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Embracing the Future: Key Trends Shaping the Restaurant, Bar, and Hospitality Industry in 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2025, expect to see more restaurants and bars adopting eco-friendly practices, such as reducing food waste, sourcing locally, and using energy-efficient equipment. For instance, smart inventory systems can help reduce waste, while energy-efficient appliances cut operational costs and carbon footprints.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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Five Top Payment Trends that Must Be on Your Radar

Modern Restaurant Management

In the Nordics, the shift to digital receipts is an example of how payment innovation can directly reduce environmental impact, offering convenience and reducing waste. Payment providers like Nexi are also integrating sustainability into value chains to reduce environmental impact.

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‘In the Future, Customers Will Drive Up to a Drive-Thru to Just Pick Up Their Food.’

Modern Restaurant Management

"In retail and restaurants, everyone is fighting for the same shrinking pool of frontline labor. The increasing accuracy of AI predictive models will accelerate delivery of high-quality foods while minimizing waste. ." Tang also suggests employing video analytics with frontline task management.He

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

Read any article enumerating the current or emerging trends in restaurants and retail and you will see ideas of health and wellness, environmental sustainability, and brand authenticity coming to the fore. Waste management programs like recycling, composting, and any food-waste reduction measuring done can also help in this category.

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From Driver To Diner: The Direct Line Between Easy Pickups And Happy Customers

Restaurant Business

Even though pickup lockers have been around for almost a decade—emerging originally in the logistics and retail sector—many drivers in the food delivery space have had limited exposure to the technology. But those who have used them report significant benefits.

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Why roasters are demanding more from their machines

Perfect Daily Grind

To support this trend, Bellwether Coffee, which will exhibit at WoC Geneva at booth #1422, created an ROI Calculator to help retailers analyse the costs and benefits of roasting their own coffee. Electric roasters can reduce waste and eliminate fuel costs, helping pad roasters’ bottom lines.

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