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A Decade of Growth, Change and Inspiration

Posted by Garbo Kwan July 23, 2018

With this new blog series, we take an inside look at Givex and the people behind the technology created to streamline your operations!

Topics: Point of Sale, Loyalty, Gift Cards, News, Event Ticketing, analytics, Tableside Ordering

FIVE WAYS TO MAKE YOUR RESTAURANT MORE INVITING

Posted by Garbo Kwan June 18, 2018

Whether you are a quick serve restaurant, cozy family diner or a date night/girls’ night out restaurant, one thing is for certain; your customers are here to have a good time, relax and enjoy the food. With the summer season fast approaching, more people generally go out to eat, spend time with friends and family, and enjoy the weather while it lasts! To differentiate your restaurant and give yourself a competitive advantage, you need to offer your customers an experience like no other. Here..

Topics: Point of Sale, Loyalty, Gift Cards, News, analytics, Tableside Ordering

4 RESTAURANT MARKETING IDEAS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR SUMMER..

Posted by Bruno Winkelmann June 12, 2018

Ah! The summer. That beautiful time when kids play on the street, adults try to exercise outside, and people, in general, leave their houses to have an excellent meal at their favorite restaurant’s patio. But unfortunately, as soon as summer starts, time starts flying like there is no tomorrow.

Topics: Point of Sale, Tableside Ordering

Top Innovations From The National Restaurant Association..

Posted by Sonya Hoshmand June 4, 2018

From May 19th through the 22nd, the show floor at McCormick Place in Chicago was packed with the latest restaurant trends, equipment, technologies, foods and much more! WHAT IS NRA? The National Restaurant Association show is the largest food service trade association in the world. It supports over 500,000 restaurant businesses every day by empowering restaurant owners and operators to achieve more than they thought possible. The NRA show gives the opportunity to discover the latest..

Topics: Point of Sale, Loyalty, Gift Cards, Tableside Ordering

The 4 Step Guide to a Profitable World Cup Soccer Month

Posted by Garbo Kwan May 28, 2018

World Cup soccer is here and if you are in the bar and nightclub industry then you know how important these big sports events are especially if they only come around once every 4 years! Over the course of the past 12 months, a whopping $100 billion was spent on sports and related items in the US alone. This includes fan merchandise, sporting events, food and drinks and so on. The average spend on a night out at the bar is $81 USD per person. With so many options in entertainment districts how..

Topics: Point of Sale, Loyalty, Gift Cards, News, Event Ticketing, Tableside Ordering

Is Your Restaurant Ready for Grad Season?

Posted by Sonya Hoshmand May 21, 2018

Be ready to catch those graduation caps! It’s that time of year again where celebrating families and friends will be flooding through your restaurant doors. From small get togethers at home to large catered events, gathering friends and family together in one place is the perfect way to celebrate a loved one’s achievement. To maximize your restaurant’s profits, it’ll require providing compelling marketing strategies to ensuring your restaurant can handle the traffic.

Topics: Point of Sale, Loyalty, Tableside Ordering

Here's Why Consumers are Demanding for Self-Service Kiosks

Posted by Sonya Hoshmand May 14, 2018

Everyone knows the worst part about fast food restaurants are the lines that make it not-so-fast. Even worse? Waiting in line forever and finding out that you didn’t receive the right order.

Topics: Point of Sale, Loyalty, Tableside Ordering

6 Variables to Consider When Implementing an Ordering Kiosk

Posted by Bruno Winkelmann May 2, 2018

The adoption of self-ordering kiosks is happening in many restaurants around the globe, and customers enjoy its benefits. The technology helps one big issue casual restaurants and QSRs have: long lines. Studies have shown that if there’s a line to order with more than 5 people, 57% of all customers will leave the line and look for another place to eat. 57%!!! This means that there’s a high possibility of every time there’s a waiting line in your restaurant, half of customers will choose one of..

Topics: Point of Sale, Tableside Ordering

Food delivery: should I outsource or go in-house?

Posted by Bruno Winkelmann April 24, 2018

A customer calls you asking if your restaurant delivers. You say no. Next day, another customer calls asking the same question and, again, you say “no, we don’t do that”. A couple of weeks pass by, and you have noticed that your restaurant has been receiving a couple of calls daily, most of them asking about delivery. Suddenly, these calls stop. You feel relieved because they had been interrupting your staff while organizing the establishment, serving customers, and receiving supplies.