EATER

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It’s the people that make a place — but these days, human interaction is hard to come by I used to love to travel. Let me be clear: I absolutely would not and do not recommend frivolous travel. Restaurants have always been my joyous entry point to a place and its people. Ten hours in and I had made it to New Laguna, New Mexico.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." The pandemic made speed, accuracy, and seamless ordering non-negotiable.

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Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Fine Dining Food Safety 221

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 26, 2024

Online food delivery thrives as phones become one-stop shops for ordering and tracking meals. This convenience has made the online food delivery market massive, with global revenues of over $1 trillion in 2023 alone. They must choose whether to use third-party online ordering platforms or handle delivery in-house.

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Delivery Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Customer Service 448

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2025

The results demonstrated that online consumers seek delivery services from providers committed to carbon-neutral processes. From ordering on DoorDash to getting a massive delivery of fresh produce, we can all do our part to help. Fuel and e-commerce order management systems help streamline delivery routes.

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Sustainability Delivery Recycling Food 221

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store. 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. Processing is free on all on-demand delivery orders through July 8, 2020—up to $50,000 in sales.

Guest Recovery 539

Guest Recovery Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 539

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

With 90% of diners checking a restaurant online before visiting, you also need a strong online presence to attract and boost reservations. Let’s explore 26 proven online marketing strategies to help your restaurant thrive. A smooth mobile experience keeps people engaged and leads to more online bookings.

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Book Marketing Email Marketing Social Media 195

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Growth for most, after all, isn’t walking through the front door, it’s coming in online. It might not be.

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Front of House Kitchen Safety Food Back of House 508

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Restaurants can continue to foster the aura of personal service and exclusivity by using online booking services and offering phone reservations. On the other hand, our society has also become very comfortable with ordering online and receiving contactless home or curbside delivery.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Online Ordering Hospitality 474

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With the recent stay-at-home orders and kids out of school soon, more and more people will be home consuming content. Globally, consumers have moved much of their lives online. From May to August of this year, online shoppers spent 23 percent more when choosing local pickup or delivery, according to Shopify.

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Social Media Consumer Goods Online Ordering Leadership 539

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Over the past year, many restaurants have reduced the stress of the system by having consumers order online, by phone or mobile app, while additionally offering curbside delivery at the nearest point of retail. With customers using online checkouts more often, it is easier than ever to use codes they find at checkout.

Loyalty Program 508

Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 508

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As we head into the new year, we expect to see consumers traveling less, shifting their discretionary travel spending to local experiences like restaurants. While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted restaurants and operators themselves, it has also changed consumer habits in ways we could have never imagined.

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2021 Fine Dining Online Ordering Travel 474

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

In the hospitality industry today, it’s imperative to have up to date technology solutions with features that allow for contact-free planning, ordering, payments and delivery/pick-up. The more seamless this experience is for customers, the more likely they are to order through a venue today and in the future.

2021 473

2021 Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 473

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2021

In the 1970s, Southwest Airlines sold tickets by phone, at airports, and at their offices to avoid commissions from travel agents and remain competitive with car travel routes. The concept of direct bookings long precedes the digital era in other industries. Will the restaurant industry learn from these cautionary insights?

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Airlines Consumer Goods Point of Sale Hotels 493

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

“With almost 40 million alcoholic drinks sold weekly in America’s casual dining chains, small $ gains per beverage order can very quickly add up to some serious revenue gains. 92 percent of respondents said they intend to purchase equipment online more frequently going forward. Deals are central to summer events.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2020

The return of high-value customers with large business orders is a big opportunity for restaurants. The majority of ezCater orders now contain individually packaged items. People can’t order from you if they can’t find you, so be everywhere including social media, Google Maps, and third-party marketplaces.

Social Media 450

Social Media Guest Recovery Catering Merchandise 450

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Facebook and Instagram are powerful advertising tools for any restaurant wanting to reach people in their community or tourists traveling through their area, whether to increase indoor dining numbers or, in today's climate, driving more pickup and curbside orders. and dinner from 5 through 10 p.m.

Social Media 539

Social Media Advertising Online Ordering Travel 539

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Normally a vibrant spot for working professionals, it is now vying for business in order to survive. Would you like to travel to the Veneto region or to Napa Valley in your glass today? Order and keep track of delivery. With so much uncertainty in the future, consumers want to feel more in control wherever they can.

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Cash Management Point of Sale Consumer Goods Small Business 572

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. While tired of cooking chicken, Americans aren’t sick of ordering in chicken.

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2020 Franchising Franchise Food Order 487

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

Within a decade, it could be possible for an individual to approach a drive-through in an autonomous vehicle, order through an AI-powered voice ordering assistant, and eat food that was prepared by robots. Voice Ordering. But this technology has even more applications than just ordering on guests' personal devices.

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Food Order Waste Online Ordering Email Marketing 520

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Online ordering is obviously huge in 2020, and customers are craving comfort food when they’re ordering in, according to Upserve’s new 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry data collected from the company's 10,000+ restaurant customers. Mobile ordering trends. State of the Industry.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Food Order 402

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

3 in 4 restaurants plan on offering contactless ordering and payment options across all channels, with 61 percent utilizing contactless payments on-premise. Restaurants that are using online ordering for delivery and takeout expect. 62 percent of revenue to come through those online channels.

Social Media 395

Social Media Retail Website Management Online Ordering 395

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2020

Getting the right recommendation from an established influencer can propel your business into online stardom, following a rush of foot traffic from their followers who simply have to check out the latest hotspot in town. For example, let’s imagine an online reviewer who exclusively reviews low-priced fast food restaurants.

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Influencer Marketing Social Media Online Ordering 532

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

In Taiwan and South Korea, where restaurant dining rooms remained open during the pandemic, frequent users actually reported ordering more takeout and delivery. Providing fast and convenient food options is the name of the game, with casual, fast-casual and fast-food concepts making up 74 percent of third-party delivery orders in this study.

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2020 Food Safety Fast Casual Guest Recovery 479

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Can the third party make it to the takeout portion of the restaurant without disturbing the flow of patrons who are staying for a meal or are in-line to place an order? The increase in online ordering is changing the way designers view restaurant layouts and floor plans. Long Live the Community Table.

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Design Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in 558

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It also could provide a future outlook for the industry, especially if more states implement stay-at-home orders in response to rising COVID-19 cases. Online reviews are an increasingly valuable resource for customers searching for goods and services at local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Podium.

Loyalty Program 364

Loyalty Program Online Ordering Consumer Goods Fast Casual 364

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

Order accuracy and speed top list of what consumers want. The vast majority will revisit a specific drive-thru if their order is always correct (68 percent) and service is fast (62 percent). 68 percent order directly from restaurant apps multiple times a month compared to 42 percent who never order from third-party apps.

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2021 Fast Casual Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 474

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.

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2021 Guest Recovery Online Ordering Point of Sale 474

EATER

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Enciso credits the influence of modern panaderías in the popular tourist destination Mexico City — like Panadería Rosetta — with both inspiring bakers and giving traveling American customers a taste for pan dulce. And Suarez says the concha’s resemblance to Chinese pineapple buns and Japanese melonpan gives people another frame of reference.

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Consumer Goods Customer Experience Social Media Take-out 317

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That’s because 41 percent of people prefer to order food online rather than in-store. If you’re not marketing yourself online or devising a powerful local search engine optimization (SEO) strategy, how are they going to find you?

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Marketing Social Media SEO Front of House 508

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A new survey from Oracle Food and Beverage found that 60 percent of respondents plan to stay at home during the holidays, and 42 percent are considering ordering their holiday meals from a local restaurant. When it came to ordering take-out, Gen Z led with 28 percent. ” The gift of food. . ” The gift of food.

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2020 Point of Sale Consumer Goods Seasonal Menu 419

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2022

However, customers still sit physically in restaurants, blurring the lines between the online and offline. 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.

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Technology Mobile Ordering Customer Service Food Order 492

Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news. Hotel Trundle has done a fantastic job of staying positive with their online presence. The hospitality industry has been hit hard, and it can often be difficult to see silver linings in immense uncertainty and tragic circumstances.

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Hospitality Airlines Healthcare Hotels 388

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 449

Operations Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 449

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The gluten-free community maintains an active online presence (particularly on Facebook) where gluten-free groups have attracted enormous followings. Word travels fast in these spaces and people are quick to note which restaurants know what they’re doing when it comes to gluten-free dining, and which ones don’t make the grade.

Marketing 452

Marketing Social Media Online Ordering Demo 452

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2021

The Shift to Online-First Means Changes to Talent Infrastructure. Many restaurants have realized the importance of a sound digital presence and a robust online-first approach to servicing customers and will need to hire team members who can help establish a competitive advantage on this front. .

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Hiring Food Safety Online Ordering 2021 352

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A consistent online presence can make a huge impact on the amount of business that comes through the door, especially during the winter. Many customers are less likely to go out and sit at a restaurant when temperatures are harsh, and would rather order delivery or curbside takeout if the option is available.

Social Media 474

Social Media Seasonal Menu Customer Service Consumer Goods 474

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2022

David Portalatin, NPD Food Industry Advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America, said there are three ways consumers are responding higher menu prices: they trade down to lower-priced items; cut back on the number of items ordered; or reduce restaurant visits altogether. percent off their next online order in the month of June.

Social Media 450

Social Media Online Ordering Loyalty Program Pricing 450