Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2024

Despite challenges including inventory costs, commission fees and staff turnover, many restaurant owners are expressing optimism about moving forward, according to TouchBistro’s 2024 State of Restaurants Report. What can restaurant operators do to better handle inventory and labor challenges?

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A state-of-the-art restaurant POS System, specifically tailored for bars and restaurants, streamlines transactions, inventory management, and customer service, ensuring that business owners can focus on what they do best—serving their patrons. That’s why inventory management is one of the most important features of a good bar POS system.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Businesses in the food service industry are primarily adopting these advanced POS systems to streamline the communication between waitstaff and kitchen staff, inventory tracking, and improving team management. These software are specially designed for QSRs to manage inventory, online ordering, express billing, recipe management and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Streamlining Inventory and Menu Studies show that restaurants waste an average of four percent to 10 percent of all the inventory they purchase. For instance, if table turnover rates are lagging, it might be time to train staff for faster service or tweak the menu for speedier dish preparation.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 6, 2021

Staff scheduling, inventory management, menu analysis , guest satisfaction, profitability, and so much more rest on the shoulders of accurate restaurant forecasting. On a micro level, forecasting helps a restaurant plan for inventory orders and how many employees need to work each shift to make and sell food. Inventory Management.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Metrics and sheets you'll need to track include cost of goods sold, labor costs, new operating income, profit, and (see below) inventory costs. Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Brands are looking to restaurant technology to maintain a healthy connection with their suppliers, experiment faster, and predict the performance of new concepts and service models. In order to reduce cost, waste, and optimize inventory, the process begins with planning and forecasting. Planning and Forecasting.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 18, 2022

Pre-consumer waste is all food that’s wasted before it gets to the customer, like spoiled inventory and kitchen scraps. Food waste reduction requires some additional work to properly store, monitor, and use inventory ingredients, so employees must be fully invested in the process. Monitor inventory days on hand. Reduce spoilage.

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Harbor Touch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Seamless Accessibility Anytime, Anywhere Have you ever been away from your business and wanted to check sales, inventory, or other data? Efficient Inventory Management Keeping track of your stock is crucial. These systems automatically update inventory levels after every transaction.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Not only does this streamline any and all communication, communicating online is more efficient, effective and faster. In the kitchen, there’s a POS, scheduling devices, recipe books, inventory tools and more. Workflow apps make it easy to consolidate systems and provide workers the ability to be autonomous in their positions.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

ChowNow integrates seamlessly into Toast to route orders through your kitchen, manage your online menu faster and easier, reduce errors and cancellations, and have better order accuracy. ChowNow’s integration to Square allows restaurants to receive and fulfill every order into one POS and simplify their operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2023

Because server mobility pads can be connected to automatically-updated inventory, the system won't suggest a certain wine when the last bottle was sold twenty minutes ago. For servers, it's using technology to help them do their job to a higher standard while turning their tables up to 15 minutes faster.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2023

POS systems offer a multitude of benefits for businesses, including: Streamlined operations by automating various tasks such as sales transactions, inventory management and reporting. Enhanced accuracy through minimized human errors in order processing and inventory tracking.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

ChowNow integrates seamlessly into Toast to route orders through your kitchen, manage your online menu faster and easier, reduce errors and cancellations, and have better order accuracy. ChowNow’s integration to Square allows restaurants to receive and fulfill every order into one POS and simplify their operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Here are four ways you can set your business up for cash flow success: Better Manage Your Inventory Costs. Regardless of the best inventory management strategy for your business, it is critical to keep a line of credit on hand to take advantage of the best deals from a vendor or ship items out quickly to maximize customer satisfaction.

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Embrace the Suck

APRIL 26, 2020

COGS = Beginning inventory + purchased inventory - final inventory. The more to track your KPIs, the faster you can react and adjust. An accurate COGS is often representative of the largest expenses for the bar or restaurant and is, therefore, an important metric for profitability. Prime Cost.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 5, 2022

The reasons for the accelerated growth of this idea, the contribution of POS to these kitchens, the display systems to make the operations easier, and the automated operations used in the inventory as well in the kitchen for easy food management- are some of the ideas that will be discussed in the following paragraphs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 2, 2022

These tech systems let operators view sales patterns, track inventory, and determine areas of wastage to make smarter, more profitable and sustainable choices. No one on your team enjoys doing tedious administrative tasks, like line checks or inventory, but they’re a necessary part of the job, even when you’re short-staffed.

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Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Payment Processing: A modern POS system makes payment processing much simpler and faster. Inventory Management: A modern POS system can help servers manage inventory more effectively. This leads to faster order preparation and delivery, which can improve the customer experience and reduce wait times.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 13, 2023

What a great learning environment. [] STANDARDS AND CONTROLS AND THE PEOPLE TO DO IT Restaurants may be able to run loosely, operating under checkbook management where the goal is to see money coming in faster than it goes out.

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Culinary Digital

JANUARY 16, 2024

This, in turn, translates into faster ticket times and quicker service, enhancing the overall dining experience for customers by reducing wait times and accommodating a higher volume of orders while maintaining exceptional quality standards.

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Restaurant Engine

JUNE 22, 2022

A POS system can help speed up your restaurant, meet your customers’ needs faster, and help your team work more efficiently. Many systems also help you manage inventory, track sales, pull reports, do payroll, and allow team members to clock in. In addition, they can easily calculate tips and fees and run bills faster.

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Squirrel Systems

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Faster Transactions: With POS, servers can process payments more quickly, allowing them to serve more tables in a shorter time frame. Improved Table Turnover: Faster Payments: Quick and efficient payment processing with POS can help turn tables more swiftly, increasing the number of guests served throughout the day.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

There'll be new branding, a new staff, different inventory, and updated forecasting involved. You can reference and compare the key metrics from all of these locations like total revenue, profit margin, inventory variance, etc. One of the many benefits of multi-location restaurant management pertains to inventory and ordering.

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Crunchtime

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

It's as unavoidable as death and taxes: we're talking inventory management. Counting inventory can be a restauranteur's least favorite part of their job - but, it doesn't have to be. There are several ways to make taking inventory a little easier and less painful.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This gives staff the ability to expand their coverage area by three times, and customer satisfaction increases as guests get their drinks faster and don’t have to wait to order or get a check through a server or bartender. How important is real-time data to being more efficient and successful?

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Culinary Cues

JULY 14, 2021

Yep, I get the reflection time that was the hallmark of the pandemic shutdown, those moments when every cook and chef took inventory and wondered why it is that they work under adverse conditions, invest way too many hours, and do so for wages that never compete with other professional careers. Do you really want to give this up?

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

Restaurant inventory management plays a key role in overcoming rising food prices. As the rising food cost trend continues, it’s time to tighten your inventory control. Automate manual restaurant inventory processes to help overcome rising food prices. Integrate restaurant inventory management with your POS system.

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Focus POS

JANUARY 15, 2020

Tighter inventory control. Potential ROI: 5% increase for faster table turns. Inventory Tracking. Aside from your labor, your inventory is one of your largest expenses. Improving your inventory tracking can equate to major cost savings. These could include things like: Speedier checkout. Improved marketing.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 29, 2021

You can use back-office restaurant technology to support a positive guest experience in areas such as payment, inventory and food costs, and staff scheduling. Tight inventory control ensures menu item availability. With tight inventory control, your team can accurately track inventory and use that data strategically.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Inventory stock changed significantly. These non-paper menus can be changed swiftly, allowing restaurants to remove items when inventory lags and promote items that have higher margin. As its menus adapt to consumer behavior, this technology could drive larger and faster orders – and higher revenue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

QSR workers are learning to use new technologies at a faster pace than ever before. Customers notice the difference between a spotless QSR with a clean dining area and fully-stocked inventory, and these details may move the needle to encourage a first-time customer to become a repeat customer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

Digital inspections, inventory, and line checks are much faster, easier, and more accurate than manual processes. Digital solutions allow brands to streamline operations, improve safety and quality management, manage (or cut) costs, and improve inventory, scheduling, and ordering.

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Harbor Touch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This is beneficial because customers can be served faster and with less wait time, allowing them to have an enjoyable dining experience. A POS system helps streamline operations by giving managers real-time access to sales data, inventory levels, and order status updates. Introducing kitchen automation. Enabling better decision-making.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

They may not be aware of all the ways a modern POS system can make the work of running a restaurant faster, easier, and more successful. Most track inventory, sales data, guest information, and payment, but that just scratches the surface of what these sophisticated systems can do for a restaurant. Detailed sales and inventory data.

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Culinary Digital

MARCH 20, 2024

Ultimately, a limited menu lightens the cognitive load on new hires, enabling them to embark on a faster learning curve, embrace specialization, reduce the stress associated with training, and quickly become valuable contributors to success. Focused Product Knowledge A smaller menu allows you to manage and procure fewer ingredients.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 26, 2022

All of the tools are available for inventory control, purchasing systems, cash handling, costing templates, and quality assessment. Food, beverage, and labor cost percentages mean very little if money is going out faster than it is coming in. Every business requires controls in pricing, consistency, quality, and cash handling.

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