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Consumers Welcome Some Restaurant Automation, Reject Others

Modern Restaurant Management

Some diners are more open to robot servers at quick service restaurants (30 percent) and table service (10 percent), but are still in the minority. Prices for real estate, inventory, and labor are rising. Why do you feel respondents rejected robotic food prep and servers?

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How Technology Tools Help Restaurateurs Do More With Less

Modern Restaurant Management

When properly deployed, they can transform the employee experience by improving daily operations, syncing front-of-house and back-of-house communication and execution, and delivering a memorable dining experience that won’t send staff to the walk-in cooler for a good cry. Tech can also help your restaurant: 1.

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Death by a Thousand Service Fees

EATER

Lille Allen/Eater After years of artificially low menu prices, service fees feel like an inevitable, annoying part of dining out now If you’re the type of diner who regularly eats at restaurants, you’ve almost assuredly noticed a “service fee” tacked on to your check at one establishment or another.

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Why 4 Restaurants Opt for a Service Charge Instead of Tips

7 Shifts

As a chef himself, he noticed the pay imbalance between the front and back of house. Servers came in and worked four and a half hours, [whereas] my chefs started working yesterday. Servers came in and worked four and a half hours, [whereas] my chefs started working yesterday. Servers love it. of their sales.

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Why 4 Restaurants Opt for a Service Charge Instead of Tips

7 Shifts

As a chef himself, he noticed the pay imbalance between the front and back of house. Servers came in and worked four and a half hours, [whereas] my chefs started working yesterday. Servers came in and worked four and a half hours, [whereas] my chefs started working yesterday. Servers love it. of their sales.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. We’re seeing strong and growing interest in IoT connectivity and automation in the back-of-house – especially for multi-site operators.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Brooklyn Dumpling House just opened and they're already franchising the idea. Tight menus, for set prices, at times offering previously unapproachable product at approachable prices. The digitization of the kitchen and back-of-house continues to accelerate. Smaller menus in general.