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

Modern Restaurant Management

Meanwhile, SMBs are exploring AI for employee recruitment and retention, with 56 percent believing AI can help their business offset any pain points caused by reduced or frozen headcount and another 53 percent believing AI can help the business retain current staff. Another 25 percent are using AI to boost their cybersecurity efforts.

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How Quick-Service Restaurants Can Use Technology to Reduce Wait Times in 2025

Lavu

A great example is Hofbräuhaus Pittsburgh, which used the Bbot QR code platform to reopen its outdoor garden. The adoption of AI scheduling is on the rise, with 37% of restaurant operators planning to invest in automated recruitment and scheduling tools in 2024. Data from customer flow analysis can also guide physical layout changes.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022. Seventy-five percent of operators said they plan to devote more resources to recruiting and retaining employees.

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How Restaurant Owners Can Prepare for the COVID-19 Cold Weather Lull

Modern Restaurant Management

With some outdoor dining pilot programs coming to an end as we head into the winter months, tens of thousands of restaurants across the country will be forced to operate at a fraction of typical capacity without added outdoor seating to supplement the loss. Leverage Marketing Strategy to Remind People You Exist.

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

" Pandemic Pivots Become Permanent The temporary "pivots" developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings, and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry's "new normal." million by 2030.

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What Restaurants Need to Know About Social Media Videos

The Rail

You can also recruit food bloggers and food influencers to visit your restaurant and capture their perspectives on what you serve. If you have outdoor seating or live music, live video is a great way to display the best of what you have to offer. Share the content they make on your behalf with your audience.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Kitchen of the Future, Restaurant Sherpas and Dunkin’ Hirin’

Modern Restaurant Management

To shine the spotlight on the immediate opportunities that exist for all Americans to find employment at franchised restaurants of an iconic brand that holds a unique place in people’s daily lives, Dunkin’ is launching its first-ever national advertising campaign aimed at recruitment.