How Compact Kitchens Are Reshaping the Restaurant Biz
With rising rents and ingredient costs, compact kitchen setups significantly reduce overheads often by 20–30%.
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…
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…
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…
  • By - 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.
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.
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.


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…
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…
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…
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
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,…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
  • By - 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…
  • By - 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…
  • By - 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…
  • By - 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…
  • By - 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…
  • By - 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…