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The Digital Revolution, Evolving Consumer Expectations and Other Trends

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In 2023, the restaurant industry experienced a remarkable transformation, driven by the rapid integration of advanced technologies. Technology Integration – Restaurants leveraged AI, IoT, 5G, and quantum computing to optimize operations, enhance inventory management, streamline supply chains, improve food safety, and more.

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Great Expectations as Customers Show Increased Appetite for Swift Service and Customization

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Interestingly, 55 percent of consumers now consider takeout and delivery essential, according to NRA's 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry Report. Now that restrictions have well and truly lifted and people are returning to restaurants, their expectations for their dining experience are considerably higher.

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Consumer Habits Are Changing — What’s Next for Restaurant Tech?

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The food industry has been historically slow to integrate technology and digital solutions. However, given the current circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability and impending recession in 2023 , traditional norms are shattered. Here are the ways technology is revolutionizing the culinary world through.

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2022 Reflections: The Year That Was for Restaurants

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Over the past year, brands modified expansion strategies, leaned into new technologies and chose to invest more into their employees to keep up with trends, improve operations, win over customers and embrace company culture. They have added technology throughout the restaurant to offset labor hours. The strong will get stronger.

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MRM Research Roundup: Top F&B Trends to Watch

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A Decade of DoorDash DoorDash celebrated its 10th anniversary by unveiling Dash From the Past 2023 and Dash From the Past: A Decade Delivered, which checks in on popular trends as we celebrate the best of what users have dashed over the past year, and over the past decade. Like the most ordered food on DoorDash of all time: French fries.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

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For complete survey data, and more detailed findings on how restaurants today are harnessing the power of ordering technologies, click here. Following in the footsteps of molecular whiskey, expect to see brands use science and technology to create new products, shorten production time, and confirm trustworthiness. What Diners Want.

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MRM Plant-Based: Trends in Meatless and Copper Branch Expands in Time for Veganuary

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Menus are accommodating dietary preferences and identities, as well as taking various cultures into consideration, and even creating entire vegan menus. Following major successful funding rounds for companies likeBlueNalu, Future Meat Technologies and Wild Type, the total invested reached $80 million in 2019, a 120 percent increase from 2018.