Let’s face it; everyone in the restaurant industry is looking for a leg up on the competition and trying to maximize profits. Having worked with Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics tools over the ...

Many restauranteurs argue that the term “menu engineering” has more to do with menu design layout and customer psychology than anything else. Others will argue that menu engineering is less about ...

The menu is the linchpin for every restaurant. If restaurants were cars, the menu would be the engine. And everyone knows a car’s engine is critical to its performance. The same holds true for a menu ...

If you’ve been to a restaurant in person lately, chances are you’ve scanned a QR code on your phone rather than ordering off a traditional, printed menu. Though COVID-19 is unlikely to spread via ...

This weekend I had lunch at an International House of Pancakes. The menus my companion and I were given to help us navigate this experience were large and laminated and, in their overall demeanor, ...

Restaurants are looking at their menus strategically to manage soaring food and labor costs. Raising prices can only go so far, so some eateries are using menu engineering to draw customers' attention ...

The International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York wrapped up earlier this week, offering East Coast operators the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the industry. One of the ...

Menu engineering is an art and a science, but it’s the science part that trips up most restauranteurs. In this article we’ll look at how to gather the right data so the science of designing optimized ...

If you follow cybersecurity hacker methods — or just watch Mr. Robot — you probably know that the best way to get someone’s password is to ask for it. Sure, you probably can’t just say “Hi, I’m a bad ...