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.
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Why AI Matters for Restaurants: A Q&A with Industry Expert Jordan Silverman
From his experience working with thousands of restaurants and building an AI-powered platform to save them money, Jordan Silverman knows firsthand what it takes to make restaurants profitable.
Top 12 Father's Day Restaurant Ideas to Delight Dads and Boost Business
Discover 12 creative Father's Day restaurant ideas to delight dads, attract customers, and boost business with menus, events, and promotions.
How Knowledge + Community = Profit
Great restaurants need reliable tech and a whole lot more to be successful.
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.
Maximize Guest Loyalty: Build Repeat Business with Digital Programs
How your restaurant can use data-driven loyalty programs to increase revenue.
6 Ways to Increase Restaurant Revenue
Making money in restaurants is hard. Here are some ways to reach profitability.
What Is Vishing, Phishing, and Smishing? How Businesses Can Avoid Being Scammed
Protect your business with tips on how to identify and report phone, email, and texting scams.
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.
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.
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....
How to Streamline Ordering Processes for Your Retail Business
Imagine a scenario where you never run out of merchandise customers want, where stock availability can be updated easily or even automatically, and you can predict the number of employees you'll need at any given time and profile ideal customers. It might sound too good to be true,...
50 Questions with SpotOn Restaurant Advisory Council Member, Brent Bolthouse
Brent Bolthouse is the founder of The Bungalow Hospitality Group, a collective with a deep history in Southern California and a portfolio that currently includes The Bungalow flagship location in Santa Monica and its sister property in Huntington Beach, along with a forthcoming Long Beach location. As an entrepreneur, hospitality...
Data Inventory Checklist: How to Drive Better Restaurant Performance
A data inventory checklist featuring key operational questions stands as a powerful tool to help you realize your restaurant's full potential.
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