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Smarter, Faster, More Human: Why AI and Automation Are Transforming Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

For years, restaurant technology has been about speed and efficiency—faster orders, better scheduling, streamlined payments. At major chains like McDonald's, AI-powered drive-through systems are reducing order errors, predicting maintenance needs, and cutting waste. Contactless ordering and AI powered recommendations.

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Don’t Let COVID-19 Erode Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

In March, businesses were forced to take a step back and look at their business model to ensure that they were addressing their customer’s health, hygiene and safety concerns. So, what can brands do to address the impacts of COVID-19, while being mindful of the past, present and future of customer experience?

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Dynamic Pricing in Fast Food: Profit-Driver or Diner Turnoff?

Modern Restaurant Management

Faced with rising labor costs and increasingly price-sensitive customers, restaurant brands are exploring new ways to balance profitability with consumer expectations. Recent experiments with pricing strategies, such as summer value promotions, yielded lukewarm results, leaving operators questioning the best approach to menu pricing.

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The Experience Paradox

Modern Restaurant Management

“I just don’t understand,” the restaurant owner lamented as we discussed a recent customer incident. On the one hand, consumers are craving unique human experiences with food more than ever before. I call it the “experience paradox.” I call it the “experience paradox.”

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Contactless Gives Guests Control of Their Own Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant Group, which owns and operates 24 restaurants throughout California, Idaho, Nevada, Texas, and Washington, said it would be the first in the nation to introduce a completely contactless dining experience, while maintaining a guest-forward approach to hospitality. How does it change the guest experience? Restaurant Group.

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Making the COVID-19 Pandemic Marginally Worse, Airlines Are Banning Alcohol

EATER

A number of airlines, including KLM, Delta and American Airlines are suspending part or all of their alcohol services, in order to minimize the number of interactions between crew and passengers. Some airlines are limiting drink service to water only, according to CNN , or to water and soft drinks.

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10 Inspirational Hospitality Industry Stories During COVID-19

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

Nevertheless, some brands have demonstrated how to be good to their customers, associates, healthcare providers, and communities during this time. JetBlue and United Airlines: Free Flights for Medical Volunteers. Balboa Bay Resort: Bringing the Experience Home. Hotel Trundle Shares Stories of Happiness.