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Over the next decade, expect to excel at turning intel into management magic.
You’ve heard it, and you’ve probably said it: “How did we ever survive without a smartphone?”
A little over a decade after the iPhone’s 2007 debut, the smartphone has embedded itself into every aspect of our lives. It likely won’t take 10 years for today’s technologies to become our new normal, even those that sound “sci-fi” today.
Real-time-data feedback is one technology likely to become a common part of restaurant operations. Restaurant experts surveyed for Restaurant Industry 2030, the National Restaurant Association’s deep dive into what restaurants will look like over the next decade, shared predictions about the likeliest developments for restaurants by 2030.
Among their top 25 predictions for 2030 are three tied directly to the power of real-time data:
What will real-time data allow a restaurant operator to do? Here are a few scenarios:
American Express is a sponsor of the Association’s recently released Restaurant Industry 2030 report.