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Restaurants Can Leverage Their POS System to Make the Most Out of Outdoor Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

As a part of this process, many operators have once again turned to outdoor dining as a lifeline to help recover lost revenue and make customers feel at ease. Here are some of the ways restaurant owners can leverage a holistic and data-driven POS system to optimize their outdoor dining operations. Customized and Tailored Promotions.

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Patio Season is Here. Make it Your Best Summer Ever with 7shifts Tools Built for Restaurants

7 Shifts

Warm weather is here, and patio season is upon us. Whether that looks like tables on the sidewalk or a rooftop bar, there’s no denying that outdoor dining brings new obstacles and challenges to the already complex life of a restaurateur or employee. For example, Outdoor Bar, Rooftop Deck, Dining Room, Inside Bar. Special Events.

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3 Ways Restaurant Mobile POS Systems Keep Patio Operations Profitable

Squirrel Systems

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. For many, dining at restaurants in the summer has a special charm, as one of the only times in a year we get to dine outdoors.

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Seven Traits of Successful Restaurant Owners and Managers

7 Shifts

The pandemic accelerated the rise of contactless solutions like mobile ordering and payment and self-ordering kiosks. Adding a bar to that outdoor space can increase revenue even more. That’s a 65 percent return on investment for their customer who considered adding outdoor seating.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

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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Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

Those that are continuing to prosper had their technological house in order prior to the pandemic. Some of these innovations include digital menus, contactless payments, marketing solutions, and cloud-based POS. The trends for next year are going to be touchless and contactless ordering. Berekk Blackwell, President of Daily Jam.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

With just under 50 percent of people planning to host their event outside, restaurants, hotels and venues with an outdoor space should begin promoting these offerings through their marketing and social channels. The more seamless this experience is for customers, the more likely they are to order through a venue today and in the future.

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