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Case study: Labor-Saving Ingredients Aid Innovation

Restaurant Business

The constraints of today’s labor environment can put a freeze on innovation, as the need for consistency and speed of service can outweigh creativity and differentiation. Barilla for Professionals first brought Barilla Frozen® to the foodservice market in 2022, offering an innovative line of pre-cooked, frozen pasta.

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2022 Reflections: The Year That Was for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry once again proved its resilience in 2022 as it dealt with ongoing obstacles like inflation, supply chain, labor shortages and more. Restaurant owners will end 2022 with a sigh of relief after another tough year. "Restaurant "Restaurant owners will end 2022 with a sigh of relief after another tough year.

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Hungry for Growth: The Restaurant Industry in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

Some have even developed lucrative new business models that they will continue to apply and scale in 2022. Several other pandemic-related trends will continue into 2022 and beyond, and new trends will also emerge. From there, restaurants can build processes and inject innovation into this framework. Staffing Shortages Continue.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

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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Six Trends Expected to Impact Foodservice in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

z International Foodservice identified top trends expected to elevate the foodservice industry in 2022 and beyond. Some of those quick-adapts will continue to shape foodservice as we head into 2022. When the pandemic emerged in early 2020, the entire foodservice industry faced fast and unexpected change.

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2022 Predictions: A Look at What Awaits Hospitality Tech Next Year (and Beyond)

Modern Restaurant Management

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 recent turf war between Amazon and Visa in the UK and Australia gives us a glimpse at what might happen in 2022.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

To keep up with changing consumer preferences, operators noted that their top areas of investment in 2022 include mobile ordering (54 percent); delivery services (47 percent); technology such as new POS digital signage or other in-store tech (45 percent); and alternative payment methods (37 percent). "Consumers Fast is not fast enough.

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