Jeremy Julian
Jeremy Julian
How does your restaurant document, organize, and secure its recipes? There are the good old fashioned flip cards, binders, and laminated sheets. For those who like to live on the edge, how about post-it notes, or old scraps of paper strewn about the kitchen? You DO have recipe documents, right? (Please tell us you have recipe documents.) Hopefully it goes without saying that all of the methods mentioned above have inherent weaknesses. A simple guest of wind from an air conditioner or open door can blow your recipes to kingdom come. How easy would it be for a coveted recipe to fall into the hands of a careless staff member, a former cook with a vendetta, or worst of all, a competitor? If only there were a product outContinue Reading …
Technological advances are happening fast and furious these days, permeating every market and industry imaginable. The food service industry is certainly no exception. Restaurants like BJ’s, Chili’s, Applebee’s, and Taco Bell have hopped aboard the technology train – and they are seeing the fruits of their efforts, too. In our previous post, we mentioned BJ’s Restaurants’ use of an app which allows guests to reserve tables, order food, and pay their bill via their smartphone. Restaurants like Applebee’s, Chili’s, Stacked, and B-Dubs (Buffalo Wild Wings) are employing the use of tabletop tablets for what we call guest-facing ordering. A recent article in Nation’s Restaurant News highlighted the use of tabletop tablets for guest ordering as a means of not only staying current with technological advances,Continue Reading …
Ever heard the saying “There’s an app for that”? Most likely you have. (If you haven’t, we cordially invite you to join us in the 21st century.) An app (short for application) is just that: an application made for use on a smartphone or other wireless device. You may think of apps as mostly games or tools to help you stay organized or teach you something, or perhaps as social media outlets. But did you know that a lot of businesses are jumping on the app bandwagon – restaurants included? Apps can be a relatively inexpensive and effective way to connect with your customers and improve brand awareness. We’re a fan of the app for restaurants, and we’ll tell you why. Here are our top 3Continue Reading …
Custom Business Solutions to partner with Tekmark® Global Solutions, LLC and Aerohive Networks to deliver a bundled wireless ordering solution.
