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6 Benefits of Having a Dedicated Mobile App for a Restaurant

By devon.barkley | December 11, 2021

The world is witnessing ever-increasing digitization and, whilst most restaurant owners might not be thinking of building a restaurant in the metaverse just yet, improving online presence and increasing income from virtual channels is high on everyone’s agenda…

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6 Ways Digital Ordering Systems can Improve a Restaurant’s Profitability (and How to Choose One)

By devon.barkley | November 28, 2021

In the restaurant business ROI is one of the defining factors as to whether an investment is to be made or not. Digital ordering systems have long been an optional extra that supplement a restaurants dine-in and phone order business. However, in an ever more…

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Break-Even Point: A Restaurant’s Most Important Calculation

By devon.barkley | November 16, 2021

A restaurant’s revenue stream fluctuates, in somewhat of a predictable fashion, throughout the year, from month to month, and through the week. Continuing to run a successful business whilst contending with this endlessly moving target is one of the magic tricks every successful restaurant owner and…

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Training Your Employees for Everyone’s Success

By devon.barkley | November 1, 2021

Being understaffed is, unfortunately, not an adage that restaurant managers are unfamiliar with. It seems that -especially in the current moment- we are perpetually on the lookout for new hires. The turnover rate in the hospitality business has always been one of the highest in the nation, hitting almost…

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The Power of Mocktails

By devon.barkley | October 15, 2021

Over the past few years the sales of low and no alcohol products in off-premise locations have been steadily rising. A September 2021 report showed that off-premise sales of low and no alcohol drinks had a sales lift of 10.4% last year, and the main takeaway…

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What is Menu Engineering?

By devon.barkley | October 2, 2021

It is an old yet true adage that “restaurants run on thin margins”. Every advantage that a restaurant can score itself is a point to the home team and means that margins are a little safer than they were yesterday. One lens through which cost optimization is …