Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Stories abound of restaurants seeing wait times skyrocket, hotels having to limit amenities, and retailers having to reduce operating hours due to lack of staff. How to Prevent Waste in Your Restaurants An understanding of comps and voids is key to loss prevention in the restaurant business. Or that time your till was short $7.99

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Chowly

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Overview In 2023, small restaurant owners faced challenges but stayed strong, supported by loyal customers and robust spending. The restaurant industry’s optimism rests on customer loyalty, with 9 in 10 consumers considering dining out an essential lifestyle choice. Job opportunities expanded, with over 2.6

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Bingage

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

No matter how successful is your bar or restaurant, you always have that curiosity to make more money. One of the easiest techniques to do this is through Restaurant Upselling, or making your existing customers repeat customers. Restaurant Upselling is a strongest strategy for restaurants to boost profits.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Increased demand for food delivery had already boosted the growth of ghost kitchens, and the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated both the popularity and profitability of the model.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 17, 2022

In running a business, there are three basic levers that operators can pull to increase their bottom line. You can grow sales, lower costs, or increase margins. Getting new customers in the door is certainly one way to increase sales, but you don’t have to rely on new business to increase your top line.

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EATER

APRIL 2, 2024

Not restaurants, who feel gut-punched by the commission apps take from them. Delivery apps have expended a lot of effort (and money) making the case that we — restaurants, workers, and consumers — desperately need them. What apps take from restaurants and customers To be sure, delivery apps are convenient.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

As a restaurant owner or operator in 2020, you’ve been faced with an incredibly challenging environment. Running a restaurant in pre-pandemic times wasn’t easy, but COVID-19 threw an even bigger wrench into your plans. Restaurants were under pressure to adjust and pivot quickly. Restaurants were forced to.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Your restaurant’s menu engineering strategy impacts your menu mix, pricing, and your overall profitability. Leveraging a mix of operational reporting tools that focus on menu profitability helps you maximize revenue and adds to your bottom line. How menu engineering works. How POS integration fits into menu engineering.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Every business relies on good accounting, but it is especially true in the competitive restaurant industry. Whether you’re a bookkeeper, accountant, restaurant owner, or store-level manager, understanding the basics of accounting can pay dividends for your business. How is restaurant accounting different?

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Cheetah

DECEMBER 24, 2021

We foresee the demand for CBD and all the respective products infused with it to steadily increase over time. Growth of the CBD market is going to continue to increase greatly over the next few years, according to Grandview Research. CBD and its use is firmly rooted in the explosive wellness movement. Where can I buy CBD beverages?

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Restaurant365

JUNE 4, 2021

As a restaurant owner or operator, you always have restaurant profitability on your mind. But when you think of restaurant profitability, are you thinking about both the short-term and the long-term? So how do you drive long-term restaurant profitability? Long-term profitability strategies.

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Chowly

JUNE 7, 2023

As anyone in the restaurant space knows, each day is a mixture of busy periods and slow periods. It’s a powerful way restaurants can maximize their revenue and profits with a “right price at the right time” model. Chowly’s smart pricing solution has restaurant brands seeing a daily increase of 9.4

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Restaurant owners, operators, and managers are constantly faced with decisions about accounting, operations, inventory, customer service, and staffing. The restaurant industry moves at a fast pace, filled with data that changes by the day. Does your restaurant group have a profitability strategist?

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Every customer who orders from your restaurant takes a look at your menu, making it one of the most important pieces of your restaurant marketing. With this visibility, restaurant menu engineering provides a huge opportunity to grow your profits and ensure a great customer experience.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a restaurant finance or accounting leader, you and your team can play a unique role in supporting your operations team. Your restaurant group’s profit margin depends on two areas: top-line revenue and controlling expenses. Why restaurant finance should guide restaurant operational efficiency.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

While in any American town you can find a variety of Chinese, Mexican, and Italian restaurants, now consumers are wanting to step beyond these regions and become more adventurous in their dining options. Each restaurant will have varied results depending on the concept and the demographic. So, the gross profit for that item is $6.57.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 15, 2021

Your restaurant is constantly generating data, whether from your sales revenue, food costs, or labor hours. Get the data you need to grow your profitability by reviewing critical FOH and BOH restaurant KPIs. If you can unify your FOH and BOH data, you can contribute to a healthier restaurant profitability in the long-term.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There are many restaurant data points that can help you see beyond the buzz of the day-to-day of a restaurant and get a glimpse at the health of your business. Having access to data about your restaurant can inform your decisions about operations, staffing, menu changes, and long-term strategy. Let’s dive in.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 24, 2020

You’ve reopened your dining rooms at the allowable capacity in the geographic areas of your restaurant locations. This requires not only increasing total sales, but also reducing costs. Use these 10 tactics to improve your profit margin during these uncertain times and ensure you’ll reach a break-even point.

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Sling

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Before you bake your first loaf for profit, get as much practical experience as possible. Whether you want to open a bakery, a coffee shop , a cafe , or a restaurant , you’re going to have to operate under some very high standards. It is our goal to provide quality bread to the workers, residents, and restaurants in our area.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

When you open a restaurant, you want your food to speak for itself rather than have to upsell it to your customers. Your menu may reflect the atmosphere of your restaurant quite well and be consistent with your brand. However, you need to go even further by doing a menu engineering analysis to drive sales and increase profits.

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Focus POS

JANUARY 15, 2020

When a technology solution affects as many areas of business as your restaurant POS system does, it can be difficult to track the true return on investment (ROI) that it offers. The first step to understanding the true ROI from a restaurant POS system is to determine quantifiable factors that are influenced by the POS.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 10, 2021

Today, Restaurant365 announced the acquisition of Compeat , a well-known provider of restaurant back office, workforce, and business intelligence software. We founded Restaurant365 in 2011 with the goal of providing restaurant operators a powerful tool to help simplify their lives and increase their profits.

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Restaurant365

JULY 29, 2020

How to forecast your restaurant’s recovery. Knowing how to leverage restaurant reporting tools is one of the most effective measures you can take to better understand your business’ real time financial health. Dial in Your Restaurant Sales Reports. Forecasting by revenue center. Forecast Your Inventory Needs.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 23, 2022

Customized forecasting based on historical data helps you improve restaurant operations by reducing food costs over time. The restaurant business is hard. And most operators don’t expect profitability to improve in 2022. Only about one in four operators think their restaurant will be more profitable this year than last.

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The restaurant industry has been slowly adopting new innovative technology and digital solutions as of recent. Since 2020, this has led to an increase of new technology systems for restaurants and helped them adapt to a new digital reality. QR codes have been mentioned a few times in our blogs.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 28, 2020

How will restaurants deliver after COVID-19? The coronavirus crisis has challenged restaurants to rethink the way they deal with food delivery for good. Meanwhile, smaller restaurants had to turn to third-party delivery services like Doordash, UberEats, Grubhub to deliver food to their customers.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

Restaurant inventory management plays a key role in overcoming rising food prices. For example, these common restaurant ingredients rose significantly in mid-December 2021 over the same period in 2020: Refined sugar – 31%. Automate manual restaurant inventory processes to help overcome rising food prices. from a year ago.

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Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Brands like Starbucks are increasing their drive-thru prevalence to accommodate the demand for contactless orders (1). Meanwhile, Chipotle is testing out new restaurant designs, and now have more than a 100 “Chipotlanes,” drive-thru stores where customers can pick up their digital orders (4). 2020 has been quite a learning experience.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 16, 2019

When most restaurant owners think about how to manage restaurant inventory, they think of food cost control. For restaurant owners, inventory control is closely related to accounting and food cost management. The nuts and bolts of restaurant inventory management. End-to-End Inventory Management.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 4, 2023

Running a profitable restaurant, dark kitchen, or corporate catering operation has become increasingly difficult. With rising inflation, it’s become harder for businesses to achieve and maintain profitability without cutting corners or sacrificing quality. Restaurants don’t stop there. Let’s get started!

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Restaurant365

JULY 29, 2020

How to forecast your restaurant’s recovery. Knowing how to leverage restaurant reporting tools is one of the most effective measures you can take to better understand your business’ real time financial health. Dial in Your Restaurant Sales Reports. Forecasting by revenue center. Forecast Your Inventory Needs.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The ghost kitchen segment was already around at the beginning of 2020, but the market became even more significant in the restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the restaurant industry returns to a “new normal,” it appears that ghost kitchens may be here to stay. New Revenue Stream and Increased Profit.

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Sling

APRIL 27, 2023

Restaurant operations management is essential for the long-term health of your business. In this article, we examine the specific goals of restaurant operations management and discuss a number of ways to help you improve the program in your own business. Table of contents What is restaurant operations management?

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Next Restaurants

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

These days’ people tend to get more inclined towards bright video screens and striking graphics, especially in bars & restaurants. And getting in front of eyes is always an important aspect of marketing your restaurant. Digital Displays for Restaurants. Top Benefits of Using Restaurant Menu Board Signs.

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OneDine

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we step into a new year, the restaurant industry continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, with technology playing an increasingly pivotal role in shaping its landscape. The previous year accelerated the adoption of various tech-driven solutions in the restaurant sphere, and 2024 promises to build upon these advancements.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 4, 2022

Restaurant365’s mission is to help restaurants thrive. With so much change brought on first by the pandemic and more recently by supply chain and labor crunches, this first stop on Restaurant365’s Restaurant Transformation Tour hit the stage at just the right time. The Restaurant Industry Is Embracing Restaurant Technology.

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