Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Contactless dining can impose a challenge of creating a memorable customer experience without actually engaging with customers. However, there are several ways you can enhance the contactless dining experience to ensure customer satisfaction remains high and your restaurant runs smoothly and efficiently.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While sales have in many cases, rebounded, operators faced ongoing struggles from inflationary pressure on food costs, hiring and retaining staff, along with supply chain issues and availability of key items. Customers now rely on new technology, like contactless payments, mobile apps, and self-serve kiosks to get the food they want and fast.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2022

percent from March 2021 to March 2022, accounting for the highest inflation rate since December 1981. Menu engineering is a top-down approach to increasing revenue while Actual versus Theoretical (AvT) – tracking the difference between theoretical food costs and actual food costs – is a bottom-up approach to controlling costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to the National Restaurant Association’s State of the Industry report, 68 percent of customers say they are more likely to purchase takeout or delivery of food than they were before the pandemic. Food and beverage sales in the restaurant and foodservice industry are projected to total $789 billion in 2021, up 19.7

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2023

As restaurants work overtime to deal with soaring costs, ongoing labor shortages and growing economic uncertainty, many are pushing the limits of what used to be their competitive space to extend their brand and get in front of new potential customers. According to Statista , dark kitchens’ global market size in 2021 exceeded $56.71

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features top trends for 2020, how 2020 changed food and the year's top wines. Moreover, it highlights the ingenuity of restaurants in pivoting their business models to leverage low-risk options, like ghost kitchens and pop-ups, and creating new customer experiences, both on- and off-premise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

The partnership aligns Clean Juice’s core values of healthy, clean living with a focus on raising the nutritional and educational value of organic food and beverage choices available to consumers across the nation. There aren’t a lot of products that are transparent about what is in your food.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2021, Laura added the Wendy’s brand to her role with responsibility for implementing Develop­ment Days and quarterly business plans for TSFR’s 56 Wendy’s restaurants. He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager. The Awards are one of these programs.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

US Foods Holding Corp. "With colder weather setting in and new restrictions going into effect across the country, our ongoing commitment to helping restaurant operators adapt during the pandemic has never been more important," said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. "Our

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With leaner teams and limited resources, brands must prioritize investing in a tech stack that helps navigate these obstacles and optimize operations while continuing to deliver a premium customer experience. And of course, fair enough, raise prices – because you're not just food anymore.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

The bites will also be served with the option of twelve different dips, along with regular or sweet potato Tyga Tots, chocolate chip cookies, and beverages. General Mills Foodservice' s Neighborhood to Nation Restaurant Recipe Contest will award $100,000 to restaurants and food trucks nationwide.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2021

With more than a dozen restaurants set to open in the first half of 2021, Freddy’s currently boasts a development pipeline on track to open more than 45 restaurants in 2021. Among the new openings in 2021 so far, Freddy’s has celebrated new locations in key markets such as Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2020

Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative. ” Over 200 food banks face a surge in demand for emergency food aid in the wake of COVID-19. Frequent hand washing following CDC guidance and food code.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2020

"Students enjoy the convenience of self-ordering opportunities, and we've seen demand for our food service operations increase since installation across our campus. Real-time ETAs appear once an order is placed, allowing customers and delivery drivers to precisely time their arrival, avoiding unnecessary and frustrating waiting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

SALIDO continues to execute on its hiring plans to recruit and invest in talent across their Product, Engineering, Customer Experience, and Sales Teams. US Foods Holding Corp. .” The majority of SALIDO's employees joined NAB following the acquisition to continue innovating the Restaurant OS. On Point With Off-Premise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The economic model makes more sense than traditional brick and mortar so many food businesses are moving in this direction. FAT Brands Chairman and CEO Andy Wiederhorn.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). In Asia, the third factor most often cited was provenance and food production methods. “Brands have a real opportunity to reassure and bring back customers.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

” “With the positioning of the Quiznos brand as a ‘café-style’ destination concept, consumers in this region are embracing a robust breakfast platform, including compelling espresso-based beverage offerings,” said Master Franchisee Richard Eisenberg. Founded in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

US Foods Ghost Kitchens. US Foods Holding Corp. launched US Foods Ghost Kitchens, a program designed to guide restaurant operators every step of the way when opening their own operation, helping them easily add a new revenue stream.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

.” Kent Ward, Chief Executive Officer of JK&T, said, “This new partnership with ICV is an exciting move, as they have extensive experience in building and growing the companies in which they invest. Evan Boone will manage and oversee operations for all three I Heart Mac & Cheese locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Sentiment for restaurant service and food improved significantly in December compared to a year ago. For food, 50 percent of all mentions and reviews during the month had positive sentiment. As off-premise sales growth accelerated again during the month and dine-in sales slowed down, food sentiment suffered as a result.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

Curry Up Now began as a food truck in 2009 and was founded by husband and wife duo, Akash and Rana Kapoor, and supported by co-founder and Senior VP of Operations, Amir Hosseini. Our business growth in the last decade has positioned us to create change for good and implement creative solutions for our planet, our people and our food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

believes the coronavirus is not going to have a single blanket impact on all aspects of the economy or even the retail economy or food sector more specifically. 17 percent said they were just avoiding dining-in (opting to pick-up or have food delivered), with 10 percent appearing to lean toward Ordering for Pickup only.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The lunches rose to popularity in the 1930s with lunch wagons serving mixed-style food on compartmentalized paper plates. Must apply for federal financial aid for the 2020-2021 academic year using the Free Application for the Federal Student Aid (FASFA) by early April 2020. Be enrolling as an undergraduate student in a U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

This is an opportunity for brands to eliminate friction across the customer journey, from the moment an order is placed through to the moment a customer picks up their order. For restaurant brands, the digital pivot is imperative to getting the customer experience right.” Mobile orders are on the rise. Fast Casual.

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Forward Fooding

APRIL 19, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of food technology, one trend that stands out prominently is the rise of functional foods and drinks. in 2021 to an impressive 3.4% Among this year’s FoodTech 500 newcomers, Next-Gen Food and Drinks, especially those centred on plant-based innovations, are gaining notable traction.

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Lithos POS

JANUARY 27, 2022

5 Largest Fast Food Chains and Revenue (USD billions) | Lithospos. Some of them are: No precise planning Bad Management Team Inexperience Afraid to take the risk Customer satisfaction strategy Ignorance of food licenses Why do restaurants fail- Management issues and solution | Lithospos. Ignorance of Food Licenses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Together, the initiative supported the food and beverage community by providing more than 500,000 freshly cooked meals and much needed supplies across 19 relief kitchens nationwide. Sharebite launched Sharebite Stations, a streamlined, post-COVID compliant solution for facilitating contactless food delivery at offices.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

White Castle, the creator of the beloved Sliders sold at eponymous restaurants and in grocery aisles nationwide, has been celebrating its 100th birthday throughout 2021. The family-owned business has thrown star-studded virtual parties and showered customers with giveaways galore. White Castle Salutes Long-Term Employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

However, since the start of 2021, Randy’s has seen a wave of interest from both domestic and international franchisees. The Costa Mesa location, opened in March 2021 and the first in Orange County, sold over 100,000 donuts in its ten days. The company reported a 24 percent same-store sales increase in March 2021. "We

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature top foods of 2021, customer satisfaction, the Good Food 100 and shopping sentiments, State of the Plate. Unlike 2020, diners opted for the plant-based versions of delivery classics so far in 2021. Top Foods Across Major Markets. Top Side Dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 14, 2020

In a deal that creates the world’s largest online food delivery company outside of China, Just Eat Takeaway.com plans to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Grubhub in an all-stock transaction. The transaction represents Just Eat Takeaway.com’s entry into online food delivery in the United States. The deal is valued at $7.3

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

As economic pressures and fluctuating food costs persist, these technologies will be critical for maintaining profitability and ensuring long-term sustainability. Younger generations are increasingly favoring restaurants that prioritize sustainability… local sourcing, reducing food waste, energy efficient operations.

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