Nowadays, the catering market is steadily recovering. With the adjustment of the latest epidemic prevention policies and the gradual clarification of the epidemic situation, China's catering business is expected to rebound in 2023.
The 2022 White Paper on China's Catering Brand Power pointed out that after the adjustment of epidemic prevention policies, the Matthew effect Effect will become more prominent. The catering industry will go through a process of comprehensive reshuffle. Some catering brands will try to make intelligent transformation by introducing intelligent devices such as meal delivery robots during the industry's oscillation period, which may lead to the first mover advantage and usher in the golden age of development.
The white paper also points out that in recent years, catering companies have been facing pressure from rising rent and labor costs, and their demand for cost reduction and efficiency improvement is very strong. Therefore, digitization and intelligence have become irreversible trends. In order for catering enterprises to better establish themselves, they must seize this trend. Therefore, contactless and delivery robots have gradually become the standard equipment for all catering enterprises.
The catering industry is a typical labor-intensive industry, and the stability of employees is of great importance to the normal operation of catering enterprises. Once there is a shortage of personnel, it will inevitably affect the service quality of catering enterprises. And catering robots can replace the work of some restaurant service personnel, which is greatly beneficial for solving the problems of "labor shortage", difficult recruitment, and high labor costs in catering enterprises.
Nowadays, many chain restaurants have begun to build intelligence, utilizing technological elements from various aspects such as robot delivery and intelligent services. For restaurants, not only can it save labor costs, but more importantly, it can improve efficiency and better and safer serve customers.
