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Best Practices to Prevent Theft in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

One study found that internal employee theft is responsible for 75 percent of inventory shortages and about 4 percent of restaurant sales. There are all kinds of different types of restaurant theft, ranging from food and inventory, theft at the register and checkout counter, external grease theft, time theft and employee product theft.

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How Real-Time Inventory Reduces Food Waste

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Real-time inventory systems help restaurants cut food waste , save money, and improve operations. Here’s how: Track Stock in Real-Time : Monitor inventory levels instantly to avoid overstocking or understocking. Forecast Demand : Use sales data to predict future needs and order the right quantities.

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How POS Inventory Tools Cut Costs in Restaurants

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Running a restaurant is tough, and poor inventory management can make it even harder. That’s where POS inventory tools step in to help. Automation : Handles tasks like purchase orders and pricing updates, saving time and minimizing errors. Alerts : Notifies you of low stock or expiring items to avoid waste and disruptions.

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How AI Will Save the Restaurant Industry

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Restaurants can then adjust their food purchasing decisions accordingly, reducing their spending amounts as well as their contribution to food waste. Integrated Inventory and Purchasing. This kind of predictive technology can be used by restaurants in so many ways: to manage inventory, staffing, menu pricing, and more.

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How to Invest for the Future When Profits are Down

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The research is pointing toward off prem only continuing to grow in popularity with guests. Choosing to focus only on ordering and point of sale systems is like only finishing the middle of the puzzle. Is it better drive thru tech or smart inventory tools to keep tighter controls on food costs?

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Maximizing Holiday Sales: How Restaurants Can Enhance Customer Experiences with Modern Payment Solutions

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specifically, where handheld mobile point of sale (POS) adoption has tended to lag behind Canada and Europe, there has been a significant increase in the use of mobile ordering and delivery enabling customers to connect and interact with restaurants across multiple platforms. In the U.S.

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Mitigating the Impact of Rising Interchange Fees

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consumers, 33 percent of these consumers used a credit card for their most recent restaurant food purchase. A point of sale (POS) system which combines payment processing with restaurant management software can help make restaurant operations run smoother and more efficiently. According to a PYMNTS survey of 3,250 U.S.