Restaurant Engine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

You’ve got great food, wonderful ambiance, highly trained servers, and an excellent chef. In this article, let’s look at 2020 restaurant marketing trends for your best year yet, and so you don’t have to ask, “Where are my diners?”. Stay on top of the latest trends to help your restaurant grow. But where are the diners?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

If 2020 and 2021 were all about helping operators find new revenue streams to reach guests when they couldn’t come into restaurants, then 2022 was all about getting customers back in. Beyond putting guest data insights at servers’ fingertips, data science tools will deepen the personalization possibilities.

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Hotel Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Unlike mirrored casting solutions, once streaming starts, the process is offloaded to the casting server, which allows guests to use their iOS or Android devices without interrupting the streaming. Nomadix Casting was originally introduced in 2020 and has been well-received by global hotel customers. Thousands of apps are supported.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Many restaurant owners and managers immediately invested in multiple technology solutions to stay afloat in 2020, with contactless order and payment solutions being the most important. In addition to deploying technology to address these shifting customer habits, arguably one of the biggest hurdles restaurant operators face is vendor fatigue.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 9, 2024

It’s easy to see how servers at a high-end restaurant will consistently exceed the minimum wage, even if a slice of their tips goes into a tip pool. Before the August 2020 update, New Jersey last updated its wage and hour laws in 2009. In 2023, Sara, a server at Soda Pop Diner, makes, on average, $14.50 Let’s look at an example.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 9, 2024

It’s easy to see how servers at a high-end restaurant will consistently exceed the minimum wage, even if a slice of their tips goes into a tip pool. Before the August 2020 update, New Jersey last updated its wage and hour laws in 2009. In 2023, Sara, a server at Soda Pop Diner, makes, on average, $14.50 Let’s look at an example.

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Blue Magnet Interactive

JANUARY 21, 2020

As we progress into 2020, things are starting to get interesting. Given, first impressions are incredibly powerful and as subjective as they are, 2020 web design trends are pointing in a particular direction, especially in hotel web design. 2020 and beyond humans are only going to become more and more impatient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Since quarantine lockdowns began mid-March of 2020, restaurants faced unprecedented turmoil. With the median profit margin between 3-5 percent , capacity maximums , and a net industry loss estimated at around $240B by the end of 2020 , every dollar counts. Before global lockdowns, the U.S. restaurant industry suffered from a 74.9

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The old norm of 15-20 servers per small restaurant is unsustainable for mom and pops if they’re looking to meet demand, making the evolution of tech vital for 2022 and worth keeping an eye on. We’ve seen it throughout 2020 and 2021, and now 2022 is seeing a new version of the same. Key 2022 Trends. Tech Advancements.

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EATER

AUGUST 1, 2022

With their purchase, buyers gained access to Diaspora’s Discord server, where a channel called Kadipatta Care Community connects plant parents with each other as well as with Zee Husain, who co-founded Cultural Roots Nursery and with whom Diaspora partnered to grow the plants. Diaspora certainly isn’t the first food brand to join Discord.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2021

But the bad news is they are having trouble hiring and filling positions across the board for cooks, servers, FOH and BOH positions. Data from a survey Landed conducted in 2020 found that job candidates’ top three priorities are Learning & Growth, Salary and Location, in that order. They have a lot of options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2021

Managers, servers, kitchen staff all filled in on roles to handle the increasing volume of online orders as the country embraced digital dining. Data from Yelp's 2020 Annual Economic Average Report shows that the number of restaurant and food business openings approached and even surpassed 2019 levels in Q4. Roles shifted too.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2022

Food arrives at the table shortly after the customer shows up, removing the stress placed on servers and limiting the time pressure. As of 2020, 87 percent of shoppers preferred touchless self-checkout and payments options. The opportunity to pre-order food online makes it easier for all parties involved.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 23, 2020

By implementing Pay-at-the-Table technology, restaurant owners are saving their servers both literal steps between the diner’s table and payment station and figurative steps involving inputting checks into the POS system, handling receipts and adjusting for gratuity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Quick service, fast casual and bars and taverns have exceeded where they were in February 2020. Insurers are adding wage and hour exclusions to policies and reducing limits in response to class-action litigation filed by servers and other front-of-house staff. It’s the industry’s biggest concern.

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EATER

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A downside to outdoor dining taking up sidewalks and streets: all the tables, chairs, servers, bussers, and customers can make already inaccessible spaces even harder to navigate for people who use wheelchairs and mobility devices. [ Looks like it might be the PS5 UI reveal [link] — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 13, 2020. •

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NCC USA

MAY 2, 2022

This trend was gaining traction before 2020, but the pandemic accelerated its adoption, as customers appreciated the convenience as well as the safety of reduced interpersonal contact. increase since May 2020). A growing number of restaurant patrons have turned to online ordering as their most frequent and preferred dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

” In fact, Mastercard estimates “over 40 percent growth in contactless transactions globally in the first quarter of 2020." In this new environment, take steps to: Elevate your servers to guides. Following are a few simple steps hospitality operators should consider: Remember that Guests Come for the Experience.

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EATER

JULY 8, 2022

A few months after the first COVID-19 shutdown, restaurants furloughed and laid off cooks, servers, bartenders, and managers nationwide. On December 16, 2020, my husband Seth and I opened Joon with the goal of crafting a restaurant with a different structure. But in late 2020, none of us knew how long we would live in lockdown.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

For on-premise dining experiences, contactless ordering solutions can speed up table turnover and free servers up from the monotonous task of taking orders so that they can focus on giving guests a memorable hospitality experience. Your servers can use this information to serve guests personalized hospitality experiences.

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EATER

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The UN World Food Programme headquarters in Rome, Italy on October 9, 2020. The World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency and the world’s largest humanitarian organization dedicated to combating hunger and food insecurity, has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. link] — World Food Programme (@WFP) October 9, 2020.

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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. Sales velocity is now +4 percent vs January 4, 2020. Payment options expanding.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 24, 2021

The growing popularity of minimum wage for restaurant workers isn’t an accident – it’s a reflection of how unappreciated servers and staff feel even before the pandemic. For the fiscal year 2020, the brand’s digital sales blew past $1 billion."

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2020

1] The CARES Act provides that businesses with fewer than 500 employees — including sole proprietors and nonprofits— under Section 7 of the Small Business Act, will have access to funding during the “covered period,” which runs from February 15, 2020 through June 30, 2020.

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OpenTable

MARCH 1, 2023

Labor supply and demand were roughly matched from 2000 through early 2020, according to U.S. But restaurant closures and worker layoffs in March 2020 shifted this dynamic. As lockdowns eased in May and June of 2020, more than 3.5 Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 26, 2023

This issue is most commonly solved by using the cloud — servers run by the POS company and accessible via the internet. Most POS companies ensure that their servers are secure and up-to-date and that private sections are assigned to specific businesses. Moving to the cloud is a top priority for restaurant owners.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. According to a study by Panasonic , the percentage of restaurant businesses that consider themselves “tech-forward” doubled from 13% in January 2020 to 26% by August 2020. since March 2020. million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2023

An interesting tidbit about those dark days of 2020-21: restaurants, bars, food trucks and other establishments that were able to remain efficient with their back of house (BOH) services were most likely to survive and even thrive. More Equitable Compensation In years past, front of house personnel – servers, bussers, hostesses, etc.

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OpenTable

MARCH 1, 2023

The average hourly rate for US restaurant workers increased by 20% between 2020 and 2022 , rising from $16.65 For servers in busy restaurants, the hourly wage part of their income can be a tiny fraction of their pay. Taking the leap can make it difficult to attract and retain servers, for example. This can be as little as $2.13

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

No need to flag down a server or wait for the check. If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that the future is unpredictable. To paint a picture, restaurant guests can sit down at their socially distanced table, scan a QR code using their own smartphone, and from there order their meal, pay their bill, and even leave feedback.

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EATER

JANUARY 28, 2022

In her new book One Fair Wage , she writes about how the practice “spread rapidly as employers in the hospitality sector hired newly freed slaves as servers, porters, and hosts across the country.” million in the 2020 fiscal year — or over 500 times more than the median Darden worker. In contrast, Lee took home nearly $8.7

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2021

Despite the difficulties we faced in 2020, new restaurants continue to open and existing restaurants have eyed coming back after facing bankruptcy. In doing so, you can tell your incoming guests what their wait will be, which was proven useful in 2020 as seating maximums were imposed in many places around the world. Contactless dining.

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EATER

MAY 3, 2021

For servers and bartenders, fewer patrons means less tips — which means that they’re putting their health at risk while making less money than they would on unemployment. When Isaac Furman quit his job as a line cook in early 2020 to go back to school, he assumed it would be a temporary break from the industry. “I

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Mary Gostelow

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To go with this, servers poured glasses of Hermitage Blanc Chante Alouette 2020. The third dish was immediately different. Mark Lundgaard, of Kong Hand Kaelder restaurant, Copenhagen, had amazingly produced individual gamemtourte with mystique sauce – game pies in a semi-sweet red sauce.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A 2020 survey by Bright Local shared that 87 percent of consumers read online reviews of local businesses. Visit us online or in-store, show a server a picture of your review or upload a picture to your order notes, and we’ll make sure to add the discount at checkout. Click the link in our bio to make a reservation today!”

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EATER

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A server talks to Claire and Dan Sylvest while dining at the Melting Pot restaurant in Houston. The dining room was largely empty, and our well-meaning server told us, apropos of nothing, that there were only three reservations on the books for the entire evening. Mike Johnston retired in 2020, leaving Bob and Mark as its sole owners.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Servers Bonnie Fong, Peter Ormsby, and Bob Shachtay. Though special occasions bring guests back to Hy’s for tableside steak Diane prepared by servers in butcher jackets, the Calgary restaurant has had to keep up with the times with a new look. Hy’s Steakhouse Hy Aisenstat. Hy’s Steakhouse.

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