Why You Should Embrace Technology in Restaurants
Why You Should Embrace Technology in Restaurants Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technology for restaurants was already on the upswing. From tech-friendly POS systems to restaurant bookkeeping, many restaurants have adopted innovative technological tools, whether from customer-facing or internal accounting platforms. Once the pandemic hit, those restaurants that were able to implement restaurant technology survived […]
Shift Schedules: A Complete Guide
Need Help With Shift Schedules? Read this First! If you manage a restaurant, you already know how important shift scheduling is. But are your shift schedules working in the best interest of your staff and entire restaurant? Given the unique demands of scheduling shifts – after all, less than half of U.S. restaurant workers are […]
How to Manage Restaurant Staff
Optimal Ways to Manage Your Restaurant Staff The recipe for a great restaurant manager starts with this foundation: managing restaurant staff. Whether you’re thinking about accepting a promotion to a management position, or if you’re already a manager and would like to learn innovative ways on how to manage restaurant staff, the following restaurant management […]
5 Important Restaurant Management Skills
Restaurant Management Skills Every well run organization starts at the top. Sometimes, managers are brought in from another restaurant. And more often than you think, regular employees are promoted to manager. But which restaurant management skills separate the good leaders from the great ones? What’s more critical – organization or people skills? And what tools […]
How Do Restaurants Use Data Analytics?
When it comes to restaurant data, most operators record and track basic sales data, such as tickets, ticket size, tips, and nightly totals for food and beverage. They may be doing this manually, or directly through their point of sale (POS) system. Your average restaurant then takes this basic sales data, copies it into spreadsheets, […]
Turn Your Restaurant Analytics into Profitable Business Intelligence
Today, innovative restaurants are using business intelligence to drive operational efficiencies, improve profitability, and reduce managerial burdens. How do they do it? The clearest way to understand restaurant business intelligence is to run through example metrics used by experienced operators. Note that in order to use business intelligence in your restaurant, you need to be […]
Restaurant Sales Forecast with POS Data
As a restaurant operator, you know that a modern point of sale (POS) solution generates tons of data. The question is, how do you use that data to materially improve restaurant operations? One of the best applications for POS data is as a tool to make more accurate restaurant sales forecasts. Data-based sales forecasts can […]
Why You Need to Integrate your POS System and Accounting Software
The Importance of Integrating Your POS System & Accounting Software Think of the multitude of processes your restaurant performs on a daily or weekly basis – Payroll. Payment processing. Vendor Payments. General accounting – and those are merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Now, think about how seamless all these tasks would be with […]
How Do You Categorize Restaurant Expenses?
Opening a restaurant is a costly endeavor, and successfully running a restaurant requires strict attention to your restaurant expenses to control costs and increase efficiencies. Few restaurants can get by with paper, pencil, and a stack of excel sheets for manual data entry. Such restaurants miss out on the opportunity to reduce expenses and increase […]