual, great service now revolves around the customer experience you bring to every interaction. Prepare for Changing Conditions. Create Frictionless Transactions.

Customer Experience 239

Customer Experience Customer Service Fast Casual Mobile Ordering 239

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. Restaurants with large or intricate menus will need to allocate more time to staff training on the ingredients, preparation methods, and food handling procedures.

Training 195

Training Kitchen Safety Food Safety Customer Service 195

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

For example, if you run a social media campaign or pay for online ordering integrations, all of these contribute to your overall marketing expenses. Imagine you own a café, and you’ve just run a campaign to boost your online ordering. You spent $800 on Facebook ads and in-store promotions over a month.

Loyalty Program 195

Loyalty Program Fast Casual Social Media Email Marketing 195

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. percent) and fine dining restaurants (19.9 percent year-over-year at fine dining and 3.53

Fast Casual 197

Fast Casual Fine Dining Employee Relations Customer Service 197

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Here are some examples of how connectivity technologies are helping QSR brands, like Dunkin’, connect with customers and redefine the dining experience. Enabling Flexible Ordering. Flexible ordering has become an expectation for restaurant customers – from fine dining to quick service.

Mobile Ordering 197

Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Front of House Customer Experience 197

Focus POS

JUNE 2, 2020

It could be argued that the restaurant industry has been hit the hardest when it comes to stay-at-home orders and social distancing mandates; however, the resilience of the restaurant industry cannot be denied, and as restaurateurs shift their thinking from, “How am I going to survive?” we see the emergence of a few key themes. .

Technology 187

Technology Fine Dining Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 187

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They adjusted to contactless delivery and other processes to assure guests that their takeout food and pizza was as risk-free as possible. Those who struggle the most are the polished casual and fine dining restaurants who thrived on the in-person guest experience they delivered. They are thriving. That was terrific.

Customer Experience 215

Customer Experience Mobile Ordering Fine Dining Innovation 215

7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2024

Of all the costs your restaurants generate, your food is one of the largest. The cost of the food you serve can be affected by so many different outside influences, some of them more obvious, like the rise and fall of fuel costs or the effects of good or bad weather. The cost of food and beverages is a bit of a moving target.

Food 363

Food Seasonal Menu Inventory Pricing 363

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

While there’s no crystal clear direction for the industry in 2022, there are restaurant design trends that could help shape the food and beverage scene for the better. How quickly can third-party delivery groups get in and out of the food and beverage space? Interested in dining alone, but don’t want to feel isolated?

Design 223

Design Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in 223

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2020

Sixty-two percent of respondents said both masks and gloves are important restaurant health measures for them to consider returning to indoor dining. Touchless Orders and Payments Cut Down Contact. With human staff taking over for ordering, the bots also pitch in with serving and clearing.

Technology 206

Technology Kitchen Safety Food Safety Online Ordering 206

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Using order data from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 and a national consumer survey, DoorDash’s mid-year report checks in on popular food trends, nationally and regionally, how users ate through social distancing, cravings across the country, and more. DoorDash Deep Dish.

2020 195

2020 Franchise Franchising Food Order 195

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

Mobile Ordering 215

Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 215

7 Shifts

AUGUST 26, 2024

62% of consumers use the search engine to find restaurants, while 51% cite it as the best tool to get more information on a dining establishment, so you should maximize your online presence. However, SEO is no longer enough due to high competition in the food industry. That's where Google Ads comes in.

Seasonal Menu 195

Seasonal Menu Customer Service Website Management Online Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience. Diners simply don’t want the low food quality that often comes with long menus. These restaurant food trends can directly impact a restaurant’s profitability. Health-Conscious Food Will Dominate Menus. Simplified Menus.

2022 218

2022 Customer Service Online Ordering Website Management 218

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

In pursuit of these objectives, restaurants must reimagine dining experiences through enhanced restaurant technology, deepen their commitment to sustainability, and fine-tune their core offerings. Finding the balance between innovation and tradition is the secret recipe for enduring success in the evolving dining industry.

2024 189

2024 Customer Experience Compost Loyalty Program 189

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Suddenly, the ability to engage customers digitally – to take orders via apps and websites, to fulfill orders via delivery and curbside pickup, all occurring “outside the four walls” – became existential. the guest relationship can be deepened, even if the interactions aren’t always face-to-face.

Mobile Ordering 198

Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Online Ordering Website Management 198

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It means guests love the food you serve so much that one location simply won’t cut it — and you get to serve more customers, generate more revenue , and expand your business. Expanding your place in the food service industry happens in one of two ways — developing a new restaurant concept or replicating an existing one.

Management 370

Management Management Document Hiring 370

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Her daughter struggled with food allergies, and finding a safe place for her family to dine out felt nearly impossible. We started Vitality Bowls because our daughter was born with severe food allergies, and we quickly realized that we couldn't just eat at any restaurant and restaurants weren't following any allergy safety. “We

Restaurant Law 221

Restaurant Law Fine Dining Food Safety 2014 221

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 4, 2022

Typically, customer data is collected by the point of sale platform and website, along with other online properties, apps, and third-party platforms. Those who adopt a guest-centric approach to food will continue to excel, combining traditional customer service with the personalization afforded by their data.

Point of Sale 215

Point of Sale Customer Service Email Marketing Website Management 215

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features top trends for 2020, how 2020 changed food and the year's top wines. spent per order, on average, across restaurant websites. spent per order, on average, across restaurant websites. How 2020 Changed Food. Top Restaurant Trends.

2020 211

2020 Merchandise Retail Point of Sale 211

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2022

However, customers still sit physically in restaurants, blurring the lines between the online and offline. Different innovative payment methods are being leveraged to increase food services efficiency in fast-food joints to fine dining. Voice Ordering to Ease Restaurant Interactions.

Technology 197

Technology Mobile Ordering Customer Service Food Order 197

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Around 950 million mobile users make online mobile payments , leading to the rise of pay-at-table technology. This allows diners to use a smartphone to scan a QR code at the table, which will take them to a digital menu where they can order and pay before the food even arrives. trillion by 2025.

Technology 203

Technology Mobile Ordering Consumer Goods 2025 203

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A fraud scheme where cybercriminals leverage the Telegram messaging platform to steal from restaurants and food delivery services was just identified by research and analysis from Sift’s Digital Trust and Safety Architects. Payment fraud, as orchestrated by the bad actors using Telegram, can have devastating effects for merchants.

Delivery 189

Delivery Food Safety Online Ordering Food Supply 189

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.

2022 215

2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 215

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

You post that content online on all those different social platforms. It's not enough to just add digital ordering—you have to build your business around it. Now there's a compelling reason for someone to go, “Hey, when I'm thinking about barbecue, I'm going to go to Cali BBQ, because I just saw them the other day on Facebook.,”

Social Media 448

Social Media Hiring Website Management Hospitality 448

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 11, 2020

Restaurant management software company Upserve and restaurant-architect William Duff speak here about evolving trends they are seeing and discussed some ways the dining experience might look and feel different as the new normal unfolds. Yank Sing view ordering counter Image by William Duff Architects. Connecting with the Home Chef.

Fine Dining 188

Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in Take-out 188

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

But as reality of the pandemic sunk in and dining rooms remained closed, it became apparent that ordering delivery and takeout was the best way to help restaurants weather the storm — and there was a significant consumer appetite to do so. By August 2020, Americans reported ordering takeout 2.4 So what’s next?

Delivery 168

Delivery Kitchen Safety Social Media Online Ordering 168

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Safety is the new “trend” that every dining establishment must offer, and it goes far beyond offering paperless QSR code menus and bottles of hand sanitizer at the host stand. Doing everything to ensure your customers feel safe dining with you will remain priority #1. Which part of town dominates online orders?

2021 225

2021 Marketing Food Safety Back of House 225

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2023

The food industry has been historically slow to integrate technology and digital solutions. The Future of Payments Payment option variety is changing the dining experience in unthinkable ways. Enhanced accuracy through minimized human errors in order processing and inventory tracking. Gone are the days of cash-only transactions.

Loyalty Program 167

Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Dietary Restrictions Customer Experience 167

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Personalized Dining is the Future. To fulfill these new dining expectations, operators should plan to provide their guests with a quintessential 360-degree experience that is personalized from start to finish. Take a NYC resident who has become a regular delivery patron of one of their favorite restaurants throughout the pandemic.

2021 189

2021 Fine Dining Online Ordering Travel 189

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 20, 2021

Visits, online or physical, at morning meal, which includes the breakfast and A.M. The ability for restaurants, particularly full service restaurants, to operate at total capacity, consumer comfort with dining in, and more business and recreational travel will aid recovery at the dinner daypart. foodservice industry.

2021 189

2021 Guest Recovery Online Ordering Point of Sale 189

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Once in your customers' hands, this piece of paper can directly influence what your diners order and how much they spend in one sitting. By analyzing the profitability and popularity of your menu items in depth, you can pinpoint exactly which food and beverages contribute to your restaurant's success and which ones you can eliminate.

Social Media 195

Social Media Loyalty Program Email Marketing SEO 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Further Optimize Delivery, Takeout and Curbside Experiences Many QSRs already relieve congested drive-thrus with distinct lines or protocols for call-ahead orders and third-party pickups. One of our clients, a well-known QSR legacy brand, added an express drive-thru lane for customers ordering ahead on the brand’s app.

Operations 179

Operations Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 179

Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Just as there is no single food and drink formula for restaurant industry success, there is no simple formula for a healthy profit margin. Your restaurant profit margin can be influenced by food and inventory trends, your geographic location, the state of the broader economy, and a wide range of other factors. Fast Casual Restaurants.

Loyalty Program 183

Loyalty Program Fast Casual Point of Sale Online Ordering 183