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The Future of Dining in 2025 Is Smarter, Simpler, and More Personal

Modern Restaurant Management

The future of dining will center on creating smarter, simpler, and more personal experiences for customers. The innovations introduced in 2024 set the stage for progress, but 2025 is the time to move from experimentation to optimization. Here are the three trends that will shape the QSR landscape in 2025 and beyond: 1.

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Restaurant Workforce Research: Reflecting on 2024 and Optimizing for 2025

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Here’s a look at some of the key findings so you can reflect on 2024 and prepare for maximum growth in 2025. percent in 2024 and added 210,300 jobs, a standout category led the pack. Quick-serve restaurants (QSRs) experienced four-percent growth over the past year, which helped to offset the declines seen in full-service dining.

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Customer Experience in the Restaurant Industry: Reflections and Predictions through an AI Lens

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2024 was a year of experimentation with AI, with restaurants testing it on customer-facing interactions, like AI drive-thru ordering, with varying degrees of success. 2024 was a year of experimentation with AI, with restaurants testing it on customer-facing interactions, like AI drive-thru ordering, with varying degrees of success.

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These Are the 2024 Eater Award Winners

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Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/Eater NY Raise a glass to the year’s best bars, restaurants, pop-ups, and roving trucks across 20 Eater cities What does 2024 taste like? Carnitas Ramirez in Alphabet City received an award from Eater NY for Best Counter-Service Spot. Resurrected restaurants. Top-notch taquerias.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: The 2025 Restaurant Tech Forecast: Sunny with Some Disruption Ahead

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As we reflect on 2024, it’s clear these forces will only accelerate in 2025, bringing both challenges and opportunities for operators. Restaurants Will Leave 2025 Stronger Than They Did in 2024 The last few years have tested the restaurant industry like never before. Humans Will Replace AI in 2025 You read that correctly.

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2025 Cybersecurity Outlook for Restaurants 

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With cashless transactions and delivery services becoming the norm, diners are enjoying faster, more streamlined dining journeys. The restaurant experience has quickly become a digital landscape. But this technology adoption has also introduced new cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, cashless transactions (e.g.,

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Five Predictions for 2025 (and How to Prepare)

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In 2024, restaurant traffic slowed while price sensitivity grew. Revenue Management Solutions’ (RMS) Q3 survey revealed that 36 percent of respondents said they plan to dine out less, and a higher percentage reported a decline in dining out across all restaurant segments. Some customer segments will continue to dine out.

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