Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

The impact of the global pandemic has fast-tracked the restaurant industry's need for digital ordering, particularly for off-premises dining options. Digital ordering channels are vital for your restaurant’s success in 2021. Digital ordering channels are vital for your restaurant’s success in 2021. and up to 53.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2024

and Canada, found that technology such as interactive digital menus, in-restaurant mobile apps, and augmented reality experiences are playing a vital role in empowering restaurants to stay relevant and meet the evolving needs and expectations of diners. When was the last time you placed an order in a restaurant app for curbside pick-up?

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Dietary Restrictions Customer Experience 473

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. A smooth mobile experience keeps people engaged and leads to more online bookings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 8, 2020

We were greeted by the manager of the restaurant and shared with him the concept of contactless dining, an experience where dine-in guests can view menus, order, and pay directly from their mobile phones. contactless payment, mobile ordering, text on arrival for seating).”

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2022

All of these tools require a reliable connection in order to ensure a positive customer experience. Mobile POS. Mobile POS connects users to their customers via the cellular network, whether they are at an outdoor table or seated inside. Customers can place their order on site, without waiting in line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As consumer options and demand shifted, businesses were forced to adapt and prioritize new technologies and alternate ordering experiences that would allow them to deliver on customer expectations. Adopting a digital-first environment quickly became a priority and mobile technology is playing an integral role.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

Diary studies, a type of mobile ethnography, can uncover behavioral data with respect to the way meals play a role in customers’ daily routines. Understand the Customer Journey Across New Ordering Platforms. It’s more meaningful to understand the app experience through the eyes of their target consumer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2021

Customers want the ability to order online, set up delivery, view seating, and book tables through the convenience of a mobile phone. Not having strong online visibility and mobile-friendly options could likely mean that you are losing diners to the competitor across town who does.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Online ordering has transformed the restaurant industry, turning what was once a convenience into an absolute necessity. Customers expect to browse menus, place orders, and pay for their meals with just a few taps of their phones. Why Every Restaurant Needs an Online Ordering System The answer is simple: to stay competitive.

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Online Ordering Ordering Email Marketing Mobile Ordering 195

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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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

With a few key optimizations, your restaurant can rank higher on Google, get noticed by people searching for places to eat, and ultimately drive more foot traffic and online orders. Restaurants that rank higher in local search results get more foot traffic, online orders, and reservations. Leave us a review on Google!

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Many operators will devote their resources to online or app ordering, reservations, mobile payment, or delivery management, in addition to back-of-the-house technology. restaurant operators think the availability of seating on a sidewalk, parking lot, or street will become more common within their segment this year.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, restaurants affected by mandatory closures have pivoted to delivery and takeout to sustain their businesses, with nearly half of Americans willing to leave home to purchase restaurant meals as long as there is a low or zero-contact way to pick up the orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2022

However, restaurant owners are looking for more: They want to streamline the checkout process further and for customers to complete the whole process – from ordering to payment – on their mobile devices. Voice Ordering to Ease Restaurant Interactions. In-app pre-ordering solutions to help with food waste.

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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. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places.

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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This should include all tables available for seating customers. Optimize seating arrangements: Arrange tables in a way that maximizes the use of available space without compromising customer comfort. Also, ensure that the waiting staff is adequately trained to take orders quickly and accurately. casual dining vs. fine dining).

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2023

QR Codes and the Concept of Ordering or Paying Ahead The restaurant experience has changed in many ways, and, over the past few years, the pandemic accelerated a major shift. On-demand delivery has grown, and consumers have become used to quick service and ordering through their smartphones, even while waiting at restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

New design solutions we’re considering include temporary enclosures around existing seating groups, devising clever touchless delivery systems inside existing and new restaurants, rethinking the curbside pickup landscape for our mixed-use projects as a starting point. How would this affect the design of the adjacent retail storefront?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

In addition to allowing a safer, hands-free payment method, the system has been shown to make the ordering process quicker and more efficient. Seated Acquires VenueBook. Seated acquired digital event booking platform VenueBook. and the surrounding region. . and the surrounding region.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

collaborated with OneDine to curate a contactless yet personalized restaurant visit—creating a customized, platform that provides guests full control over ordering, speed of service, and payment. This includes: Self check-in, table alert, and self-seating to expedite the entry process. Guests can contact Eureka!

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

Japan is another nation that embraced restaurant automation early and still does through its conveyor belt sushi lines that deliver small plates of food around to seated customers. Order-Only Automats: Pros and Cons. These machines allow customers to order food without talking to anyone until the moment of collection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Ordering process 74% of customers won’t hesitate to leave a long queue, and 70% are only willing to wait up to 15 minutes for an item or service. Additionally, digital menus accessible via QR codes provide an interactive way for customers to explore menu options and customize their orders.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The right marketing strategy helps you get the most out of every dollar by increasing customer retention , boosting order volume, and encouraging repeat visits. Between online reservations, third-party delivery apps, and direct ordering from your website, digital interactions often happen before a guest ever steps through your doors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

Dining Room/Bar – Keep diners physically separated by no less than six feet; clearly indicate which tables are “open” and “closed;” close off bar and counter seating; block diner access to high staff-flow areas; and differentiate wait staff and cleaning staff by specific colors of face masks and gloves.

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Front of House Back of House Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 520

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Your restaurant website needs to help your guests find you online, inform them about your menu and, possibly, help them reserve a table or order a delivery directly from you. Contactless ordering and payment available. To engage visitors, your restaurant website needs to be functional, informative, mobile-friendly and easy-to-navigate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2021

Restaurants mainly use QR code technology as a substitute for physical menus and as a customer ordering platform. Through app clips — technology that performs the function of an app without requiring a customer to download it to their mobile device — customers scan the code and proceed to the check-in process.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 17, 2020

Forty percent of those surveyed in the US and 39 percent in the UK said they would feel safer if they could view the menu from their mobile device, while 35 percent in the US versus 31 percent in the UK would like to be able to pay in the same manner. The US and UK also varied on how they wanted to retrieve take-out orders.

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7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Mobile Coffee Shops (Carts and Trucks). Do they have indoor seating or are they takeout-only? Seating capacity. Coffee shop with seating: $80,000 to $300,000. Coffee shop with both seating and a drive-thru: $80,000 to $300,000. Are there high-top, bar-style tables, regular seating, or a mix of both?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Here's what the team at Hamburger Mary's did to alter their operations in order to keep customers and staff safe during the pandemic: PPE - Customers must wear face masks at all times except when eating or drinking. We know that that person is cute, but you must stay seated with your party. No mingling with other tables.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

in-restaurant dining and online ordering for pickup or delivery), which can be leveraged to drive highly customized campaigns using a built-in marketing solution. NCR Corporation added technology that builds diners’ confidence by empowering them to both order and pay via their own mobile device.

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Food Safety Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Kitchen Safety 527

ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

One way to offset costs and give you more breathing room for pricing is by encouraging guests to place orders through direct website ordering. If your food quality, service, and overall experience stand outincluding things like a sleek restaurant website that makes ordering easyit all contributes to an elevated experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

32 percent of survey takers chose outdoor seating availability as a factor in their dining-out comfort level. More than half of survey respondents said they will order more than usual, with only one in 10 saying less than usual. Earning rewards for dining out or ordering takeout/delivery is becoming even more important to consumers.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Customer Service 474

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In Arkansas, ordering buffalo ribs will land you a plate of fried fish—seasoned, battered ribs cut from local big-boned buffalo fish. This comes on the heels of the company closing out 2019 by growing diners seated by more than 150 percent YoY and seating 3.3 Little Rock, AR; Owners: Elihue Washington Jr.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Experience Back of House 348

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The ripple effects of the pandemic continue: the National Restaurant Association finds that off-premises dining continues to happen much more frequently than before, with 66% of consumers more likely to order takeout in 2023 than they were before the pandemic. ChowNow ChowNow is a customized online ordering app for restaurants.

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Management Management Operations Mobile Ordering 367

7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2020

COVID-19 is already impacting restaurants across the world—some more than others, with restaurants and other eating establishments being shut down by government order across the country. Encourage guests to order take-out or delivery. Properly sanitize tables and seating areas thoroughly between each group.

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