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Ambient Tech Is The Future of Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are moving away from bulky point-solutions toward cohesive platforms that seamlessly integrate various tools to streamline ordering and service, food preparation, and payment. Gone are the days of archaic paper chit systems communicating orders from the front to back-of-house staff. Want to be Tech-Savvy?

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Ghost Kitchens to Open Up New Avenues for Restaurateurs

Modern Restaurant Management

With enhanced POS systems, it becomes a lot easier for the ghost kitchen operators to take a note of their various timings- the employee log in and log out or the food preparation time. These systems also have the option of tracking payroll using the integrated time clock.

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Consumers Welcome Some Restaurant Automation, Reject Others

Modern Restaurant Management

More than half (55 percent) of global consumers say automated food preparation is unacceptable for both quick service and table service restaurants, while nearly half (49 percent) say they’re likely to order food through an artificial intelligence tool, such as a chatbot or drive-thru.

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Is LAVU Right for You? 3 Restaurant Success Stories

Lavu

Key Benefits: Efficiency Boost: Kitchen Display System improves communication; payroll tools simplify staff management. The platform also includes a real-time inventory management system with "Use First Inventory" alerts to reduce waste and keep stock levels in check.

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

Lithos POS

Many restaurants use chatbot-controlled AI for customer service, predictive analysis for inventory management, and robotic kitchen assistants for food preparation. Autonomous food supply robots also become more common, reducing dependence on people’s delivery staff and ensuring timely food supplies.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

The modern Kitchen Display System (KDS) will be more interactive to increase operational efficiencies and improve quality of food for the chefs and their teams. To reduce friction and allow multitasking, a KDS should speak to the chef rather than display information on its screen.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

This will manifest itself in several ways, such as informing robotics in the kitchen for food preparation, in addition to kitchen display systems (KDS) as restaurants kitchens seek to improve efficiency and better optimize for enhance prep station capacity management.