Focus POS

JUNE 17, 2019

Restaurant Point of Sale Software. What is restaurant point of sale (POS) software? Restaurant point of sale software empowers businesses to control labor costs, manage inventory, and have deeper visibility into business operations. Benefits of Restaurant Point of Sale Software.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2022

But independently owned, more agile operations can out-maneuver big brands by leaning on their point of sale (POS) platforms to increase sales and expand their client bases. Understand customer cravings and business needs through data. Another way to slice and dice data is to comb through food costs.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

At some point when you were dining in a restaurant, you may have heard the BOH staff shout “86” and the name of a menu item to the waiters. Or, if you've worked in a restaurant as a chef, line cook, or as part of the FOH (front-of-house), you may have used this hospitality term yourself. Table of Contents. What does 86 mean?

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BNG Point of Sale

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Implementing a point-of-sale system for your restaurant can help reduce these financial losses while providing other benefits that will improve the work experience for employees. Here are 15 ways that installing a POS system in your restaurant will benefit you and your staff. .

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Does not take into account level of experience, position, or standard of service provided. Fast casual, cafes, breweries, Percentage of sales. Points based. This approach incentivizes servers to create a stellar experience for every party, as they directly benefit from higher tips. Servers, sometimes other FOH staff.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The first technologies that restaurants often invest in are the cloud-based point of sale (POS) systems and payroll processing. Inventory management software is one great resource to help cut down on food waste, food cost and ensure that everything in your back-of-house is streamlined for transparency and profitability.

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MadMobile

JUNE 8, 2023

With so many points of sale (POS) systems available in the market, finding the best POS for small businesses is essential to running your operations efficiently. In this blog, we will dive into the best features to look for when considering which POS system to invest in for your small business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Front-of-House. We’ve seen restaurants pivot to contactless methods for a safer customer experience. Outside of off-premise options, contactless technologies can keep customers safe as they return to dine-in at restaurants. Customers enter the restaurant and approach the host stand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Thanks to the labor shortage and increased profit pressure, savvy restaurants are going digital to provide the best customer experience and to keep up with the hefty competition. What’s keeping restaurants humming: mobile point-of-sale (POS) units, ordering terminals, tabletop tablets, and tablets for the waitstaff.

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Restaurant Engine

JULY 13, 2022

You can improve productivity with the right POS system. You know that a point-of-sale system (POS) is great for your customers, enabling them to have a bit more control when ordering or paying for their meals. Did you know, though, that a POS system is great for managing your business and improving your efficiency?

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

From a projected record growth at the top of the year to a decline of nearly $240 billion in sales and 2.5 2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Through it all, we emerge from the year as an industry in evolution—and our restaurants need to evolve with it.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Consider two worst-case scenarios: A customer orders extra guacamole but your restaurant is all out of avocados or, on the other hand, you've just walked past a crate of rotten, unusable (and expensive!) Kitchen items should be counted separately from the front-of-house and bar inventory. avocados in the stock room.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It means guests love the food you serve so much that one location simply won’t cut it — and you get to serve more customers, generate more revenue , and expand your business. It requires a manager to differentiate concepts, ensure a consistent guest experience, and manage employees and technology across multiple storefronts.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Restaurant back-of-house operations form the backbone of a restaurant’s success. The back-of-house (or BOH) manages crucial elements that impact cost control and profitability. The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This program provides ChowNow’s clients with special access and exclusive discounts to unique product integrations and services, from front- to back-of-house, and everywhere in between. ChowNow’s integration to Square allows restaurants to receive and fulfill every order into one POS and simplify their operations.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This program provides ChowNow’s clients with special access and exclusive discounts to unique product integrations and services, from front- to back-of-house, and everywhere in between. 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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

We hope you enjoy your dining experience with us. For now, restaurants are using AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) to streamline operations and improve customer service in a much less tech-savvy environment. You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table.

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BNG Point of Sale

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Types of Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems. Point-of Sale (POS) systems are increasingly powerful tools for improving sales and profits. They offer a wide range of hardware and software options to aid in everything from sales to management to accounting. Different Types of POS Systems.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Technology has permeated the quick serve restaurant industry and job functions – from point of sale (POS) to complying with food safety standards. Restaurant and retail employees were hard to come by while the number of channels for interacting with customers multiplied. And many have risen to the occasion.

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Ordyx

APRIL 27, 2023

VersiTech's acquisition of Ordyx POS last year created an exciting opportunity to deliver advanced POS technology to cus tomers and partners ( they're more than just dealers to us ) to enhance restaurant operations. Ordyx provided its customers with the market’s first cloud-based, mobile point-of-sale solution.

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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A higher average table turnover rate may mean that more guests can be served right at the table in a given period of time, which can lead to increased sales and revenue. A higher average table turnover rate may mean that more guests can be served right at the table in a given period of time, which can lead to increased sales and revenue.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This comes with two huge advantages: high margins and owned customer data. Owning your customer and delivery data is invaluable. Owning your customer and delivery data is invaluable. Even if a customer orders 100 times from you, there wouldn’t be a way for you to reach out and say thank you. Join the Marketplace ??

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Because sales and labor needs can change by the hour, day, week, and month, it can be difficult to control your labor budget over time. With the help of actionable data and reporting, store managers can help control labor costs, without negatively impacting the customer experience or employee retention rates. Salaried Employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While your restaurant may feature a diverse menu, delicious food, a great ambiance, and excellent customer service, you will still struggle to build a customer base without promoting it. Your restaurant’s main selling point is the food. Both approaches might cause your restaurant to fail in attracting new customers.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Streamline the front of house. Run a smooth back of house. Streamline the front of house. Keeping front-of-house activities humming like a well-oiled machine is important for every restaurant. Keeping front-of-house activities humming like a well-oiled machine is important for every restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

“Preparing to reopen a restaurant in the face of a changing pandemic can be complex and challenging without the right resources to help guide your planning efforts,” said Jim Osborne, senior vice president of customer strategy and innovation at US Foods. Click here to view the application and instructions. US Foods Holding Corp.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Why you should invest in restaurant lunch specials Increasing lunch sales is a no-brainer in the restaurant business. Toast employee David Scott Peters said it best: “Think about it: you are paying rent and utilities whether you are generating sales or not. (.) Want to capture the hungry, back-to-school lunch crowd for January?

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

more sales than their less enthusiastic colleagues? While some job performance metrics, like sales, are simple to measure, others, like engagement, are less quantifiable. Because you were invested in your work, you probably enjoyed showing up and were willing to go above and beyond the call of duty.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 19, 2022

Calculating your restaurant labor cost and sales for a specific period indicates how your employee labor hours are matching with customer demand. Use the following restaurant labor cost formula to determine your labor cost percentage: Total Labor Cost ÷Total Sales = Labor cost as a percentage of total sales.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Customer experience is another factor, and your interior should resonate with the brand’s personality. Whether it’s chic and modern or rustic and cozy, fine dining or casual, the atmosphere needs to enhance the dining experience and make it memorable for all the right reasons. Are people craving a new Italian place?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2021

From guest management software to kitchen display systems and even finding the right point of sale (POS), these are the digital tools that simplify life for staff and guests alike. In the past, kitchens worked by a paper ticket system, which was handwritten by the waitstaff and passed to the back-of-house (BOH) staff.

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Open for Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

This blueprint functions as a map of the entire restaurant space, both back of house and front of house. Back of house. Front of house. POS stations. A professional is skilled at using design software, and they can draw on the experience that comes with creating floor plans day in and day out.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

With the demand for takeout being at an all-time high, restaurants have turned to ordering services like Grubhub and UberEats to connect with new local customers looking for food. These ordering platforms charge multiple fees to your customers and also have high commission rates (typically 10-15% of the order total).

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Deliverect

AUGUST 31, 2020

Having the right sort of data allows you to plan, shift priorities and make changes on the fly based on cold hard proof of your sales numbers. What this means is making sure that your delivery sales get input into your POS as they come through and not waiting till the end of the day to send them all through at once.

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Open for Business

MARCH 7, 2023

In a lot of restaurants, training is a hodgepodge of ad hoc instruction, assumptions, observations, and past experience. Restaurant training is one of the most important things an owner can put into place. Well-trained teams mean shifts run smoothly and guests are happy with service. And they stay in the job longer.

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Deliverect

JULY 24, 2020

POS (point of sale) systems. You probably already have a POS system in place. The biggest players in the POS world, the likes of Revel , Square , Micros , and NCR Aloha , turn the sales terminal into an all-purpose software hub for the restaurant, and some even provide ordering and payment hardware too.

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