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Year in review

Technology

What’s next in restaurant technology

 By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 21, 2021

Robots, ghost kitchens, consolidation and the metaverse are the four developments we’ll be keeping a close eye on in 2022.

Food

What the Industry’s soothsayers are predicting in 2022

 By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 21, 2021

Restaurant and hotel brands, professional trendologists, industry groups and food companies are all having a say in what the next year will bring. We culled through the reports to find the common threads.

Leadership

5 trends we hope will disappear in 2022

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 21, 2021

With any luck, these ripples will move out of the industry spotlight--and just keep going.

Financing

Here's who we're leaving off our holiday gift list

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 21, 2021

Insurers, landlords, the SBA, mask deniers, Mother Nature and the guy who wrote "Fancylike" are all those that should receive coal this year.

Operations

10 most-read Restaurant Business stories of 2021

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 21, 2021

Here are the stories that capture the most clicks from readers this year.

Operations

Restaurant industry ripples poised to swell into waves

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 21, 2021

These developments made industry news in 2021 but expect to see them surge into bigger trends next year.

Emerging Brands

Investors are betting big on these emerging chains

By Heather Lalley on Dec. 21, 2021

Money was slow to start flowing at the outset of 2021, but interest in emerging concepts picked up in the back half of the year.

Operations

2021’s vocabulary words for restaurant operators

By Heather Lalley on Dec. 21, 2021

Restaurant operators continued to learn new vocabulary words in 2021, as the ongoing pandemic created migraine-level headaches for them around staffing issues, supply chain woes and more. Some of ...

Financing

Private equity, on the sidelines in 2021, could make its return in 2022

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 21, 2021

The investment firms largely ceded the market to strategic buyers last year. But some believe they could make their return as they grow more confident in projections.

Operations

Hey Santa, here's what restaurants really want

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 21, 2021

Reality Check: The best thing you could give restaurateurs this year is a break from the near past.

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