Apicbase

MARCH 3, 2023

POS integration is essential. Although the point-of-sale system (POS) remains the technological heart of restaurants, numerous technologies run behind the scenes these days. Some technologies integrate with the restaurant’s POS, allowing data to be easily shared between front-of-house (FoH) and back-of-house (BoH) systems.

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Apicbase

APRIL 18, 2024

For example: Reports on the time taken to produce an order, speed of delivery, food cost percentage, inventory variance , and food waste give you insights into the efficiency of your operations. POS systems can tell the total sales, staff hours, and most popular dishes.

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

If your staff relies on outdated methods of placing orders, it’s likely that restaurant communications are strained, which means your restaurant is operating below its potential. Update to Mobile POS System. The benefit of a mobile POS system is the freedom of mobility it gives your serving staff. Is it your staff?

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 13, 2023

The back-of-house (BOH) at a restaurant is the behind-the-scenes area of the restaurant — it works like an engine and keeps the restaurant going. A restaurant can improve the BOH operations to increase efficiency and overall performance. A restaurant can improve the BOH operations to increase efficiency and overall performance.

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Sling

MAY 9, 2023

On the digital side of things, RO security may involve installing firewalls and password protection on POS stations and other computers to prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to proprietary data. Doing so can help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of both your back-of-house ( BOH ) and front-of-house (FOH) teams.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Preventing food waste from happening in the first place is the best thing you can do to save on your food cost. Train your store-level managers.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Most often measured by fast food—or QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)—restaurants with drive-thrus to measure the time it takes from ordering to receiving their food. Train, train, and train again on POS (Point of Sales) Train for speed and accuracy on the POS and remember: There’s no such thing as “too much training”.

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Most often measured by fast food—or QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)—restaurants with drive-thrus to measure the time it takes from ordering to receiving their food. Train, train, and train again on POS (Point of Sales). Train for speed and accuracy on the POS and remember: There’s no such thing as “too much training”.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 6, 2023

This data should be easily accessible from your restaurant’s point-of-sale (POS) system. However, most QSRs increasingly use online orders and delivery as a source of income, which comes at an additional cost. Servers use suggestive selling to encourage guests to order menu items they hadn’t considered to increase their overall sales.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It also gets rid of those frustrating sticky notes all over your POS. Kiosk ordering Your busy customers don’t always have time to wait in line. Kiosk ordering tools speed up the ordering process, making it easier to keep up during a mealtime rush. They receive a number, and the order is sent directly to the kitchen.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

If, for example, you ask a colleague to broil something, when you actually want it braised, you could end up with costly food waste and unhappy customers. If you’re a chef trying to communicate with fellow back of house (BOH) team members but are using culinary terms you’ve made up, you’re creating a recipe for disaster.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It also gets rid of those frustrating sticky notes all over your POS. Kiosk ordering Your busy customers don’t always have time to wait in line. Kiosk ordering tools speed up the ordering process, making it easier to keep up during a mealtime rush. They receive a number, and the order is sent directly to the kitchen.

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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. Purchasing & Ordering. Nestled under the umbrella of restaurant financing are the practices of purchasing and ordering. Operations Management.

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Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, restaurant operators and F&B managers like you have access to many reports, primarily thanks to advanced POS systems. Why combining FoH and BoH data makes analytics more powerful Final thoughts. Some POS-side examples include sales, payment, and footfall reports. Here’s what we’ll cover: What is restaurant reporting?

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Apicbase

APRIL 11, 2024

Having the best POS system and a constant flow of customers might seem like a sure path to success, but without proper back-of-house management, your restaurants have little chance of making real money. The restaurant back office, or back of house (BOH), is the non-customer-facing side of the restaurant business.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. After a significant decrease in 2020, the rate of food waste started to grow again.

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Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2024

By integrating software and hardware like POS systems and kitchen printers with back-of-house systems like accounting and inventory management software, restaurants can achieve greater efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. Back of house (BOH) operations are complex and have many moving parts.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

The F&B director works with the order forms, the COO analyses the profit and loss statements, the inventory manager checks the stock counts, the executive chef works in the recipes database and so on. Inventory management – connect with your POS to get real-time stock updates and stock value calculations.

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Deliverect

JUNE 30, 2020

From managing reservations and planning work schedules to streamlining online delivery and kitchen processes, to fighting food waste: here are some tech solutions and platforms that will help you manage, optimize and monitor your business, easily! Streamlining online food ordering with Deliverect. The answer is food technology.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 18, 2023

Independent platforms, such as online ordering platforms, rewards programs, food delivery, and customer relationship management systems (CRM), should work together to offer a seamless experience. Usually, the central system is a point-of-sale (POS) system. Online Order-Taking. for managing phone calls, . loyalty programs, and .

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

The metrics and calculations in this list will help you bring order to the chaos and manage the performance of each unit in the chain. You can collect this data through various channels, including point-of-sale (POS) systems, accounting software, customer feedback surveys, and social media reviews.

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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%. For 62% of restaurants , automation could help fill critical gaps in managing orders. IMARC Group , 2022) Global food ordering is expected to top $365 billion by 2030. (

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Rally for Restaurants is a grassroots movement built to support local restaurants and stimulate cash flow by encouraging consumers to order takeout and delivery so the foodservice community can count on the income to keep their businesses running. Toast’s public directory of participating restaurants across the U.S. restaurants.

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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. You can see which other restaurants they frequent, too, and the types of items they order from those places. Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Operators will need to be creative in finding ways to counter the increased restaurant costs and the waste being produced. Those that are continuing to prosper had their technological house in order prior to the pandemic. Some of these innovations include digital menus, contactless payments, marketing solutions, and cloud-based POS.

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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. Minimizing food waste will continue to be a focus in 2020. Online ordering will continue to have a profound effect on the industry in 2020, but the power dynamics will change.

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