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Tired of nightly 86’ed items? Losing fresh veggies to spoilage? Learn how to manage your restaurant inventory effectively and efficiently. Whether you are new to running a restaurant or have reached a point where any inventory processes you have are not working, this article is a great starting point to help you develop or improve your restaurant inventory management.  

You don’t have time for errors or constant checks between the front and back of the house, and you need a convenient way to track and organize orders. Kitchen printers can dramatically improve the accuracy of orders, making customers happy, and by popping up immediately in a place where cooks can see and hear the tickets coming in, they can help you turn your tables around faster and increase your revenue.

For many restaurants, adding the option of online delivery may be something they’ve either been casually considering or maybe just started to implement as an experience. However, with the recent sudden health crisis that COVID-19 has brought, being able to stay open for deliveries has become almost a necessity for many businesses. The good news is, even if you’re starting from scratch, it can be a relatively simple process.

Do you know how to calculate your restaurant’s food costs? Learn the formula for determining your food costs, and then learn how you can use that knowledge to boost your profitability.

As a restaurant or retail business owner, pairing with one ore more of these companies can potentially bring in a boon of new revenue. However, with so many choices, are certain services better than others? Let’s take a look at what separates some of the more popular third-party delivery services in the industry, and hopefully, you can decide which one, if any, makes the most sense for your company.

Restaurants can use self-ordering systems — or kiosk POS software — to run their businesses more efficiently. See whether a kiosk POS is right for your eatery, discover the best options, and learn how you can afford the investment.

Working in the tight quarters of a food truck means optimizing every bit of space for efficiency. But have you taken the same approach to your POS system? See why these point of sale apps are the best options on the market for food trucks.

Looking for a POS system that can keep up with your bar or nightclub? Learn what features are most important in vetting providers and discover the best bar-specific POS systems.

Square, Lightspeed Restaurant, Toast, TouchBistro, Clover, Revel, and Lavu all offer strong features for online ordering. The best one for your restaurant will depend on a variety of factors, including how much you’re able to pay to add online ordering to your restaurant.

With a modern restaurant ordering system, you can have online orders sent directly to your kitchen display system, servers can send orders from the floor with handheld tablets, and dine-in customers can pay at their table without having to wait for the server to go run their credit card. And those are only a few of the many cool things you can do with a good restaurant ordering app.