Smart Phones
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
With a large percentage of Americans using smartphones, mobile websites have become a staple in the daily lives of consumers; they are easy and convenient in this fast-paced world we live in. Restaurant owners should be aware of the positive impact a mobile website will have on their restaurant. Apps and mobile websites are the [...]
Tags: mobile apps, Mobile Websites
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
With the growing boom in this century’s smart phone technology, restaurants are urged—if not required— to create mobile advertising content to remain popular in the competitive industry. There are a variety of new techniques that restaurant owners can use to spread the word about their services via smart phones. For instance, QR codes, or quick [...]
Tags: QR Codes, Quick Response Codes
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Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are popular and a lot of customers still use them, but there is another site out there that is gaining popularity. Instagram is a picture based social media site that is catching everyone’s attention. According to Fast Casual, Instagram has grown from 5 million users to over 30 [...]
Tags: Instagram
Posted in Branding, Marketing Tips, Smart Phones, Social Media Marketing, Trends | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
In today’s fast paced and technology based society, credit cards are becoming more frequently used than cash. Over 200 million people have at least one credit card with the average of people owning about 3.5 cards. Restaurants have evolved and taken advantage of this type of payment, but the process of using online ordering and [...]
Tags: credit card, online ordering system, restaurant
Posted in digital menu, New Restaurant Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, touch screen ordering | No Comments »
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
You have your online menu set up, but how are you going to get those orders sent to your restaurant so you can actually make them? MenuDrive gives its customers a variety of different options when it comes to receiving orders. There are four ways by which a restaurant can have orders delivered to them [...]
Tags: POS integration, POS system
Posted in Customer Service, digital menu, Industry News, iPad, New Restaurant Technology, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry News, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, touch screen ordering, Trends | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Deciding on a POS system for a restaurant is a big commitment. There are hundreds of different systems out on the market that restaurants can use and this can make it difficult to decide which one is best for their business. Certain steps should be taken to ensure that a restaurant will be getting the [...]
Tags: POS system
Posted in Customer Service, digital menu, New Restaurant Technology, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry News, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, touch screen ordering, Trends | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
As a previous employee of the foodservice industry, I know the dread of seeing a huge group of customers ready to come in and order all at once. Mistakes are always made and it is very stressful for the employees to try and make all the customers happy. Online ordering has resolved some of these [...]
Tags: group ordering
Posted in Customer Service, digital menu, Mobile Marketing, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, Trends, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
It’s a safe bet to assume you have seen the Domino’s commercials and heard about Starbucks adding mobile ordering apps to their businesses to try and increase sales. They have taken notice that about 72-83% of “early adopters” order from restaurant apps weekly. While Domino’s and Starbucks have made this process seem easy, choosing to [...]
Posted in Customer Service, digital menu, Industry News, iPad, New Restaurant Technology, New Technology, Online Food Ordering, Restaurant Industry Trends, Smart Phones, Social Media Marketing, touch screen ordering, Trends, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »