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Embracing the Future: Key Trends Shaping the Restaurant, Bar, and Hospitality Industry in 2025

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As we step into 2025, the restaurant, bar, and hospitality industries are experiencing transformative shifts driven by evolving consumer preferences, technological innovation, and economic dynamics. As we navigate these changes, one theme stands out: innovation.

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‘In the Future, Customers Will Drive Up to a Drive-Thru to Just Pick Up Their Food.’

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For example, Chick-fil-A ihas used drone footage and cameras to optimize speed and accuracy at their drive-thru and Tang expects more innovation from the brand. "If "In retail and restaurants, everyone is fighting for the same shrinking pool of frontline labor. Seasoned store manager labor is even harder to find.

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Why Innovative Dining Experiences Are Driven by Facility Management Technology

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In response, 37 percent of restaurants are offering online ordering and 32 percent accept mobile payments. Now more than ever, restaurant leaders need to find new ways to create truly one-of-a-kind dining experiences that give people a reason to leave the comfort of their home and ditch the ease of ordering with the click of a button.

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Top-Effective Tech Solutions to Improve Profits

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Automation tools also provide value through mobile ordering apps, AI solutions, digital reviews apps, and online reservation software. Mobile Order Applications Mobile smart order apps for waiters help to speed up the service and manage the orders right at the guest’s table.

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Mobile Orders Are Secure And Ready For Fast Pickup At This Lehigh University Café

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At first glance, it might seem that the purpose of food lockers is to provide fast, secure order pickup for busy students and guests. Challenge: Keep track of mobile orders and reduce lines at the counter At Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., But that’s just the beginning.

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MRM Research Roundup: Holiday Spending, Franchise Optimism, and Pickle Energy

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However, the industry has renewed optimism, driven by the adoption of digital and mobile ordering, menu creativity and heightened expectations around AI. Similarly, 59 percent of respondents believe mobile apps that offer easy online ordering will have the greatest impact on operations over that same time period.

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Restaurants Turning to Automation

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More than 90 percent of restaurants have made, or plan to make, investments in kitchen automation technology, according to a report from Square that looks at the future of restaurants and retail. Restaurants that are using online ordering for delivery and takeout expect. 62 percent of revenue to come through those online channels.