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Food Service Trends to Know in 2024

Restaurant Engine

Here are some ideas: Compost leftover food scraps and paper products. Many cities have companies providing composting services to restaurants. Ditch the Styrofoam to-go packaging and look at compostable products. If you aren’t currently practicing them, you might consider adding a few.

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Hospitality trends restaurants should know in 2023

Open for Business

Digital ordering has been a game changer, and the latest trends for 2023 could change how hospitality businesses operate even more. Instead, they show orders on a screen and can even help manage how meals are coursed out. Inventory management software updates stock levels based on POS data on what guests order.

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

In terms of technology, just like the rest of our lives, the trend has been toward mobility and flexibility and the last year has pushed this faster than we would have otherwise seen under “normal” conditions. environments and are now seen everywhere from fine dining to counter service and everywhere in between.

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3 Simple Ways Restaurants Can Reduce Food Waste this Holiday Season

Xtra Chef

And, with it, comes a rise in reservations for holiday parties, special family outings and overall overindulgence. Order to Par Based on Projections. Over-ordering, particularly over-ordering perishable items, often leads to food waste. Monitor & Maximize Yields . Donate Leftover Food.

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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. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

TheFork and SevenRooms have joined forces to offer an exclusive and unique combination of services aimed at helping restaurants increase online reservations while seamlessly managing their front of house and guest experiences. “In the past, we had very little visibility and measurement into the various ordering channels of our guests.

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Safe Distancing Tech and a Farewell to Foam

Modern Restaurant Management

The idea of purchasing Dining Bonds seemed to strike a chord with the public as a way to provide much needed financial support in order to help restaurants stay in business. SevenRooms launched Contactless Order & Pay, streamlining the in-restaurant ordering and payments experience for guests.