The Connected Restaurant: How Commercial Kitchen Manufacturers and Restaurant Managers Can Successfully Implement The Internet of Things

In recent years, the food and beverage industry has garnered a reputation of being “tech resistant.”However, many commercial kitchen manufacturers and restaurant operators are beginning to recognize the efficiencies offered by new technology solutions. According to Rail Media, 73 percent of restaurant operators have agreed that technology provides them a competitive advantage and helps increase profitability.  Typically, these new restaurant technologies focus on front-end matters of a restaurant. Nowadays, almost all restaurants use mobile applications and POS systems that improve the interaction between servers and customers. But there is a new wave of “back of the house” restaurant technologies (like self-monitoring refrigerator units) that aim to improve the operations between equipment and restaurant managers.

All these new technology solutions have lended to the idea of the connected restaurant. The connected restaurant doesn’t just focus on improving…