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Restaurant Workforce Research: Reflecting on 2024 and Optimizing for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

Here’s a look at some of the key findings so you can reflect on 2024 and prepare for maximum growth in 2025. percent in 2024 and added 210,300 jobs, a standout category led the pack. Despite ongoing challenges in 2024, 67 percent of restaurant managers are optimistic about what 2025 holds for the industry.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

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. The 700+-store chain had a challenge with the amount of time it took to schedule an interview for a new applicant once the candidate had submitted their application online.

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Hotelogix in 2024: Milestones Achieved, Gearing Up for 2025

Hotelogix

In 2024, as a globally leading cloud-based hospitality technology solutions provider, we have solidified our position as a forerunner in the domain. In 2024, we made remarkable progress in empowering hotels to excel in a fiercely competitive environment, revolutionizing how they operate efficiently to drive overall growth.

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Now Serving, The Biometrics Risk Evolution

Modern Restaurant Management

Case in point, on August 28, 2024, Steak ‘n Shake was named in a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, captioned Massel v. Steak ‘n Shake, Inc.,Case 24-cv-07827.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

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 2024. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy. In 2024, we’ll continue to see growth in the payroll segment. Read the first part, here.

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What Does 2024 Look Like for the Restaurant Industry?

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s the perfect time to look back on a few things we learned in 2023 – based on recent survey data from our restaurant partners – as well as what we predict for the industry in 2024. 2024’s Outlook: Positive The restaurant industry is cautiously optimistic as we head into the new year.

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Driftwood Secures Financing for Westin Cocoa Beach Resort & Spa

Lodging Magazine

After breaking ground in September 2024, the $420 million, 502-key resort is part of Driftwoods decade-long investment to grow the region’s hospitality profile and meet demand. The Westin Cocoa Beach Resort & Spa is scheduled to open in 2027.