The Best Football Season Playbook Every Restaurant Needs
How to prep your restaurant for football season. Menu planning, staffing, and marketing to turn game-day demand into profit.
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How to Hire an Executive Chef
Finding a great executive chef has never been harder. Stephanie Yee, Managing Director of Willow Tree Recruiting, shares how restaurant operators can source, vet, and hire the right chef for their kitchen.
SpotOn Introduces Profit AI, Delivering Proactive Profit Recommendations to Independent Restaurants
New restaurant AI capability surfaces recommendations inside the SpotOn dashboard while keeping each decision with the operator.
8 Steps to a Profitable Beverage Program
High-margin alcohol sales are shrinking. Here's how to maintain profits when guests buy less alcohol (and they are).
AI for Restaurants: An Operator-First Vision That Quietly Lifts Profit
Restaurant AI should be intuitive for teams, complementary to the guest experience and impactful on your bottom line. That’s the bar.
Restaurant Marketing: A Practical Guide To Attract, Convert, and Retain More Customers
A deep dive into restaurant marketing, covering the strategies, tools, and decisions operators need to drive real results.
How to Make a Menu for Your Restaurant (and make it profitable)
Learn the art and science of restaurant menu creation, from concept to setting profitable prices and expert design tips.
How to Create Online Ordering for Your Restaurant
Make money on online orders. Learn how to keep your profits, increase online orders, control order flow, and capture guest data—without per-order commissions.
How to Build a Restaurant Tech Stack Every Operator Needs to Thrive
Learn how to build a restaurant tech stack that works together to streamline operations and grow your business.
Restaurant SEO: A Beginner-Friendly Guide To Getting Found Online and Growing Your Customer Base
Learn how to use restaurant SEO to attract more local customers, boost online visibility, and grow your business—without paying for ads.
How to Read a Restaurant P&L (Profit and Loss) Statement + Free Template
Assess the financial health of your restaurant. Our P&L template brings together your sales and costs to calculate your profit.
Menu Engineering: Free Worksheet + Tips for a More Profitable Menu
Find out how popular and profitable your menu items are with our menu engineering matrix. Then learn how to modify your menu for more sales.
Restaurant Profit Margin: 7 Ways To Actually Make Your Operation More Profitable
Running a more efficient restaurant is the key to higher margins. Learn how to lower costs and increase revenue with solutions for your hospitality business.
5 Ways Your Restaurant Branding Can Stand Out in a Saturated Market
A lot goes into a great first impression. Here’s how you can create a restaurant brand that new and loyal guests identify with.
Turning the Corner: How to Manage a Restaurant (As a Restaurant Owner)
Former Restaurant Owner and Chef Scott Youkilis shares his secrets on how to successfully manage a restaurant.
A Heartfelt Father’s Day Surprise
Walk into Hacienda Vieja Mexican Restaurant in Woodstock, Georgia and your eyes are instantly drawn to the cakes. Depending on the day, anywhere from three to six colorful, immaculately-decorated, delicious-looking cakes sit inside a refrigerator, practically begging guests to indulge. On this day, there’s tiramisu, red velvet,...
Choosing the Right Salon Software for Your Business
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Pride 2022
Happy Pride Month! We’re proud to celebrate our vibrant and diverse orientations, identities, and families—this month and all year round. Pride is a time to recall the trials the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and more (LGBTQIA+) community has endured and to rejoice in the triumphs...
3 New Trends for Online Reviews—and How to Leverage Them
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SpotOn Sponsors Foodwise’s Market to Chef Program Bringing Smart Solutions to San Francisco Chefs and Restaurateurs
Leading software and payments company to provide chefs and restaurateurs insight into the latest industry advancements and guidance on reducing costs and improving profit margins with technology
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...
