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

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, Tableside Ordering, Loyalty, Gift Cards, News, Event Ticketing

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: Tableside Ordering, Loyalty, Point of Sale

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, Tableside Ordering, Loyalty

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.

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

3 Surefire Ways to Attract Millennial Diners

Posted by Sonya Hoshmand April 16, 2018

Many restaurant owners may be overlooking the most important demographic, the millennials. While they are starting out in their careers, millennials are likely to impact your business in the long-run. Millennials are comprised of adults in their early 20’s through 30’s, now making up the largest generation in the workforce. Restaurateurs need to begin attracting and retaining these millennials diners and here are some ways they can!

Topics: Point of Sale, analytics, Tableside Ordering

Employers: 3 Tips to attract the best talent

Posted by Garbo Kwan April 2, 2018

The most wonderful time has come for some… graduation! Every spring, hundreds of thousands of hopeful students walk across the stage with the dream of entering the industry they worked hard studying for the last couple of years. They are full of hope and aspirations and are ready to work! Long story short, are you ready to fight for the best talent to join your workforce?

Topics: Point of Sale, Tableside Ordering, News

How cryptocurrencies can change the payment industry

Posted by Bruno Winkelmann March 26, 2018

For a long time, all cryptocurrencies were low-key, and the news outlets were just trying to understand what was going on with this new trend and how it would change the way we consume products. But, after the crypto market capitalization skyrocketed last year from $30B in April to $640B in December (a 2100% increase), everyone went crazy. With Bitcoin (BTC) taking the lead, accounting for more than 51% of the entire cryptocurrency market, we saw a lot of people buying in, businesses accepting..