7 Signs It’s Time to Reassess Your Tech Stack
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Menu Engineering: 5 Steps to a Menu That Can Beat Inflation
Create your most profitable menu yet. Learn how to analyze the popularity and profitability of your menu with restaurant menu engineering.
How to Remove Your Restaurant From Food Delivery Apps
Get step-by-step instructions for getting your restaurant off food delivery apps and replace them with an online ordering system.
The Ultimate Restaurant Marketing Guide
The right restaurant marketing campaign can drive business and sustain a loyal following. Here's how to craft it.
How to Set Up an Online Ordering System for Restaurants
Make money on online orders. Learn how to keep your profits, control order flow, and capture guest data—without per-order commissions.
The Ultimate Small Business Guide: How to Increase Profits
Learn how to increase sales, boost productivity, and keep customers coming back with intuitive technology for small businesses.
Opening a Restaurant: The Ultimate Guide for New Restaurant Owners
See what it takes to get your concept up and running successfully with this comprehensive 12-step playbook for opening a restaurant.
Why You Need A POS System for Your Restaurant
Learn the importance of a restaurant point-of-sale system and how it can help you manage table turnaround time, sales, and more.
6 Ways to Boost Holiday Sales with a Gift Card Program
Implementing a gift card program can benefit your business with an instant cash infusion while also giving your customers a reason to come back.
How to Win Back Your Day With Restaurant Management Software
Spend more time with your staff and guests by implementing restaurant management software. SpotOn's Manager Toolkit will show you how.
SpotOn Named Top-Rated Restaurant Point-of-Sale by Users in Competitive Comparison by Capterra
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Driving Business Growth, and Super Late Models
In most jobs, you probably feel a little sore at the end of the day. Perhaps the heavy boxes give you an aching back, or the seemingly endless steps make your feet tired, or the blue light strains your eyes until the numbers start dancing on the screen. But Derek...
7 Tips to Help Restaurants Fight Inflation
We talked to five restaurant operators about inflation. Here's their advice on cutting costs, thoughtfully raising prices, and staying ahead of the inflation curve.
What’s Next for Restaurants After Senate Votes Down RRF Bill?
With Federal grants off the table, funding solutions like SpotOn Capital are helping restaurants meet ongoing challenges.
How Heart and Hustle Landed SpotOn on the Capterra Shortlist
What does going the extra mile mean to you? Is it working a double shift because someone called in sick? Is it helping with close-out even though you’re tired, or is it organizing inventory when a big shipment arrives? At SpotOn, we see local business owners and restaurant operators...
The Value of Touchless Payments for Small Businesses
Fueled by a desire for enhanced safety, security, and convenience, U.S. consumers have embraced touchless payments to purchase products and services, flocking to popular digital wallet services like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay at small businesses of all types. In fact, during the first quarter of 2020,...
Mini Donuts, Big Hearts
How DeLovely’s Delicious Mini Donuts exemplifies generosity (and creative desserts) in Southeastern Iowa.
Tuning Up Your Customer Invoice Experience
Between supply chain disruptions, parts shortages, advanced point-of-sale technology, and customer invoice trends, there's no doubt that changes in the economy and consumer needs have been keeping the auto industry busy. However, the industry has not weathered the storm undamaged. In fact, a recent survey by the American Customer Satisfaction...
Improving Outdoor Dining with Modern Restaurant Technology
COVID has changed the way we dine, and outdoor dining, parklets, and patios are here to stay. With winter fast approaching, many restaurants are rethinking the outdoor dining experience for their guests. As a recent article in PYMNTS.com [https://www.pymnts.com/restaurant-innovation/2021/as-covid-persists-restaurants-reinvest-in-outdoor-dining/] explains, this includes improving...
From DNA to POS with a Little D&D
SpotOn Senior Software Engineer Ian Murray was studying skeletal patterning in sea urchins when he made an unexpected discovery that completely changed the trajectory of his career.
50 Questions with SpotOn Restaurant Advisory Council Member, Ray Villaman
Ray Villaman is currently the President and owner of Tahoe Restaurant Group, including Base Camp Pizza, which was recently named one of the top 25 pizzerias in the country by USA Today. Ray is a veteran restaurant executive with over 200 restaurant openings with multiple brands, and is a sought...
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