Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Read on for predictions from industry insiders that include chili crunch, black limes, newstaglia, stealth health, and elevated snacking. Culinary and Cocktail Trend Forecasts Kimpton is returning with its annual Culinary + Cocktail Trend Forecast highlighting predictions from its global team of restaurant and beverage talent.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2025

There is an appeal there pointing to the frenzy, intensity, preciseness, and organized chaos of chefs and restaurants vying for public attention. I must admit that I am intrigued and having spent some time around that level of intensity find these operations both exciting and nerve wracking.

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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

You can also use sales trends to adjust menu pricing and share customer-favorite menu items, helping you get the most out of high-demand dishes. You can also use sales trends to adjust menu pricing and share customer-favorite menu items, helping you get the most out of high-demand dishes. Restaurants collect a ton of customer data.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

Without KPIs, spotting inefficiencies in your workflow is nearly impossibleleaving you without the data needed to make informed decisions and grow your online sales. If youre one of the thousands of restaurants that added online food delivery in recent years, you might be wondering: is it actually helping my business grow?

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Identify your biggest pain points. Do you lose money due to food waste? Are you aiming to speed up service, cut labor costs, or increase online sales? Can it increase sales or customer retention? But first, lets look at how to choose the right technology for your restaurant. Are labor costs too high? Set clear goals.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Real-time inventory systems help restaurants cut food waste , save money, and improve operations. Forecast Demand : Use sales data to predict future needs and order the right quantities. Automate Orders : Automatically reorder items when stock runs low, minimizing waste and emergency purchases.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

One key area to focus on is drink sales, with cocktail sales accounting for about 23% of a bar's revenue. Start by tracking all the income your bar generates, including sales from drinks, food, and any additional services. Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I came across an old quote from Phylicia Rashad (for those my age – the lead actress in the series “Fame” from many years back) that gave me another opportunity to think about the cooks that I know and have known over the past five (nearly six) decades and why I chose to stand in front of a range. Art is the basis of human expression.”

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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. Armed with the right information, restaurants can develop hyper-targeted marketing campaigns triggered by behavior from the point of acquisition throughout the customer lifecycle.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2022

Not only is your menu a key part of the customer experience but consider all major areas of restaurant operations, such as food cost, labor, marketing, accounting, and sales forecasts when making decisions about your menu. Neck and neck with the labor shortage, inflation has recently become a huge issue that operators are forced to combat.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2022

To combat these obstacles among countless others, leaning on point-of-sale (POS) solutions can empower restaurants to quickly leverage new features to maximize profits in a fluctuating service economy. Monitoring Supply Can Curb Waste and Loss. Retaining and Attracting Employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2024

High electric bills and wasted energy are the last things on their minds. According to the National Restaurant Association, operators’ 2024 sales should exceed $1 trillion. An hour later, when sweltering guests crowd in, your team is too distracted to turn some units down. According to the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Winnow Raises $20M to Fight Food Waste. The company, with US offices located in Iowa City, has recently made headlines in the country, having been selected as a food waste innovator and recipient of the Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Kroger Foundation Grant. 63 million tons of food is wasted every year. ” Marc Zornes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Different restaurant models achieve a break-even or profitability point at varying times. Increase Restaurant Sales The best way to increase a restaurant’s cash flow is to increase sales. Careful forecasting can help improve order accuracy and reduce waste. Use creativity to market a restaurant on a limited budget.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2021

Point of Sale (POS) systems have traditionally been the restaurant’s technological centerpiece, connecting guests, servers, and food through transactions. Restaurant technology adoption has accelerated throughout the pandemic, shifting digital tools from futuristic nice-to-haves into critical components of day-to-day operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 12, 2023

One of the most important sources is a restaurant’s POS system, or point-of-sale system. Merchants use the collected data to manage sales, generate labor reports, track inventory and even keep an eye on customer reviews. These findings may be used to reduce food waste and operating costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Keeping track of food and beverage inventory is imperative to preventing product waste and theft. Additionally, there are also a variety of sales taxes, payroll taxes, and possibly liquor taxes that owners must also take into consideration. Staffing itself is an entirely separate, recurring issue within the restaurant industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2022

One study found that internal employee theft is responsible for 75 percent of inventory shortages and about 4 percent of restaurant sales. Implement a Point of Sale System. Simply put, a point of sale is where you ring up customers for the product they purchased. Restaurant theft is expensive.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Restaurants have responded to capture more off-premises sales by improving digital menus, whether found in-app, through a Google search or on store screens. More restaurants are also considering hiring their own courier service to deliver food directly to customers or linking up with aggregating sales platforms as a way to preserve margin.

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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. One of the most obvious aspects of this interaction is that there is not a single human involved besides the consumer. Voice Ordering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

The benefits of a digital workplace can put restaurants in a better position to increase profits, reduce waste, and experience greater growth. Company leaders know that their frontline squads have a unique vantage point and valuable insights. Digital tools can help restaurant leaders tackle this ongoing problem.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Additionally, the solutions deliver deep indoor coverage, requiring fewer access points, which makes deployment easier. The checks are frequent and time-consuming, pulling staff away from responsibilities with a bigger impact on sales and customer experience. Low-power IoT solutions are affordable, secure, and reliable.

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ChowNow

MARCH 13, 2025

A single mistakelike forgetting to accept an order on one app while preparing anothercan result in a frustrated customer and a lost sale. These small errors add up, leading to unhappy customers, negative reviews, and wasted food costs. These small errors add up, leading to unhappy customers, negative reviews, and wasted food costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

This can happen at any point in the food preparation process, including the packing of meals for takeaway and delivery. As per the finding from the webcast, ready-to-eat food sales will generate 2X latent demand of intelligent packaging; with sales of intelligent packaging in Ready-to-eat industry will reach US$ 2593 Mn by 2031.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2022

The cost of raw materials seems to always go up, most ingredients that restaurants use are highly perishable, customer volume is less predictable than we would like, seasonal differences in quality are quite significant, the supply chain is out of step with demand, and waste seems to be a real problem in many operations.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

For operators, restaurant apps mean higher sales, greater customer retention, and smoother day-to-day operations. The restaurant industry is going mobile, and restaurant apps are at the center of this transformation. If your business isnt keeping up with the changes, you risk falling behind and not meeting modern customer expectations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2021

The research is pointing toward off prem only continuing to grow in popularity with guests. Choosing to focus only on ordering and point of sale systems is like only finishing the middle of the puzzle. There are likely features you heard about briefly in a sales process, but didn’t need to get through the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

71 percent rely on delivery for 11 percent or more of sales. 33 percent rely on delivery for more than 20 percent of sales. 65 percent rely on mobile ordering for 11 percent or more of sales. 25 percent rely on mobile ordering for more than 20 percent of sales. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

One of the largest problems on the hands of restaurant and catering professionals through the unpredictable supply and demand of COVID-19 was food waste. Often, the resulting waste was not only the food but also the associated costs and energy spent on more waste management. First Priority: Getting Smarter.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 8, 2020

When point of sale (POS) systems were introduced, restaurants learned they could provide better service to guests and improve business decisions and management. One year ago we walked into a Cambridge, Massachusetts restaurant for the first day of field research. Our palms were sweaty from the excitement and anxiety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 24, 2023

AI can also improve sustainability within restaurants – and throughout their supply chains – with huge benefits that include waste and carbon emissions reduction, cost savings, and meeting consumer demand. For instance, AI can help drive the following benefits: Improving transparency throughout the supply chain.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2024

While brands are increasingly labeling their products with 2D barcodes, retailers have also recognized the value and committed to accept 2D barcodes at point of sale by 2027 in a GS1 US initiative called “ Sunrise 2027.” What’s My Role?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2024

This means collecting and analyzing data points such as dining preferences, frequency of visits and average spending. The big change in the restaurant business is now about more than just serving food; it's about offering a personalized experience that matches exactly what customers want and expect.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Key findings regarding economic conditions include: Restaurant industry sales are projected to reach a record $899 billion in 2020, with the moderate four percent growth rate mirroring general economic conditions. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry. Opportunity lies in off-premises. Off-premises will be a prominent force of growth in 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Restaurants have endless third-party ordering app options, but those do come with a price, approximately five-twenty percent of each sale. Contactless payment eliminates a potential hurdle between you and more sales. The pandemic forced restaurants to adapt to not only a new, leaner business model but also to new consumer behavior.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2023

The first step in this process should be analyzing the data from their point-of-sale system – labor costs, game days sales and more. Use data to identify high-traffic times during the Super Bowl and offer promotions or discountsduring those times to increase sales.

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ChowNow

MARCH 20, 2025

No more wasted hours trying to get it done before service, no more pricing mismatches, and no more frustrated customers wondering why their favorite dish is listed online but unavailable when they order. If your digital menus arent accurate, you risk losing sales to competitors who are more proactive about keeping their menus up to date.

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