Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2023

With the Super Bowl and March Madness coming up, restaurant owners should be preparing now in order to capitalize on the influx of online orders. The first step in this process should be analyzing the data from their point-of-sale system – labor costs, game days sales and more.

Loyalty Program 184

Loyalty Program Social Media Email Marketing Online Ordering 184

Squirrel Systems

APRIL 11, 2024

Creating efficiencies at your restaurant using Mobile POS solutions Understanding how to keep your restaurant patio operations profitable requires a strategic look at your on-the-floor dynamics. How can Mobile POS technology impact patio dining business at your restaurant?

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POS Operations Mobile Ordering Front of House 97

7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Break-even point. Sales per labor hour. Ideal menu price. To put it simply, your cost of goods sold is how much it costs you to produce a menu item. As you add together all of your menu items, you can determine the total cost of everything (to you) that you sell to your guests. Food cost percentage. Prime costs.

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Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Customer Service 416

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The concept goes far beyond a simple online menu or QR code. Every dine-in experience starts with a menu, so having yours available online is the first step to going contactless. However, restaurants have discovered that not all online menus are made the same. So what makes a good contactless menu?

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Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Consumer Goods Customer Experience 227

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But that does not mean that they are married to the idea of cooking at home for every meal, so offer as many dining options as possible including dine-in, carryout, online ordering, curbside pick-up, and delivery. Make Yourself Mobile-Friendly. Gen Z is a generation born from 1997 to 2012 , with the oldest members turning 25 this year.

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Mobile Ordering Social Media Online Ordering Point of Sale 203

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2022

A fragmented supply chain is also increasing ingredient costs, leading restaurants to balance staff churn with a changing menu to keep revenue consistent. A fragmented supply chain is also increasing ingredient costs, leading restaurants to balance staff churn with a changing menu to keep revenue consistent.

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POS Food Supply Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 215

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. Company leaders know that their frontline squads have a unique vantage point and valuable insights.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Communication Online Ordering 197

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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Seating Mobile Ordering Customer Service Cash Management 173

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In today’s world, that means their mobile devices. To gain more diners and drive more orders, restaurants need to optimize their mobile marketing and make it easier to order. What’s mobile marketing? Why mobile marketing for restaurants? Here are some tips and tools to help you get started.

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Marketing Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Online Ordering 78

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2022

However, restaurant owners are looking for more: They want to streamline the checkout process further and for customers to complete the whole process – from ordering to payment – on their mobile devices. Voice Ordering to Ease Restaurant Interactions. In-app pre-ordering solutions to help with food waste.

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Technology Mobile Ordering Customer Service Food Order 197

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

Early in the pandemic, 72 percent of operators invested in delivery and mobile/online ordering to boost revenue during mandated stay-at-home orders according to TD's 2020 survey, and it appears the popularity of these offerings is here to stay. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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2022 Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery Point of Sale 215

Restaurant365

OCTOBER 29, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants implemented new safety measures designed to encourage social distancing and limit points of contact. To support this effort, your point of sale (POS) system, your payment methods, and your restaurant accounting system should all be fully integrated. Leveraging QR Codes & Mobile Pay.

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Customer Experience Technology Mobile Ordering Inventory 158

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.

Front of House 211

Front of House Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program Back of House 211

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Menus were trimmed to a fraction of original size. 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. In the near future, we’ll look at printed menus the way we look back at newspapers today.

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Technology Loyalty Program Front of House Online Ordering 203

Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

However, the right point of sale system can help alleviate some of these restaurant challenges so business owners can stay ahead of their competition. Point of sale systems that require a series of clicks to make selections or switching between screens can be frustrating to learn and use.

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Mobile Ordering Point of Sale Cash Management Food Supply 148

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Consider, for instance, a scenario in which your Point of Sale (POS) system can forecast the popularity of a new dish based on historical customer behaviour. This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 215

Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

Your team must still take manual inventory by hand to account for spoilage, improper portioning, and waste. But by using automated tools that include mobile- or tablet-friendly entry systems, you can streamline the process and decrease manual entry errors. from a year ago. Food-grade oak flakes – 61%. Semolina (pasta flour) – 140%.

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Inventory Pricing Management Management 148

Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The data from inventory management can help you place more accurate orders, calculate exact food costs, make informed menu changes, and address potential sources of food waste. Your inventory system can automatically pull sales information to track theoretical inventory. Create a regular schedule for manual counts.

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Inventory Management Management Point of Sale 138

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro.

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Loyalty Program Online Ordering Cash Management Point of Sale 194

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Chicago is the city that plans orders ahead the most, followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, and Philadelphia! Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

2024 189

2024 2023 Food Order 2013 189

Focus POS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This increased demand for online ordering and delivery, paired with various social distancing regulations, caused a massive shift in the restaurant industry. Restaurateurs struggling to stay afloat without patrons in the dining room turned to online ordering to keep revenue trickling in.

Online Ordering 146

Online Ordering Ordering Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 146

Cheetah

JANUARY 13, 2022

From their humble, though ingenious, beginnings as copper tokens and stamps, through the era of credit card clubs, to today’s mobile apps, loyalty programs have become indispensable marketing tools. million members, all driven through their mobile app. But no one forgets their mobile phone. They have roughly 14.2

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Airlines Merchandise 148

Focus POS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Sustainability is about cutting costs, eliminating waste, and improving your bottom line. Cut the Waste. Food waste is a huge problem in the United States; it makes up about 30-40% of the food supply. To reduce food waste in your sustainable restaurant, you must control inventory costs. When possible, buy in bulk.

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Sustainability Transportation Mobile Ordering Waste 128

Sling

JULY 24, 2023

Some of these apps are designed to solve specific problems, like shift scheduling or point of sale , while others boast all-in-one suites for every aspect of restaurant management. Many restaurants operate on very narrow margins and fail because of mismanagement rather than anything wrong with the menu.

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2023 Management Management Tip Distribution 78

BNG Point of Sale

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

You may have delicious menu items and beautiful facilities, but profits are often thin in the restaurant industry. Without tight control over incoming and outgoing costs and ways of bringing in money faster, even a restaurant with a delicious menu will suffer. 3 Fast And Correct Ordering And Payments. 2 Embrace New Technology.

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Operations Mobile Ordering POS Online Ordering 98

Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

The department is responsible for purchasing and managing inventory, food preparation, cooking and plating, menu planning and pricing, food safety, and hygiene. Sales optimisation. Restaurant back-of-house operations form the backbone of a restaurant’s success. These include food production and inventory management. Cost control.

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Back of House FOH BOH Front of House 52

Restaurant365

MAY 17, 2022

Tight integration between your r estaurant inventory management software , point of sale (POS) system and restaurant accounting software is essential for executing key restaurant tasks that help control your food costs. A POS system is excellent at collecting sales and labor data. That’s great.

Inventory 78

Inventory Management Management Food 78

Restaurant365

APRIL 14, 2020

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. When trimming menu offerings, avoid knee-jerk reactions about what items are best for your delivery model.

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Inventory Delivery Management Management 109

Next Restaurants

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Your point-of-sale (POS) system should evolve as your customer base transitions into more of a “cashless society.” If it’s time to upgrade to a modern point-of-purchase system that improves your guests’ experiences, consider these key features: Mobility Streamlined ordering Refined business workflow Customer and management metrics.

Customer Experience 61

Customer Experience POS Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 61

Restaurant365

OCTOBER 16, 2019

When tightly integrated with both the accounting system and POS system, inventory tracking is a more useful, accurate tool that can be used to lower cost of goods sold (CoGS), minimize food waste, and better allocate ingredients. When most restaurant owners think about how to manage restaurant inventory, they think of food cost control.

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Inventory Management Management POS 113

Restaurant365

JULY 21, 2021

How do you keep track of all these different shipments and ingredients to minimize food waste, ensure you are prepared for service, and optimize what you’re spending on your ingredients? This means that for restaurant owners and operators, the budget you have invested in product can quickly go to waste if inventory control isn’t top of mind.

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Inventory Management Management Waste 78

Restaurant365

OCTOBER 8, 2019

With perishable ingredients and fluctuating sales, controlling food costs in restaurants can be extremely challenging. When you misjudge ordering or overspend on food cost, it directly affects your bottom line. Automate Manual Processes: forecast sales year-round. Your food costs and your inventory are big budget line items.

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Food Inventory Point of Sale Waste 99

Restaurant365

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Some restaurants were forced to pivot quickly to off-premise channels to deal with local business restrictions, changing menus toward a delivery focus. Other restaurants had to shift operations to a limited-capacity model, adjusting labor and food costs to match new sales levels. Generating enough revenue to break even.

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2021 Operations Mobile Ordering Social Media 78

Deliverect

JULY 24, 2020

The lockdown accelerated the adoption of online ordering and delivery tech as dining rooms closed and people were stuck at home. It has also brought contactless ordering and payment to the fore, especially as restaurants prepare to reopen with new sanitation and distancing measures in place. POS (point of sale) systems.

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Technology Mobile Ordering Front of House Online Ordering 110

Restaurant365

JANUARY 21, 2021

Not only can your food cost help you better understand your restaurant group’s budget, but it can also drive your menu pricing and inventory control at all your locations. Not only can your food cost help you better understand your restaurant group’s budget, but it can also drive your menu pricing and inventory control at all your locations.

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Food Inventory Point of Sale Waste 78

Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

If it’s not on the shelf, it can’t be stolen, spoiled or wasted. So, the key to minimizing food waste that can eat into your profits is effective restaurant inventory management. With manual ordering, you’re not taking advantage of such time- and money-saving advancements as digital counts, smart ordering and automated vendor invoices.

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Inventory Management Management Waste 103

Lavu

APRIL 22, 2020

If you haven’t taken advantage of this free online ordering and delivery integration tool, click here. Are you taking delivery orders over the phone, entering them into your POS system, sending them to the kitchen, then having your delivery driver take them to your customers? What do you need to do to set up online delivery?

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Delivery Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Loyalty Program 91