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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022. Roughly half of U.S. Streamlined Menus with More Plant-Based Options and Sustainable Packaging.

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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Many dining establishments found ways to use AI to track and flag stock quantities, automate schedule-making for staff, implement customer service chatbots and process online orders. I can predict that by 2030 Face and finger IDs will be used in every second restaurant.

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Increased Demand for Food Delivery Is Driving Ghost Kitchen Boom

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Even before the pandemic, this was a fast-growing market. In 2019, the total delivery market was worth over $795 billion, according to Uber , with online ordering growing 300% faster than dine-in revenues every year over the last five years. It now seems that everyone wants what they want when they want it.

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

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71% of restaurant customers prefer to order food delivery directly from the restaurant rather than using third-party apps. billion by 2030. billion by 2030. billion by 2030. billion by 2030. On the other hand, fast food restaurants are on the rise , with 0.8% million tons in 2020 and 12 million tons in 2021.

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Ghost Kitchens Are the Wave of the Future. But Is That a Good Thing?

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A market research firm recently estimated that delivery-only restaurants could be a $1 trillion business by 2030. Euromonitor, a market research firm, recently estimated that they could be a $1 trillion business by 2030. Several months in, Sunset Squares is still a bit of a secret.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. One great thing about the online delivery market is that it produces massive amounts of data. Heloise Blaure, founder of HomeKitchenLand.com.

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COVID-19 Restaurant Industry Trends

The Restaurant Group

Several COVID-19 restaurant industry trends are also apparent, such as an increase in online ordering and a push towards change industry culture, among others. According to Euromonitor , ghost, or “virtual”, kitchens could be a $1 trillion business by 2030. Online Ordering and Delivery Penetration.