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

Modern Restaurant Management

This frees up valuable labor resources to focus on what really matters—serving customers at the restaurant level, and focusing on customer service and business growth at the distributor level. You need structured and standardized data to effectively trace a product from start to finish in the food supply chain.

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The Sneaky Costs in Guacamole

Modern Restaurant Management

Fresh, premade guacamole is readily available and can be used as a base for your specific recipe and frees up your team’s time for other tasks like customer service front of house.

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Everything You Need To Know About the Increasing Role of AI in Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

For now, restaurants are using AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) to streamline operations and improve customer service in a much less tech-savvy environment. Local health lockdowns and limitations caused havoc for food supply chains, staffing, customer demand, and remote ordering.

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The Digital Revolution, Evolving Consumer Expectations and Other Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

Additionally, transparency is key, allowing companies to accurately track every product through every step of the supply chain. Blockchain technology may play a pivotal role in enhancing supply chain transparency and resilience. Food waste is a huge, expensive issue, with fresh foods often rotting on trucks during transport.

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Top Restaurant Technology Trends in the U.S. for 2025

Lithos POS

AI-Powered Automation & Robotics AI and automation transform the operation of restaurants, reduce labor costs, and improve service speed. Many restaurants use chatbot-controlled AI for customer service, predictive analysis for inventory management, and robotic kitchen assistants for food preparation.

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Bühler’s Vision for Food Solutions and Sustainability

FMT Magazine

In India, we have built strong relationships with over 7,500 customers and we offer complete value chain solutions for our customers this covers process technology, project management, customer service and automation.

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Focus on food safety and transparency

Food Safety News

In the past few years, brands have become more aware of – and compliant with – food safety protocols, working diligently to improve safety, quality, accuracy, transparency, and compliance. In the coming year, more food businesses will implement FSMA regulations.