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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy. Read the first part, here.

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Building a Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

And in talking about bringing stability into our food businesses, culture can be that secret ingredient that makes all the difference in attracting the right people, retaining good people, and creating a powerhouse team. However, for those of us in the produce and food industries, what are critical parts that make up a food culture?

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93 Restaurant Industry Statistics Every Food Service Operator Needs to Know in 2024

Apicbase

2023 has been a challenging year for restaurant operators, caught as they were between rising food costs and labour shortages. To give you the full picture of the positives and negatives of what lies ahead for 2024, we combed through dozens of recent industry reports and compiled a list of 93 restaurant industry statistics.

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Franchise Portfolio Diversification: Trends Taking Shape in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

From full service to fast-casual to legacy fast-food brands, the one constant was disruption. This approach required fewer front-of-the-house staff to maintain a dining room, complied with government orders, and kept many brands from closing. Just as one issue seemed fixed, another presents itself.

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Restaurant Automation: The Key to Back of House Efficiency 

Apicbase

When thinking about restaurant automation, imagining a future where AI-powered androids shake cocktails and drones drop food deliveries through your skylight is fun. But automation in food service is much more than that. And over half of respondents said they plan to spend more on technology and automation tools in 2024.

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How to Choose the Best Kitchen Management Software for Your Multi-Unit Restaurant Business

Apicbase

Most successful food businesses are now multi-unit and multi-channel. All come with their own data sets and metrics – food cost, inventory variance, sales numbers, the list goes on. Kitchen management software comes in all shapes and sizes. It makes choosing the system that is right for you all the more complicated.

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85+ Restaurant Industry Statistics That Every F&B Operator & Manager Needs to Know in 2023

Apicbase

This 85+ item list of food service statistics results from meticulous combing through dozens of industry reports. OUR TOP 10 In 2022, 31% of restaurants cut the number of menu items on offer to deal with the inflation and rising food costs. The F&B industry grew in 2022… and it will keep growing in 2023.

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