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

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Fast food and food delivery gradually began changing that equation. 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. Restaurants succeed or fail based on loyalty, which is a direct result of customer experience.

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Menu Prices Are Rising, But Loyalty Programs Can Help Restaurants Stay Ahead

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It’s an unsavory fact: food is getting more expensive. In October, the USDA reported year-to-date averages, noting that food-at-home (grocery store) prices have increased 2.5 percent and food-away-from-home (restaurant) prices have increased 3.6 Rewards for Loyalty. If current projections from the U.S.

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How Fast-Food Apps Took Over The Drive-Thru

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Photoillustration by Lille Allen; see below for full credits Every major fast-food chain, it seems, now has its own app promising deals, discounts, and a better diner experience overall. If you respond yes to the friendly cashier, youre asked to provide a code or other signifier, like your name, to help the worker identify your order.

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Elevate Your Restaurant Brand: Convert Value into Loyalty

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Neiman highlights the role of technology-powered tactics such as upselling menu add-ons and optimizing digital ordering in addition to using collected data to better meet the needs of the still-value conscious guest. How long do you anticipate the value trend continuing?

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Beyond Menus: Creative QR Code Uses for Restaurants

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Drive traffic to your restaurant’s social media page by adding QR codes to posters, food packaging, receipts and table tents. Offer a rating feedback QR code inviting customers to voice their opinion about your food or service and even earn rewards for their review. Up the personalization ante by providing QR code ordering.

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The Rise of Exclusivity: VIP vs Traditional Discounting

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Offering discounts to incentivize customers to enroll and engage with loyalty programs has been a common practice in the restaurant industry for years. But rapidly rising labor and food costs over recent months has heightened pressure on already tight restaurant margins.

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Restaurants with Strong Brand Identities Captivate Gen Z

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Optimize Mobile Ordering Creating and executing a convenient mobile ordering experience for your customers is extremely important, and it will keep them coming back for ease of use and accessibility. Gen Z in particular, as a tech-savvy group, are experts when it comes to navigating mobile ordering experiences.