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AI and Robotic Revolution: A Glimpse into the Future of the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

You take your seat at a table embedded with a touchscreen menu. A Cautionary Tale for Those Left Behind As the millennials I spoke to struggled to imagine a world where robots take over all jobs, I couldn't help but feel a pang of empathy. Housing, food, clothing—all created by machines, all available in abundance.

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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

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Meticulously clean kitchens; pristine, starched chef whites; the very best equipment and ingredients from around the world. Out of season do something interesting with tomatoes (oven roasted, marinated, sun-dried tomato paste, etc.) For generations excellent meant complicated, intense, all-consuming, and sacrifice.

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Three Data-backed Strategies to Reduce Restaurant Operating Costs Without Sacrificing Service Quality

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Staff Appropriately When restaurants cut employees or reduce tables, they don’t end up with fewer expenses–they end up with burned-out, disgruntled team members who aren’t operating at their best. Replacing a front-of-house employee costs an average of $1,056, while back-of-house replacement jumps to $1,491.

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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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Rifrullo’s rustic-modern décor, mismatched dishware, and chalkboard sign welcoming guests to “be yourself, make friends, find harmony, and relax,” are as inviting as its prices, which top out at $16 for the salmon burger. Heating and cooling, refrigeration, and cooking equipment are the biggest energy users, followed by lighting.

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‘AI Has the Potential to Truly Become the Brain of the Restaurant.’

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However, to unlock AI’s potential, leaders will likely need to balance innovation and operational discipline, strengthen governance, and address capability gaps to help optimize operations, boost margins and future-proof their business — in both the front and back of house.”

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Twenty Years of Change: How Hospitality Tech Evolved and What’s Next

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Front-of-house teams juggled high guest expectations with paper logs, manual reports, and legacy systems that weren’t built to keep up with the pace of service. One constant has always stood out: this industry never stays still. Take digital kitchen management platforms, for example. Real-time insights?

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

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– Salad House CEO Joey Cioffi In 2025, restaurant chains will increase their usage of connected equipment to be more responsive, resilient, and ready to meet evolving customer expectations in a data-first, efficiency-focused world. At the same time, technology is poised to play an even bigger role in the coming year.

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