7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The first technologies that restaurants often invest in are cloud-based point of sale (POS) systems and payroll processing. After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (55%), mobile payments (52%), and third-party food delivery services (51%).

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Here are a few examples of tech-centered solutions to ease the ongoing labor crisis in restaurants by putting more functionality directly in the hands of customers: Digital Tableside Ordering to Support Service Staff. Enter digital tableside ordering. For fast-casual or QSR brands, digital tableside ordering is equally beneficial.

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Technology Loyalty Program Fast Casual Email Marketing 225

Focus POS

APRIL 8, 2019

When you’re looking for ways to attract and keep customers while increasing your revenue, the best place to start is implementing a customer loyalty and rewards program. Consumers want to feel a sense of personal connection with their favorite businesses and brands, and loyalty programs foster this relationship.

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7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Mobile Coffee Shops (Carts and Trucks). We're all here for it! Coffee shops can be so much more than a place to grab a cup of joe and a croissant. They are places where friends and family gather, where ideas are formed and spread, and where important work gets done. For your coffee shop to reach that status, it has to be done right.

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ChowNow

MARCH 25, 2020

We want to do everything we can to help our restaurant partners sustain their sales, strengthen their customer relationships, and serve their communities for years to come. That’s why we’re excited to introduce a new, free loyalty program for your restaurant. What is ChowNow’s new loyalty product? How does it work?

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Focus POS

JUNE 17, 2019

Restaurant Point of Sale Software. What is restaurant point of sale (POS) software? Restaurant point of sale software empowers businesses to control labor costs, manage inventory, and have deeper visibility into business operations. Benefits of Restaurant Point of Sale Software. Flexibility.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2023

Optimize Mobile Ordering Creating and executing a convenient mobile ordering experience for your customers is extremely important, and it will keep them coming back for ease of use and accessibility. Gen Z in particular, as a tech-savvy group, are experts when it comes to navigating mobile ordering experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2023

Enhance Your Digital Presence Grubhub projects 40 percent of restaurant orders in 2023 will take place online. Create or enhance your website and make sure you offer an “order online” option that is easy to find. You can also consider creating your own mobile app.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Build a mobile-friendly restaurant website In 2024, roughly around 63% of all web traffic came from mobile devices. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile, you could be losing out on potential customers. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile, you could be losing out on potential customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Before the pandemic, many restaurants across the country experimented with contactless order and payment solutions but did so with a relative lack of urgency. Contactless payments have become the industry standard and the future of ordering and payment solutions for restaurants of all sizes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2024

This stresses the need for customer retention programs. Thus, loyalty programs are the best ROI-driven strategy for customer retention. It increases the restaurant sales and builds a loyal customer base. This customer loyalty stays strong, negating the changing market landscape.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2022

Increased Emphasis on Online Ordering. This combination of pressures has brands doubling down on digital ordering – effectively reducing the labor cost of this process. This combination of pressures has brands doubling down on digital ordering – effectively reducing the labor cost of this process.

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2022 Marketing Fast Casual Mobile Ordering 208

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

To accurately assess the underlying trends of restaurant performance, RMS compared 2021 sales and traffic to pre-pandemic 2019 data. On average, sales were up 8.1 In short, consumers are ordering more food, and for larger parties. percent, and it’s clear that net sales performance was sustained by average check growth.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

By focusing on key technologies like point-of-sale (POS) systems, local dining businesses can maximize their investments and position themselves for success in a digital-driven industry. The right restaurant technology is essential to make it all happen.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In addition, it’s important to remember that while your profit may be in dollars, your profit margin is your profit expressed as a percentage of sales. Fast casual restaurants, also known as fast food or quick service restaurants, involve ordering at a counter or doing some level of self-service. Net Profit Margin.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2023

Many food and beverage establishments have seen success with technology — such as contactless options, automation to support changing workforces and innovative customer loyalty strategies — in their endeavors to meet the demand for safer and more convenient dining experiences. Gone are the days of cash-only transactions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When customers are paying higher prices but wait a long time for their order or receive the wrong items, it casts a more negative impression on their experience and can keep them from visiting again. By using a POS system, customers, waiters and cashiers reduce their chances of errors when entering orders.

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Technology Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Download 180

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Consider, for instance, a scenario in which your Point of Sale (POS) system can forecast the popularity of a new dish based on historical customer behaviour. For example, there will be fewer human interactions when ordering takeaways during busy lunch hours, quick customer seating, or bill payments.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2024

” Those words from Katherine Pendrill, Senior Manager, Content Marketing at TouchBistro, should be quite telling for restaurant operators as they point out the opportunity that exists to reach a valuable audience. On average, Gen Z diners say they'd only wait up to 33 minutes for a delivery order. average of 43 percent.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2023

With the Super Bowl and March Madness coming up, restaurant owners should be preparing now in order to capitalize on the influx of online orders. The first step in this process should be analyzing the data from their point-of-sale system – labor costs, game days sales and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

This will require developers and publishers to obtain permission from users prior to using the mobile ad ID for ad tracking. A majority of restaurants have shut down in-person dining and are relying more heavily on online orders and delivery. Let me walk through a few of these changes. Find the Right Channels.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

However, history shows time and again: businesses that continue marketing through downturns emerge stronger, and enjoy robust consumer loyalty. Businesses that continue marketing through downturns emerge stronger, and enjoy robust consumer loyalty. During a recession or economic downturn, virtually everyone struggles.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While sales are trending higher, the National Restaurant Association reports three in four operators say recruitment and retention is their toughest challenge. Chick-fil-A even reported disabling curbside ordering in some locations to reduce strain on their workers. In August, the restaurant industry lost more than 40,000 jobs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

For example, a handheld POS device will allow you to turn tables faster, improve order accuracy, and speed up service. A kitchen display system (KDS) can significantly improve your operations by digitally routing orders to the kitchen and then tracking them. Undoubtedly, it has become a community favorite across the country.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. By improving customer loyalty and increasing revenue through the smart use of technology from the public-facing part of the business all the way to the back-of-house prep, sourcing, and staffing.

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Technology Loyalty Program Front of House Online Ordering 203

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As with most other industries, the biggest talking point for restaurants in 2023 has been artificial intelligence. Many dining establishments found ways to use AI to track and flag stock quantities, automate schedule-making for staff, implement customer service chatbots and process online orders. Here are some of their insights.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

” With the rise of mobile payment and cashless options, this infamous question may soon be a thing of the past in the foodservice industry and beyond. Sweetgreen reported the ability to process as many as 15 percent more sales an hour thanks to its cashless payment system. “Cash or card?” According to the FDIC, 8.4

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we have news on understanding customer loyalty, beverage insights, restaurant supply loyalty, the influence of discounts, the state of payments and the evolution of gift cards. Customer satisfaction has traditionally been the main driver of loyalty. The Value of Trust.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 15, 2024

Self-service kiosks can maximize the number of on-premise orders while mobile apps or websites allow customers to place orders directly without staff intervention. These options also offer contactless payment solutions and integrated point-of-sale systems which can track sales and eliminate the need for manual cashiering.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

This proves that any restaurant business owner who wants to survive in this economy should be open to trying unconventional sales strategies to attract customers and continue making a profit. That said, we've compiled some of the best techniques for increasing restaurant sales and taking your business to new heights.

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Social Media Loyalty Program Email Marketing SEO 195

Social Hospitality

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This is true for everything processing reservations and orders, to marketing, to being able to deliver entertainment in your establishment. It automatically tracks the ingredients you have in stock and places orders as and when required. For example, the software Fishbowl lets you use automatic reorder points.

Technology 195

Technology Website Management Entertainment Mobile Ordering 195

Focus POS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Tablet Point of Sale Software. Traditional point of sale (POS) terminals are a vast improvement over electronic cash registers, offering greater functionality and efficiency. Or they can be removed from the stand and used by staff to take orders and process payments anywhere on the house floor. Line Busting.

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Point of Sale Mobile Ordering POS Back of House 76

Open for Business

JULY 7, 2023

The popularity of loyalty rewards programs is easy to explain: Great loyalty rewards programs drive revenue by helping restaurants turn new guests into regulars. With so many options out there, from “stealth” loyalty programs to app-based options with AI-powered personalization, it can be tough to know where to start.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?”

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