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          2026 Food & Beverage Trends: Three Strategic Shifts Operators Must Embrace

          Dec 8, 2025 5:30 PM · Automation, Consultants, Foodservice Industry Trends, IoT, Labor Savings, Restaurants

          Foodservice enters 2026 shaped by three forces operators cannot ignore: labor pressure, evolving consumer expectations, and practical technology adoption. These trends are redefining..

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          How Operators Adapt to 2025 Restaurant Labor Trends

          Aug 27, 2025 9:30 AM · Consultants, Foodservice Industry Trends, IoT, Labor Savings, Ventless

          For restaurant operators in 2025, labor remains one of the most persistent and complex challenges in foodservice. Finding staff is difficult, and retaining..

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          Four Things to Look for in a Connected Kitchen IoT Solution

          Mar 13, 2025 5:30 PM · Featured Innovation, Foodservice Industry Trends, IoT, Labor Savings

          Smart kitchen technology offers foodservice operators a range of benefits, from transparency and labor savings to enhanced safety and convenience. As more establishments..

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          Connect the Front of the House with Open Kitchen

          Jul 2, 2024 9:30 AM · Automation, Bar & Nightclub, Fine Dining, IoT, Restaurants

          A smart kitchen, or connected kitchen, consists of a network of interlinked equipment. This real-time, internet-based connectivity enables monitoring and remote control of..

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          Experience Innovation: Learn Automation at the MIK

          Mar 19, 2024 9:30 AM · Automation, IoT, The Middleby Movement

          Nestled within a sprawling 40,000 square feet space, the Middleby Innovation Kitchens (MIK) stands as a beacon of culinary excellence and innovation. Led..

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          Seven Benefits of Creating an All-Middleby Kitchen

          Nov 30, 2023 9:30 AM · Automation, Bakeries, Bar & Nightclub, C-Store, Colleges & Universities, Correctional, Fine Dining, Ghost Kitchen, Government, Grocery, Healthcare, Hospitality, IoT, K-12 Schools, Restaurants, Stadiums & Arenas, The Middleby Movement

          Success in foodservice requires a well-equipped restaurant kitchen. It should be designed with foodservice equipment that meets today’s demands and is easy to..

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          Can Simple Foodservice Equipment Controls Increase Efficiency?

          Jul 31, 2023 9:30 AM · Automation, Featured Innovation, IoT

          Let’s start with a statistic. At the beginning of 2023, the restaurant industry was down nearly half a million workers since the beginning..

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          Smart Kitchen Technologies in Healthcare Foodservice Can Solve Two Critical Problems

          Smart Kitchen Technologies in Healthcare Foodservice Can Solve Two Critical Problems

          Jul 5, 2023 9:30 AM · Healthcare, IoT, Senior Living

          If there’s a top challenge in today’s healthcare foodservice industry, that hurdle is almost certainly related to labor. In fact, according to Foodservice..

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          Three Ways to Create a More Sustainable Chain Restaurant

          Jan 27, 2023 3:00 AM · Automation, IoT, Restaurants

            Creating a sustainable chain restaurant is a concept that’s become increasingly popular over the last decade. The reality, though, is we’re just..

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          There’s Power in OneTouch

          Jul 28, 2022 12:00 PM · IoT, Labor Savings, Restaurants

          In a labor-challenged foodservice industry, developing processes that are uniform will preserve consistency and quality, and will save time are critical in today’s..

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