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Coffee News Recap, 23 May: Indonesia aims to surpass Vietnam’s coffee production, George Jinyang Peng wins the 2025 World Brewers Cup & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The USDA pegs Indonesia’s 2024/25 production at 10 million 60kg bags, anticipating a slow but steady recovery after delayed harvests in South Sumatra. Bagels, Caribou Coffee, Pret A Manger, and Espresso House to foster guest-centric cultures and drive profitable growth. Cil will oversee Panera Bread, Einstein Bros.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

Modern Restaurant Management

Signs of Restaurant Recovery The restaurant industry showed promising signs of recovery in March 2025, as large-chain restaurant transactions saw notable improvement, according to Circana, LLC. The report explores the forces shaping guest loyalty in 2025. AI in restaurants is no longer an experiment but an essential tool.

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Takeout For Good and Menus Go Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Altering seating arrangements to improve spacing between guests. Takeout For Good. Redesigning workflows to ensure safe distancing between employees.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

Focused on the retail, services and restaurant industries, the SpotOn ecosystem offers powerful technology to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) at a price they can afford. Restaurants have been pivoting to reach and serve customers in new ways, and retailers have been seeing the lines blur between brick and mortar and e-commerce.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Matthew Crompton, CGA’s Client Solutions Director, Americas said: “Recovery is well and truly here, and for many states sales may be close to returning to normal levels. “Let us assume that operators were able to better meet the needs of those 30 percent of guests who are under-whelmed by the beverage program.

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

Modern Restaurant Management

Its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. We are very pleased to welcome them to our TouchBistro family.”

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-February 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Recovery won’t happen overnight, but the industry will recover with lessons learned and new ways of thinking already in place.” Additionally, consumers are more open to exploring new retailers and restaurants amid the pandemic. On average, guests in Kansas City spent 11 percent more per order than guests in Tampa Bay.

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