Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 6, 2025

Under an exclusive agreement, Kaapi Solutions, a leading provider of premium coffee equipment in India, will be the sole distributor and importer of Rocket Espresso’s Sotto Banco and Doppia machines. warehouse in Riverside, Missouri, featuring hundreds of bags of specialty green coffee, a cupping lab, and roasting equipment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Technology has made it easy for individuals and companies to scoop up reservations from legitimate restaurant websites or restaurant-approved reservation sites like high-demand concert tickets. Technology and social media Instagram remains the most used social media app with 87 percent monthly usage among teens. billion in 2024.

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QSR Automations

JANUARY 31, 2025

Enhanced data insights led to strategic equipment upgrades, like adding fryer bins and expanding broiler sizes, to meet growing demand. These outcomes highlight the significant impact of connecting your front and back of house with innovative technology. Want to read more success stories? Check out our case studies!

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Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 9, 2025

For a competition that promotes excellence, the trend towards high-tech, fashionable gadgets and equipment was to be expected. Equipment manufacturers have clearly taken note of this interest. By investing in this equipment, professional and home baristas can exert more control over a wider range of variables.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Restaurants will continue to invest in comprehensive Back-of-House Technologies Following the pandemic, restaurants focused heavily on Front-of-House technology to streamline and digitize the diner experience. Digital experiences must drive real value Technology, for its own sake, won’t cut it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

While there is plenty of technology out there to optimize your establishment, one food service trend is becoming a mainstay: Internet of Things. We've highlighted a few key ways you can embrace this growing trend in 2022. Connected Equipment. Alerting operators of upcoming maintenance, errors or equipment failure.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

More than half of restaurant operators said it would be a year or more before businesses conditions return to normal with food, labor, and occupancy costs are expected to remain elevated, and continue to impact restaurant profit margins in 2022, according to the National Restaurant Association's 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Modern Restaurant Manaagement (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders to discuss the key challenges they believe restaurants will face in 2022. Restaurants will continue to grapple with labor shortages and supply chain disruptions throughout 2022. Supply chain : Supply chain issues will be a key challenge in 2022.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pandemic has permanently altered the consumer-restaurant relationship with operators investing in technology and real estate to align with changing consumer preferences, according to the 2021 Restaurant Franchise Pulse survey, conducted by TD Bank. Download the Restaurant Trends for 2022 report for more details.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As we wrap up a year that brought more tremendous change to the hospitality industry, I like to look ahead and anticipate some of the opportunities and challenges we will see in 2022 (and beyond). The pandemic has forever upended restaurants, wineries, breweries, entertainment venues, businesses that had been reluctant to embrace technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Restaurant operators once again find themselves refocusing priorities and altering their plans for 2022. Here are some trends NCR is watching as move into 2022. Rely on Technology to Increase Operational Efficiency. Operators will look to technology to offset labor shortages and free up staff to enhance the dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Closures, supply chain problems, labor shortages, technology, and inflation are just a few of the challenges operators have faced in recent years. I see a few things on the horizon as part of the ongoing evolution of the relationship between restaurants and technology. More franchisors will add technology fees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Though many of the market forces that shaped the restaurant industry in 2021 were closely linked to disruption from the pandemic's onset in 2020, 2022 brings new challenges — and opportunities. Unprecedented labor and supply chain pressure will drive most of the restaurant trends that will define 2022, industry analysts say.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This includes raising wages, boosting benefits such as offering early wage access, and leveraging technology to improve scheduling, automate processes and streamline operations, ensuring a seamless shift every time. 2022 will be the year where the restaurant industry shows the world how flexible and techno-savvy it really is.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 13, 2022

Employers can help alleviate this burden by leveraging technology that will provide their staff with scheduling consistency and flexibility. 2022 is the year for restaurant owners to assess their scheduling process and improve their employees’ shift experience. More than 50 percent of shift workers in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 5, 2022

With new problems come opportunities for new innovations, and technology has been a vital resource for restaurants during the pandemic. Technology has helped restaurants survive the pandemic, but it has also become a regular part of the dining experience for millions of customers. Restaurants Must Prepare For Continued Disruptions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2022

According to a new National Restaurant Association Report , around 50 percent of restaurant operators expect that recruiting and retaining employees will be their top challenge throughout 2022, and 75 percent said they plan to devote more resources to recruiting and retaining employees. Integrated Talent Acquisition Systems.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Restaurants have faced labor shortages, supply and equipment shortages, and climbing food prices, with no past playbook on how to navigate the crisis. To help operators move forward, let’s take a look at some of the challenges the industry has experienced in 2021 and how they can come out on top in 2022 and beyond.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

JULY 25, 2022

Restaurants aren’t always at the forefront of implementing new technology. However, recent world events and their aftermath have led to a rapid influx of technological advancements in the industry. The Importance of Technology in Food Businesses. 8 Major Restaurant Tech Trends in 2022. That’s not all.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2023

From the digital revolution of the 1980s, the advent of the internet in the 1990s, and the proliferation of smartphone and AI technologies in the 21st century, restaurant and bar owners must keep pace with the latest tech trends to achieve sustainable growth and maintain a steady stream of revenue. There are 6.92

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

These systems are also being used as they support future restaurant technologies like self-serving kiosks. The advent of cloud technology has majorly driven the development of advanced cloud-based POS systems that can facilitate online ordering, inventory management, and digital payments. In 2022, U.S. software company NCR Corp.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

You’re also hostage to other rising costs and supply chain delays, and want to deliver the experiences your diners expect, now and into 2022. The technology empowers operators to make direct, digital connections with their equipment (e.g., Maintaining Equipment. Money savings so you can grow your bottom line.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2021

While 2022 may bring new problems, at its heart, it still follows the same cycle of preparation and prevention. Key 2022 Challenges. While combating empty roles and maneuvering vacation policies, technology offers support without added stress. Technology also allows for seamless delivery operations during colder months.

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

JULY 15, 2022

Restaurants aren’t always at the forefront of implementing new technology. However, recent world events and their aftermath have led to a rapid influx of technological advancements in the industry. Technology allows businesses to offset labor issues and also achieve contactless delivery. That’s not all.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A Look Back at 2023 To gauge the state of the restaurant industry, including the industry’s most pertinent worries around food and labor costs, Restaurant365 conducted a survey of over 730 customers representing 14,000+ locations in December 2022 and again in September 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

But, everyone from inspiring entrepreneurs to established eateries can increase revenue and reduce costs by turning to automation technologies. Restaurant managers will need to identify and implement training solutions that accelerate onboarding and equip new employees to positively impact the bottom line as quickly as possible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2022

For these reasons, we are seeing an interest among restaurant managers in adopting or expanding their use of technologies that drive down costs, increase operational efficiencies, help prevent important health/safety issues, and eliminate energy and equipment waste that would otherwise go unnoticed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Contactless payment solutions drive operators’ revenue and elevate customer experiences, but how can the technology set restaurants up for long-term success? The restaurant industry has perhaps seen higher adoption rates of this technology than any other industry. Fast forward to 2022, and the attitude has changed drastically.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In 2022, the restaurant business finds itself at something of a crossroads—or, to put it in a more 21st-century way, the industry has reached a pivot point. When technology elevates the role of the human worker, there really is no dichotomy between automation and hospitality. Improving the Employee Experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2023

percent in late 2022. In turn, the use of this technology is enabling more efficient use of talent and generating a faster return on investment. Automation with IoT A common fear when leveraging new technologies to automate tasks is that it will replace humans in the workplace. The benefits extend to food safety as well.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2022

In order to deal with these uncertainties, the top players had to work on bringing in technological advancements to survive and recover from the losses caused by the pandemic. Uber technologies came out with a major innovation in March 2022. Rise of Service Robots- A New Era of Human-Like Services.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Fast forward to 2022. Technology has permeated the quick serve restaurant industry and job functions – from point of sale (POS) to complying with food safety standards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2022

Imagine that your restaurant uses 500 onions a week: with this new technology, once you get down to a certain pre-set amount, an automated order request can be sent out to your supplier to ensure that you receive your next shipment before you run out. POS technology can help with labor shortages, supply chain concerns and customer experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2022

Like so much in the modern world, fraud has trends that ebb and flow as the economy, technology and culture change. So, what might affect your restaurant in 2022? Securing Your Restaurant in 2022. Chargebacks Will Continue to Rise.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 20, 2022

As of early 2022, there were still 11.5 For example, maybe an employee wants to test out delivery driving or move into managing technology. By making sure your restaurants have the necessary equipment and software, you can minimize frustrations and maximize productivity. Simplify Daily Stressors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The restaurant industry is in a revolution—or evolution—in its relationship to technology. However, as the number of tools available to restaurateurs expands, and the capabilities of technology also grow, it’s critical to be thoughtful about what software you select and how you implement it. Not Planning Ahead.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Advertised as a place for “uninterrupted private meetings between decision-makers and solution providers,” BITAC allows for several in-depth conversations between attendees and suppliers of equipment , furnishings, and technology needed to scale and sustain a restaurant business. Topics: Restaurant Equipment and Technology.

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