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10 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

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Online and Mobile Ordering Systems. Online ordering and delivery are one of the fastest growing aspects of the restaurant industry, up 124% in 2020. Customers are demanding online and mobile ordering, and modern restaurant tech makes it more accessible for every restaurateur. Third-party delivery.

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

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Ordering online, paying with mobile phones, scanning QR codes for a menu, and a ton of takeout, are just a part of dining out now. He also operates Cali BBQ Media and hosts the Digital Hospitality Podcast, and is an advocate for digital hospitality as a means to grow your business.

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Unique Ways Restaurants Can Use QR Codes to Drive Sales

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When restaurants got the green light to reopen their dining rooms, they implemented a host of safety procedures to prevent the spread of germs. To go contactless, customers scanned a small black and white square called a QR code on their mobile device to see a digital copy of the menu. Boost Social Media. Promotions.

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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part Two

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Contactless ordering at the table, virtual host stands, and online staff wellness checks have all become standard operating procedures for us now. Innovative and inviting outdoor seating is going to be crucial in order for restaurants to survive. Mobile experiences will become tailored to a wider audience through increased adoption.

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COVID-19 Best Practices for Restaurants: Navigating Coronavirus for Staff & Managers

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With new social distancing and self-isolation strategies, it’s clear that COVID-19 will have, and is having, an extreme impact on the restaurant and hospitality industry. Supply servers, hosts, and kitchen staff with gloves. Leverage social media to provide updates to guests. How is COVID-19 impacting restaurants?

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The 10 Best Bits of Advice We Heard on Season 1 of the Restaurant Growth Podcast

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Your smartphone is your restaurant's media center. It's a full-on media company. Shawn is the host of not one but two podcasts— Digital Hospitality and Restaurant Influencers —and he stopped by ours to talk about creating a media brand out of your restaurant. That smartphone is your media center. And we appreciate that.'

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

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One hotel in upstate New York increased salaries of kitchen staff to $20 from $12.50 Expect to see more self-ordering kiosks already present at Taco Bell, Panera and McDonalds. Ongoing public health and safety concerns push down demand for the indoor restaurant experience. Food Trucks Factor in the New Normal.