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Cashless Consumer Creates Need for Secure Connectivity

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All of these tools require a reliable connection in order to ensure a positive customer experience. It also means poor customer experiences with your brand that can have a long lasting impact. Many people don’t realize POS systems are IoT, but if it's connected to a network, it's the definition of IoT.

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Restaurant Guests in the Driver’s Seat

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Throughout his 17 years at Mood Media, he's held various customer engagement and sales leadership roles and has worked with key technology partners to optimize innovative solutions based on vertical market trends and customer feedback that deliver positive ROI to operators. Where are the bottlenecks and frustrations?

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Five CX Strategies Restaurants Can Use to Gain a Competitive Edge During Challenging Times

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Even before a pandemic spread across the globe in early 2020, customer experience (CX) was always key to the success of restaurant brands. Above-average CX doesn’t just happen, and it definitely doesn’t happen overnight. Meeting or Exceeding Customers’ Needs. This includes employees.

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NCR Reveals 2022 Hospitality Trends and Predictions

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Operators will look to technology to offset labor shortages and free up staff to enhance the dining experience. Restaurants juggle multiple operations simultaneously on any given day, from tracking sales to planning logistics and maximizing the customer experience. A simple facial expression can elevate the customer experience.

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‘Bring the Dining Room Experience to the Windows’

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To get a pulse on QSR trends in 2022, Modern Restaurant Management magazine reached out to David Vance, Vice President of QSR at Mood Media, an on-premise media solutions company dedicated to elevating the customer experience. ’ focus, which should be question 1b after the customer experience. Every minute!

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Restaurant Trends for 2020 (and Beyond)

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Definitely not.) With so little margin for taking risks, restaurants need to focus on improving speed-of-service , reducing wait times, and improving the customer experience. So what new trends will 2020 bring? Will demand for convenient ordering options continue to grow? Are drive-ins back? Probably not.)

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Orchestrating Restaurant Operations to Increase CX

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One of Merriam-Webster’s definitions for orchestration is “to arrange or combine so as to achieve a desired or maximum effect.” ” Simple concept yet much harder to pull off for today’s restaurants struggling to harmonize in-store, drive-thru, delivery and curbside experiences for both customers and employees.