One of the challenges facing the Hospitality industry at current is the availability and cost of labor. When it comes to feeling the impact of rising wages, whether driven by demand or by regulation, much of it falls on the food and hospitality industry. With the...
Mobile POS is providing servers and front-of-house staff with mobile devices capable of running your POS, freeing them from non-productive tasks to do the high-impact work that drives revenue for your business. We’ve written before about the benefits of a...
Ordering is a critical part of the service, and guests today are very comfortable with the variety of methods available. Customers want to be able to order food regardless of location and with little delay. As a result, Omni-channel ordering capabilities have quickly...
Restaurant POS Software Integrations The POS has been around for close to 150 years but looked and operated very differently back then to what we commonly see in restaurants, hospitality businesses, or retail spaces today. From its origins as a cash register in the...
Do you need online ordering? Contactless payment? Better management of takeout and delivery orders? Like many other Squirrel customers in today's environment, you are probably looking forward to the future and planning how to optimize your business to succeed. We'd...
Squirrel and Chowly are pleased to announce a comprehensive solution to manage third party delivery order with your POS. Take orders from third-party delivery services directly into Squirrel POS.
This article looks at practical ways in which a restaurant can take control of its labor planning and scheduling. The following tips can help you institute practices that ultimately lead to efficiencies in labor cost, reduced staff turnover, and better preparedness to...
As restaurants & hotels navigate the current turbulence, it makes sense to look at the technology foundations the restaurant POS possesses and determine if it is positioned to help the business grow. Regardless of the particulars associated with the business...
In a previous blog, we discussed the growing customer trend towards restaurant take-out and delivery services, and its growing importance as a core revenue center for restaurant businesses. In this article, we will focus on how restaurants can leverage food delivery...
Contactless payment for restaurants is not a new technology. However, with the recent impact of COVID-19 and the focus on sanitary practices, more and more establishments in the US are realizing it's a necessary addition to their service models. Contactless payment is...