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Restaurant Success Files: The REAL Reasons Restaurants fail…
Restaurant success is elusive, and the restaurant industry is enormous, with over 1 million restaurants and bars across the country. According to recent numbers from the National Restaurant Association, they are bringing nearly 800 billion in sales a year. But opening a new restaurant, however, is more challenging than ever before. This is true especially for […]
Cloud-based SaaS vs. Legacy POS – Who Wins in 2019?
Are you confused about cloud, subscription-based software, and how it differs from a legacy POS system? The difference boils down to configuration and customization, and the limitations each system has for each. For owners of a legacy POS system, the stability and familiarity are often hard to let go. For cloud-based POS users, they likely […]
Three Ways to Market your Restaurant this Summer
Summer is finally here, and new restaurant marketing ideas are in-demand! Are you ready to measure what drives the most business to your door? For restaurants that want to drive more reservations, carryout orders, gift card purchases and merchandise sales, you will need more than just free chips and salsa. Have you considered some alternative […]
Online Ordering, What Happens if I Don’t Offer It?
People are tired of driving out to get their favorite things. They don’t’ want to walk around in the mall or be forced to get dressed and drive to eat at their favorite restaurants. Online ordering has become a significant part of the economy thanks to the extended reach of digital ads. As more people […]
Eco-Friendly Restaurant: 5 Ways to Join the Green Movement
McDonalds, KFC, Subway, and Starbucks have all started adding more eco-friendly practices to their restaurants. What’s your restaurants’ Eco-Friendly Score? Having a sustainable restaurant is not only good for the environment but can also help bring in more business and save money. Check out our five tips on how to make your restaurant eco-friendlier. Modern […]
Food Truck to Restaurant: When is the Right Time to Expand?
It’s a decision every food truck owner must face, especially when business is doing well and calls for you to expand into a restaurant start becoming louder. The leap from a food truck to a brick-and-mortar restaurant is a risky endeavor that most food truck owners never make. Those that do, however, need to make […]
Restaurants: New Technology Attracts Younger Staff & Guests
The best service in restaurants typically comes from the server who has been there the longest, or the chef that was there from the start. It’s no secret that the toughest hurdle for small business owners is finding and hiring quality staff members to work in their restaurants long term, based on a new quarterly […]
Are Kitchen Display Systems a Waste of Money?
The dream of every restaurant owner, chef and manager is to have a successful kitchen, and by successful we mean profitable. After all, serving delicious meals to amazing customers won’t last long if the kitchen is not running like a well-oiled engine. This, perhaps, is the reason most restaurants fail within the first 3 years […]
5 Benefits of Owning your Own White Label POS Brand
When most people have a problem, they hire someone to fix it. When entrepreneurs have problems, they tend to want to fix things themselves. In the end, that’s the basic requirement for being a true entrepreneur, right? That is not always the case. When it comes to starting a merchant services business, many times “do […]
Comp vs. Void: A Must-Know for Restaurant Staff
It’s a common practice for servers and bartenders to use the terms void and comp interchangeably throughout the night, but what do they really mean? Typically, restaurant workers simply select the term they like to use best, but most are not really clear on what each term means in relations to the ticket they are […]