You know your restaurant is the best thing since toasted brioche, but how can you convince potential customers to feel the same, especially in our COVID-19 reality? Social proof will help! What is Social Proof? Although it sounds like some sort of ID card, social proof is a psychological phenomenon …
Restaurant Graphical Displays: What They Are, Why You Need Them
Imagine a kitchen on a busy weekend evening in a crowded restaurant. How do you picture the chef and cook staff receiving their orders? In the past, you probably would have seen a row of handwritten paper tickets, notes for the back-of-house to process, hung in the order they were received. While …
Reopening Your Restaurant: Tips to Ensure a Successful Brand Revival
Closure of your restaurant for any reason can cause headaches and anxiety about the future. Parallel with the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic is the stress that comes with eventually having to reopen your business. How will customers know you’re open? What will future demand be? How can you …
5 Songs About Restaurants That We Love And One That We Hate
If you’re like us, you’re probably immersed in news about health and safety. While it’s important to stay alert and informed, especially under extraordinary circumstances, it’s worth taking some time out to relax a little. The great philosopher Plato famously said, “Music gives a soul to the …
Introducing: ConnectSmart® GO – Off-Premise Order Management System
Today we've launched ConnectSmart Go, an off-premise aggregator for iOS. With CS-Go, restaurateurs can enhance their off-premise functionality by centralizing their operations; every order that comes in is routed to the kitchen, provides real-time order status, and informs staff of how the order …
A Letter From Our CEO About The COVID-19 Global Pandemic
A Message to the Industry, It's hard to imagine a more challenging time than right now for all of us. I'm sure you're probably spending every spare moment thinking about how to adapt and stay ahead in a rapidly changing and unpredictable environment — we are too. Rest assured that the health and …