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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022. Off-Premises Dining Enhanced by Improved Technology. million by the end of 2022.

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Hungry for Growth: The Restaurant Industry in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

A survey by RTi Research found that of the 30 percent of consumers who used contactless payment for the first time during the pandemic, 70 percent reported they plan to continue using this technology. In addition, 75 percent of restaurant operators say recruiting employees was their top challenge, the highest level ever recorded.

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NCR Reveals 2022 Hospitality Trends and Predictions

Modern Restaurant Management

While sales are trending higher, the National Restaurant Association reports three in four operators say recruitment and retention is their toughest challenge. Rely on Technology to Increase Operational Efficiency. Operators will look to technology to offset labor shortages and free up staff to enhance the dining experience.

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Nearly all restaurateurs (98 percent) believe AI will solve some of their staffing challenges, particularly around food prep and delivery management (42 percent), voice ordering technology (41 percent), predictive ordering and inventory management (39 percent), and food prep robots (38 percent). percent in 2023.

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The Corner Store & Café Redefining Convenience

Foodable

The Fast Casual Nation podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurateurs who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. We hire the right kind of talent and make sure that we’re properly resourced on the culinary side.

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4 Ways Tech Can Cut Labor Costs

Restaurant365

This article was published in Fast Casual. Today’s restaurant technology tools can help optimize both these costs in different ways. Today’s restaurant technology tools can help optimize both these costs in different ways. Editor’s note: This is part 2 in a two-part series on restaurant tech.

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The Most Challenging Restaurant Industry Technology Trends of 2018

Gecko Hospitality

Every industry is being revolutionized by evolving and newly emerging technologies these days. While some technologies get cheaper over time, many introduce new costs that restaurants with notoriously thin profit margins aren’t well equipped to absorb. Kiosks and Tabletop Tablets for Automated Ordering.

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