Restaurant Tech Trends
Restaurant Tech Trends
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On Restaurant Tech Trends, we interview movers and shakers in the restaurant industry to identify how technology is changing the way multi-unit restaurants work.
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The podcast focuses on various themes including restaurant technology adoption, industry growth strategies, and guest satisfaction improvements. Episodes feature discussions on topics like the role of AI in drive-thru operations, foundational tech for scaling restaurant brands, and innovations in guest experience management.

On Restaurant Tech Trends, we interview movers and shakers in the restaurant industry to identify how technology is changing the way multi-unit restaurants work.
🚨NEW RESTAURANT TECH TRENDS EPISODE DROP 🚨
Today on 🍔Restaurant 🤖Tech 📈Trends, I sat down with Anthony Presley, CTO at CBS NorthStar and Co-Founder of TimeForge Labor.
Anthony has been building restaurant tech for decades and it shows. This conversation cuts straight through the noise on POS, kitchen AI, labor, and why “all-in-one” isn’t always the answer.
📺 WATCH AND LEARN 📺
👉 What Kitchen AI really means in practice: predictive cook times, real-time promise accuracy, and why static Excel-based prep times are still killing guest experience
👉 How NorthStar is using predictive kitchen timing to prevent Friday night meltdowns when dine-in, online, and delivery all collide
👉 Anthony’s candid take on AI scheduling: why black-box schedules fail, and why AI should nudge, suggest, and pre-populate instead of fully replacing managers
➕ PLUS
• The most common (and costly) mistakes multi-concept operators make when selecting a POS
• Where automation belongs in restaurants and where humans will always win
Full episode linked in the comments 👇

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