Restaurant Insights

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How To Set A Budget For Your Restaurant Grand Opening

Cinnamon Janzer | April 24, 2018

The key to a restaurant grand opening is creating a budget that delivers the experience you’re looking for without breaking the bank. Here are some tips to help you make yours.

Point of Sale

What Is A POS Purchase?

Brad Bortone | April 23, 2018

A restaurant POS system purchase is whatever interface a restaurant chooses to serve its customers. Learn more about the different POS purchase types here.

Staff

Losing Restaurant Staff to Uber and Lyft? Here’s How to Keep Them.

Lisa Rabasca Roepe | April 23, 2018

With restaurant employees citing compensation as a top reason for quitting, Uber and Lyft can be attractive alternatives. Here’s what that means for restaurant staffing.

Operations

How to Operate a Zero-Waste Kitchen

Susan Johnston Taylor | April 20, 2018

In time for Earth Day, we tap top chefs for their insights into running a kitchen that produces very little food waste, or even none at all.

Marketing

3 Sweet Ways To Market Your Dessert

Theresa Navarra | April 20, 2018

Your restaurant menu design isn’t just about appetizers and entrees. You have to be sure you sweeten the ending, too. With these restaurant marketing strategies, your restaurant desserts are sure to be the best part of the meal.

Seven Secret Bar Menus to Inspire Your Next Restaurant Promotion

Alexandra Cavallo | April 19, 2018

Pros weigh in on how offering secret, exclusive menu items can attract guests and improve overall experience, all without spending a dollar on advertising.

Marketing

3 Quick Tips to Help You Manage Your Restaurant Budget

Theresa Navarra | April 19, 2018

Breaking down your restaurant budget can be as easy as these 3 steps. But it’s quite possible you haven’t done it in a while. A good budget keeps you on track, here’s how to get things in order.