Making sure that your restaurant stays up-to-date on the latest trends ensures happy customers. More profitable restaurants also help attract and retain the best employees. If you haven’t incorporated these restaurant technology trends into your business, consider doing so this year. If you aren’t comfortable integrating technology into your restaurant, hire a professional office manager that can help.
- Mobile Payments – While only about 20 percent of restaurants offer mobile pay or payment options through a custom app, more than 60 percent of restaurant-goers prefer using this technology when it is available. These are the main restaurant technology trends going into 2018 and beyond.
- Kiosk Adoption – Nearly 39 percent of restaurant owners experience an improvement in their restaurant’s efficiency when incorporating a kiosk into their business. About 49 percent of diners say that ordering meals through a kiosk actually improves their overall experience.
- Digital Receipts – Digital receipts are on the rise. Seven percent of restaurant-goers prefer receiving text receipts, while almost 40 percent prefer email receipts. However, only 28 percent of restaurants offer text receipts and 40 percent offer email receipts.
- Guest Technology – Diners prefer being able to make reservations online, have guest WIFI available during their dining experience and order their meals online.
If you haven’t incorporated technology into your restaurant, NOW is the perfect time to do so. Nearly 73 percent of restaurant-goers say that technology helps to improve their overall dining experience. Once restaurants implement the technology, 95 percet of owners say that technology dramatically improves their restaurant’s efficiency.
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