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Measuring KPIs for Food Safety Success in Holiday Menu Items, Off-Premise Catering, LTOs, and Beyond

Modern Restaurant Management

The holiday season offers opportunities for catering orders, off-site catering, in-store limited-time offers of holiday favorites, and all of the increased revenue that comes with them. It's the most wonderful time of the year…and for many restaurant operators, one of the busiest.

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Best of 2018: Caterers Describe the Coolest Dishes They Created This Year

BizBash

Chefs and caterers continued to push the boundaries at events this year, creating interactive (and, of course, Instagram-friendly) cocktails, entrees.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature news about an influx of catering orders, the topic of tipping, the rise of kiosks and affordable Michelin restaurants. Among the highlights: On or Off Prem Same-store catering transactions increased +71 percent in Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022.

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High Cuisine: The Budding Relationship Between Cannabis and Fine Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

With leading pioneers coming primarily out of California and Colorado, the cannabis cuisine phenomenon is quickly catching on across the country thanks to the efforts of talented chefs, celebrity caterers and imaginative public relations campaigns. What exactly is cannabis fine dining, in a nutshell?

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Unlocking Hyper-Personalization: 5 Strategies for Leveraging First-Party Data in Hospitality

Hospitality Net

According to Forbes, loyalty programs are evolving beyond the traditional one-size-fits-all model, catering to individual purchasing behaviors (Fromm, 2024).

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BentoBox: Digital Dining Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

12 percent increase since 2018. Be it a national holiday, or a gift just because, here are some of the ways customers revel with restaurants: Thanksgiving is the top holiday for restaurant catering orders. In 2020, not having a mobile-friendly restaurant website is no longer an option. Top reasons for gift card giving: 1.

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2018 Catering Preview: Experts Predict Upcoming Trends for Meeting and Event Menus

BizBash

With a new year comes new catering trends, which provide planners with novel ways to surprise guests with food and.