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Your waitstaff is just as critical to the dining experience as the food you serve. A server who fumbles an order or forgets to refill the water glass could take the luster off what otherwise would be a five-star meal. That’s why server training is so important to a restaurant’s success. Not sure about where…
As a restaurant manager or operator, you know that food cost is one of your biggest challenges. You’re under continuing pressure to keep this expense as low as possible, despite external forces — such as weather events that affect crops and can drive up prices — that are well beyond your control. The good news,…
Technology continues to assume an increasingly important role in the restaurant industry, with a growing number of restaurant operators implementing a variety of solutions to increase sales and differentiate their establishments from the pack. Here are four restaurant technology trends that your competitors are using now and that you may want to consider to give…
Kiosk POS is growing in popularity as businesses of all kinds discover the many benefits self-service kiosks deliver. Consider these five benefits of kiosks as you evaluate whether this technology may be right for your business. 1. Improve the Customer Experiences Many businesses turn to kiosk POS to enhance customers’ in-store experience. When convenience is…
With so many options on the market, choosing the right restaurant online ordering system can seem like a daunting challenge. Before you get started, however, consider the features and capabilities that your platform must have in order for you to grow your business. Does it Enable Pickup? “Click-and-collect” has been popular with restaurant customers for…
Save your customers a little bit of time, and they’ll love you forever. Restaurants of all kinds are adding line busting capabilities to cater to busy customers and improve their daily operations. Incorporating line busting can also drive up revenue in your eatery. Line busting can take many forms: some restaurants are rolling out tablet…
As a restaurateur, your focus is on running an efficient kitchen and serving great food and drinks — and rightly so — but it’s also important to focus on your restaurant point of sale (POS) system, the nerve center of your business that keeps everything running smoothly. If you haven’t made this important technology a…
Many factors are responsible for the major changes taking place in the U.S. payments landscape, but one of the biggest comes down to three little letters: EMV. If you’re at all responsible for EMV acceptance for your restaurant, you’ve no doubt been hearing and reading about the October 2015 liability shift that has already given…
With fast paced environments, restaurants run at a high risk of errors. Unfortunately, errors are bound to happen to some extent. It is when they become so prominent that they being eating up profits, you have a problem. However, with the right restaurant technologies in place, error and food waste can be minimized, your average…
Mobile POS is a hot topic right now among retailers and restaurateurs. In fact, if you’re a restaurant owner and haven’t considered the ways that mobile POS could benefit your restaurant, you might be missing out. Mobile POS won’t replace your existing POS system, but it will enhance it by improving customer service and boosting…