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NetMenu is a web-based food and beverage management tool for multi-unit food and beverage operations. Its centralized database approach simplifies tasks across multiple properties. Users can access corporate data, yet still have the flexibility to make recipe and menu changes as needed to support their specific needs without affecting other properties. Advanced food production controls reduce waste, enhance quality, and improve margins across the enterprise.

Many restaurants have turned to tech in the last couple of years, even if reluctantly, to adapt to a new reality.

1. Online ordering systems and delivery apps

he food delivery market is now worth more than $150 billion globally, which has more than tripled since 2017 largely attributed to the pandemic, according to statistics from McKinsey.

By October 2015, all restaurants and other merchants will be subjected to new Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) standards, which reflect a shift from magnetic-stripe credit cards to chip-and-pin cards.

, the chip-based cards require insertion of the card into a terminal throughout the entire transaction.

chip-based cards are less susceptible to fraud.

With technology evolving on multiple fronts in today's foodservice industry, restaurant operators are facing more pressure than ever to improve their business operations.

Grimes encouraged foodservice operators to not only take a comprehensive look at the types of technology affecting their industry but also how they could apply innovations being used outside foodservice.

From cocktail-making to burger-flipping, many food and beverage businesses are beginning to discover the benefits of using robots to improve their productivity.

The automation revolution has begun.

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Weak remote security and passwords contribute to 94 percent of point-of-sale (PoS) breaches

The report found that much of the food and beverage and hospitality compromises were due to the dependence on remote access software to remotely manage locations and payment systems.

But many times, remote access software were deployed with weak or default credentials, making them a prime target for criminals.

Outsourcing your hotel accounting is an unintelligent move

I said I was going to alternate between the pros and cons. The second pro is cost savings.

A negative aspect of outsourcing is the reduced level of service.

Make a Green Choice (MAGC) Make a Green Choice (MAGC) is our guest-facing sustainability and loyalty program in which our guests can choose to help reduce our environmental footprint. Any guest at a participating SPG hotel can Make a Green Choice by forgoing full housekeeping for up to three days in a row (excluding their check-out day). For each night a guest opts into MAGC, they receive 250-500 Starpoints or a $5/5€ Food & Beverage voucher, while helping to reduce the use of water, energy and chemicals. Sustainable Food & Beverage We aim to integrate leading sustainable and social practices and principles into our core Food & Beverage strategy and operations. We are working to reduce the negative impacts of our business while supporting locally sourced ingredients and their suppliers. View Sustainable Food & Beverage Policy (PDF) Sustainable Meeting Practices (SMP) Sustainable Meeting Practices (SMP) includes a globally aligned collection of initiatives that integrate environmental and social concerns into the meeting process. This includes a Meeting Impact Report that calculates the carbon footprint of a customer’s meeting, tracks the sustainable practices incorporated during the event, and provides the ability to offset the meeting’s carbon footprint.

It doesn't seem so long ago that hospitality operators were excited to see Remanco POS Systems hit the marketplace. Does anyone out there still remember the original Remanco POS System? You had a sleek looking keypad, a little black plastic "key" and a bible of PLU codes to memorize. You punched in your food and beverage orders, and miraculously, your beverage orders printed out at the bar while your food orders printed simultaneously in the kitchen. It was exciting, sleek, and revolutionary. In many restaurants, the terminal was small enough to rest comfortably next to the Pac-Man machine Enough said.

An effective POS solution for restaurants, bars or food service at attractions, entertainment and leisure venues can streamline a restaurant’s activities, saving time processing orders and money due to potential human error and customer loss.

The great thing about restaurant, entertainment or fun center POS systems now is that as they revolve around cloud-based software, the costs to upgrade to update is much lower as the equipment is already there and ready to go.

Once you’ve set up your entertianment POS or fun center POS system you must transfer your menu into the POS software to enable your servers to quickly record the customer’s order and allow for the customer to be charged the correct amount. To make the most out of the inventory management you will additionally have to record existing levels of stock, and how much each item on your menu depletes the respective products within your inventory. This will also mean that you must consistently update the inventory levels when they are replenished.

hotel SystemsPro, a leading provider of ASP-based, enterprise hotel sales software announced new enhancements to its popular hotel SalesPro Mobile Sales and Catering solution.

hotel SalesPro Mobile gives hotel sales teams and managers remote access to our easy-to-use hotel SalesPro system for real-time property, account, group, or hotel chain information while they are traveling.

ResortSuite, a leading provider of integrated guest-centric hospitality management solutions, is pleased to announce the release of their new tablet-based F&B ordering app, TabletSide POS

ResortSuite TabletSide POS allows a server to take an order quickly and efficiently and have the order sent to the kitchen printers immediately for preparation.

It exposes key ResortSuite functionality via many mobile and tablet devices and form-factors for quick, cost-effective and highly personalized levels of guest service.

having a digital allergen management and tracking system is going to be essential for businesses within the food and beverage sector. This will ensure that the seller can always prove that they have clearly labelled all allergens within the food they produce for direct sale.

With the ability to monitor customer trends and forecasts, improve data collection and check stock levels,

Household brands such as Samsung are integrating new technology into their kitchen appliances, so it is now essential that brands and businesses within the food and beverage sector follow suit.

Artificial intelligence software that makes restaurant forecasting more accurate and less time-consuming. 

From employee scheduling and cutting down on food waste to projecting sales and planning promotions, the benefits of AI are numerous. Ultimately, it helps you minimize labor and food costs and maximize profits. 

sales forecasting is a set of processes that restaurants use to project their future sales. For many restaurants, this means looking at the previous year’s sales reports for a specific timeframe and using that as a benchmark for the current year’s sales over the same timeframe

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emerging market dedicated to organic ingredients and sustainable practices.

With such clean ingredients, the end product isn’t as stable as it’s more traditional counterparts, and therefore needs to be sold relatively soon after production.

RoomOrders,

is now available for a free trial in hotels in the United States

Offering a digital menu in the cloud to streamline food and beverage operations,

 CMMS solutions can automatically track everything from guest room availability to preventative maintenance schedules for your property’s most valuable equipment. Automation frees up your facilities management staff to focus on even more parts of the guest experience.

Many of the best CMMS options on the market will include features such as: Asset and equipment management The ability for staff, or even guests, to electronically submit maintenance requests Generation of checklists for regular tasks such as housekeeping or pool maintenance A comprehensive dashboard for facilities managers and staff.

Energy Star, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s voluntary certification program for eco-friendly products, also offers an online tool to take the guesswork out of tracking your property’s carbon footprint.  Portfolio Manager can measure and track greenhouse gas emissions, energy and water consumption for all kinds of properties, including hotels. The tool can be used to benchmark the performance for just one building or a portfolio of properties.