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How to Turn Your FOH Staff into Delivery Drivers

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With COVID-19 shutting down businesses worldwide in 2020, restaurants were forced to shut down their dining rooms and pivot to off-site dining only—takeout and delivery. There are two main options when it comes to opening your restaurant for delivery. The second option is take-out and delivery which the restaurateur runs and controls.

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Covid-19 + Restaurants: How Mobile Chatbots Can Help

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For most restaurants, the focus remains on delivery and pickup to serve customers. The pandemic’s toll on restaurants was more limited than otherwise because of delivery services. Even remote parts of the world embraced restaurant and food delivery apps like never before. Emphasize Delivery.

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Great Expectations as Customers Show Increased Appetite for Swift Service and Customization

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Globally, restaurants saw a notable shift in customer expectations and behavior during this time. For lengthy periods over the course of two years, businesses were forced to operate solely on a take-out and delivery basis, and it soon became evident that everybody would need to up their game.

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Food Delivery and Service Robots: Changing Face of Restaurants Industry

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The prominence of food delivery and service robots has increased in the overall restaurant industry. It is an outstanding decision to use such robotic contactless services and avoid human-to-human interaction in the restaurant industry. Rise of Service Robots- A New Era of Human-Like Services.

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What is a Virtual Restaurant? And How to Start One

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A Ghost Restaurant take orders through online apps (like Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Skip the Dishes) and prepare food exclusively for pick-up, take-out and delivery customers. Virtual restaurant concepts only exist in apps, and use ‘ ghost kitchens ’ (aka ‘virtual kitchens’ or ‘dark kitchens’) to serve a virtual menu to virtual customers.

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Delivering on Delivery: An Implementation Guide

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Online food delivery thrives as phones become one-stop shops for ordering and tracking meals. This convenience has made the online food delivery market massive, with global revenues of over $1 trillion in 2023 alone. They must choose whether to use third-party online ordering platforms or handle delivery in-house.

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Restaurant Market Research: Ultimate Guide to Market Analysis

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Just like a well-crafted mission statement will help guide your business decisions, identifying and understanding your target customers and competitors through restaurant market research will give your business a competitive edge. Do you want to find out which food items your customers love the most?

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