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2025 Cybersecurity Outlook for Restaurants 

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant experience has quickly become a digital landscape. In 2025 and beyond, restaurant executives should be on the lookout for increasing point-of-sale (POS) systems attacks, AI-powered social engineering tactics, and greater supply chain cyber vulnerabilities. This attack, however, is not out of the ordinary.

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Five Predictions for 2025 (and How to Prepare)

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2024, restaurant traffic slowed while price sensitivity grew. Recurring customers. Promotions and discounts attract customers, but they’re often short-lived. As seen during the 2024 summer of value, customers quickly move on to other restaurant brands in search of the next deal. Continued trepidation.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

Steady Online Ordering Brings Food Waste, Donations to the Forefront of Priorities Ordering food online increases restaurant sales, but it also can potentially increase wasted food if proactive measures aren’t taken – for both the business and consumers at home.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

"The pandemic forced the restaurant industry to reinvent itself overnight, moving from a primarily in-store dining experience to an omnichannel, digital-first business. These changes have become permanent shifts in how they target customers, market themselves, and design their offerings."

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Don’t Count Out Cash

Modern Restaurant Management

The demise of cash payments might be exaggerated as 90 percent of people select cash as their most widely used payment method and 89 percent consider the ability to pay in cash as important for their customer satisfaction, according to Why Won't Cash Just Die??? , a research report from PayComplete.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Even though local and state orders prohibiting or severely restricting restaurants’ ability to serve customers and generate and revenue, standard business liability policies did not provide coverage, and many policies had a pandemic exclusion. Landlord/Tenant Disputes : in my practice, I have seen a huge increase in lease disputes.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. Consider, for instance, a scenario in which your Point of Sale (POS) system can forecast the popularity of a new dish based on historical customer behaviour.

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