RRI Staff insights
If you walked into a restaurant boardroom five years ago and mentioned "AI agents," you’d likely be met with blank stares or jokes about the Terminator taking over…
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Welcome to 2026, the year the "easy money" of price hikes finally met its match. According to the National Restaurant Association, the industry has ballooned into a $1.55…
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In the high-stakes world of 2026 restaurant operations, the "Legacy Dinosaur" is finally going extinct. You know the one: that $50,000 enterprise tech stack that requires a PhD…
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It’s 2026, and the numbers are in. The National Restaurant Association (NRA) has projected a staggering $1.55 trillion in industry-wide sales. On the surface, it looks like a…
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Welcome to 2026, where the "growth at all costs" mantra has been replaced by something much more sensible: "growth that actually makes sense." If you’ve felt like the…
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As we cross the midpoint of 2026, the American restaurant industry has hit a staggering milestone: a projected $1.55 trillion in annual sales. It’s a number so large…
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For decades, "sustainability" was the garnish of the restaurant world: a nice-to-have sprig of parsley that looked good on a mission statement but was often the first thing…
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If you’ve spent any time on social media lately, you’ve probably seen a robot arm attempting to flip a burger or a "chef-less" kitchen concept that looks more…
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For decades, "sustainability" in the restaurant industry was treated like that one experimental vegan foam on a tasting menu: interesting, maybe a little pretentious, and definitely not the…
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Welcome to the second half of 2026, where the "new normal" is starting to feel a lot like a high-stakes game of Tetris. You’re trying to fit rising…
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