Lavu

JUNE 4, 2019

As a restaurateur, you want to provide your customers with the best dining experience you can. A kitchen display screen shows the pending orders that are being prepared and streamlines communication between the front-of-the-house (FOH) and back-of-the-house (BOH) sections of a restaurant. Let’s get started!

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

Your staff is hard-working and diligent—but tensions are high, and sales are lower than expected. For fast-casual restaurants, opting for a mobile point-of-sale system makes the most sense. For fast-casual restaurants, opting for a mobile point-of-sale system makes the most sense. Is it your staff?

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Apicbase

MAY 8, 2024

We also analyse customer feedback from platforms like G2 and Capterra to highlight the pros and cons users have encountered. It helps you track waste and theft to better control running costs. The right restaurant management software significantly enhances efficiency and control of operating costs.

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Inventory Food Supply Kitchen Safety Back of House 52

Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Speed of Service impacts your customer satisfaction rate (or VOC, Voice of Consumer scores), is impacted by your labor retention rate and can deter guests from returning. Speed of Service is the measurement of the time that it takes for a restaurant to serve its customers. What is the industry average speed of service?

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2024 Point of Sale Customer Service Seasonal Menu 52

Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Speed of Service impacts your customer satisfaction rate (or VOC, Voice of Consumer scores), is impacted by your labor retention rate and can deter guests from returning. Speed of Service is the measurement of the time that it takes for a restaurant to serve its customers. Generate accurate sales forecasts. The weather forecast.

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2023 Point of Sale Customer Service Seasonal Menu 52

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When customer complaints or employee concerns come up, each manager can get up to speed just by reading the log book. The role of a restaurant manager is always in motion. There’s always something else to get done, a new fire to put out, and broken things to fix. Not sure if something got done earlier in the week?

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When customer complaints or employee concerns come up, each manager can get up to speed just by reading the log book. The role of a restaurant manager is always in motion. There’s always something else to get done, a new fire to put out, and broken things to fix. Not sure if something got done earlier in the week?

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Management Management Email Marketing Point of Sale 195

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

Inventory was ordered based on par levels, which are set based on sales forecasts, which are in turn determined by how many guests you'll serve and what they'll order. With this efficiency, staff knows exactly what to do and when to do it, and guests enjoy a delightful experience with your brand. Table of Contents. What does it mean?

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Operations Inventory Hiring Customer Service 363

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Every great restaurant has many parts that contribute to its success: delicious food, excellent customer service, an inviting atmosphere, and competent staff. The result is that managers experience some pretty common challenges like compliance issues and high staff turnover. Sound familiar?

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

From customer satisfaction to profitability, there are countless metrics that restaurant owners and managers should track to gain a better understanding of their operations. In practice, however, successfully managing a group of busy restaurants is an awfully tough undertaking. Why Are Metrics Important?

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Point of Sale Inventory Waste Employee Relations 52

Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Restaurant sales in the US grew from $842.3 It is estimated that the US food service sector wasted 13 million tons of food in 2022, up from 9.15 71% of restaurant customers prefer to order food delivery directly from the restaurant rather than using third-party apps. Let’s dig in. In the previous year, it was 17%.

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Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2024

The 2024 Square Future of Restaurants report surveyed thousands of restaurant owners and customers across the United States, Canada, and the UK. Back of house (BOH) operations are complex and have many moving parts. Determine precise batch quantities based on actual demand, enabling more accurate food cost control and less waste.

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Back of House Front of House BOH Point of Sale 52

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry movers and shakers: "What do you feel is going to cause disruption in the restaurant industry over the next decade?”

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 215

Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

That means you are collaborating with multiple stakeholders who each have their own data points to focus on. All come with their own data sets and metrics – food cost, inventory variance, sales numbers, the list goes on. Here are the key considerations to look out for when making your decision.

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Management Management Point of Sale Kitchen Safety 52

Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

With smart food ordering — meaning leveraging tech for inventory management and vendor selection — operators can cut down on food waste by 80%. Data-driven operators get 26 times more customers; are 6 times more likely to keep those customers; and are 19 times more likely to be profitable.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 18, 2023

Many software companies are now focusing on the restaurant business that offers solutions to enhance operations — from the customer experience to how the business runs. Usually, the central system is a point-of-sale (POS) system. assisting with marketing strategies such as, customer relationship management (CRM), .

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Operations Loyalty Program Point of Sale Online Ordering 52

Deliverect

JUNE 30, 2020

Today’s consumer wants a unique, personalized food experience that may not even take place in your restaurant. So how can you make sure you streamline your operations so you can give the customer what they want, while managing your business in the most efficient way? Positive feedback from other customers only plays in your favor.

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Food Online Ordering Cash Management Waste 94

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Predictive analytics, AI and ML streamline and expand the omnichannel dining experience – Restaurants have pivoted their businesses this year to greatly expand the digital dining experience, to a point where customers can interact however they want, whenever they want. To read part two, click here. generation.

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2021 Kitchen Safety Food Safety Mobile Ordering 199

Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Why combining FoH and BoH data makes analytics more powerful Final thoughts. Some POS-side examples include sales, payment, and footfall reports. Looking at a sales report, you might see that your Tuesday sales are lower than average. Here’s what we’ll cover: What is restaurant reporting? What is restaurant analytics?

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POS Operations Back of House FOH 52

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Any restaurant — Toast customer or not — can be listed on the site.Toast is committing up to $250,000 in matching contributions to World Central Kitchen and the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation. The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Live in the U.S., an overseas U.S.

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Healthcare Employee Relations Online Ordering Customer Service 206

Apicbase

APRIL 20, 2022

Instead, we embrace the dark side and look at the pain points and pitfalls. Verify that both customers and employees understand your brand concept. Each restaurant within your franchise will have to replicate your dishes and dining experience using the resources and expertise you provide. Brace yourself. Here we go.

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Apicbase

MARCH 25, 2022

It’s a theoretical number — how much do your menu and recipes cost in an ideal world where everything is done right, and there are no variations in costs or waste. It’s an ironclad rule in the hospitality industry and menu costing is no exception. The most important of those details is your cost baseline. And that’s because….

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. Food Halls – the numbers for current and future growth are substantial.

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