Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this article, we delve into the anticipated restaurant and menu trends for 2024 and explore how technology, particularly advanced point-of-sale (POS) solutions, can enable restaurateurs to ride the wave of these trends successfully. This agility is crucial for staying relevant in a market where culinary innovation is critical.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Whether it's the utilization of AI-driven analytics to elevate menu design or the precision of robotics transforming kitchen operations, a new era in dining is taking shape. In such a growth-driven market, integrating the latest smart kitchen configurations and streamlined service zones can substantially cut down order time.

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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. From ordering food to reserving a table, they want to do things digitally. Digitally Enabled Restaurants Have Less Waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

From the way we place orders to how they’re prepared, every facet of the food service sector is being touched by technology. Online Ordering Systems and Delivery Apps It’s believed that the global online food delivery market is estimated to be $130.2 billion and is expected to grow to $223.7 billion by 2027.

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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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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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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Streamline ordering processes: Implement efficient ordering systems, such as tablet-based or mobile ordering, which allow customers to place their orders directly with the kitchen or bar staff without relying on a server. Customers can use their smartphones to browse the menu, place orders, and pay for their meals.

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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. Offer a Unique Dining Experience. Continue To-Go Cocktails Where Still Allowed.

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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. Use data to identify popular menu items and promote them during the Super Bowl to drivesales.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This past year saw the following trends: The Digital Revolution – In 2023, restaurants gravitated towards digitalization, embracing things like online ordering, mobile applications, and digital payment solutions. Food waste is a huge, expensive issue, with fresh foods often rotting on trucks during transport.

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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. Monitoring Supply Can Curb Waste and Loss. One way to honor this change is to make a one-time investment into a branded mobile ordering app.

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The Rail

MARCH 14, 2023

QR codes offer a convenient and contactless way for customers to access menus, order food, and pay using mobile devices. Contactless menus , a popular ordering style that enhances safety, utilize QR codes that customers can easily scan with their smartphone cameras. Fortunately, QR code menus offer a solution.

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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.

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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. Using DoorDash order data from January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, we bring you DoorDash’s Dash From the Past 2023 Trend Report. Holiday Hangovers : On the days after holidays like St.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Leveraging QR Codes & Mobile Pay. With QR codes, guests needn’t touch a menu or even a paper receipt. QR codes can be used to streamline how guests reserve a spot in line, as well as how a customer views a menu and places an order. Tight inventory control ensures menu item availability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

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. Inventory stock changed significantly.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2021

Just a few short years ago, customers paid for their meals in cash or credit cards, orders were totaled on analog cash registers, and customers called restaurants to place orders over the landline phone. The New Norm: Text to Order. These solutions work in tandem, making it easier than ever for customers to order and pay.

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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. Build Flexibility into Your Menu for Daily Specials and New Dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Having a retail management tool with a mobile application, for instance, reduces the need for wait staff to move around when communicating with each other. Recipe management software, on the other hand, standardizes menu items and monitors dish costs. Restaurants should consider electronic menus to prevent the spread of viruses.

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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. Is it ultra-easy and intuitive for customer use?

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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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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Every day a cook designs and executes a menu that requires an understanding of texture, smell, taste, and sound, while painting a beautiful dish on a plate. These statistics may provide a different outlook: According to the National Restaurant Association 1 out of every 3 people in the U.S.

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ChowNow

MARCH 8, 2022

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 ? Promote your next special at least two weeks in advance, since future party plans could involve a huge order from your restaurant.

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Restaurant Engine

JULY 14, 2021

You’ll find offering your customers a smaller menu, they’ll order more because it’s easier to decide. When it comes to the restaurant menu , many restaurant owners tend to think bigger and longer is better. What’s more, in this article, we look at why your customers love smaller menus. tweet this).

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It’s important to monitor what’s selling so managers can order more in a timely manner, ensuring the most popular choices are always in stock. On the flip side, knowing what items are languishing on the shelves tells the manager to order less next time, so they aren’t stocking food they can’t sell. Adapt and Succeed.

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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. However, it doesn’t account for potential real-life areas of inventory waste, like portioning mistakes, kitchen waste, or server errors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. For example, there will be fewer human interactions when ordering takeaways during busy lunch hours, quick customer seating, or bill payments. The first gusto!

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

From managing an off-premise presence with online ordering platforms to navigating the labor shortage and keeping costs down, it’s clear from the emerging trends we are seeing that technology is at the heart of helping FSRs not only survive but make gains during these extremely challenging times.”

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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. Creating a Sustainable Restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 10, 2020

For as trendy as buzzworthy social media in QSR has become, there is another under-the-radar resource that can be utilized to create the same degree of connection, drive the same kind of loyalty, and deliver bottom line impact – digital ordering platforms. How can restaurant brands get personal? Guests are listening.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

Our menus are too large: The days when the way to customer satisfaction was through extensive variety are probably gone. The lesson learned is that menu items must be more profitable – this may mean re-assessing the ingredients used, how they are managed for waste, and the selling price formula used.

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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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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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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. The executive chef manages the kitchen team and oversees menu creation and food production. This person organises tickets and checks orders are going out correctly.

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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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