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Five Ways to Use POS Data to Forecast Holiday Demand for Your Restaurant

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Analyze Previous Holiday Sales Data Past sales data is invaluable when it comes to planning the upcoming season. A restaurant point-of-sale system holds historical data so you can see a detailed breakdown of how your restaurant sales performed during previous Christmas seasons.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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Chili Crunch Fusions Chefs will blend ingredients like fennel seeds, peppercorn, oregano and Marcona almonds for new fusions of chili crunch, combining its roots with global flavors to create variation, including Italian styles perfect for topping seafood dishes like crudo and octopus or pizza.

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How Small but Mighty Restaurants Can Optimize Data to Muscle Up Growth

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But independently owned, more agile operations can out-maneuver big brands by leaning on their point of sale (POS) platforms to increase sales and expand their client bases. Your chef might have his or her own secret sauce, but data is the key ingredient behind business growth.

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Win Big with Smaller Menus: How Tech Can Supercharge Limited Offerings On- and Off-Premise

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Integrating a restaurant’s point-of-sale (POS) with robust guest profiles also allows operators to access deeper insights into which dishes work best on small menus for different types of diners. Say a NYC restaurant sees many large groups in its bar area on Friday nights but is worried a smaller menu might turn them away.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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We've already seen how technology has transformed front-of-house operations with the rise of apps like UberEats and DoorDash, as well as advanced point-of-sale systems. Last year, Cut+Dry launched Yes, Chef, the world’s first AI tool specifically designed for foodservice distributors in the U.S.

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Seven Top Restaurant Marketing Ideas And Trends

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Train your staff to build other taking points. These could include: Seasonal Items : “The chef only has this asparagus appetizer on the menu in peak season when it tastes its best.” That all changed when chef and food influencer David Chang featured the BBQ joint in his Netflix show. Net result?

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

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The Restaurant Reopening Blueprint is informed by interviews with key stakeholders such as diners, restaurant staff and US Foods consultants and chefs. View all of the available resources or schedule a one-on-one consultation with a US Foods Restaurant Operations Consultant or Food Fanatic Chef, here. No point of sale?

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