By ChatGPT Early adopters of cobots (collaborative robots) in the hospitality industry can leverage several opportunities. Here are some key areas where cobots can make a significant impact: Food Preparation: Cobots can assist in various food preparation tasks, such as chopping, slicing, and mixing ingredients. They can work alongside human chefs, increasing … [Read more...]
What is a cobot, and how can they alleviate people and skills shortages in hospitality
By ChatGPT A cobot, short for 'collaborative robot' is a type of robot designed to work alongside people in a shared workspace or environment. While cobots are commonly associated with industries like manufacturing and logistics, they are now finding workplace applications in the hospitality industry. In hospitality cobots can assist with various tasks, enhancing … [Read more...]
Young people want workplaces that focus on wellbeing, sustainability, and digital adoption
By Angela Green: Young people want workplaces that focus on wellbeing, sustainability, and digital adoption. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Younger generations of workers across the UK are calling for enhanced wellbeing, sustainable and digital workplace practices more than any other working-age demographic. They are willing to look at alternative employers if … [Read more...]
AI enabling hospitality to fish in new talent pools
To get the most from this article please listen to it through the AI app above, you will hear why. By Caroline Thomas, Technology Editor: AI enabling hospitality to fish in new talent pools. As the hospitality and catering industry here in the UK and across the globe struggles to recruit and retain people for almost all job roles, artificial intelligence offers the … [Read more...]
BaxterStorey opens new store powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out AI technology
By Angela Green, Content Executive: BaxterStorey opens new store powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out AI technology. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services BaxterStorey is opening a new micro supermarket that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to create a checkout-free experience at Amazon’s London headquarters in Shoreditch - the first time the technology is being … [Read more...]
Future possibilities from AI and ML in hospitality and catering
By Caroline Thomas, Technology Editor: Future possibilities from AI and ML in hospitality and catering. The use of technology in the hospitality and catering industry has been a gradual process over several decades, transforming the way in which operators and customers interact. Since the introduction of computerised point-of-sale (POS) systems in the 1980’s, adoption has … [Read more...]
Metaverse hospitality, a growing environment with almost limitless possibilities
By Caroline Thomas, Technology Editor: Metaverse hospitality, a growing environment with almost limitless possibilities. The metaverse, a term used to describe a shared virtual space, is an emerging technology that has the potential to revolutionise the hospitality industry. Here are some of the ways in which the metaverse could be applied to businesses … [Read more...]
The future of technology in hospitality and catering
By Caroline Thomas, Technology Editor: The future of technology in hospitality and catering. The future of technology in the hospitality industry is expected to bring about significant changes and improvements to the way businesses operate and interact with customers. Here are some of the most significant trends and technologies that are expected to shape the … [Read more...]
A timeline in the adoption of technology in hospitality
By Caroline Thomas, Technology Editor: A timeline in the adoption of technology in hospitality The adoption of technology in the hospitality industry has been a gradual process over several decades, transforming the way in which providers of hospitality operate and interact with customers. The following is a timeline of some of the key events and technological … [Read more...]
McDonald’s CEO announces more openings and fewer people
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: McDonald's CEO announces more openings and fewer people. McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski has written to more than 200,000 of its workers to warn of potential job cuts in a looming reorganisation that will also see openings of new restaurants accelerate. Kempczinski wrote saying McDonald's was being hurt by an "outdated … [Read more...]
UK adults demand robust regulation of GMOs as radical legislation advances
By Denis Sheehan MIH, Publisher, H&C News: UK adults demand robust regulation of GMOs as radical legislation advances. As the UK Government pursues radical changes to GMO regulation, a new poll shows a significant majority of adults living in the UK believe GMOs should be traceable and labelled. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill is currently … [Read more...]
Spitfire ensures always on connectivity for Antic London’s pubs across the capital
Spitfire ensures always on connectivity for Antic London’s pubs across the capital Spitfire Network Services, a provider of telecoms and IP engineering solutions to UK businesses, today reveals how its delivery of a combination of broadband and mobile backup solutions has completely transformed the operations of Antic London, a pub-management company with over 30 pubs … [Read more...]
Sustainability and Technology Roundtable concludes, it’s all about the customer journey
By Denis Sheehan, Publisher, H&C News: Sustainability and Technology, it’s all about the customer journey. H&C News’ Sustainability and Technology roundtable in association with NOUMI took place at Coworth Park in April, bringing a group of industry leaders together to discuss how technology is aiding businesses across the hospitality industry be more … [Read more...]
Second opening with service robots from Boparan
By Denis Sheehan, Publisher, H&C News: Second opening with service robots from Boparan. Boparan Restaurant Group has announced the opening of a new Slim Chickens on 13th April in Seven Dials’ Cambridge Circus, London. Joining two other central London sites in Soho and Marylebone, the new launch will be the 18th Slim Chickens site in the UK and forms part of the … [Read more...]
Hospitality innovators seek to engage with peers
The technology adoption lifecycle is a sociological model describing the adoption and acceptance of a new product or innovation, according to the demographic and psychological characteristics of defined adopter groups. The process of adoption over time is typically illustrated as a classical normal distribution or bell curve chart. The model indicates the first people to … [Read more...]