Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

What’s keeping restaurants humming: mobile point-of-sale (POS) units, ordering terminals, tabletop tablets, and tablets for the waitstaff. This includes integrating point-of-sale terminals, fixed and mobile POS devices, and tabletop tablets for easy ordering and paying. Is Your Refrigerator Running?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2024

Leveraging Customer Data for Optimized Operations Integrating technology into restaurant operations, from point-of-sale systems to customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, facilitates the collection and analysis of customer data. Customer data plays a pivotal role in improving operational efficiency and promoting innovation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Across the United States, businesses are suffering from unprecedented staffing shortages in the aftermath of COVID. With busy lunch and dinner dayparts, speed of service is crucial even when faced with staffing challenges. Managers may struggle to justify staffing shifts if the sales cannot support the labor expense.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2022

At the end of 2021, four out of five restaurants reported facing a staffing shortage due to reduced operating hours and dining capacity. To combat these obstacles among countless others, leaning on point-of-sale (POS) solutions can empower restaurants to quickly leverage new features to maximize profits in a fluctuating service economy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Modern point-of-sale systems will generate analytics on each employee so you can create actionable insights. Installing the right point-of-sale system in your restaurant helps management evaluate staff members performance. Restaurant Staff Monitoring.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Local health lockdowns and limitations caused havoc for food supply chains, staffing, customer demand, and remote ordering. Inventory Management: Integrating inventory with your point of sale (POS) systems is an essential AI capability that every restaurant needs. Role of AI in Back of House.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 8, 2024

After all, no one wants a chef who can’t cook or a cashier who struggles with point-of-sale systems. Foster Employee Retention : Turnover and staffing challenges continue to plague our industry. The People-Centered Success of Strong Brands That doesn’t mean you should ignore technical skills completely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

By focusing on key technologies like point-of-sale (POS) systems, local dining businesses can maximize their investments and position themselves for success in a digital-driven industry. Comprehensive reporting and analytics capabilities help address sales volume concerns.

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Inventory Point of Sale Inventory Management Staffing 183

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2022

However, between staffing shortages, high customer expectations, and pent-up demand due to the ever-in-flux restaurant landscape, it’s more integral than ever before. There is no denying that staffing shortages are among the biggest challenges the restaurant industry faces today.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Reduce Staff Burnout and Stress : Automate predictive ordering and faster fulfillment by fusing information across point of sale, weather, location, etc., Managers can act on these insights to manage staffing needs to facilitate delivery of good service and avoid burnout.

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Customer Experience Point of Sale Staffing Customer Service 212

Total Food Service

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The system processes customer orders placed via voice and then transmits orders directly to the restaurant’s point-of-sale. AmeriBrunch, based in downtown Las Vegas, was short staffed and wasn’t able to answer its phone during busy hours, which left many customers facing busy signals, waiting on hold or being sent to voicemail.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 27, 2024

By the time you manage inventory, staffing, customer demand and narrow profit margins, the last thing you want to think about is the IRS. A – Accurate Records Perform daily reconciliations of cash registers and point-of-sale machines. Operating a restaurant is not easy.

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Food and Beverage Food and Beverage Point of Sale Purchasing 188

Lithos POS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

One of the most critical pieces of this puzzle is your Point of Sale (POS) system. Fast service not only improves customer satisfaction but also increases the table turnover rate, which is necessary to increase top sales. A key factor in delivering this experience is the technology that powers your operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2021

The CDC’s drastic change in policy, and the lag in state and local guidelines has set up a difficult situation for restaurant owners, who have already been struggling with an unwanted role as a public health gatekeeper for their customers, amidst a nationwide staffing shortage.

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Lavu

DECEMBER 12, 2022

List all the cash that’s going out each week and each month, including: Rent, loans, or mortgage payments Food and drink ingredients Labor costs Supplies An essential tool for monitoring cash coming in and out of your business is a point-of-sale (POS) system. Learn More: Which Accounting Reports Should Your Restaurant Keep?

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A modern restaurant point-of-sale (POS) system now offers many automation tools that make it easier to operate more efficiently and effectively. And, it’s easier than ever to bring automation tools to a restaurant. They provide easier and more streamlined ways to speedily and efficiently serve guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2024

Restaurants that feature self-ordering kiosks or efficient point of sale (POS) software may be more attractive to potential staff because of the efficiency gains and ease of use. Effective HR software is another selling point. From my experience, employees want anything that makes their jobs and work life easier.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2022

For example, basic point of sale (POS) systems or integrated restaurant management systems are useful digital tools that enable data reporting. It also provides managers or owners a way to justify any decisions regarding staffing, menu development, or customer service operations.

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Lavu

APRIL 8, 2020

Choosing a point of sale (POS) system is one of the most important business decisions to make. The right POS system provides a powerful platform to boost sales and streamline operations. Online ordering apps can be setup either through a Point of Sale system or as a stand-alone system. Staffing and Human Resources.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 22, 2023

This might include correlation of social media posts, to reviews, to point of sale metrics. Informing decisions : By looking at large amounts of historical data, AI can aid in devising tailored strategies, such as remodels, operational adjustments, marketing plans, and staffing transitions. This is a lost revenue opportunity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 10, 2024

Leverage Data to Personalize Experiences Every day, restaurants generate vast volumes of data from their point-of-sale (POS) systems. Savvy operators analyze that data to understand who’s coming through their doors, what they’re ordering and how often they’re ordering.

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Inventory Point of Sale Food Preparation Staffing 196

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Technology has permeated the quick serve restaurant industry and job functions – from point of sale (POS) to complying with food safety standards. Taking orders at the counter and preparing quick meals were not necessarily perceived as stepping stones to better-paid careers with expanded responsibilities. Fast forward to 2022.

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Total Food Service

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The main types of back of house solutions for restaurants include: Point of sale software (POS) Traditionally considered a front of house system, a restaurant POS allows your servers to easily take orders and payments from guests – but the right POS can do even more. So, what kind of tech are we talking about?

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Kitchen Display System Inventory Recipes Staffing 84

Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

For fast-casual restaurants, opting for a mobile point-of-sale system makes the most sense. Before modern point-of-sale systems were available, paper ticketing was the best method to relay customers’ orders to the kitchen. The speeds they can work at might not be as fast as lightning, but as close as humanly possible.

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Point of Sale Inventory Inventory Management Staffing 78

Lavu

JANUARY 2, 2020

Effective Restaurant Staffing. Accurate sales estimates make employee scheduling accurate as well. Part of making smart staffing decisions is scheduling your restaurant staff based on the amount of sales expected that specific period. . On the other hand, too few staff on a busy evening results in bad customer service.

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Lavu

MARCH 25, 2020

This occurs when congestion slows the productivity of a particular point in the service process. It can occur due to long lines, being short-staffed, or having a production line that is not fast enough. Many online ordering systems are integrated into the Point of Sale software.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2023

Drill into these dimensions to generate labor reports that show whether your restaurant is staffed at the right levels for the right times of day, so you can course-correct if needed. By creating different reporting dimensions, a data-driven restaurant operator can easily see what’s driving costs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Serving – Learning point-of-sale tactics and guest interaction while understanding how to take an order, manage multiple tables and work with the kitchen. Nothing creates success like working one-on-one to accomplish a goal. Station Experience – Our new manager needs to work for a week per station.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

” Among the highlights: Staffing and Labor : The majority of FSR operators faced heartbreak with 81% saying that they were forced to reduce their staff during the height of the pandemic. POS and Payments : Restaurateurs wasted no time investing in new point-of-sale (POS) and payments solutions to help them navigate the pandemic.

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Inventory Point of Sale Staffing 194

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Quick-service restaurants are also feeling the pressure – large chains like Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s have had to close dining rooms due to insufficient staffing. Chick-fil-A even reported disabling curbside ordering in some locations to reduce strain on their workers. Enhance CX with Accelerated Contactless Adoption.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2020

By performing an honest assessment and diving deep into point-of-sale (POS) reporting, payroll data, online customer reviews, and various other analytics, even the most successful restaurant operators can identify areas that can be streamlined to cut costs, save time, and boost revenue in the new year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2023

Its allure underscores some core problems facing restaurants today: they need automation to compensate for staffing issues, and they need more cash flow to cope with rising operational costs. That includes dynamic pricing, as well as more widely used tools for point-of-sale and scheduling.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Staffing is still incredibly difficult, and I think we're in a new normal now for the availability and nature of available workforce. . – Stephen Kowal, Chief Commercial Officer at Nextivity In 2023, the restaurant business as a whole still seems to be in flux.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Having a single supplier and point of support for all the store technology and payment processing functions also reduces administrative burden and risk. That said, staffing will continue to be an obstacle for the restaurant industry in 2023. " – Frances Allen, CEO of Checkers & Rally’s. "With

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 20, 2022

One area of restaurant operations where AI can have a major impact is by integrating inventory and purchasing systems with your point of sale (POS systems). This kind of predictive technology can be used by restaurants in so many ways: to manage inventory, staffing, menu pricing, and more. Integrated Inventory and Purchasing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Easy-to-Use POS Finding the right Point of Sale (POS) system is essential to streamlining operations and keeping employees happy. Restaurants that embrace innovative payments technologies on both sides of the register are poised to build loyalty with both customers and their employees in the years to come.

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LTI, Inc.

APRIL 12, 2023

This issue is particularly difficult for schools, as they must ensure students receive nutritious meals regardless of any staffing shortages. Add points of sale. Wherever possible, add additional points of service to increase access and decrease the likelihood of long lines forming.

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