Squirrel Systems

MAY 22, 2020

Through this article we will look at a few interesting examples of how restaurants have transformed their take-out offerings to stay efficient during this period of reduced sales and satisfy customers through innovative technologies. How can I optimize take-out at my restaurant?

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Are you keeping a close eye on your beer, wine, & liquor inventory costs? It also has one of the most complex stock lists. Because liquor, wine, and beer have such wildly varying prices, it pays to keep tight controls on ordering and inventory. Take these lessons to heart. Out of maraschino cherries?

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A state-of-the-art restaurant POS System, specifically tailored for bars and restaurants, streamlines transactions, inventory management, and customer service, ensuring that business owners can focus on what they do best—serving their patrons. That’s why inventory management is one of the most important features of a good bar POS system.

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Restaurant365

MAY 17, 2022

Food inventory management goes way beyond counting the items on the shelves. The most important part of inventory management is understanding how the amount of product relates to your profit margin. Why a POS system is not suitable for inventory management. Best practices for effective food inventory management.

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Restaurant365

JULY 9, 2020

Restaurant inventory management is the process of monitoring the food and beverage ingredients in your restaurant. Monitoring your inventory documents what food and beverage product is coming into your restaurant, what is leaving your restaurant as product sold, and what remains on your shelves and refrigerator. Sitting Inventory.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 14, 2020

Successful restaurant operations, in any kind of economy, depend on well-managed restaurant food inventory. Much of the typical food and beverage inventory in restaurants tends to have a relatively short shelf life, making accurate inventory numbers essential to run a functioning kitchen, make economical orders, and adapt to long-term trends.

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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. The nuts and bolts of restaurant inventory management. Inventory tracking also includes product transfers between stores.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2021

The fact that 60% of restaurants fail in their first year and 80% close within five years of their grand opening is an indication that few have what it takes for long-term success. If you want to open a restaurant , or if you're going to take a fresh look at where you are in your journey as a restaurateur, you must develop a business plan.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Inventory turnover ratio. Your CoGSs is an essential number to have when determining your menu prices, inventory and impacts your net profit margin. To calculate your COGs, you need the following numbers: Beginning Inventory, or the value of the inventory you start with. Ending inventory , or what you have leftover.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? What is Restaurant Inventory Management?

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Okay, so there are certainly employers out there who probably don’t deserve good employees, and, in those situations, I can understand some level of discontent, but not to the extreme of stating that being a cook is a dead end. You must give and invest in order to receive. Argue with me if you like, but I’m telling you the truth.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app. Ding* ‘Your order is being prepared by Chef Bot 19 and will be delivered to your table in approximately 19 minutes. What are AI and ML?

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Restaurant365

JULY 21, 2021

When it comes to restaurant inventory, there are a lot of moving pieces. Understanding how to master restaurant inventory management is an invaluable skill. Your inventory control tracks what is coming in and out of your restaurant and what is left over during a certain period of time.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

During a “normal” year, restaurant owners and operators face issues such as cash flow and capital, inventory management, hiring and training and providing excellent customer service. As far as restaurant challenges go, inventory mistakes can be some of the costliest. For example, replace telephone orders with online ordering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2023

percent, with many workers citing take-home pay as a big factor for quitting. With the restaurant industry getting pummeled by record inflation and 53 percent of Americans saying they have cut back on dining out, finding room in the budget for raises or higher starting pay is a tough pill for any operator to swallow.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? What is Restaurant Inventory Management?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2021

Restaurants have made great strides in the digital realm—from contactless payments to online ordering—but 32 percent of them feel like they could add to their technology stack to optimize operations. For starters, today’s restaurant worker prefers an employer who takes a progressive approach to technology.

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Xtra Chef

JUNE 25, 2019

Today, we announced that xtraCHEF has reinvented restaurant inventory management software. I wanted to share some thoughts on why we built an Inventory Management product and how our offering is different than any other product available in the market today. Why Build Another Restaurant Inventory Management Software.

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Restaurant Engine

JUNE 22, 2022

A POS is really worth it because it lets your customers take ownership of their payment options. A POS system helps you manage orders and take payment with ease. Many systems also help you manage inventory, track sales, pull reports, do payroll, and allow team members to clock in. You Help Your Staff be More Efficient.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2022

There were a couple restaurant management software companies out there, but it was just inventory and budgets. We started doing to-go orders but that was still through your POS. I don’t remember any reporting other than inventory reports. It wasn't all that great, to be honest. Where are we now?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Inventory stock changed significantly. The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. Digitize Your Ordering Function and Enhance Your Presence. Third-party fees to restaurants can run 15-30 percent, eating margin on delivery orders.

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Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 23, 2019

You’d be hard-pressed to find a restaurant manager who actually likes taking inventory. But good managers know the importance of a good restaurant inventory management process. And yet, many restaurants still use spreadsheets to count their inventory. You can make inventory easier for your managers. Bad accounting.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Additional findings inlcude increased inventory costs caused the greatest financial strain for operators in 2021 with 33 percent citing it as their top expense, followed closely by rent (30 percent) and labor (30 percent). Reservations : Most operators are taking a hybrid approach to reservations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Seven out of 10 restaurant operators reported they do not have enough staff to support current service demands. But instead of relying on their memory, consider creating short, instructional videos – on food safety, sanitation, inventory, etc. The list of ongoing operational tasks for running a restaurant is extremely complex.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Knowing how to manage restaurant inventory is essential for a healthy business, no matter if you have one location or several. Running a successful restaurant isn’t just selling menu items and fulfilling orders – it’s also about controlling the amount of product that you have in the restaurant, daily, weekly, and monthly.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

There are so many things to think about — from inventory management to restaurant payment and billing and more — it can be difficult to keep track of it all. In this roundup, we will take a look at some of the best restaurant management software out there. Restaurant Inventory Management.

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7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Mobile Coffee Shops (Carts and Trucks). Take it one step further by diving into their lifestyle habits and spending patterns. Reference secondary research studies or create your surveys and questionnaires to send out to a select group of people! Check out the Small Business Administration site for more details.

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Goliath Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The AI and tech that will take over the restaurant industry. But there’s much more that tech has to offer, especially when it comes to AI being integrated into guest order systems, training, and restaurant operations. Voice-based tech is fast growing and increasingly evolving the guest ordering experience.

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Technology Mobile Ordering Food Safety Customer Service 158

ChowNow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

ChowNow has recently launched our Preferred Partner Program—a handpicked group of industry leaders to help take your restaurant to the next level. ChowNow integrates seamlessly into Toast to route orders through your kitchen, manage your online menu faster and easier, reduce errors and cancellations, and have better order accuracy.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

These include food production and inventory management. The department is responsible for purchasing and managing inventory, food preparation, cooking and plating, menu planning and pricing, food safety, and hygiene. Let’s take a more detailed look at precisely what BOH operations entail.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience. Restaurants will continue to embrace digital on-premise, including mobile ordering and payment at the table, to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 28, 2021

Instead, it’s more about restaurant operations and figuring out how operators should manage the cost increase so they continue to earn profits. Balancing out the increased cost impact by focusing on increased margins and revenue. Cost Take-Out Initiatives Across the Extended Value Chain. an hour).

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Every restaurant has been forced to adapt their operations in order to survive and ultimately grow for the future. Organizations supporting & advocating for restaurants Thankfully, many organizations have come out in full force to support the struggling restaurant industry.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 29, 2019

Menu Analysis: Analyzing Your Current Menu’s Profitability Before you make any changes to your menu, take the time to determine what’s working and what isn’t. That sort of streamlining leads to shorter wait times after ordering, faster table turn times, and more satisfied customers. Look at Chili’s , for example.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

If the stakeholders in this important industry do not take the opportunity to learn from the lessons encountered, then a return to those exciting decades of growth and media glory will be difficult to envision. In recent years landlords have leveraged their lease power to eventually drive restaurants out of business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2021

According to the National Restaurant Association's 2021 State of the Restaurant Industry report , 70 percent of consumers reported they would likely take a table outside if the conditions were right. Customized and Tailored Promotions.

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Outdoor POS Front of House Seasonal Menu 191

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 8, 2020

We were greeted by the manager of the restaurant and shared with him the concept of contactless dining, an experience where dine-in guests can view menus, order, and pay directly from their mobile phones. contactless payment, mobile ordering, text on arrival for seating).”

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