How Restaurants Can Handle the Spotlight Surge
Win a culinary award? Land on that coveted best-of list? Here’s how to translate excitement into profit margins and keep standards high, with expert advice from R Town Pizza in Reno, Nevada.
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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).
Hospitality Without the Chaos: The Labor Levers That Protect Margin and Your Guest Experience
Last-minute schedule changes, overtime creep, punch errors, and payroll rework all quietly eat into your margins. Don’t treat them as separate fires. Here's how to treat them as a system that needs guardrails.
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 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.
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.
Infographic – 7 Trends for the Future of Payment Processing
July 28, 2020 Make sure your business is prepared for the future of payments. This infographic shows 7 payment processing trends you can't afford to ignore, from hardware to software, security, and more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a free demo today to see how SpotOn can ensure your business is...
7 Hidden Payment Processing Fees to Avoid
May 22, 2020 Partnering your small business with the right payment processing company is an important decision, so it’s important to be well-informed when shopping around. In particular, you’ll want to watch out for hidden payment processing fees. Many processors will advertise rates that seem low at first...
How Salons & Barber Shops Can Book More Appointments Online While Promoting Social Distancing and Going Contactless
May 20,2020 Salons and barber shops have been hit particularly hard by shelter-in-place orders, and even with many states easing business restrictions, there are still many question marks about how to proceed safely. Luckily, professional organizations like the AIHA have provided safety guidelines for hair and nail salons [https:...
SpotOn and SoFi Partner to Connect SMBs with Federal Stimulus Loan Programs
Over 1,500 businesses have leveraged the SpotOn platform to access CARES Act loan programs SAN FRANCISCO--SpotOn Transact, Inc (“SpotOn”), a leading software and payments company, announced today its partnership with SoFi, an online personal finance company which leverages technology to bring financial products that help people get their money...
Infographic – 5 Reasons You Should #ShopLocal
April 23, 2020 In 2019, there were 30.7 million small businesses in operation in the United States, accounting for 99.9% of all businesses in the country. Small businesses have a huge impact on our society, yet so many Americans choose to shop at multi-chain stores and online retailers...
SpotOn Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding from Former Twitter Executives
The payments and software company will increase investment in product development to continue building end-to-end vertical solutions and accelerating hiring across all functions SAN FRANCISCO—SpotOn Transact, Inc (“SpotOn”), an innovative payments and software company, today announced $50 million in Series B funding. The round includes 01 Advisors [https://www....
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