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

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. When consumers order more food online, it’s clearly good for business – but it can also make it harder for businesses to manage inventory.

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The Best Restaurant Technology Of 2025

ChowNow

Too many missed reservations? A smart reservation and waitlist system can help. An inventory management system with automated restocking alerts keeps your stock levels in check. Most restaurants have either first-party ordering (your own website or app) or third-party platforms (like DoorDash or Uber Eats).

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The Restaurant Operator’s Guide to Restaurant Apps in 2025

ChowNow

They help with reservations and table management, staff scheduling and time management, inventory tracking, rewards programs, automated marketing, and more. These apps make it easier to manage digital orders, streamline kitchen operations, and reach more customers. Reservation and table management apps.

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26 Proven Ways to Market Your Restaurant Online and Increase Bookings

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With 90% of diners checking a restaurant online before visiting, you also need a strong online presence to attract and boost reservations. To do so, you must have an optimized website and engaging social media profiles. Build a mobile-friendly restaurant website In 2024, roughly around 63% of all web traffic came from mobile devices.

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Seven Restaurant Trends That Will Define 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

A short menu can slim down the food costs through streamlined inventory management, as well as reduced food waste. Consider, removing processed or pre-packaged ingredients from their inventory. The main thing they should invest in is creating a good website for their restaurant and building a strong online presence.

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Will 2023 Be Transformative for Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

Additionally, 41 percent of today’s restauranteurs are using at least one or two online ordering platforms and more than a third offer direct online ordering on their website. A diner who wants to order directly through a restaurant’s website one day, may pivot to making a reservation the next.

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Survey Says: Restaurateurs Are Making Expansion Plans

Modern Restaurant Management

Despite challenges including inventory costs, commission fees and staff turnover, many restaurant owners are expressing optimism about moving forward, according to TouchBistro’s 2024 State of Restaurants Report. So, to me, finding out that over a quarter of restaurants don’t have a website was a bit surprising.

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