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How Compact Kitchens Are Reshaping the Restaurant Biz
With rising rents and ingredient costs, compact kitchen setups significantly reduce overheads often by 20–30%.
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Vijetha Iyer
Feb 03, 2026 / 6 MIN READ
Beyond QR and UPI: How Tech is Quietly Rewiring Café Operations
While QR menus and contactless payments are now common, cafés are increasingly turning to technology to optimise inventory, staffing, training and…
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Saumyangi Yadav
Jan 30, 2026 / 8 MIN READ
How Restaurants Are Rewriting the Affordability Playbook
25–30% of restaurants make affordability a core positioning, while 35–40% treat affordability as a competitive necessity and 60-70% restaurants focus…
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Vijetha Iyer
Jan 23, 2026 / 7 MIN READ
Jobs, GST Relief and Solar Power: Hospitality Sector Demands Big From Budget 2026
In line with Atmanirbhar Bharat, he believes targeted support for food-tech automation and smoother access to credit will be key to helping…
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Nusra
Jan 22, 2026 / 7 MIN READ
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The Core Strategies Behind Great Customer Experiences
To stay relevant and build loyalty, restaurants are adopting structured strategies that combine people, processes, technology, and data.
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Vijetha Iyer
Jan 20, 2026 / 8 MIN READ
The Real Challenges Shaping India’s Bakery Boom
The industry is growing at a CAGR of 9-10%, it is projected to surpass $30 billion by 2033.
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Vijetha Iyer
Jan 19, 2026 / 9 MIN READ
The Future of Dining: Key Restaurant Tech Trends in 2026
Technology is expected to grow with a CAGR of 25-35% by 2030. India’s technology sector is projected to cross USD 280 billion this year.
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Vijetha Iyer
Jan 14, 2026 / 8 MIN READ
How India’s Cafés Are Redefining Coffee Through Wellness
Across the ecosystem, there is broad agreement that functional coffee in India will not explode overnight. Instead, it is likely to surface first as…
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Saumyangi Yadav
Jan 07, 2026 / 8 MIN READ
Inside Restaurant Kitchen that Drives Profits and Performance
A positive and well-organized kitchen environment also plays a crucial role in motivating staff, which in turn ensures smoother operations and better…
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Vijetha Iyer
Jan 05, 2026 / 6 MIN READ
Redefining Value in QSR: Where Quality Meets Experience
Rapid urbanisation, rising disposable incomes, and the expansion of organised food services into Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities have broadened both the…
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Tapan Vaidya
Dec 19, 2025 / 5 MIN READ
Bean to Cup: What’s Pushing the Rise of Conscious Coffee Drinkers
India’s coffee industry is no longer competing on taste alone, and this new wave of coffee consumption is set to drive the next phase of growth
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Saumyangi Yadav
Dec 19, 2025 / 8 MIN READ
From Legacy to Reinvention: What a New Generation of Hospitality Leaders Learns When They Break Tradition
India’s diners and travellers are seeking more than familiarity. They’re choosing dining rooms with a point of view, smaller menus built on clarity,…
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Ridhi Choudhary
Dec 17, 2025 / 7 MIN READ
How Cafes are Now Becoming All-Day Dining Spots
As expectations rise and margins tighten, India’s café boom is becoming less about the brew and more about the plate beside it.
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Saumyangi Yadav
Dec 15, 2025 / 6 MIN READ
Why Niche Cafés Struggle to Scale in a QSR, Fusion Market
Behind the scenes, however, the economics and operating realities pull in a different direction. QSRs win on consistency, low prices, and predictable…
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Akshi Khandelwal
Dec 09, 2025 / 5 MIN READ
5 ways to expand tea cafe business in India
A study by Manta and BIA/Kelsey found that 64% of small businesses with loyalty programs make more money than they spend.
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Anubhav Dubey
Aug 24, 2022 / 5 MIN READ
Why kitchen preparation time plays a significant role in food delivery biz
Aggregators are advancing their technology to bring in the accuracy of time. Previously, Zomato used to calculate KPT as the difference between the…
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Sakshi Singh
Jun 22, 2022 / 8 MIN READ
How to train young aspirants for f&b jobs
According to a survey recently conducted by Opus, that's not what frontline workers want as digital training does not do a good job of…
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Sakshi Singh
Apr 29, 2022 / 8 MIN READ
Delhi Govt's Cloud-kitchen policy to give new heights to biz; players welcome the move
As per DDC, there are around 20,000 cloud kitchens functioning across the city which provide direct employment to around 2 lakh people and indirect…
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Nusra
Apr 25, 2022 / 5 MIN READ
How restaurateurs view Zomato's 10-minute delivery plan
"I believe in 10min you cannot deliver the freshness," added Singh who also pointed that this will dilute the whole ecosystem of food…
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Nusra
Mar 24, 2022 / 6 MIN READ
How conversational AI is transforming the restaurant sector
As per reports, the global enterprise messaging industry accounted for 2.7 trillion messages in 2020 and we all couldn't deny the fact that…
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Nusra
Jan 17, 2022 / 7 MIN READ
Restaurants in Delhi closed for dine-in; industry calls it 'slow death' of the sector
In India we already saw 25 per cent restaurants collapsed last year in 2nd wave lockdown and over 24 lakhs lost their jobs. These new guidelines are…
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Nusra
Jan 11, 2022 / 4 MIN READ
How delivery brands have focused on local, accessible
Pandemic has taught us that we can survive in minimalism. Having said that, the urge to savour the "restaurant food" couldn't be…
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Nusra
Nov 25, 2021 / 6 MIN READ
How Restaurant owners are responding to vaccine mandate
Sixteen percent of operators in the US believe both their sales and traffic will decrease because of vaccine mandates, while 14% believe traffic will…
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Nusra
Nov 02, 2021 / 4 MIN READ
How important is pricing to attract right customer
The expenditure of Indian households on eating out is rising rapidly and it has become imperative for established as well as new restaurants to…
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Sakshi Singh
Sep 30, 2021 / 6 MIN READ
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