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Join The Great American Takeout

Modern Restaurant Management

A coalition of restaurants including Panera Bread, Noodles & Company, Veggie Grill, El Torito, Jason’s Deli, The Habit Burger Grill, Lemonade, Modern Market, and Chevys Fresh Mex is asking Americans to participate in The Great American Takeout on Tuesday, March 24. Together, we must act to support each other and our communities in unprecedented ways.

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[Data] The State of Restaurants During the COVID-19 Situation

7 Shifts

The restaurant industry is in flux, and many restaurateurs lack access to the information and resources required to make decisions about their business. 7shifts is sharing insights about communication, sales, and staffing for restaurateurs to understand both the global and regional impact of COVID-19. Looking at the data inside the 7shifts labor management platform—from sales activity to staffing and communication—we see serious changes as restaurant owners struggle with reduced sales and increa

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Coronavirus: Aviation, hospitality industries respond

Smart Brief Hospitality

Airlines, hotels, and casinos are grappling with uncertain times. Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the travel business is doing what it can to adjust to the situation. With restrictions on travel, self-quarantine mandates, the travel industry is responding to one of the greatest threats their industry has ever faced. Airlines gear up The unfolding pandemic has hit the aviation and travel sectors hard, putting pressure on corporate leaders to make rapid adjustments after years of growt

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5 Tips for Restaurant Inventory Revenue Maximization

MBB Hospitality

Maintaining an effective inventory revenue margin requires both the right infrastructure in terms of personnel and technology and the right practices. Only a multi-modal approach to your restaurant’s inventory can maximize your profits and promote strategic revenue management. Here’s a short guide on 5 tips for how to manage your inventory successfully in a restaurant setting. 1.

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Business Automation in Hospitality: A New World

Dive into the transformative potential of business automation within the hospitality sector. This comprehensive overview showcases how innovative technologies can streamline operations, reduce costs, and elevate guest satisfaction. Discover the advantages of integrating systems like automated check-ins, CRM, and energy management to not only save on expenses but also to provide a seamless and personalized guest experience.

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Hearty BBQ with a Heart: How Mighty Quinn’s Is Adapting

Modern Restaurant Management

Customer discounts and free sandwiches for healthcare workers are just two of the ways that the barbeque brand is showing its genuine care and appreciation for the communities it serves. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in challenging economic times, especially for the restaurant industry. Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque has certainly felt the pinch.

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Coronavirus: Aviation, hospitality industries respond

Smart Brief Hospitality

Airlines, hotels, and casinos are grappling with uncertain times. Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the travel business is doing what it can to adjust to the situation. With restrictions on travel, self-quarantine mandates, the travel industry is responding to one of the greatest threats their industry has ever faced. Airlines gear up. The unfolding pandemic has hit the aviation and travel sectors hard, putting pressure on corporate leaders to make rapid adjustments after years of grow

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Susie Fogelson: ‘You Have to Talk to Your Customers.’

Modern Restaurant Management

Food Marketer Susie Fogelson of @ F&Co offers some ideas and resources for restaurants during this unprecedented time. Watch and listen for actionable tips and best practices for marketing including hashtag campaigns such as #onceaweek.

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EVERYTHING Is Local Now

Modern Restaurant Management

With many states ordering dine-in restaurants to shutter, getting the word out if you can offer curbside pickup, delivery and takeout is crucial. This makes being responsive to community needs and local store marketing techniques even more significant. In fact, an optimized localized marketing strategy can yield up to three times more business growth, according to SOCi, Inc.’s second annual Localized Marketing Benchmark Report , produced in partnership with Localogy.

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Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

There has been a significant surge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) usage in the restaurant industry for providing improved services to elevate operations, trim cost and create a better environment for guests. How will AI use in the restaurant industry continue to evolve? Sales Forecasting. To evaluate future sales, restaurant owners carry out a sales forecasting process.

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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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Communicating Through COVID-19: Top Five Best Practices for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

In a time of such uncertainty where restaurants are experiencing mandated shutdowns in cities and states across the country and the industry is facing a loss of $225 billion as a result, according to the National Restaurant Association, it is more important than ever for brands to engage and communicate with their customers effectively. These are unprecedented times, with neighboring restaurants all facing similar challenges, so having an authentic way to remind guests that you’re open is

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Protect the Package: Ensuring Food Safety in Shift to Takeout and Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

Food safety discussions have taken on a new level of urgency, as restaurants face the enormity of consequences of COVID-19. Restaurants that spent the first weeks of the pandemic reassuring customers that they had expanded cleaning protocols are now shutting their doors and shifting to takeout and delivery models that have their own safety challenges.

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‘The Fighter Is Going to Win’

Modern Restaurant Management

Jon Taffer is scared for restaurants and terrified for bars. He cautioned that when restaurants can reopen for dine-in service, they will have to face the bittersweet reality of less seating capacity and less sales–he estimates as much as 30 percent–due to social distancing practices and guest apprehension. "They have to expect 30 percent less seats and 30 percent less revenue when they open their doors," he told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

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Technology Trends for the ‘New Normal’ Customer Cravings

Modern Restaurant Management

The past few weeks have proven how quickly the way in which we dine is shifting and evolving and fast forwarded a number of technology trends. Hyper-connectivity and lifestyle trends will continue to influence and alter consumer behavior. Capitalizing on this craving for convenience, fast food options and food delivery startups are growing rapidly, evidenced by the fact that fast food growth swiftly outpaced that of bars and restaurants by a whopping nearly 7:1 margin between 2017 and 2019.

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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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14 Pandemic Emergency Procedures for Restaurants (Infographic)

Modern Restaurant Management

In this Coronavirus outbreak, the restaurant industry is one of the most affected sectors, with businesses being forced to close and owners desperate to salvage their life’s work. In these times of crisis, some of the few options restaurants have are no-contact delivery and minimum exposure pickup. In the infographic below, you will find 14 emergency measures you can implement as a restaurant owner to protect your business and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Food Safety Practices in the Time of COVID-19

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurateurs and their employees don’t need anything else to worry about these days. It is challenging enough to operate a restaurant in this time of quarantines, curbside and delivery-only options, and social distancing added to the attendant drops in revenue and worries about making sure employees are cared for. Maybe the absolute last thing any restaurant wants to focus on are food safety regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Restaurant Leases In the Time of Quarantine – What are the Obligations Now?

Modern Restaurant Management

It is not surprising that under the current circumstances, restaurants are seeking help to understand their lease obligations. Can they close their restaurant? Can they stop paying rent? The short answer is possibly yes, but not in every instance. Each case is different, so it is important for restaurant owners to consult with a real estate attorney about their own particular situation.

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POS Systems: The Backbone of Restaurant Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

The modern restaurant point-of-sale (POS) system has grown beyond simply handling payments. Feature-rich mobile POS systems have evolved to processing orders, sending tickets to the kitchen, providing detailed reporting and offering thorough inventory and business management. With the restaurant market expecting to exceed $22 billion by 2025 , the high volume of cash and credit cards that pass through a restaurant each day make a POS system a necessity rather than a convenience.

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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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Should My Restaurant Start Offering Delivery?

Modern Restaurant Management

Should I pivot my business model and start offering delivery? That’s the question on everyone’s mind lately, especially in light of COVID-19. Many restaurants across the United States and Canada have been forced to shut their dining areas, and lockdown. It’s important as a business owner, to explore all the options for keeping your business open.

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MRM Restaurant Survival Guide, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

For more resources, click COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants and MRM Restaurant Survival Guide, Second Course. To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news. Rom Krupp, founder of OneDine has been literally sleeping in his office and giving away his company’s technology for free to save as many restaurants as possible.

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National Restaurant Show Canceled, Dog Haus Absolute, Pickup Pods and Melt It Forward

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM News Bites features the National Restaurant Association, Absolute Brands, Bacardi, Tito's Vodka, Yum! Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. National Restaurant Association Show Canceled.

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Restaurant Marketing in the Coronavirus Era

Modern Restaurant Management

Proactive marketing can be an effective tool for restaurants that can remain in operation during the COVID-19 crisis. As one way to help restaurants navigate this uncertain time, our team has created a short e-Book with marketing tips for restaurants. Download the full guide, "Coronavirus Era: 13 Restaurant Marketing Ideas" here. Among the highlights: Pickup Incentives.

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No-Code Technology: The Key to Unlock the Future of Your Business

Global economies are reeling from recent upheavals—pandemic aftershocks, geopolitical conflicts, and a tech sector crunch. Mark Zuckerberg's 2023 "Year of Efficiency" ethos extends into 2024, with leaders seeking cost reductions without stunting growth. No-code technology emerges as a beacon of hope, fostering resilience and adaptability. Platforms like Make.com and Zapier empower even non-technical staff to automate and innovate, freeing IT for strategic tasks.

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Why (and How) to Apply Business Intelligence and Data Analytics to Restaurant Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

Business intelligence and data analytics solutions are transforming the restaurant industry. Now more than ever, new systems are empowering owners and managers to optimize service, boost guest engagement, enhance menu performance, slash waste, and much more. Yet very few restaurants are applying business intelligence and data analytics to the “technology stack” deployed at each location.