Restaurant Marketing: A Practical Guide To Attract, Convert, and Retain More Customers
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Super Bowl Restaurant Playbook: 5 steps to prepare for game day
Make game day a win for your restaurant by preparing in advance and having the right tech in place to manage takeout orders and big crowds.
How To Increase Restaurant Sales: 15 Strategies Built For Long-Term Growth
Learn how to increase restaurant sales with 15 actionable strategies that help operators grow revenue sustainably and keep guests coming back.
2026 Independent Restaurant Profit Outlook
Costs are high, traffic is unpredictable, and price increases are hitting a wall. Here’s how operators will protect profit in 2026—and what writers and analysts should watch.
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 Schedule Restaurant Staff: 8 Tips for Restaurant Managers
Creating and communicating a restaurant schedule can take hours out of your day. But with the right strategies, it doesn't have to.
How Restaurant Loans Work—And How to Find the Right One for Your Business
Learn how restaurant loans work and discover easier funding options to grow your business.
SpotOn Ranked #1 Restaurant POS by G2 for Fall 2025, Outperforming Toast Where It Matters Most
Restaurants rated SpotOn higher than Toast in major categories, cementing SpotOn as the go-to tech partner for independent operators
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.
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...
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.
