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Twenty Years of Change: How Hospitality Tech Evolved and What’s Next

Modern Restaurant Management

POS terminals were clunky, fixed to the counter, and limited to basic transactions. Front-of-house teams juggled high guest expectations with paper logs, manual reports, and legacy systems that weren’t built to keep up with the pace of service. Kitchens ran on handwritten tickets and verbal handoffs. Real-time insights?

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Three Things Your POS Can’t Do if You Lose Internet

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Nearly every restaurant in the United States relies on a Point of Sale (POS) system for the majority of its front-of-house operations. But what happens when your restaurant suffers an internet outage, taking your POS system with it? That system needs access to the internet in order to keep functioning.

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Restaurant Menu Engineering Techniques to Maximize Profit

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You can have a crowd-pleasing menu, loyal regulars, and a packed dining roomand still watch your margins disappear. Too many restaurant menus are built on intuition and aesthetics, not real numbers. What Is Menu Engineering and Why Should You Care? Because not every dish thats popular is profitable.

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Three Data-backed Strategies to Reduce Restaurant Operating Costs Without Sacrificing Service Quality

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Replacing a front-of-house employee costs an average of $1,056, while back-of-house replacement jumps to $1,491. Management replacement is even more expensive at $2,611 per position—nearly 150 percent higher than front-of-house costs. Additionally, many POS or reservation systems can help collect guest data.

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Navigating Tipping Fatigue

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Standardized Tip-Sharing: A Team Win Tip pooling helps level the playing field, ensuring that both front- and back-of-house staff benefit. Ditching Tipping for Higher Wages Some restaurants are opting to eliminate tipping altogether, raising menu prices to cover fair wages instead. Smarter Tipping Strategies 1. Timing is key.

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How Small but Mighty Restaurants Can Optimize Data to Muscle Up Growth

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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. Consider tapping into the treasure trove of customer information your POS platform contains. Understand customer cravings and business needs through data.

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

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The Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury , released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. Step-by-step instructions on how to perform the calculations required by the CARES Act to confirm eligibility for loan forgiveness.