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

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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 2025. When consumers order more food online, it’s clearly good for business – but it can also make it harder for businesses to manage inventory.

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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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Heating and cooling, refrigeration, and cooking equipment are the biggest energy users, followed by lighting. It’s a great tool for our overall success,” said Emily Lyall, operations manager at the Lafayette Public House , a coffee, bar, and kitchen. More Energy Guzzlers Cooking equipment is just one facet of restaurant energy use.

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2025 Cybersecurity Outlook for Restaurants 

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QR codes, for their part, can be exploited through phishing schemes, where hackers create fake codes to direct users to malicious websites. For one, they make restaurants more susceptible to skimming or other point-of-sale fraud tactics. Meanwhile, hackers can target digital wallets to intercept unencrypted payment data.

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Make or Break: Managing the Media’s Role in Food Recalls

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In a recall crisis, the media can be your greatest ally or your worst enemy – it all comes down to how you manage the message. Leverage company websites and social media platforms to disseminate information. With food recalls at a five year high , there’s (understandably!) Avoid jargon and clichés.

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

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This surge in off-premise orders forced restaurants to optimize their operational workflows, from kitchen management and packaging to delivery logistics. Furthermore, digital tools for inventory and labor management became crucial for navigating supply chain disruptions and staffing challenges.

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Best Practices to Establish an Efficient Restaurant Operation

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What is the ongoing goal for all restaurant owners and managers? Another important marketing tactic, which is a necessity in modern times, is having a website. For this reason, it is crucial to take the time as a restaurant manager or owner to build and implement comprehensive training programs. Use Other Outside Resources.

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How Your Restaurant Can Take Advantage of the Virtual Event Trend

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Set up your livestream with the equipment and virtual event platform of your choice. Your restaurant already has a crew of experts: chefs, bartenders, event managers, and more. If you already have the right audio and video equipment for broadcasting livestream events, you’re ready to go. Classes and Tastings.

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