AI in the Restaurant Industry: Unlocking Opportunities to Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming companies across all industries including the restaurant sector.  Restaurants are integrating AI in many facets of their operations to gain a competitive advantage. Raydiant’s “The State of AI in Restaurants” report found that 62 percent of restaurant leaders believe that AI offers a significant competitive advantage to restaurants that adopt it, with 67% feeling well-positioned to leverage AI for market differentiation.

Restaurants are increasingly harnessing AI technology to boost efficiencies and reduce costs. While there are a host of compelling use cases for AI in the restaurant industry, many restaurant operators today are leveraging AI to transform back-of-house operations. Some of the ways AI-powered technologies are helping restaurants elevate back-of-house efficiencies and reduce costs include detecting and preventing fraud, providing actionable data and insights, optimizing credit card processing, enhancing staffing and…