Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

The 1950s saw the birth of the first idealized vending machine , an enormous construction made of metal and glass that served thousands of city-dwellers each day and night. The machine served sandwiches, wine, and coffee, and was considered a great success. Order-Only Automats: Pros and Cons. A real old-school vending machine.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2021

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restaurant shutdowns, online ordering has become the go-to method for many customers. By using loyalty programs as a way to encourage customers to order directly. Why should these customers get so much special treatment? So how can restaurants avoid these fees?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As a restaurant, you’ve got the opportunity to feed into that joyful excitement with special events for the season, so grab the chance before the winter holidays takeover! Serve Special (Spooky) Food and Drinks. Half the fun of Halloween is dressing up in something special. Partner for the Party.

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Advertising Social Media Food Truck Seasonal Menu 491

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2021

People have more choices at their disposal, not only about the food but also the ambiance and end-to-end dining experience. It used to be that restaurateurs could compete on the quality of their food, but with consumers having been deprived for so long, focusing on food alone would be a mistake. Keep it Fresh.

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Customer Experience Email Marketing Social Media Online Ordering 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 28, 2022

The key objective is to show you can be trusted and explain what kind of food you serve. Your business name should make it immediately apparent what kind of cuisine you specialize in. The name makes it clear what kind of food they serve: fried chicken and burgers. How are they promoting their food?

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Social Media Small Business Advertising Food Order 528

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The past several months have proven to be a wildly transformative time for the restaurant industry, as many operators shift to an off-premise strategy, relying primarily on delivery and takeout orders, to remain open.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

" Under the banner of its longstanding “We Help You Make It” promise to foodservice operators, US Foods Holding Corp. Also launching today, is a special edition of the company’s Food Fanatics magazine. You can view the special issue here. Tips for pivoting to retail.

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Mobile Ordering Webinar Loyalty Program Online Ordering 494

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2020

With social distancing guidelines specifying six feet of distance between customers in essential businesses, and most states ordering stay-at-home and shelter-in-place mandates, many restaurants that previously focused only on exceptional dine-in experiences, or those that thrived on foot traffic, have been forced to shutter.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2022

Yet they share a similar objective – influencing and serving customers wherever they are and with whatever they want. The pandemic massively accelerated the widespread adoption of a variety of paths to purchase, including buy-online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS), delivery and app-based ordering. Now, it’s the same with QSRs.

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Retail Customer Experience Online Ordering Point of Sale 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

Over the past year, a record number of restaurants have invested in technologies to create more efficient operations and facilitate online ordering and delivery. Over the past year, a record number of restaurants have invested in technologies to create more efficient operations and facilitate online ordering and delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app. Ding* ‘Your order is being prepared by Chef Bot 19 and will be delivered to your table in approximately 19 minutes.

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Front of House Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Back of House 528

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Currently, 50 percent of restaurants, including sit-down and fast-food establishments, offer plant-based options, and this is only expected to grow. Controlling food waste is a hot topic in the industry as well. Contactless Ordering, Inside and Out Door Dash, Uber Eats and other third-party delivery services will continue to expand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Here is what possibly awaits the restaurant and food tech industries in the months/years to come: Restaurants Will Invest in Bridging E-commerce and Real Commerce. Guests will have the ability to order through a kiosk, a server and through their phone all in one venue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Here are a few ideas for restaurant and bar owners to consider in an effort to continue to serve up good eats and top-tier service during the winter season. Social media is a great place to share any winter or holiday specials you’re offering, creating more buzz around your business. Offer Specials and Competitive Pricing.

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Social Media Seasonal Menu Customer Service Delivery 474

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

For example, offering a complete brunch package for Mother’s Day (pre-ordered ahead and picked-up ready-to-serve), Pre-ordered and fully-cooked turkeys for Thanksgiving or other holidays, steaks for two for a date night at home, the list is endless.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2020

.” In order to bring back the customer base, neighborhood restaurants will have to reconcile with real concerns over safety and sanitation, while still providing a great dine-in experience. It’s based on emotion and the desire to share a food-based experience you can’t find in your home. Limiting Capacity.

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Customer Experience Dine-in Food Safety Kitchen Safety 516

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Good words sell food. The data to analyze with food is the following: food sales, food costs, sales mixture, food inventory, cost of goods sold, menu pricing, invoice reviews for accuracy of pricing, stock on hand, beginning and end of day protein counts, and daily sold items. Purchasing of Foods.

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Pricing Food Seasonal Menu Food Order 520

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

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. “This new feature helped us keep our doors open and continue serving our customers during the recent downturn,” he said. Sellers pay a flat fee of $1.50

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Guest Recovery Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 539

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 1, 2024

These days, a restaurant's reputation is built on more than the taste of its food. Food quality Food quality plays a big role in your customer’s experience. Serving fresh, delicious, and well-prepared food can make a big difference in how customers perceive your restaurant. Presentation also matters.

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Customer Experience 2024 Customer Service Online Ordering 397

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. In fact, according to a report by Bluedot , 86 percent of respondents surveyed said they have ordered directly from a restaurant app since the start of the pandemic. million new downloads.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Your community relies on you to provide a comforting, familiar experience, deliver food for those who may not have access, and feed the essential groups of people who are still working. You have likely already implemented new expectations around food safety and sanitization. Call or text ahead that an order is about to be dropped off.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant and food and beverage industry experts for their insights on what trends will be on the radar for restaurant owner and operators in 2021. This comprehensive annual report identifies key influences in restaurants, hotels, food, beverage, and hospitality marketing. Dead Rabbit?’s

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2021 Hotels Airlines Guest Recovery 508

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

What’s keeping restaurants humming: mobile point-of-sale (POS) units, ordering terminals, tabletop tablets, and tablets for the waitstaff. This includes integrating point-of-sale terminals, fixed and mobile POS devices, and tabletop tablets for easy ordering and paying. Today’s Special: Augmented Reality.

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Technology Dietary Restrictions Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 450

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

Spanish Diner in New York supersizes their specials on a wall-sized slide frieze above the bar, inviting your eye around the well-appointed space and up to the gloss black ceiling (also the underbelly of the neighborhood’s famous High Line). Dig into the details of what your food is all about. Should your menu move to the cloud?

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Back of House Seasonal Menu Customer Experience Fast Casual 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 2, 2024

Looking ahead, we predict a day when cultivated meat will find its place as a default choice -on menus, because it delivers on taste, nutrition, and food safety, in addition to environmental sustainability and animal welfare. Beyond the realm of food, a similar shift has occurred with electric cars.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

The program connects people who want to support healthcare workers with local restaurants who need orders, through contributions of any size. $10 “With orders down so much right now, feeding hospitals makes a huge difference to our business,” said Paul Barker, Owner of Pauli’s in Boston.

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Healthcare Small Business Kitchen Safety Front of House 450

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Food waste is recognized as an endemic challenge around the world. According to Feeding America , nearly 40 percent of all food in the U.S. For restaurants, an industry with challenging profit margins, minimizing food waste is nothing less than a survival strategy. restaurants lose $162 billion annually in food waste costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

The pandemic has required many facilities in the service industry to pare down the number of guests they can serve in public spaces simultaneously — but that doesn’t mean they must forfeit on establishing personal connections. They can, for instance: Offer box lunch specials for pickup by those working from home.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Online Ordering Hospitality 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Let’s look at some of them: relaxing with a cup of coffee ordering food home strolling with a drink in the park holding a meeting hanging out with friends in the evening going to a concert taking photos for social media. For example, consider a post idea: “You can order your morning takeaway coffee in our cafe.”

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2024 Social Media Customer Experience Events 520

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2023

There is a craft to great food that a robot cannot replace. After prepping a whole bunch of, let’s say, tomatoes; you must label them with the date they were sliced and the date they will no longer be able to be served. This is not just talking about running numbers on the fish special.

Online Ordering 449

Online Ordering Social Media Food Order Customer Experience 449

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Businesses in the food service industry are primarily adopting these advanced POS systems to streamline the communication between waitstaff and kitchen staff, inventory tracking, and improving team management. These systems are also being used as they support future restaurant technologies like self-serving kiosks. In 2022, U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2022

Although the new tool required many restaurant staffers to serve dual roles as waitstaff and technical consultants, using QR codes was a resounding success. Some restaurants even took safety a step further by eliminating in-person ordering and offering contactless payment. At least 63.6 Direct Mail Campaigns. Promotions.

Social Media 539

Social Media Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Kitchen Safety 539

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The tasks of the chef are fairly universal: planning menus, putting your signature on each dish, hiring and training staff, ordering product and building vendor relationships, controlling costs and adhering to budgets, maintaining a clean and safe kitchen environment, etc.

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Beverage Events Food Order Website Management 498

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 12, 2022

But rapidly rising labor and food costs over recent months has heightened pressure on already tight restaurant margins. Recently, Thanx customer Velvet Taco, the Dallas-based fast-casual restaurant serving globally inspired tacos, has done just that with the launch of their Hidden Backdoor M enu. million members to 27.4

Loyalty Program 471

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

" Under the banner of its longstanding “We Help You Make It” promise to foodservice operators, US Foods Holding Corp. Also launching today, is a special edition of the company’s Food Fanatics magazine. You can view the special issue here. Tips for pivoting to retail.

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Webinar Loyalty Program Online Ordering Social Media 463

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 3, 2024

A well-crafted website serves as the virtual storefront for your restaurant, providing potential diners with a glimpse into your establishment's unique offerings, ambiance, and culinary delights. To cater to the growing demand for convenience, consider integrating online ordering and reservation systems into your website.

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SEO Website Management Online Ordering Mobile Ordering 489