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Restaurateurs Foresee Bright Future as Fine Dining Turns Vegan

Modern Restaurant Management

With increasing promotions in restaurant magazines, food blogs, and social media platforms, more people are expected to join this mega-trend. Restaurant owners have to bear the overhead cost of food preparation and disposal of leftovers as vegetables and plant based items rot quickly and requires special storage.

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Consumers Welcome Some Restaurant Automation, Reject Others

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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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Using Tech for Better Guest Engagement

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For a deeper dive, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Yevgeni Tsirulnik, SVP, Innovation and Incubation at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions How should restaurant operators approach digital investments moving forward? Some restaurants already employ such tools for optimizing food preparation.

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Attributes to Consider for a New Ghost Kitchen Location

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Untethered by the need for brick-and-mortar eatery space, ghost kitchens are helping food brands gain traction with consumers interested in buying meals without the expectation or need for a traditional “dining out” experience. How popular is food delivery? McKinsey estimates that the market has tripled since 2017.

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl LIX Edition

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This "Super" special edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup has a Super Bowl theme. ” Consumers plan to order delivery because they want to focus on something else besides food preparation (42 percent), like watching the game or socializing.

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Service Robots Solve Everyday Restaurant Problems

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Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine quizzed Robin Zheng, US Manager of Pudu Robotics , about the company's work with restaurants and the future of robotic use and automation in restaurants. How important are robotics/automation to the restaurant industry now and how do you see their impact in the coming years?

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AI, VR, Holographs and More in QSRs

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To answer that and more, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to an expert–Daniel Hawes, Vice President of Product Design at Givex, whose work marries the worlds of technology, design, and academic research. What will the QSR of the future look like and what role will AI-integrated technologies play?