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Throughout most of the history of franchising, any number of standard practices, procedures and strategies have been dictated by various rules of thumb. Everything from the franchiser's development strategy down to an individual franchisee’s local marketing efforts was dictated by a mix of learned, anecdotal experience and conventional wisdom shared throughout the industry...
Though point of sale systems are implemented in the front-of-house and traditionally designed with a focus on simplifying customer payments, new POS technology is expanding beyond billing solutions and providing profound back-of-house advantages for the restaurant industry. New POS providers are touting a range of benefits that extend far beyond the convenience of quick and easy transactions, and most are integrating with other operational systems to create a broad and detailed overview not just of a restaurant’s sales, but its entire financial picture, including food waste and vendor costs. That…
The names behind the event are awfully impressive: Jose Andres, Daniel Boulud, Wylie Dufresne, Marcus Samuelsson and even the legendary Jean-Georges Vongerichten, just to name a few. These celebrity chefs are household names. They’re also part of a major movement in the advancement of restaurants, known as StarChefs. Each year StarChefs holds its annual International Chefs Congress in New York City. Now in its 12th year, the event is bigger and better than ever before, featuring more than 1,500 of the world’s best chefs and restauranteurs who packed into the…
The numbers are in, and they are impressive: an estimated 108 million shoppers showed their support for small businesses across the country on November 25, otherwise known as Small Business Saturday. This year, spending on Small Business Saturday topped $12.9 billion at independently owned businesses nationwide. Of those small businesses, 41% were restaurants, bars and pubs--by far the highest segment--with clothing and accessory stores, food stores and coffee shops rounding out the list at 24%, 23% and 22%, respectively.
MarketMan’s newest integration is a game-changer for restaurants looking to streamline their back-of-house management (and, which restaurant operators aren’t?). With the announcement of a new partnership with the Square point-of-sale (POS) platform, MarketMan provides an even more streamlined and innovative approach to inventory management. A recent case study released in conjunction with Square, US Foods and Ohio-based restaurant chain Mr. Chicken clearly shows why MarketMan has proven to be a simple and cost effective solution to help growing restaurant chains better predict and control inventory costs, reduce food waste, and…