Average Check Size: 12 Proven Tips to Increase Restaurant Revenue
American diners are tightening their purse strings, and this slower cash flow can negatively impact QSRs’ profit margins. But there is no way your QSR can cut any slack –…
California Minimum Wage 2024: What Will Changes Mean for QSRs
As the old saying goes, ‘money makes the world go round.’ California is definitely feeling this at the moment, with the incoming minimum wage shaking up the world of hospitality…
Top 8 Restaurant Intercom Systems for 2023
“Clean up on aisle twelve.” Grocery stores, schools, QSRs, and more use intercom technology to maintain clear dialogue between employees and customers. Spoken word is still one of the most…
Top 13 Digital Menu Boards for 2023
Customers want the QSR experience to be just like ketchup – smooth, always available, and leave a great taste in your mouth. That’s why many QSRs are integrating digital experiences…
10 Restaurant Automation Trends to Watch Out for in 2023
When it comes to the QSR experience, speed is everything. But industry-wide labor shortages make speed an almost impossible challenge, putting employees and managers under strain. 68% of employees say…
Food Service Automation: 8 Examples of How the Future is Already Here
What does an excellent food service business need? The clue is in the name – QSRs have perfected the ‘food’ part, but optimizing the ‘service’ side of things is not…
Top 8 Best Restaurant Billing Software for 2023
From robots flipping burgers to AI taking your orders, automation is improving efficiency and customer satisfaction - and helping QSRs to meet modern expectations. While a robot can’t get in…
9 Essential Tips for Purchasing a Self Service Restaurant Kiosk
QSR customers have done a full 180-degree turn in the last 60 years. In the 1950s, visiting a fast food joint was a luxury experience. The convenience of ready-to-go meals…
8 Best iPad Based POS for Restaurants
“Order up!” is the same as shouting ‘Go!’ at the start of a race. These two little words will start an explosion of activity in your restaurant. But in this…
What is an AI Drive Through and How Can You Spot One?
What’s the golden rule of hospitality? ‘The customer is always right,’ of course. When 81% of diners say they’d rather speak to an automated food ordering system at the driveth-rough…
8 Essential Features Every POS for Restaurants Must Have
There are two types of QSRs: those who’ve spent time finding the right POS (point of sale) system to suit their needs and those who haven’t. And it shows! If…
Top 5 Automated Restaurant Ordering Systems for 2022
QSRs are clawing back the $280 million in sales they lost during the pandemic. But as they continue to overcome this hurdle two years on, they face a new challenge:…
Automated Drive-thru Ordering: Your Essential Guide
The drive-thru is more popular than ever: it has grown by 20% over the past two years. But growth + more traffic + labor crisis = a higher likelihood that…
What McDonald’s Drive-thru AI Means For The QSR Industry
What McDonald’s Drive-thru AI Means For The QSR Industry ‘The Golden Arches’: Has there ever been three more famous words in food service history? Merely uttering the phrase brings images…
5 Innovations for an Awesome QSR Menu
Although fast food ordering has already undergone many transformations, the digital era is only just beginning. Over 100 years ago, drive-thru ordering burst onto the scene as an innovative way…
5 Essentials for a Great Restaurant Table Layout
Hand-painted pottery and engraved glass? - The Romans and Greeks U-shapes, to communicate hierarchy? - The Anglo-Saxons Frills, fanciness, and rows upon rows of silverware? - The Renaissance Yes, we’re…
5 Steps to Success with Automated Order Taking for Restaurants
The QSR industry is entering a new and exciting era – encompassing all things digital. With a surge in drive-thru ordering, QSRs are facing a perfect storm of high expectations,…
Top 11 Best Third-Party Food Delivery Services
No one ever expected a global pandemic to occur, keeping us inside for two years, but it sure has changed the game for various industries worldwide - some for the…
6 Essential Steps to Increase Drive-Thru Restaurant Sales
As your guests leave, you likely call out, “Hope to see you again!”. And it’s a great feeling when they actually do come back for a second helping, and even…
Will the Drive-Thru Experience Ever Truly Change for QSRs?
Back in 1921, a new way to eat burst onto the scene—the drive-in. Suddenly, diners could park up at their favorite fast food restaurant and eat their meals without leaving…
