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Expanding the Definition of Value

Modern Restaurant Management

More than eight in ten restaurant operators expect 2025 sales to meet or exceed 2024 levels, but rising competition will require differentiation through experience, service, and innovation, according to The National Restaurant Association’s 2025 State of the Restaurant Industry report. Consumers have pent-up demand for restaurant meals.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

Expect to see functional plants like burdock, angelica, and osha root popping up more frequently, adding a fresh, innovative twist to dishes. The findings provide industry partners with exclusive data on emerging consumer preferences and innovation areas poised to differentiate brands in a highly-competitive marketplace.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. These innovations will allow restaurant operators to do more with less and help create smart, seamless experiences that meet rising guest expectations. As we expand globally, these principles of innovation are our guide.

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New Restaurant Technology that Propels Business

Lavu

From AI-driven ordering systems to smart inventory tools and contactless dining experiences, today’s innovations are reshaping how restaurants operate, serve customers, and stay competitive. Kiosks give fast-casual restaurants the opportunity to focus more on operations and the customer experience—it’s a win all-around.

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

Modern Restaurant Management

Growing menu innovation and healthy fast food further drive the growth of the market. introduced "Perkins Griddle Go," a fast-casual concept for quick on-the-go meals, in 2024, with the first store opening in late October. billion in 2024 and is anticipated to rise at a CAGR of 3.74 percent from 2025 to 2033 and reach US$ 345.6

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2025 Food and Hospitality Trends Reshaping the Australian landscape

Future Food

Innovative trends are emerging, reshaping the industry landscape and offering fresh opportunities for growth. This trend is not just in fine dining, but though positioning levels – bars/pubs, clubs, smart casual, fast casual, cafés, QSR and right down to impulse.

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Former Red Robin CEO G.J. Hart joins food-and-games investment company Emerging

Restaurant Business

Emerging is a company founded by Mathew Focht that describes itself as investing “at the intersection of restaurant innovation, technology and experiential entertainment.” Probably not The Bottom Line: The fast-casual Mexican chain remains a shockingly good value and its first-quarter sales slowdown was not out of the ordinary.