Lavu

AUGUST 14, 2025

Are you changing your point-of-sale system ? In 2025, staying competitive in the restaurant industry means keeping up with rapid changes in technology, customer expectations, and operational trends. One of the best ways to stay ahead is by attending a restaurant trade show. Not all trade shows are all-inclusive, like the NRA show.

2025

Lavu

JULY 25, 2025

From wait times and staff efficiency to sales trends and customer satisfaction, POS system performance offers critical insights into daily operations. The technological heart of your business, Point of Sale systems are essential. Your POS system does more than process payments—it reflects the overall health of your restaurant.

POS

Lavu

AUGUST 14, 2025

With automated sales reports and an integrated inventory management system, restaurant owners have the necessary support to finish time-consuming tasks. Wanting to serve food is a noble reason to start a restaurant, but it takes more than a pure desire to keep a restaurant open. What are the reasons for so many failed attempts?

Cash Management

Lavu

APRIL 25, 2025

A modern Point of Sale (POS) system is more than just a cash registerits the central hub that powers day-to-day business operations. From processing payments and managing inventory to tracking sales and streamlining service, POS systems play a critical role in improving efficiency and customer experience.

POS

Lavu

MAY 23, 2025

One technological element to focus on is your point-of-sale (POS) system. The iPad-enabled POS has deli-specific features, including a sandwich creator for easy ordering and a bluetooth food scale so you can calculate pricing as you measure ingredients. Food trends come and go, but the classic sandwich stands the test of time.

2025

Lavu

JUNE 26, 2025

Understanding Accounting for Restaurant Business Methods Although accounting for restaurant businesses is a topic that many restaurateurs try to avoid, it is an essential element of running a business. You cannot manage your restaurant properly without going into the accounting details. But the importance of this administration cannot be emphasized.

2025

Lavu

JULY 18, 2025

Let’s discuss what open API is, why it is important, and how it can benefit your restaurant. This will help you understand why you will want to ensure you have a POS with an open API. What is an Open API? Generally, APIs are private and considered a trade secret. Backed by open data that is free for anyone to republish or use as is.

POS

Lavu

JUNE 6, 2025

With rising ingredient prices, labor shortages, and tighter margins, operators must find strategic ways to reduce restaurant costs without compromising quality or customer experience. This calculation involves dividing the cost of food sold by the total food sales and multiplying the result by 100 to get the food cost.

Loyalty Program

Lavu

JUNE 6, 2025

The right system does more than process payments—it streamlines operations, manages inventory, tracks sales, and enhances the customer experience. Let’s walk through the essential points you’ll need to know as you begin your research: What is a POS system for a restaurant? Should you choose a legacy or a mobile POS system?

POS

Lavu

JULY 11, 2025

Cloud-based POS systems offer instant access to critical data – sales figures, staff performance, and customer preferences – via any internet-connected device. With centralized management, tasks like updating menus, adjusting prices, or launching promotions can be handled across all locations from a single dashboard.

POS

Lavu

AUGUST 8, 2025

Actionable insights : Real-time analytics help optimize sales and inventory. Best iPad Point of Sale Demo for Restaurants 2023 1. Unlike traditional POS systems, iPad-based solutions offer mobility, intuitive interfaces, and cloud-based functionality — making them ideal for restaurants of all sizes.

POS

Lavu

JUNE 13, 2025

From an employer’s perspective, corporate cafeterias can be an effective tool for attracting and retaining top talent. By offering a range of healthy and diverse food options, employers can create a positive work environment that fosters employee well-being and satisfaction.

2025

Lavu

AUGUST 1, 2025

This setup allows restaurant owners and managers to view sales reports, update menus, and monitor multiple locations in real time. Another standout feature is real-time analytics, which provide valuable insights into sales patterns, peak hours, and your best-selling menu items. Offers real-time data, easy menu updates, and scalability.

POS

Lavu

JULY 18, 2025

Charging the customer for a higher priced-item then inputting the order as a lower-priced item and pocketing the extra cash at the end of the shift. By the time theft is detected the damage can be irreparable to your reputation, destroy employee morale, and hurt the bottom line. Providing extra discounts or unnecessary comps.

POS

Lavu

AUGUST 14, 2025

Analytics : Provides detailed insights into sales, inventory, and staff performance. With rising labor costs, growing competition, and customers demanding faster, more digital experiences, investing in a POS system is no longer optional. Live Inventory Tracking : Tracks stock levels in real time, cutting waste and preventing shortages.

POS

Lavu

JULY 25, 2025

Accurate sales reports are essential for making informed decisions in any restaurant or retail business. By automating real-time reporting, syncing data across devices, and flagging inconsistencies instantly, modern POS solutions ensure your sales reports are always reliable. That’s where smart POS software comes in.

POS

Lavu

JUNE 13, 2025

Some restaurant chain owners see the transition as a step toward going cashless in the future because restaurant point-of-sale systems make it so easy. With cashless options such as credit cards, mobile payment apps, and contactless payments, customers can make quick and hassle-free payments, reducing wait times at the point of sale.

2025

Lavu

JULY 18, 2025

Quick Service Restaurant Mistakes Often Start with an Outdated or Inflexible POS System Of all the items your restaurant requires, a modern, flexible point-of-sale system (POS) is critical. From poor staff scheduling to inefficient workflows, quick service restaurant mistakes can quickly add up. The good news?

Customer Service

Lavu

JULY 25, 2025

Quickly becoming an urban icon, with their increase in popularity, many breweries now need an integrated all-in-one point of sale (POS) system. The last thing you want to do is turn down sales at events by having your POS system go down or going to cash only. Here to stay, gone are the days of dingy warehouse brew factories.

Brewery

Apicbase

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It starts with accurate pricing, clear dish descriptions, and consistent nutritional information. This includes choosing the right dishes, managing ingredients, setting prices, and marketing the menu effectively. Did you know a poorly managed menu could cost you thousands in wasted food and lost profits each month?

Menu

Chowly

JUNE 18, 2025

Adjust pricing by demand Enable Dynamic Pricing to increase margins during peak times. It’s your visibility, your reputation, and your ability to convert search into sales. Customer Trends – Identify repeat behavior, drop-off points, and loyalty drivers. Agency vs. Platform: What's the Real Difference? Agencies Talk.

Marketing

Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 4, 2025

Editor’s note For the first time since December 2024, the C price has fallen below US $3/lb. Accelerated selling in an effort to capitalise on high prices has also helped drive the C market down. illycafé CEO Cristina Socchia recently told Bloomberg that prices will continue to fall before levelling out between US $2 to $2.50/lb

Pricing

Lavu

JUNE 13, 2025

A great bartender or bar manager is born with a natural affinity for connecting with people and flair. Often easy-going, they have an instinct to understand others’ needs. This is a key aspect of being a great bartender. Secondly, they will need training in customer service skills and creating drinks and alcoholic beverages.

Training

Lavu

AUGUST 1, 2025

In today’s competitive hospitality landscape, finding smart ways to increase bar sales is more important than ever. To improve your sales, your bar staff needs to know how to upsell your top shelf. To improve your sales, your bar staff needs to know how to upsell your top shelf. Speed is key at a bar. But that’s not all.

2025

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Your restaurant’s main selling point is the food. Instead of promoting items according to price or margin, promote what your customers love. Instead of promoting items according to price or margin, promote what your customers love. Train your staff to build other taking points. Create a Conversation Trigger.

Marketing

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. Flexibility.

Point of Sale

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Restaurants of today are infused with technology in many new ways, and it’s making a difference. A full 55% of consumers consider takeout and delivery essential to their restaurant experience. Restaurants turned to restaurant management apps to navigate this change, and it appears there’s no going back. Try 7shifts for free.

Management

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Restaurants of today are infused with technology in many new ways, and it’s making a difference. A full 55% of consumers consider takeout and delivery essential to their restaurant experience. Restaurants turned to restaurant management apps to navigate this change, and it appears there’s no going back. Try 7shifts for free.

Management

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. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the November Producer Price Index, a measure of wholesale prices, up 9.6% from a year ago.

Inventory

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Restaurant employees can apply online to receive a one-time, $500 check to use toward bills, including housing, transportation, utilities, childcare, groceries, medical bills and/or student loans. The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Live in the U.S., an overseas U.S. military base, or any U.S.

Employee Relations

7 Shifts

JULY 25, 2024

Profitability remains a challenge for many restaurants, especially with prices for ingredients and labor going up. One of the best things to do is to find additional revenue streams to supplement your core food and beverage sales. In fact, only 27% of restaurant owners expect to be more profitable this year. and 15% of the total bill.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform.

Food Safety

Xtra Chef

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Menu pricing can seem daunting. To start, it’s a numbers game that involves calculating plate cost and a target menu price. But successful menu pricing is so much more than this. In this post, you’ll learn how to price a menu by considering all factors that determine your position on a price continuum.

Pricing

7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Not long ago, this software ran only on bulky PCs in back offices or slow, awkward point-of-sale (POS) stations tucked along the edges of the dining room. RMSes vary widely in terms of features and functions, but most include point of sale (POS), inventory management, staff management, payroll, employee scheduling, and more.

Management

7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Not long ago, this software ran only on bulky PCs in back offices or slow, awkward point-of-sale (POS) stations tucked along the edges of the dining room. RMSes vary widely in terms of features and functions, but most include point of sale (POS), inventory management, staff management, payroll, employee scheduling, and more.

Management

Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These programs and APIs enable you to track your beer and liquor inventory , units, suppliers, and prices on your device. Incorporating a POS terminal within your bar’s point of sale system elevates the efficiency and accuracy of managing your inventory, directly influencing your ability to grow your business.

POS

Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Your restaurant’s menu engineering strategy impacts your menu mix, pricing, and your overall profitability. You are already generating data about your food cost, menu items, and sales levels. At its core, menu engineering tracks the profitability of menu items individually, as well as your product sales mix.

Menu