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Five Ways to Market Your Takeout and Delivery Services Amid Coronavirus

Modern Restaurant Management

As you shift the way you do business and try to stay operational amid coronavirus, it’s critical to find ways to promote your offers and let customers know you’re still open for business, even if you’re focused solely on serving customers through takeout, delivery and/or curbside. Following are 5 ways to market your takeout and delivery services amid coronavirus. 1.

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No Drive-Thru? Here’s How to Offer Contactless Curbside Pickup

7 Shifts

With the heavy impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, the industry is racing to find new ways to keep their locations open and keep revenue as high as possible for survival. Foot traffic has dropped for the majority of restaurants in North America, with revenue switching to online ordering and pickups instead. Restaurants with drive thrus have had a smaller decline in revenue compared to the ones that don’t have drive thrus.

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How To Make Your Quarantine Meals at Home Feel More Like a Restaurant

The Restaurant Manifesto

Recreating the structure of a restaurant meal at home isn’t easy, but there are some strategies that may help you emulate the energy of sitting in your favorite restaurant. The post How To Make Your Quarantine Meals at Home Feel More Like a Restaurant appeared first on THE RESTAURANT MANIFESTO.

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Innisfree - Untitled Article

Innisfree

Innisfree Hotels Donates 6,300 Room Nights to Healthcare Workers and Medical Professionals Impacted by Coronavirus. GULF BREEZE, Fla., April 13, 2020 – Innisfree Hotels , Northwest Florida’s largest owner of beachfront hotels, announced today that the company will donate up to 6,300 room nights to frontline medical professionals leading the fight against COVID-19.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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Coming Back Better 

Modern Restaurant Management

The current crisis has thrown the industry a curveball, and many restaurants aren’t sure how to react. While this isn’t the kind of extra hours in the day we asked for, it can be an opportunity to come back better than before. Focus on What You Can Control. Many cities and states have implemented lockdown rules, and there are new sets of policies and procedures to follow, from reduced capacity to take away only.

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Five Ways Technology is Transforming the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

As a restaurant owner or manager, do you find yourself getting caught up in the intricacies and not being able to focus on aspects that matter? The key lies in achieving operational efficiency. Whether it’s inter-team communication, improving table turnover, or reducing waste – an efficiently run restaurant results in an increase in sales and revenue.

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Independent Restaurants Find Creative Ways to Stay Open During Covid-19 Shutdown

Modern Restaurant Management

We’re about a month into the Coronavirus crisis that has crippled the restaurant industry. Practically overnight, restaurant owners had to figure out how to support their staff, pay their bills and feed their families and customers. I own a restaurant supplies delivery service and a month ago we were faced with a warehouse full of food and perishables and massive orders that were suddenly cancelled.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. March Sales Decline. The rapid decline in sales during the second half of March due to COVID-19 was enough to push the industry down to its worst month in decades. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March.

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From Surviving to Thriving: Re-Capturing Potential Lost Expense in Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

While the primary concern during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be physical health and getting food to people in order for them to stay alive and healthy, the impact of the virus on the restaurant industry has been tremendous. Restaurants are an essential part of the food supply chain to millions of Americans every year. However, according to the USDA , up to 40 percent of the nation’s food supply is wasted each year – the economic equivalent of approximately $161 billion

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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How Restaurants Can Better Prepare to Prevent Foodborne Illness in the Wake of COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly across the country, forcing millions of restaurants to suspend operations or pivot to a delivery model in hopes of flattening the curve. As restaurants make this shift and close their physical doors to customers, they’re entering an unprecedented time in restaurant history. As this global pandemic continues to evolve, we are learning that proper hygiene is critical in slowing the spread of the virus.

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Picture This: Use Mural Art to Up-Level Your Marketing Strategy

Modern Restaurant Management

A Zagat dining trends survey says 75 percent of respondents have selected a restaurant based on food photos. “Instagram-worthy” is a thing in the restaurant business and it’s not going away: who hasn’t snapped a photo of a drool-worthy meal to share on social media? The vast majority of Millennial customers photograph their food, and Gen Z has the same reflex.

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Will Your Restaurant Business’s Legal Structure Work?

Modern Restaurant Management

Does your restaurant business have a legal structure that will guide ownership through success and hard times? Restaurants are a vital and volatile element of the business landscape. But an expert on CNBC recently asserted that 60 percent of new restaurants fail in the first year and 80 percent in the first five years. While a Forbes article not too long after disputed those numbers, if you live in an urban area, you have seen enough restaurants come and go to know that it’s not a venture

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Modern Restaurant Management

While the primary concern during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be physical health and getting food to people in order for them to stay alive and healthy, the impact of the virus on the restaurant industry has been tremendous. Restaurants are an essential part of the food supply chain to millions of Americans every year. However, according to the USDA , up to 40 percent of the nation’s food supply is wasted each year – the economic equivalent of approximately $161 billion

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Win More in 2024: Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success

Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success Start maximizing ROI and doing more with less with Olo’s ultimate guide to restaurant marketing. In this guide: Strategies to level up in 4 key areas: data, audiences, content distribution, and loyalty Interactive checklists to help you track your progress throughout the year Tips for leveraging guest data across your entire business What you’ll learn: Level 1 | Beginner: Learn how to collect guest data, build a healthy subscriber list, launch personali

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Restaurant Leaders Discuss Navigating the ‘New Normal’

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) wanted to get a pulse on how restaurant operations have changed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We asked industry leaders from Earl Enterprises, Patina Group and Wahlburgers for their views on this "new normal" for the restaurant industry. Robert Earl is Founder of Earl Enterprises (Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich, Bertucci’s, Mixology Grill & Lounge), Founder of Virtual Dining Concepts (Wing Squad), Co-Founder of Chicken Guy!

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What Can I Do to Help My Restaurants and Community Battle the Effects of COVID-19?

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform. Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Q: What can I do to help my restaurants and community battle the effects of COVID-19? A : During this unprecedented time, now more than ever, we need to come together as a single community to face the challenges that each of our businesses, and your busi

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Missteps Employers Must Avoid to Ensure Legal Compliance in the Age of COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on with no relief in sight, employers need to tread carefully in managing their employees to avoid legal scrutiny by federal law enforcement agencies, such as the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), so that an epidemic of litigation does not ensue following the mitigation of the novel coronavirus.