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. Getting started with menu engineering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Lack of publicity doesn’t just hurt consumers, who must often rely on word of mouth or do their own personal research to find gluten-free restaurants, it also costs restaurants valuable opportunities to promote gluten-free menu items. In most cases, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to effectively market your gluten-free menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hospitality operators are rapidly turning to contactless ordering and payment solutions to help navigate the long road back to normal from COVID-19’s impacts. " While contactless ordering and payment is here to stay, many operators remain concerned about how this new service model will impact their guest experience. ."

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Robots are helping with food prep and even serving dine-in customers. Data-driven analytics tools are allowing restaurants to optimize pricing and personalize menu options. ChatGPT-style technology is writing food descriptions and generating meal imagery. Can you give me a live demo right now? If not, why not?

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Diners want easy ordering options, accurate service, and to receive their food fast. 1) Self-Ordering Kiosks Most quick service and fast casual restaurants have customers place orders with a person at a counter. But, this process can be automated through the use of self-ordering kiosks.

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ChowNow

MARCH 8, 2022

Facing notoriously low profit margins , it’s easy to shy away from the idea of selling your food for a smaller profit. I don’t know about you, but the discount code “123get50percent0FF456” wouldn’t necessarily have me reaching for my phone to place an order. Does your restaurant have a mobile ordering app ? Think “GREEN” for St.

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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. With QR codes, guests needn’t touch a menu or even a paper receipt. Tight inventory control ensures menu item availability. Offering Multiple Convenient Payment Options.

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Smart Systems Pro

MAY 15, 2019

Menu costing software is critical to planning a restaurant menu. You have to know exactly what everything costs to make sure you charge enough for every item on your menu. That is why you need menu costing software to plan your menu. That is why you need menu costing software to plan your menu.

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ChowNow

JULY 28, 2020

It only makes sense that curbside pickup—in which customers pick up their food straight from their cars—has skyrocketed in popularity. . Because it entails fewer touch points, consumers see it as a safer way to get the food they love. You may be familiar with the Curbside menu item.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Let’s look at some of them: relaxing with a cup of coffee ordering food home strolling with a drink in the park holding a meeting hanging out with friends in the evening going to a concert taking photos for social media. For example, consider a post idea: “You can order your morning takeaway coffee in our cafe.”

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2022

As we end 2021 and consider the vast increase in takeout, comfort food, and overconsumption of alcohol that took place during the throws of the pandemic, many of us are resolved to doing better in 2022. Do some research to decide what is best for you based on the kind of food and beverages that you serve.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 7, 2022

Upgrading to a handheld point-of-sale device will save your servers valuable time when taking guest orders. Or perhaps experimenting with using QR codes, which are a great option for customers to view the menu, order, and pay from their cell phone. Create a winter menu. Schedule a free demo of Restaurant365 today.

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Today, amidst varying local regulations around social distancing, and a restaurant industry trying to stay afloat, diners remain unsure of which restaurants in their area are open and accepting orders. Bring in new diners with these strategies, including using multiple restaurant ordering channels. Create a digital menu.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

Restaurant inventory management plays a key role in overcoming rising food prices. Logistics challenges and labor shortages have fueled rising food prices at the wholesale level. Rising food prices have had an impact on the food sector for some time, with ingredient values above levels for the same time last year.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 18, 2022

While true zero-restaurant food waste is extremely rare, it can be a meaningful goal. Additionally, limiting your food waste can improve your restaurant’s bottom line. Less food waste means lower Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS), potentially adding to your profitability. Track your restaurant food waste manually.

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Restaurant365

MAY 20, 2020

Making smart, effective decisions around your food and labor costs as you continue with take-out and delivery options and begin to open your dining room can help you emerge from the economic shutdown with improved processes on a path to profitability. Controlling food costs. Controlling food costs begins with a smarter menu.

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Apicbase

MAY 8, 2024

MarketMan offers tools for automating invoicing, recipe costing, and food cost calculations, making it a popular choice among restaurateurs. However, with numerous similar systems available, tailored to various types of food service operations and specific use cases, you might ask, ‘Which software is the best fit for my business?

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ChowNow

JANUARY 27, 2021

Online ordering has become extremely popular, so much so that digital sales will account for more than half of limited-service and quick-service sales by 2024. Have you updated your menu recently with a seasonal treat? If you use an online ordering system , make sure to link to it within the email, too. Profile a special dish.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 23, 2022

When you misjudge ordering or overspend on food cost, it directly affects your bottom line. Customized forecasting based on historical data helps you improve restaurant operations by reducing food costs over time. With perishable ingredients and fluctuating sales, controlling food costs has always been challenging.

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7 Shifts

JULY 29, 2020

Wearing masks is of utmost importance for food handlers, even if it’s hot in the kitchen! Able to maintain strict hygiene standards , including ensuring up-to-date food handling certification. Book a demo of 7shifts’ new Hiring feature, and start finding new team members today.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Prior to expanding how they used Restaurant365, says Mr. Steinbach, Eli’s wasn’t generating consistent nor accurate data for food and labor costs. For instance, because Eli’s had loose recipes that weren’t consistent between the six restaurants, there weren’t comparable food cost numbers across locations.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Whatever the size of your operation, a tableside ordering system can help—it’s certainly not a tool for just large corporate restaurants. Implementing a tableside ordering system like CAKE from Mad Mobile can reshape how you run your business. Orders go directly from the server to the kitchen, reducing mistakes and miscommunications.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

These include food production and inventory management. Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. This includes the food prep and kitchen areas, food storage rooms, walk-in fridges, pot wash stations, staff break rooms, and offices. Food safety. Cost control. HACCP protocols.

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OneDine

JANUARY 9, 2024

Here’s a look at some anticipated trends and why the new year is the opportune moment to integrate new technology: Contactless Ordering and Payments : The pandemic amplified the demand for contactless services. In 2024, we can expect a surge in the use of QR codes for menu browsing, ordering, and payment processing.

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ChowNow

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The holiday season flies by fast, especially for those in the food and hospitality world! How: Snap fresh, new food photos. ChowNow restaurants can make their menus shine by signing up for a professional menu photoshoot for their online ordering. You can also be your own food photographer and opt to do it yourself.

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Deliverect

JANUARY 18, 2021

Many had never thought about offering delivery as a channel before because it just wasn’t right for their brand of food and service. In fact, many were so grateful for takeout orders helping them survive, they are now looking at how they can expand upon this and incorporate delivery channels into their long-term strategies.

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Mad Mobile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Welcome the simplicity and efficiency of tableside ordering services. In this blog, we will share the advantages of using a tableside ordering system that can elevate your establishment from good to delicious. What is tableside ordering? There are several forms of tableside ordering where the ordering method has the same result.

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Here on the ChowNow blog, we’ve been talking a lot about the importance of digital menus and tactics for menu optimization lately. A well-designed digital menu makes a huge difference when it comes to bringing customers in the door , and it’s absolutely critical for your restaurant’s online ordering system.

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Mad Mobile

MARCH 1, 2024

From server robots to ordering kiosks in fast food establishments, it seems like there’s always a new gimmick trying to get your attention. But data shows that it’s more than just about the flashy toys. In the first model, customers have access to kiosks or tablets at the table and can place orders and payout at their convenience.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 11, 2020

operators, mostly sales) minus your cash outflows (your operating costs, like food and drink, payroll, rent, etc.) Your Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS) is the total cost of your food and beverage ingredients over a specific period of time. Cost out your menu items and recipes. With additional tools like a food.

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Mad Mobile

MAY 22, 2024

Customers expect quick service and immediate attention, and bartenders often have to manage multiple demands at once, including taking orders, making drinks, and cashing out customers. You could also consider a standing-room-only section with an express menu of quick-service drinks like beer and wine to keep things flowing.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A 2022 Deloitte Study found that consumers spend an incredible 20% more when ordering through technology like tableside ordering , online menus, and handheld POS devices. Implementing QR code ordering is one of the fastest ways to quickly implement digital ordering. Post your menu on a website page.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 25, 2022

If you can get through to your next ordering day with no leftover product, no spoilage, and not having to 86 any menu items, then you are winning at ordering. Why is proper purchasing of food supply important? Here are some best practices to help with easing the flow of food purchasing and receiving. Engage help.

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Restaurants that are already trying to find ways to cut food costs and optimize efficiency with reduced opportunities for revenue are now asking themselves: How do we thrive during this holiday season? In order to assess what is and isn’t realistic this year, first consider how different life is now than it is during a typical holiday season.

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Smart Systems Pro

MAY 15, 2019

Menu costing software is critical to planning a restaurant menu. You have to know exactly what everything costs to make sure you charge enough for every item on your menu. That is why you need menu costing software to plan your menu. That is why you need menu costing software to plan your menu.

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Xtra Chef

JULY 15, 2020

Reducing food cost in restaurant management is as important as ever. In this blog, discover effective restaurant management techniques to reduce food cost and position your restaurant for short- and long-term financial success. Reduce food cost by managing recipes and reengineering menus.

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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. Food costs are one of the biggest budget items in a restaurant. The nuts and bolts of restaurant inventory management.

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