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AI Can Help Restaurants Survive Challenges with Inflation and the Coming Recession

Smart Data Collective

Inflation and an impending recession are two huge challenges facing the restaurant industry today. Let’s take a look at how AI could help restaurants survive and even thrive in spite of these challenges. In either case, it’s going to be difficult for restaurants to maintain their profit margins. But AI can help.

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An Analysis of Marketing In the Restaurant POS Industry (2021)

Crayon

In recent years, point of sale ( POS) systems have become a key differentiator for restaurants across the globe. These systems allow restaurateurs to meet many practical needs such as growing profits, running more efficient and organized businesses, and improving bookkeeping.

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Text Analysis With Power BI Copilot

Chris Webb BI

That said, it’s very good value for a Michelin-starred restaurant.” This will be increased to 500 characters of text soon but even then this could be a big limitation (for example the text “If you want good food you have to pay. ” is 105 characters long).

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Chipotle’s recipe for digital transformation: Cloud plus AI

CIO

When Curt Garner became Chipotle’s first CIO in 2015, the only technology used for online restaurant ordering was, “believe it or not,” a fax machine, he says. Many restaurant chains, in contrast, are individually owned and operated as franchises. Seven years later, the Newport Beach, Calif.-based

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Robots make a smash in Chipotle kitchens

CIO

Adding robots to the guacamole-making process makes sense because preparing the irresistible side is a labor-intensive task for employees of quick-service restaurant (QSR) Chipotle that involves peeling, coring, and cutting up those pesky avocados, amounting to tens of thousands of hours a year.

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Have we reached the end of ‘too expensive’ for enterprise software?

CIO

For example: Traditional keyword search: best restaurants in Berlin Sentiment- and context-based search: I am a discerning connoisseur and love wine bars that also serve food, preferably with regional ingredients. Recommend restaurants in Berlin Mitte and Kreuzberg. No dogmatic natural wine bars, please.

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Meet KARL: the new container-based DaaS alternative to costly, traditional DVI platforms

CIO

IT architect Marco Simoncini was enjoying Friday evening supper in a restaurant in Rome with his colleague Piernunzio Pennisi when inspiration struck. He left the restaurant without paying,” says Pennisi. Simoncini began sketching out his vision on a napkin. Before long, he headed home.