5 Ways You Can Advertise Your Business For Free
Well, your restaurant is open and running. Perhaps you’ve been in business for 15 years; maybe it’s only been 3 months. Whatever the case, margins are tight and it’s a competitive market. It’s unlikely that you have millions of dollars and a whole team of people to devote to advertising your restaurant on television, billboards, […]
Things to Be Prepared for When Running a Restaurant
After your restaurant’s grand opening, you may be thinking all of the hardest parts of getting started – finding funding, creating a menu, acquiring a location and hiring staff – are behind you, but that’s not the case. Here are a few things to prepare yourself for as you run your restaurant every day. Repetition. […]
3 Facts About Restaurant Phone Calls That Seem Obvious But Aren’t
You probably have a lot of misconceptions about automating anything in your restaurant. It’s all about the people, after all, and who wants to deal with automations? Surely not your callers! However, when you’re deciding how to handle your understaffed team and influx of calls during peak times, you will also want to consider the […]
5 Essential Tips for Restaurant Technology
A lot of people are on the extremes of technology for restaurants; you either have all the bells and whistles, or you’re holding out, hoping the wave will pass without forcing you into it. However, especially since the rise of the pandemic, touchless ordering and payment systems are desirable staples, and other features that used […]
What Does POS Stand For in Restaurants?
You’ve probably heard the acronym at some point in your time at or around restaurants. Perhaps someone has asked you the question and you weren’t sure how to answer because the term is so commonly thrown around. Regardless, you may be wondering, “What is a POS?” In restaurant terminology, “POS” stands for “point-of-sale.” This is […]
7 Facts About Restaurant Technology Nobody Told You
In today’s day and age, most of us have smartphones, bluetooth devices, computers, and more. We have smart TVs that can guess what we want to watch, smart thermostats that know what temperature to keep our houses, and speakers that remember how loud we want to listen to our music. Apple recently announced their users […]
What’s Your Strategy to Make Your Food Business Successful?
So many people open restaurants with one goal in mind: to successfully feed customers. Inevitably, long before you get to that point, you’ve discovered you have a natural knack for cooking, or a talent for hospitality, or even a family history in the restaurant business. You already know why you’re doing it. But the question […]
10 Reasons Restaurants Should Use Reachify To Improve Their Operations
Everyone could use improvements in their systems. No matter how much of a well-oiled machine you have in your restaurant, there is room for small things that can make the day run smoother, or make things easier on your staff, or otherwise increase the experience patrons have when they come into your restaurant. Reachify is […]
How Can California Restaurants Adapt to the New Fast-Food Bill?
Finding and keeping staff is hard in the entire restaurant industry right now. Owners and managers are looking for any solutions they have to a shortage of employees in both front- and back-of-house. An increase of wages is going to further complicate things. Short of closing your doors or doubling your prices to keep up […]
Why Do So Many People Dream of Running a Restaurant?
When you’re a kid, you probably said you wanted to be an astronaut, or a fire-fighter, or even a doctor. However, as you started to get older, your dreams probably changed. Most people don’t become astronauts. However, one in three people in the United States had their first job in a restaurant. Half of Americans […]