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2025 Restaurant Outlook: A Recipe for Success with Risk Management

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2025, the restaurant and broader hospitality industry finds itself at a critical juncture. While corporate travel is expected to pick up, helping offset a predicted slowdown in leisure spending, the broader hospitality sector must grapple with economic and operational risks. restaurants broke records with projected sales of $1.1

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

The past five years have reinforced the critical intersection of digital and hospitality in the restaurant industry. Digital not only powers seamless experiences but also unlocks guest data that can elevate hospitality across all touchpoints, both digital and in-person. It wasn’t just about survival; it was about reinvention.

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How to deep clean coffee shop equipment

Perfect Daily Grind

Coffee equipment marred with coffee residue, limescale, and milk buildup can, at best, turn customers off and, at worst, escalate into a food safety nightmare. Regular cleaning practices not only keep equipment in excellent working order but also prevent health and safety risks that coffee shops can’t afford to ignore.

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Restaurant Operations Management: A Guide for Restaurant Owners

ChowNow

Every day, youre juggling staff, food quality, inventory, customer service, purchasing, and moreall while trying to cultivate a dining experience that wows your customers enough to keep them coming back. Customer Service and Experience Great food and drink is only truly enjoyed when its coupled with a great service experience.

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Reopening a Restaurant in a New Location? Don’t Skip This Step

The Rail

Look into the demographics, competitors, local food trends, foot traffic, and even parking availability. Take the time to create a floor plan that enhances customer experience, facilitates smooth workflow for staff, and complies with safety codes. Visit the area at different times and on various days of the week.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

We'll see the continued shift of leveraging AI to help with other commodity tasks to free up humans to have more time to give customers higher-quality hospitality. – Rhonda Levene, CEO of Ziosk Chicken’s Timeless Comfort Food Appeal Chicken has become America’s ultimate comfort food.

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The Clean Tech Your Food Service Company Needs

PathSpot

In today’s food service industry, maintaining cleanliness goes beyond simply meeting regulations—it’s about creating a safe and healthy environment for both customers and employees while safeguarding your business’s reputation. Food service businesses need real-time, actionable data that ensures hygiene standards are being met consistently.