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2025 Cybersecurity Outlook for Restaurants 

Modern Restaurant Management

With cashless transactions and delivery services becoming the norm, diners are enjoying faster, more streamlined dining journeys. In 2025 and beyond, restaurant executives should be on the lookout for increasing point-of-sale (POS) systems attacks, AI-powered social engineering tactics, and greater supply chain cyber vulnerabilities.

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Five Ways to Use POS Data to Forecast Holiday Demand for Your Restaurant

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Analyze Previous Holiday Sales Data Past sales data is invaluable when it comes to planning the upcoming season. A restaurant point-of-sale system holds historical data so you can see a detailed breakdown of how your restaurant sales performed during previous Christmas seasons.

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Five Predictions for 2025 (and How to Prepare)

Modern Restaurant Management

While October showed signs of hope (YOY quick-service restaurant (QSR) traffic was positive for the first time in two years), we expect consumers will be cautious in 2025. Recurring customers. Promotions and discounts attract customers, but they’re often short-lived. Go digital for increased loyalty and sales.

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Downturn Dining Trends: Loyalty, Value, and Menu Innovation Are Key for Survival

Modern Restaurant Management

Following up with Attest, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine secured further insights from Sam Killip, VP of Customer Success. Poor customer service or low quality food will be more damaging to restaurant brands and could result in long-term customer loss even when the economy bounces back.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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Why a Customer Service Strategy Is Important in a Restaurant

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Attracting new customers is important to every business owner. While there are many marketing strategies to get customers in the door, it is just as important to create customer service strategies that keep them coming back. Why prioritize the 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. The findings reveal critical insights into how dynamic pricing impacts customer behavior and what strategies might retain loyalty in a competitive market.

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