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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...
How Online Review Monitoring Can Help Restaurants Weather COVID-19 — and Thrive After It
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed consumer behavior in short order, and it's hitting the restaurant industry hard. But it's not all doom and gloom: Expanding takeout and delivery options means diners can enjoy their favorite eateries from the comfort of their homes. With so many diners enjoying restaurant food at...
Online Review Management: The Key to Building Customer Trust for Your Auto Shop
The auto industry moves fast. Drivers want to get their car and get back on the road as quickly as possible. So, when customers turn over this fast, why would any auto business concern itself with online review management? The answer is simple: Online reviews matter — especially to an industry...
How "One-Stop" Business Technology Can Help Your "One-Stop" Auto Shop
When you work hard to be a "one-stop shop" that serves all your customers' vehicle needs, you wow them with your commitment to convenience — and keep them coming back. "One-stop shop" business technology can help you strengthen that customer loyalty even further, and make your life easier in the process....
3 Ways an Auto Business Appointment Manager Can Create a Seamless Customer Experience
You might not be in the technology business, but if you serve customers, you're competing with the convenient, personalized customer experiences offered by conglomerates like Amazon and Apple. Forbes [https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2018/02/22/what-the-amazon-effect-means-for-retailers/?sh=3ca163f12ded] calls this the Amazon effect, and it has a...
How to Market Your Restaurant Promotion
A great restaurant promotion can often be the deciding factor in where guests choose to eat, according to the National Restaurant Association [https://go.restaurant.org/rs/078-ZLA-461/images/2021-State-of-the-Restaurant-Industry.pdf] . If you're in a slow season or working your way back from pandemic capacity restrictions, a promotion could be...
Outsourced or In-House Delivery Service: Which Is Best for Your Restaurant?
To run your own in-house delivery service or to team up with an external partner that bakes door-to-door logistics and marketing into its fees — that is the question for many restaurants. As consumers get hungrier for food delivery, restaurants must find delivery solutions that work for their businesses, their guests,...
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