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Where Are All the Servers? Why Your Restaurant Workers Aren’t Showing Up and How You Can Change That

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If you're struggling to staff your restaurants, know that your operation isn't alone. is facing a critical labor shortage, particularly hourly restaurant and hospitality workers. "The The Real Reason Servers Aren't Showing Up. The average server salary in the U.S. So what pushed them to leave?

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Ambient Tech Is The Future of Restaurants

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Restaurant technology adoption has accelerated throughout the pandemic, shifting digital tools from futuristic nice-to-haves into critical components of day-to-day operations. Point of Sale (POS) systems have traditionally been the restaurant’s technological centerpiece, connecting guests, servers, and food through transactions.

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How Restaurant Operators Can Defend Against Ransomware

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It’s a restaurant operator’s worst nightmare. You have stores full of patrons, and no way to collect their money because the POS system has been hijacked by ransomware. That’s how the McMenamins restaurant and hospitality chain closed out 2021, a banner year for ransomware attacks.

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Seven Ways to Lower Restaurant Labor Cost

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In about one week the restaurant industry went from paying overtime to employees because of a shortage of employees to skyrocketing unemployment rates. And they are also incredibly important as restaurant owners manage uncertain sales volumes. Number Four : Audit sales every half-hour in your POS system. I like half-hour.

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Three Simple Ways Restaurants Can Embrace IoT in 2022

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With the new year just around the corner, many restaurants are deciding how they can enhance their operations going forward. For years, we've seen restaurants add small table kiosks or tablets that allow customers to pay for food. These are a just a few ways you can incorporate IoT into a restaurant or commercial kitchen.

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Don’t Let Your Restaurant Become a Victim of Cybercrime

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The business of running a restaurant is no longer limited to exceptional recipes, gorgeous plating, and advertisements. In an age of online ordering, customers demanding Wi-Fi, and the need for websites to dazzle just as much as the food, countering cybercrime has to be a factor in the day-to-day work of restaurant management.

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Three Things Your POS Can’t Do if You Lose Internet

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Nearly every restaurant in the United States relies on a Point of Sale (POS) system for the majority of its front-of-house operations. That system needs access to the internet in order to keep functioning. But what happens when your restaurant suffers an internet outage, taking your POS system with it?