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.
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The Server’s Guide to the Handheld POS
Handhelds can make your work easier and more profitable. Here's how.
How Much Does It Cost to Open a Restaurant?
Get a breakdown of how much money you'll need to get your restaurant from concept to profitability.
7 Tips For Stellar Restaurant Ads
Director of Marketing Gigi Cohen shares tips for restaurant ads that move the needle.
How to Win Back Your Day with Tools for Restaurant Managers
Spend more time with your staff and guests by implementing restaurant management software. SpotOn's Manager Toolkit will show you how.
7 Tips for Creating a Winning Restaurant Schedule
Creating and communicating a restaurant schedule can take hours out of your day. But with the right strategies, it doesn't have to.
How to Calculate the Break-Even Point for Your Restaurant
Learn about restaurant break-even analysis and get our calculator to find your break-even point.
7 Signs It’s Time to Reassess Your Tech Stack
Whether it’s time to say farewell to outdated systems or hello to a new time-saving scheduling tool, change can be challenging. Here’s how you know it’s time.
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.
How to Open 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.
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...
How Omnichannel Solutions Help Retailers Thrive In-Store and Online
As consumers re-enter their old routines, they're looking forward to shopping in person. In fact, according to international research data and analytics group YouGov [https://business.yougov.com/sectors/retail/international-omni-channel-retail-report-2021] , 57% of American adults say they're excited to get back into brick-and-mortar stores. But as...
With The Hamlett, Recent High School Grad and Sister Heal Family & Community
Brother and sister launch The Hamlett café, apothecary, and business incubator in answer to the grief of losing their sister.
Sharing Purpose, Profits, and Balance by Ray Villaman
By identifying, nurturing, and incentivizing talent, Ray Villaman discovered a better work/life balance for himself, and his team. Back in 2014, I did something most restaurateurs would find unthinkable. I took my wife and two boys to Barcelona for a year. We just up and moved (after preparing and...
The Real Ramona’s
In 1947, Romana Acosta Bañuelos [https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-romana-acosta-banuelos-20180119-story.html] and her husband Alejandro Bañuelos decided to start a business selling authentic Sonoran tortillas made from scratch. They had the family recipe. They had fresh ingredients. They had a desire to share their heritage through their food....
