The pandemic changed the restaurant industry. Tableside ordering, QR code menu links, curbside pickup, enhanced safety protocols: these are now part of regular operations for many restaurants. As we look toward the future, what can restaurant owners take from the last few years? What challenges and …
6 POS Reports That Make Restaurant Management Easier
Running a restaurant is difficult in the best of times. After the past couple of years, restaurant owners and managers are under more pressure than ever. But your point of sale system can make restaurant management easier, if you know which data to pull. Here are a few of the point of sale …
Does Your Restaurant Need Tableside Ordering?
As the COVID pandemic persists, restaurants are searching for ways to make the dining experience safer, both for customers and staff. Tableside ordering could eliminate multiple points of contact, while making the ordering and payment process more efficient and moving customers through the …
How to Retain Restaurant Customers Using Point of Sale
Running a profitable restaurant is challenging in the best of times. Today, restaurants are struggling like never before. Amidst these unprecedented challenges, owners and managers are doing all they can to engage and retain restaurant customers, trying new offers and incentives to get customers in …
How a POS System Can Keep Track of Kitchen Costs
Restaurants operate on thin margins, and every cost-saving measure can make all the difference to a struggling restaurant’s bottom line. This was true before COVID-19, and it is even more pronounced now, as most restaurants have closed or pivoted to carry out and delivery service only. With …
Save Time and Boost Efficiency with Point of Sale
A point of sale system is a retailer’s best friend. Not only can it perform the basic function of a retail store or restaurant – processing payment – but it can streamline processes, improve efficiency, and ultimately save a significant amount of time and money. Here are a few ways a point of …
Essential Considerations for Food Truck POS Systems
Food trucks are a great way for aspiring and up-and-coming restaurateurs to break into the restaurant business. In addition, established restaurants often start food trucks in order to reach new customers and add revenue streams. To maximize the potential of these popular restaurants on wheels, …
POS Reports to Help Improve Restaurant Performance
In busy restaurants, even the smallest inefficiencies can have a huge impact on the bottom line. But the day-to-day responsibilities and challenges of running a restaurant often leaves managers and owners little time to identify and correct those mistakes. This is where POS reports can …
Increase Customer Engagement with Your POS System
On our point of sale blog, we’ve written extensively about the changing retail industry, discussing customers’ desire for engagement and personal connections when they shop. These shifts aren’t just present in retail environments – they’re occurring in restaurants as well. So what can restaurant …
Cut Costs and Save Money with a POS System
Not only can a POS system do more than a traditional cash register, but it could also improve the efficiency, organization and overall function of a retail store or restaurant. This, in turn, could improve business operations, saving a significant amount of time, effort and money. But how, …
Evaluating Restaurant Performance Metrics
The restaurant industry is notoriously difficult. Long-term restaurant success and profitability can be hard to achieve, making it vital to be aware of the day-to-day performance of the business. To make that easier, PointofSale.com recently published an article highlighting seven key restaurant …
Hospitality Highlights from MURTEC: TechTOPICKS point of sale blog
Well, I made it out alive. I returned from Vegas with a couple dollars left in my wallet and a slight sunburn on my face. No complaints here! As a first time sponsor of the Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference, we came with few expectations, but left with a plethora of knowledge about the …
Hospitality Chain Trends: MURTEC 2011
After flying to New York for the National Retail Federation Trade Show in January, it is time for Retail Tech to now travel west. Unfortunately, some of us Minnesotan's are forced to leave the beautiful snow for sunny Las Vegas. The Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference, starting …
