Articles for restaurant owners

Restaurant POS cost: a practical TCO calculator

Calculate restaurant POS system cost with a TCO calculator: subscription, hardware, rollout and the cost of a bad fit.

Sep 11, 202611 min min

Suggestive selling restaurant: waiter, QR, and measurement

How to run suggestive selling restaurant offers at the table and QR menu, measure attach rate, and know when not to suggest — without raising menu prices.

Sep 9, 202612 min min

Table turnover restaurant: measure and rotate without rush

Table turnover restaurant: calculate check time, find the bottleneck, and speed rotation without spoiling the guest. RevPASH explained.

Sep 6, 202610 min min

Restaurant menu engineering: POS matrix and average check

Restaurant menu engineering: calculate popularity and margin per dish, build the menu matrix, and raise average check without blind price hikes.

Restaurant POS ranking, no blind table

Google on “POS ranking” offers a top-ten list. A cafe needs the same demo script for every vendor, not a sponsored winner table.

Food cost from POS, no Excel

How to connect food cost, POS, and sales data in a restaurant to see menu margin, losses, and operational decisions without piecing together spreadsheets.

Food truck software: a field guide

The generator dips, the card terminal waits, the festival queue does not. Test food truck software on that hour, not on a full-feature slide.

How to change a POS without chaos

POS migration without empty promises. Check how to prepare your venue for a system change and what to look out for during the rollout.

Online orders and your own channel

Free QR menu for restaurants

A Free QR menu at 0 PLN: branding, unlimited items, up to 10 tables. The steps to a working code this week, and the limits Free does not cross.

KDS or kitchen printer?

KDS or kitchen printer? Tickets get lost in the Friday rush while the floor asks for status. See when paper holds and when a screen wins.

One restaurant system or several apps?

One restaurant system is worth considering when staff re-enter tickets between apps and the daily report does not match the till.

Online ordering software: 7 selection criteria

A modifier vanished before the kitchen saw it. How to choose online ordering software for restaurants: seven checks from menu truth to your own channel.

Online ordering system for restaurants

Marketplace commission is the obvious cost. The hidden one is a second menu. An online ordering system for restaurants has to carry payment to the kitchen.

Marketing and sales

Own sales channel: when it pays off

Your own sales channel in a restaurant gives you more control, but only when the venue can handle an order from the menu to delivery.

Venue types

Pizzeria software guide

Half pepperoni, half mushroom, no onion on the left. That ticket is the pizzeria software test, not a long module list.

POS system for a cafe: features

The queue at the espresso bar is the real POS test. See which add-ons, sold-out pastries, and QR menus help a cafe, and which can wait.

POS for sushi restaurants: guide

Omakase at the counter and a 19:30 pickup are different businesses. A sushi POS has to carry a set swap and a timed collection, not only a roll button.

Online orders and your own channel

QR menu vs paper menu: 2026 guide

QR menu or paper menu? Saturday soup is gone and prices moved, but tables hold Friday's card. Choose by how often your menu changes.

Marketing and sales

Restaurant loyalty without discounts

How to set up a loyalty program for a restaurant to build return visits, rather than just lowering the bills of regular guests.

Sep 4, 20265 min minGuide

How much does a restaurant POS cost?

How much does a restaurant POS cost once stations, onboarding and scope sit next to the monthly fee?

Sep 4, 20266 min minGuide

How to choose a POS: 2026 ranking

Stop trusting vendor podiums. Learn how to choose a restaurant POS system with one worksheet, a shared TCO window and live demo tickets.

Sep 4, 202610 min minGuide

Restaurant POS system guide

A restaurant POS system should carry a rush correction to the ticket. Buy for service flow and cost, not a longer module list.

POS vs spreadsheets: what to replace

A restaurant POS can reduce manual reporting, while spreadsheets remain useful for budgets and planning.

Restaurant waiter service that flows

A waiter carries a folded note to the kitchen after a sauce change. A restaurant system with waiter service should make that walk unnecessary.

Online orders and your own channel

Restaurant website with online orders

A restaurant website with online ordering should help guests find the menu, opening hours and next step before they need to search.

Restaurant SaaS system or local software?

Compare a restaurant SaaS system with local software by devices, updates, connectivity requirements, rollout, data ownership, and workflow fit.

Fiscal cash register: repair or replace?

Your accountant says keep the register, the vendor pushes a new system. Learn when you should replace a fiscal cash register, and when age alone is no reason.