SMS Marketing for Restaurants: How to Stay Top-of-Mind With Customers and Drive More Repeat Orders
Discover how text-message marketing for restaurants can keep your business top-of-mind and drive repeat orders.
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4th of July Restaurant Specials to Drive Traffic
Whether summer is slow or booming, these thirteen 4th of July restaurant specials will make the holiday sparkle.
SpotOn Introduces Profit AI, Delivering Proactive Profit Recommendations to Independent Restaurants
New restaurant AI capability surfaces recommendations inside the SpotOn dashboard while keeping each decision with the operator.
The Loan Offers Won't Stop. Most of Them Are Scams.
Loan offers are flooding restaurant inboxes — and not all of them are legitimate. Learn how to spot phishing scams, avoid predatory financing, and find capital that actually works for your business.
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).
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 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.
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.
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...
4 Ways to Boost Foot Traffic to Your Restaurant
There’s no perfect recipe for operating a restaurant successfully, but one key ingredient is getting a high volume of customers in the door. Getting creative with a loyalty program [https://www.spoton.com/blog/getting-creative-with-loyalty-rewards-to-boost-customer-retention] can do wonders to boost customer...
Integrating Third-Party Delivery Apps Into Your Restaurant’s POS
Feb 25, 2020 As mobile phone technology continues to advance, consumer expectations are rapidly evolving, particularly within the food service industry. A great case-in-point is the growing popularity of mobile delivery apps such as UberEats, GrubHub, Seamless, and DoorDash. While these third-party delivery services are undoubtedly convenient...
SpotOn Establishes New Restaurant Advisory Board
Board members will contribute to the innovation of SpotOn’s suite of restaurant-focused solutions, in particular its flagship product, “SpotOn Restaurant” SAN FRANCISCO--SpotOn Transact, Inc [https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spoton.com%2F&esheet=52173226&newsitemid=20200213005221&...
See SpotOn Restaurant POS in Action
Jan 21, 2020 Each month, thousands of businesses are partnering with SpotOn to get the software and point-of-sale solutions they need to unlock the potential of their business. That includes restaurants, bars, and nightclubs across North America that are using our industry-best POS solution, SpotOn Restaurant, to...
How to Minimize the Labor-to-Revenue Ratio for Your Restaurant
Labor costs can eat up a huge chunk of revenue for restaurants, but how much is too much? Get a closer look at where your money is going.
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