Did you know that POSReady7, a variant of Windows 7 you may still be using in your restaurant, expires in October 2021? Users of Windows 7 Pro Embedded have even less time to switch to Windows 10, since Microsoft is ending support for this version in October 2020. While you may have the option to
With guests forced to change their ordering habits during the pandemic, restaurants need to find ways to remind them that going out to eat can be a fun and safe experience once again. Consumers across all age groups, after all, are preparing more meals at home than last year. In Technomic’s latest Consumer Food Trends
We all know consumers’ habits were changing long before 2020, but the pandemic certainly accelerated the timeline for deploying new technology when looking at the restaurant industry as a whole. For 2021, Chipotle estimates that over 70% of its new restaurants will have mobile pickup lanes, up from 60% this year. For QSR brands, digital
So far, 2020 has certainly been a year. How you define it from there really depends on if you’re a glass half-empty or half-full kind of person. For the restaurant industry, one word comes to mind: resilient. Not to describe the year, but all the courageous hard work of essential team members and restaurant operators
These are fast-changing times in the restaurant industry. For the first half of this year, drive-thrus were one of the few ways for consumers to order food from their favorite QSRs. Consequently, more restaurant operators are focusing on collecting drive-thru data to improve speed of service and other metrics. Below, you’ll find two key ways
What are some of the ways people can dine out while keeping their distance? Browse our list to find some of the quirky habits sweeping the world as restaurants express their definition of a “new normal” in ways society has never seen before. 1 – Oversized Paper Crowns and Triple Onion Whoppers from Burger King
Paul Rubin founded Brink Software to provide a state of the art, cloud-based POS solution to the restaurant and hospitality industries. Since PAR’s acquisition of Brink in 2014, Paul has been serving as PAR’s Chief Strategy Officer, using his two-plus decades of development expertise and nearly two decades in the hospitality POS market to help
With reopening on the horizon for more restaurants, cleaning is more important than ever. POS terminals are one of the most frequently used pieces of restaurant equipment, and touchscreens especially can harbor foodborne germs from employees failing to take off their gloves when switching from prep work to using the cash register. PCAP, which stands
Even before the pandemic shifted consumer habits to favor contactless ordering, brands were already rethinking their drive-thrus. Drive-thru wait times had been increasing since the last decade, while restaurants were seeing an uptick in digital orders from consumers who just wanted to stay home and order from their couch. During the pandemic, drive-thrus took on
Reopening a restaurant is never easy. Reordering supplies, stocking refrigerators, scheduling staff, and booting, updating, and troubleshooting your POS systems can be daunting tasks even in a normal environment. Reopening after COVID-19 restrictions end, however, carries the additional burden of rethinking your operations, cleaning procedures, and even the way consumers will want to order from
With restaurants in more states reopening for dine-in service, they are looking for ways to make up for the lost revenue as they operate their dining rooms at 50% or lower capacity. Over the past few months, PAR has put together numerous resources to help restaurant operators adapt to this new environment: Blog Resources Tips
Check back for the latest dine-in service openings as more states adapt to a new normal during this challenging time. For more updates on the Coronavirus outbreak, visit our COVID-19 Response page, and stay tuned for more posts in our Coronavirus Updates Blog Series.