How to Read a Restaurant P&L (Profit and Loss) Statement + Free Template
Assess the financial health of your restaurant. Our P&L template brings together your sales and costs to calculate your profit.
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Menu Engineering: Free Worksheet + Tips for a More Profitable Menu
Find out how popular and profitable your menu items are with our menu engineering matrix. Then learn how to modify your menu for more sales.
Restaurant Profit Margin: 7 Ways To Actually Make Your Operation More Profitable
Running a more efficient restaurant is the key to higher margins. Learn how to lower costs and increase revenue with solutions for your hospitality business.
5 Ways Your Restaurant Branding Can Stand Out in a Saturated Market
A lot goes into a great first impression. Here’s how you can create a restaurant brand that new and loyal guests identify with.
6 Holiday Ideas For Restaurants
Grow profits and happiness this holiday season with six simple tips. Create a warm, efficient space for guests and staff, and keep customers coming back.
Maximize Guest Loyalty: Build Repeat Business with Digital Programs
How your restaurant can use data-driven loyalty programs to increase revenue.
6 Ways to Increase Restaurant Revenue
Making money in restaurants is hard. Here are some ways to reach profitability.
What Is Vishing, Phishing, and Smishing? How Businesses Can Avoid Being Scammed
Protect your business with tips on how to identify and report phone, email, and texting scams.
Turning the Corner: How to Manage a Restaurant (As a Restaurant Owner)
Former Restaurant Owner and Chef Scott Youkilis shares his secrets on how to successfully manage a restaurant.
The Server’s Guide to the Handheld POS
Handhelds can make your work easier and more profitable. Here's how.
How Much Does It Cost to Open a Restaurant?
Get a breakdown of how much money you'll need to get your restaurant from concept to profitability.
7 Tips For Stellar Restaurant Ads
Director of Marketing Gigi Cohen shares tips for restaurant ads that move the needle.
How to Win Back Your Day with Tools for Restaurant Managers
Spend more time with your staff and guests by implementing restaurant management software. SpotOn's Manager Toolkit will show you how.
7 Tips for Creating a Winning Restaurant Schedule
Creating and communicating a restaurant schedule can take hours out of your day. But with the right strategies, it doesn't have to.
How to Calculate the Break-Even Point for Your Restaurant
Learn about restaurant break-even analysis and get our calculator to find your break-even point.
SpotOn Introduces First Reservation Feature Enabling Restaurants to Maintain Compliance by Allowing Guests to Confirm Vaccination Status
Fully integrated restaurant technology helps restaurants maintain operations amidst continued labor shortages, new variants, and evolving safety regulations
Using an E-Commerce Platform for Your Auto Body Shop
Running a profitable auto body shop involves more than having the right mechanics. You need customers to think of your shop first when their car needs servicing. And what makes your auto shop services appealing might be the very thing that turns new customers into regulars. With the right e-commerce...
4 Back-to-Work and Back-to-School Marketing Ideas for Retailers
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children participated in remote learning and millions of people worked from home for more than a year. While this changed many families' education and working environments, it also changed how they prepared for the workweek—and how retailers marketed to them. As...
5 Social Media Trends for Your Business
Looking for the types of social media trends for your business that allow you to remain authentic and true to your brand? Learn more about the top trends.
From Matzo Balls to Mentoring With Wolfgang Puck
SpotOn Restaurant Success Manager Steve Rolles learns by doing and leverages his 30 years’ hands-on experience in the restaurant industry to help local restaurants succeed.
3 Ways to Foster Customer Engagement in the Health and Beauty Industry
From online bookings to virtual makeup try-ons [https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/22/pinterest-launches-an-ar-powered-try-on-experience-for-eyeshadow/] and tutorials on TikTok [https://www.allure.com/story/best-tiktok-makeup-tutorials], the health and beauty industry is undoubtedly experimenting with different ways to engage consumers. Online customer engagement can lead to several benefits for your business, including...
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