Increase restaurant profitability through operational efficiency

Restaurants often rely on various marketing campaigns and word of mouth to reach more customers with the goal of increasing profitability through customer acquisition.

However, few restaurants look inward to boost their profitability which can be very effective. How to streamline your operations to boost profitability? Here are some ways.

• Streamline operations through your restaurant POS system.
• Adopt contactless ordering solutions
• Use kitchen technology

Centralize operations through your restaurant POS system

Get a POS system that has the capability is not only meet the current needs of your restaurant, but also cater to your restaurant’s future needs as it grows.

One of the key capabilities that your restaurant POS system should have is the ability to integrate with productivity solutions such as:

• Adopt contactless ordering solutions (QR Ordering systems & self ordering kiosk)
• Food delivery platforms like GrabFood
• Kitchen displays

By seamlessly linking up these solutions through your POS system, you save on manpower costs from order taking and multi-device management, which is a huge saving on your operational costs.

Adopt contactless ordering solutions

Contactless ordering solutions like QR ordering & self ordering kiosks help your restaurant save on order taking manpower cost, boost order taking efficiency, accuracy and even boosts average bill sizes and improves table turnover.

How does contactless ordering achieve that? By allowing customers to self order through QR ordering or self-ordering kiosks, your customers are in charge of their own orders.

This means your restaurant relies less on order taking staff to take orders, reduces chances of human error as orders are placed and sent to the kitchen digitally, increases average bills sizes through automated upselling. 

Lastly, by digitalizing order taking, customers can send in orders simultaneously without having to wait for staff to go from table to table to take orders. This greatly reduces ordering time, which in turn improves table turnover rates.

Kitchen displays

Kitchen displays are tablet based solutions that display all orders in a systematic, at-a-glance format, allowing your kitchen staff to see all orders to be prepared.

With this paperless solution, you will be able to save on the cost incurred by replenishing paper rolls for your kitchen printer, which may seem like an insignificant amount, but will accumulate over time.

On top of that, changes in orders for your kitchen displays will be instantly updated. This will prevent food wastage due to kitchen printers not being able to print our order changes in time during peak hours.

Conclusion

Evidently, getting the right technology and POS system will help to make your restaurant’s operations seamless and reduce operations cost which leads to better profitability.

At MEGAPOS, we a full suite of restaurant digital solutions to help restaurant owners achieve better profits through streamlining operations. To find out more, click here to get a free demo.