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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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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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Fast-Casual: A New Dining Style for a New Generation

Lavu

The use of self-serve terminals can increase the efficiency of staff members, as it eliminates the need for a cashier to place orders or run tickets to the kitchen. Instead, staff can be hired solely for food preparation. Kitchen display systems, or KDS, send orders digitally from the Point of Sale to a screen in the kitchen.

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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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Table Turnover Rate in Your Restaurant: How to Improve & Seat Incomplete Parties

Lavu

Improve kitchen efficiency: Optimize kitchen operations by organizing workstations, implementing efficient food prep processes, and cross-training kitchen staff to handle different tasks. This will help minimize waits for food preparation, ensuring that customers are served promptly.

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Restaurant POS system, the one-stop solution for restaurants

Lithos POS

Through this integration, restaurant owners can efficiently handle both online and offline orders directly from the Point of Sale (POS) system. Orders seamlessly appear on the POS and Kitchen Display System (KDS), enabling chefs to prepare meals in accordance with incoming orders.

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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.