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Patio Power: Strategies for Optimizing Outdoor Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

Discover how handheld POS devices and QR code ordering are transforming outdoor spaces into efficient revenue engines. How can operators optimize their outdoor dining for efficiency? Outdoor dining can either slow things down or speed things up—it all comes down to how you run service.

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Revolutionizing Restaurants: Embracing Tech Solutions in a Challenging Labor Market

Modern Restaurant Management

Physical menus are being replaced by the increased use of mobile-centric applications, such as restaurant apps and QR codes. Thanks to these technologies, tasks such as ordering food and paying bills can take place on a self-service basis. In quick-serve restaurants, staff can focus on preparing food rather than taking orders.

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Restaurants Pivot to the new ‘Post-COVID’ Consumer Behavior Patterns

Modern Restaurant Management

Expect to see more self-ordering kiosks already present at Taco Bell, Panera and McDonalds. Consequently “more than 80 percent of Gen Z-owned businesses expect to get more than half of their revenue from digital (web, mobile, online delivery, social media) by 2022 versus only 33 percent of Baby Boomer-owned businesses.”

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Cashless Consumer Creates Need for Secure Connectivity

Modern Restaurant Management

All of these tools require a reliable connection in order to ensure a positive customer experience. Mobile POS. Mobile POS connects users to their customers via the cellular network, whether they are at an outdoor table or seated inside. Customers can place their order on site, without waiting in line.

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26 Proven Ways to Market Your Restaurant Online and Increase Bookings

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Build a mobile-friendly restaurant website In 2024, roughly around 63% of all web traffic came from mobile devices. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile, you could be losing out on potential customers. A smooth mobile experience keeps people engaged and leads to more online bookings.

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Superfoods, Sanitation and Serene Spaces

Modern Restaurant Management

Additionally, plant-based and immunity-boosting foods, sanitation and outdoor dining has accelerated to an all time high. ” As restaurants and cafés reopen their doors, Healing Butterfly has seen a 62 percent increase in food service orders for plant-based protein. Superfoods. Serene Spaces.

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17 Restaurant Promotion Ideas To Boost Orders And Customer Loyalty

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The right promotion at the right time can reignite business, whether that means a packed dining room on a slow weekday or reconnecting with loyal customers who havent ordered in a while. Are you trying to increase your direct online ordering ? If youve got a big outdoor patio, maybe a summer evening special event is the best move.

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