It’s very important that your POS solutions vendor works closely with your teams to understand your company culture, as well as the goals related to your deployment. 1. Understanding of Why Successful deployments start with a message from the corporate thing...
What do customers expect from loyalty programs now that wasn’t a requirement years back? Loyalty programs from the restaurant industry started as highly transactional applications. Participation typically followed a model in which a thing of value was given away in exchange...
Social networking platforms have become a driving force in the restaurant industry. A recent report from the New York Times proves that 72 percent of customers use Facebook to make restaurant and food-related decisions based on comments and images shared by...
Whether you’re starting a restaurant that is fresh, or updating your legacy hardware in an existing location, selecting the most appropriate restaurant POS system is a enormous choice, one not to be weighed lightly. When shopping around the various options, several...
There has always been 3 ways to increase sales: more visitors, more often and in a higher spend. As a former restaurant operator (now data hound) it’s only become more evident that frequency is king over the other two. And in...
It should not come as a surprise to anybody that there’s a whole lot of competition in the restaurant industry. According to the National Restaurant Association, the sector was expected to create more than $825 billion in earnings in 2018. While...
The Cronut. Kale. Unicorn Frappuccinos. Each year, customers are treated with an ever-growing and increasingly exotic choice of menu items influenced by everything from healthful food styles to popular culture. But what exactly does it mean to genuinely follow the trends,...
There are not many things more exciting than the notion of starting your own restaurant. Maybe you’ve been working for a different owner for many years learning the trade and have finally decided to strike out on your own. Or perhaps...
Warren Buffett once provided some succinct and easy suggestions to help individuals grow our companies and, generally speaking, live their lives. “Rule number one: never drop money,” Buffett said. “Rule number two: never forget rule number one.” When it comes to...
Handling a restaurant can be difficult enough. Perfecting the perfect dining experience, understand consumer purchasing behaviors, creating the perfect menu, instilling the appropriate staff, and focusing on what drives profit and earnings are areas most restaurant owners want and need to...
