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How AI Will Save the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants and food joints, once reliable venues for human interaction, will be important for the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Some of the biggest disruptors will result from the increase in information technology, autonomous vehicles, automation and robotics in the kitchen, and AI chefs. Voice Ordering.

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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

Modern Restaurant Management

Mobile food trucks are adopting new technologies, reducing costs, and responding to change. They were gaining in popularity prior to the pandemic, with the Census Bureau estimating 5,970 food trucks in 2018, “nearly double the 3,281 in 2013.” Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal. ” That number grew to 23,873 in 2020.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Dash From the Past: A Decade Delivered In 2013, things started off small, with a simple idea. Today, we’re looking back on the decade to see how much our tastes have changed since 2013 and what’s stayed consistent — our passion for chicken sandwiches, for one. Since 2013, more than 600 million (!)

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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

EATER

Chef-owner Colleen Marnell-Suhanosky opened the restaurant in 2013 after working for renowned Boston chef Lydia Shire and at various East Coast restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern in New York City. Community, environment. It’s part of my DNA.

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How Hyperion Public Stays Profitable and Labor Compliant with 7shifts

7 Shifts

Hyperion GM, Teddy Goldstein, has worked at Hyperion since 2013, starting as a pantry cook in the kitchen. A modern restaurant lacking modern solutions When Teddy joined the management team of Hyperion Public, it was clear that they needed a major technology overhaul. I was like, ‘There's got to be technology that does this.

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Chargebacks: A Fast-Growing Threat Facing the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Back in 2013, the food and beverage industry had one of the lowest average chargeback rates of any business vertical. technology, just to name a few. A chargeback is essentially a kind of forced refund conducted by a cardholder’s issuing bank. At that time, the typical restaurant saw a chargeback rate of barely 0.01

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Changes at McDonald’s and Reducing Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM News Bites features McDonalds, the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, OpenTable, Ordermark, Hudson Group, Hakkasan Group , Waitr and Checkers, ICV Partners, Restaurant Technologies, Diebold Nixdorf and Alto-Shaam. “In 2013, I was fortunate to partner with the Hudson team on the retail program at my home airport, St.

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