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Smart Supply Chain Management Can Reduce Food Waste and Improve Margins in Your Restaurant

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Around 33 to 40 percent of food goes to waste each year. A large chunk of that comes down to complex problems in global food supply chain management that most restaurants have little control over. What restaurants can do, however, is re-think how their direct food supply is managed – from transport to inventory control.

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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

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It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal. Mobile food trucks are adopting new technologies, reducing costs, and responding to change.

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MRM Research Roundup: Labor Struggles, Holiday Habits, and Food Truck Trends

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This might include offering competitive compensation packages, enhancing workplace culture, and leveraging technology that allows for more efficient hiring processes. Cincinnati and New Orleans also saw significant boosts, with food sales up by 12 percent and 11 percent respectively on game days. percent year-over-year, compared to 0.4

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MRM Research Roundup: Destination Dining, Voice Commerce, and the Force of Fast Food

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Additional findings indicate that 44 percent favor a balance of human staff and some technology, while 41 percent prefer no AI use at all in their dining experience. In recent years, the food service industry has undergone a rapid transformation of automation and increased technology usage.

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2021: A Year of Navigating Shortages

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Restaurants have faced labor shortages, supply and equipment shortages, and climbing food prices, with no past playbook on how to navigate the crisis. Supplies are stuck in the harbor, on trucks or are just non-existent as both national and international supply chain shortages remain. Food Shortage. Equipment Shortage.

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New Restaurant Technology that Propels Business

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The restaurant industry is evolving fast—and at the heart of this transformation is new restaurant technology. In 2025, staying ahead means more than great food—it means leveraging the right tech to boost efficiency, reduce costs, and elevate the guest experience. Honeygrow is the first company to try this technology with restaurants.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Restaurants’ Lockdown Lessons Are Key to Coping with Soaring Costs

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Food prices are soaring amidst supply chain disruptions, increasing labor costs, and processing plant shutdowns. The food service industry is scrambling to keep up with these new costs, pushing the price of a restaurant meal to a 40-year high. On both fronts, the new technologies that restaurants embraced during the pandemic can help.