It’s no secret that the last few years have been turbulent in the UK hospitality industry. Rising costs, reduced consumer spending, and labor shortages create a challenging environment across the sector. Growth in 2018 is expected to slow to just 1.5%. Despite their negative metrics, these problems …
Smarter Kitchen: Build Your Best BOH
A stream of orders rolls in via paper tickets. A stressed-out kitchen desperately works to stay on top of the backlog while trying to keep up with new orders. A hoarse kitchen worker hollers to notify staff of each item coming through on the tickets. Ticket times are delayed and food begins to wilt …
Take Your Metrics on The-Go: Introducing ConnectSmart® Vision
Powered by ConnectSmart® Kitchen and ConnectSmart®Host (Formerly DineTime), Vision – a mobile insights app – allows better visibility into restaurant performance with remote access to real-time data from both the front of house and back of house. Regardless of where a manager or restaurant owner is, …
A Beginner’s Guide to Restaurant Data
There’s never a dull moment for a restaurant owner. Between juggling budgets, staff, schedules, and managing the customer experience, you always have a lot on your plate. You probably know that restaurant data is important, but you might not feel like you have the time to dig into it. Or, you may …
Smarter Restaurants, Smarter Product Enhancements: The Latest QSR Software Updates
QSR Automations has been busy and we didn’t slow down around the holidays. Our most recent releases of ConnectSmart® Kitchen, ConnectSmart®Host (Formerly DineTime) and our Consumer App have added features that will enable restaurants to enhance the off-premise diner's experience without negatively …
2018 Kitchen Automation & Table Management Trends
2018 will be an exciting year for the restaurant industry, and guest experiences and user convenience will drive the majority of the innovation. With Off-premise dining and delivery rapidly becoming the most popular way to dine, restaurant owners must implement new strategies to manage the traffic …






