The digital staff restaurant.

A great lunch is about craftsmanship: fresh ingredients, skilled chefs and hosts who care. But behind the scenes in our staff restaurants, more and more technology is at work — solutions that make everyday life easier for guests and free up time for the chefs.

Our guests can use an app that shows today's menu with nutritional information such as calories, protein, fat and carbohydrates. The app also shows when the restaurant is busiest, so you can pick the lunch slot with the shortest queue — and loyalty rewards give you something back for using the service.

When the restaurant is closed, smart fridges can take over the serving, so those working late also have food available.

Food safety may be the most important job technology does for us. Temperature checks, cleaning schedules and deviations are documented in a digital control system tailored to each individual kitchen. The result is full history and statistics — and documentation that is always easy to retrieve.

Our chefs plan menus in a digital platform where they draw inspiration from thousands of recipes, share favourites across our locations and receive AI-generated suggestions. Menus become more varied, and good ideas spread quickly from one kitchen to all.

Sustainability is measured, not just promised. Customers who choose Ability can get a continuously updated CO₂ footprint for their canteen, and food waste tracking can be digitised so the waste is displayed in real time.

The best thing about the technology? It frees up time. When ordering, payment and documentation take care of themselves, our staff can concentrate on what actually creates well-being: the food, the guests and the service.

Would you like to see the solutions in practice? Get in touch, and we will show you how the digital staff restaurant works in everyday life.

The illustration image at the top of this article is AI-generated.