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Case Study: Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Drives Revenue Growth with Advanced Self-Order Kiosk Technology
Client: Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Industry: Fast Casual Dining Locations: 11 Point of Sale: Toast Key Stakeholder: George J. Cestero, COO & IT/Digital Marketing Director...
6 QSR Trends That Are Changing the Restaurant Industry
Today, QSR establishments continue to see ongoing changes in response to social and technological developments. We’ve compiled six of the...
The Revolution is Here: How Self-Ordering Kiosks are Reshaping the QSR Landscape
One particular innovation has started to significantly reshape the QSR industry landscape—self-ordering kiosks.
Maximizing Efficiency During Restaurant Slow Periods: A Digital Approach
This blog post explores how to navigate these slow periods effectively, focusing on digital investments and smart strategies to enhance...
Navigating the Future of QSRs: The Role of Kiosks and Technology
We went through these articles and skimmed through the almost 500 comments to get some insight on how people are...
How to Open a Pizza Place: Step-by-Step Guide & Tips
If you’re considering starting a pizza place, follow this comprehensive guide to ensure your success.
Comparing Self-Ordering Kiosks vs. Traditional Counter Service: Which Is Right for Your Restaurant?
This article delves into the pros and cons of self-ordering kiosks versus traditional counter service to help you determine which...
Top Marketing Ideas for Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs)
QSRs need to leverage creative approaches to boost brand visibility and drive sales. Here are some top marketing ideas...
The True Costs of Online Ordering: DIY vs. Third-Party Platforms
As online ordering continues to reshape the restaurant industry, businesses face a crucial decision: build an in-house ordering system or...
Ultimate ADA Checklist for Quick Service Restaurants
With approximately 61 million people in the United States having some form of disability, adhering to ADA guidelines creates an...
The Hidden Costs of iPad-Based Restaurant Kiosks: Why Dedicated Solutions Win
As a restaurant owner, you're always looking for ways to streamline operations and enhance customer experience.
A Wake-Up Call for Restaurant Tech: The Perils of a Single Vendor Tech Stack
The recent global outage at CrowdStrike serves as a critical reminder for the restaurant industry about the risks of relying...
What technology solutions do Food Trucks have to innovate their process?
In this post, we'll explore the innovative tech solutions that are helping food trucks boost efficiency, manage orders effectively, and...
The Evolution of Restaurant Technology: How POS and Kiosk Integration is Reshaping Operations in 2024
As we move further into 2024, the restaurant industry is witnessing a significant transformation, driven largely by advancements in Point-of-Sale...
Single Vendor vs. Multi-Vendor: Navigating the Restaurant Technology Landscape in 2024
As restaurant technology continues to evolve rapidly, owners and operators face a critical decision: should they consolidate all their tech...
What the New SB 478 Means for Your Restaurant
Here’s what you need to know and how you can ensure compliance with the new requirements.
Enhancing Dining Experience: The Evolution of Ordering Kiosks in Sit-Down Restaurants
In the dynamic landscape of the restaurant industry, innovation continually reshapes the way we dine. One such innovation, increasingly making...
Pros and Cons of Working with a Single Restaurant Tech Vendor
Among the plethora of insights from the event, one recurring theme caught our attention: the debate between working with a...
Harnessing the Power of Data: How Restaurants Can Leverage Technology for Business Insights
In this article, we'll explore the role of data analytics in modern restaurant operations and highlight how restaurants can leverage...
12 Ways to Increase your Online Orders in your QSR
Optimizing online orders for a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) can significantly boost revenue and customer satisfaction.
How to create online ordering for your restaurant
This article will guide you through the process of creating an online ordering system for your restaurant.
8 Ways to Get Your QSR Through an Economic Downturn
Strategic planning and adaptability can help mitigate the impact and even position your restaurant for success during tough times.
Boosting Restaurant Efficiency: The Impact of Kiosks on Operational Costs
In this post, we'll explore how the implementation of kiosk systems can significantly impact operational costs, ultimately leading to improved...
Maximizing Revenue with Online Ordering: Strategies for Success
In today's digital era, Quick-Service Restaurants (QSRs) are increasingly turning to online ordering systems to drive revenue and meet the...
Revamping Your Digital Presence: Building a User-Friendly Website for Your QSR
Let's explore the importance of having a website for your QSR and provide tips for building a website that enhances...
Choosing the Right Technology Solutions for Your QSR
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the Quick-Service Restaurant (QSR) industry, embracing technology has become essential for staying competitive and...
The Power of Mobile Apps: Engaging Customers and Driving Loyalty
In this blog post, we'll explore the role of mobile apps in driving customer engagement and loyalty for QSRs.
Stabilizing QSR Staffing with Rising Minimum Wage
In this blog post, we'll explore how self-service kiosks can complement human staff, providing stability and efficiency without replacing the...
Calculating Payback Periods of Technology Investments in Your QSR
In the fast-paced world of Quick-Service Restaurants (QSRs), strategic investments can pave the way for enhanced efficiency and profitability.
Boosting Revenue: 6 Strategies to Increase Average Order Value
In this blog post, we'll explore four strategies that QSRs can implement to enhance average order values and drive higher...
Run the Numbers Part 2: What would a 15-20% Increase in Average Order Value do to Annual Revenue?
Let's take a deeper dive into how these kiosks can enhance your QSR's performance by increasing the average order value.
Impact of Increasing Order Volume 10-20%
In this blog post, we'll explore how implementing self-service kiosks can significantly boost order volume, driving growth and profitability for...
5 Compelling Reasons Your QSR Needs Self-Service Kiosks in 2024
Here are five compelling reasons why your QSR needs to embrace self-service kiosks in 2024:
Enhancing Customer Feedback and Satisfaction: The Impact of Self-Service Kiosks in QSRs
In the fast-paced world of Quick-Service Restaurants (QSRs), customer satisfaction reigns supreme.
Embracing the Future: Why Hesitating to Automate Your QSR is Holding You Back
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the quick-service restaurant industry, the push towards automation is more than just a trend;...
Maximizing QSR Profits: The ROI of Self-Ordering Kiosks
Let's dive into the compelling ROI of self-ordering kiosks and why they're becoming indispensable for QSRs aiming for growth and...
Enhancing the Customer Journey with Self-Ordering Kiosks
Kiosks are not just machines; they are gateways to a streamlined dining experience where every customer feels prioritized and valued.
The Future of Quick-Service Restaurants: Embracing Kiosk Technology
This blog explores the transformative role of kiosk technology in the QSR landscape, highlighting its benefits, consumer appeal, and the...
How Much Does It Cost To Open a Boba Shop?
In this article, we’ll cover the initial costs of opening a boba shop, ongoing operation costs, as well as the...
Serve Up A Food Holiday with Self-Ordering Kiosks
INFI's self-ordering kiosks: a tool designed not just to keep up with the rush but to turn any food holiday...
Boosting Your Restaurant’s Online Reputation: More Than Just 5-Star Reviews
Let's dive into how self-ordering kiosks and other strategies can elevate that experience, lead to rave reviews on Google and...
Brewing Innovation: Transform Your Coffee Shop with INFI’s Virtual Barista
Enter INFI's self-ordering kiosks, not just a digital ordering platform but a virtual barista and coffee connoisseur. They're transforming the...
7 Restaurant SEO Tips to Boost Online Visibility
The term SEO may sound technical, but in reality, it’s fairly simple. As long as you spend time and read...
9 Kiosk Terminal Features Your Customers Crave
In this blog, we'll take a look at the kiosk POS terminal features that your customers crave.
4 Restaurant Automation Tools to Streamline Your Operations
Whether you run a small café or a large chain, the right tools can help you streamline operations, reduce costs,...
Should my Restaurant Have a Loyalty Program?
In this comprehensive guide to loyalty programs for restaurants, we will walk you through these questions and more.
6 Restaurant Super Bowl Promotion Ideas for the Big Game
The Super Bowl isn’t just a simple football game, but also a great opportunity for restaurateurs to make the most...
How to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2023
In this blog, we cover 5 ways you can prepare your restaurant for any economic downturns that might occur in...
Why Every Restaurant Needs a Mobile App
Mobile apps are one tech option that restaurant owners should take advantage of.
10 Christmas Marketing Ideas for Restaurants
With the holidays right around the corner, are you ready for the holiday rush? As one of the biggest holidays...
8 Most Profitable Restaurant Types To Open
While there are many factors to take into account when choosing the right type of restaurant business— here are the...
Top Food Service Trends of 2022
Here are the top 5 food service trends that will dominate the food industry as we move into 2023.
6 Ways Kiosks Help Restaurants During a Recession
Six powerful ways that INFI's innovative restaurant kiosks can help small businesses and large chains alike better navigate today's economic...
4 Reasons Food Prices Are Going Up (+Tips To Manage)
In light of these higher costs and price increases, it is now more important than ever for restaurant owners to...
4 Ways You Can Increase Your Restaurant Food Delivery Sales
If you are a restaurant owner, tapping into the growing demand for food delivery is vital to your success. This...
How To Calculate Your Restaurant Payroll Percentage
Let's explore what restaurant payroll percentage is, how to calculate it, why it's an important metric to track, and how...
Restaurant Management: 10 Tips for Success
With the right plan, you can operate a restaurant that will generate income and a loyal following. The tips in...
What Is the Average Restaurant Profit Margin?
In this article, we’ll cover what “good” profit margins are in the restaurant industry. We’ll also provide some actionable tips...
How To Open a Successful Café: A Step By Step Guide
Opening a café could be a smart small business move. But to do this well, you need to take the...
What is a QSR Experience? & How Can You Improve It
We’ve compiled some information that can help restaurateurs understand the QSR experience better, along with some actions they can take...
Restaurant Technology: 6 Ways To Optimize Your Restaurant for the Future
In this article, we’ll cover six ways you can utilize technology in your restaurant to help secure your business’s future...
12 Interesting Restaurants To Inspire Your Dining Experience
To help inspire restaurateurs, we’ve picked out 12 restaurants from around the world that provide patrons with unique and wild...
Which Type of Restaurant Should You Open? 12 Popular Options
Selecting a concept for your restaurant needs to be one of the first decisions you make, as many of the...
Restaurant ADA Compliance: What You Need To Know
The process of opening a restaurant involves many moving parts, and one of the largest parts is designing the physical...
How Much Are Restaurants Taxed?
In this article, we’ll discuss the types of taxes that restaurants have to pay, specific restaurant taxes in certain states...
Self-Service Ordering: The Future of Restaurant Tech
In this article, we’ll explore why self-serve kiosk software is the future of restaurant management and how you can...
Restaurant (8 Steps + Best Practices)
We’ll cover the steps you need to take to open your sushi restaurant and some best practices to help set...
Blogs for Restaurant Owners and Managers
To help make the process of finding information a bit easier, we’ve put together a list of some of the...
Menu Engineering: How Inspired Menu Design Encourages Profitable Orders
By understanding the principles of psychology and their impact on how customers choose what to order when reading a menu,...
How Much Do Restaurant POS Systems Cost? (+ Tips for Generating ROI on Your POS Purchase)
Below, we’ll take a closer look at what today’s restaurant POS systems offer, how much they might cost, and how...
5 Engaging Ways To Use Digital Signs in Your Restaurant
A digital sign is a great tool to engage customers and promote menu items. With the right strategies, you can...
QSR Kiosks: The Future of Ordering
QSR kiosks are the future of ordering, and they bring several benefits to the restaurant world. Here’s what you need...
Pros & Cons of Fast Food Kiosks in 2022
While fast food kiosks can offer many benefits, there are a few disadvantages. In this article, we’ll break down some...
Best Kiosk Systems for Bakeries
With the help of technology, foodservice businesses are booming higher than ever. Especially new bakery owners, who are facing issues...
Best Kiosk POS Systems for Coffee Shops
Even in a business as traditional and timeless as a coffee shop, there are innovations that come along and change...
Top 4 POS Systems for Restaurants
Want your restaurant to be set up in the path of success? You can try out any of the POS...
Importance of Digitalization for the Restaurant Industry
INFI's recent success continues to be noticed by the startup community all around the country as the Congruity Group reached...
VIDEO: Interview with Alex Curatolo of Belli’s Juice
INFI's interview with Alex Curatolo of Belli's Juice
VIDEO: Digital Marketing for Restaurants – Food Influencers 101
INFI Webinar: Digital Marketing for Restaurants - Food Influencers 101
VIDEO: Interview with Chef Mer Mansuria of Casa Indigo
INFI's interview with Chef Mer Mansuria of Casa Indigo
VIDEO: Kent Chen of Uni Uni – How to Run a Successful Franchise
How to Run a Successful Franchise with INFI and Kent Chen of Uni Uni
How to start a franchise – 7 tips
Before you sign on the dotted line, be sure to pay attention to the following. Along with your due diligence,...
Hello Jasmine – Improving their tech stack and growth with InfiKIOSK
One of the main drivers of successful growth is the ability to grow at scale. Sustainable, scable growth is never...
Seoul Taco – Using Tech to Offer a Modern Restaurant Experience
To succeed in the restaurant world, you need to be able to consistently capitalize on modern trends. Not only do...
Checklist for Starting Your Restaurant
Thinking of starting a restaurant? While an exciting idea, don’t forget to have all your ducks in a row. Infi’s...
7 Tech Must Haves for Restaurants (In a COVID 19 World)
2020 was meant to be a year of change and innovation regardless of if a pandemic hit. Nonetheless however, a...
INFI’s Neighborhood Eats: Wicker Park & Uptown
Rarely though do I order a whole pizza, to me pizza is most satisfying when on the go, or before...
Checklist for the Right Self Service Kiosk POS system (7 Things to Look For)
With the restaurant industry changing drastically due to COVID 19, restaurant owners have had to take a long look at...
4 Key Takeaways on Restaurant Tech with Boyu Li of 8A5E Cafe
Coffee shops have always been an entrepreneur breeding ground, but usually we are on our computers in our own little...
Hello Jasmine, the real Taiwan Street Food you want to try
In a really short time, Hello Jasmine became “the boba tea” for most people visiting Chicago Chinatown. More and more...
5 Advantages of Having a Square POS System in Your Restaurant
Oftentimes the first step to starting a business is the simplest, yet also the most important. In the business, the...
What can food influencers do for my restaurant?
This week we were fortunate enough to catch up with Alex Jewell, the social media influencer behind the Instagram page...
How to Get Your Restaurant on the First Page of Google Search
In the old days, hungry citizens would turn to magazines for their dining inspirations. Then the internet provided us with...
Alex Jewell of @bestfoodalex Gives Us His Expert Recommendations
Alex Jewell Instagram: @bestfoodalexFacebook: www.facebook.com/alexjewellalex Chicago is a foodie’s ultimate dream. Although with so...
INFI’s Neighborhood Eats: Pilsen & Gold Coast
Gold Coast: Cafecito Cuisine: Cuban Sandwiches and coffee. Two of life’s simple, consistent pleasures. Even better when they’re...
6 Benefits of Self-Ordering Restaurant Kiosks
Staffing costs The US federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, of course some states have significantly higher minimum wages, however...
INFI’s Chicago Neighborhood Eats: Albany Park & Hermosa
They only have the classics, and no matter breakfast, lunch, or dinner you can transport your stomach to the Philippines.
Try These Southside Restaurants for Delivery & Takeout
Even with more time to spend in the kitchen the past few weeks you don’t want to spend them doing...
Leveraging Social Media for Your QSR: A Guide to Community Engagement and Holiday Preparedness
Driving foot traffic is as crucial to the success of a QSR as maintaining the quality of your menu.