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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders and experts for their insights on what will impact restaurants in 2020 and the response was overwhelming. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.).

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By restaurateurs for restaurateurs: Advice for opening in 2020

7 Shifts

Are you opening a restaurant in 2020? As you plan out your concept, location, menu, staffing, and marketing, take a read through the advice left by hundreds of restaurateurs to ensure you’re set up for success in 2020. Start with a small, focused menu featuring quality ingredients and hiring kind, skillful servers. Congrats! ??

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Top Restaurant POS Features To Look For In 2023

The Restaurant Times

But as cloud technology developed, the basic POS system transformed into a full-fledged restaurant management system. POS solutions are essential for enhancing convenience for dine-in and online customers and delivering a customer-centric experience as the restaurant industry continues to grow. Read along!

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Growth of Modern Contactless Payments: Increasing Restaurant Profitability and Efficiency

Modern Restaurant Management

Many restaurant owners and managers immediately invested in multiple technology solutions to stay afloat in 2020, with contactless order and payment solutions being the most important. The value of a universal payment system could improve employee experiences. Taking Contactless Solutions to the Next Level.

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Technology Trends for the ‘New Normal’ Customer Cravings

Modern Restaurant Management

By implementing Pay-at-the-Table technology, restaurant owners are saving their servers both literal steps between the diner’s table and payment station and figurative steps involving inputting checks into the POS system, handling receipts and adjusting for gratuity.

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The restaurant labor shortage: how we got here and a 2023 update

OpenTable

Labor supply and demand were roughly matched from 2000 through early 2020, according to U.S. But restaurant closures and worker layoffs in March 2020 shifted this dynamic. As lockdowns eased in May and June of 2020, more than 3.5 Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That’s true whether a business is fully staffed or running lean.

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How Contactless Technologies Can Help Counter Hesitations About Eating Indoors

Modern Restaurant Management

No need to flag down a server or wait for the check. Now by linking with POS systems, restaurant owners and operators can not only operate more efficiently, but they can enable an experience that makes their customers feel comfortable and in control. If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that the future is unpredictable.