Unlike the pre-pandemic stage, use of technology to keep up with the new normal shifted to automation Chennai, 27 October 2021, While most of the organization are getting back to normal, cafeterias and food services providers are relying on digitalization and automation as the new precautionary measure in day-to-day operations. As corporates and industries are settling themselves in the new normal, technology is playing a prominent role in digitizing the process starting from food production to consumption while also enforcing social distancing norms. We see that the cafeterias are also evidencing a lot of digitalization and automation, in the areas of payment and order processing through digital solutions. On the production front, newer methods and technologies are coming into picture for various areas such as i) reducing the amount of contact that goes into food production, ii) on how we procure and manage our inventory, iii) on managing waste, iv) and how we work with ingredien...