Not Every Restaurant ERP System is a Perfect Fit for You. 9 Answers for Multi-Unit & Enterprise Food businesses
Running a multi-location restaurant enterprise can feel like spinning plates while juggling lit torches. Just when you have the chefs comfortable with the ordering system at one location, there’s a problem with the menu cycle at another. Each new location (and sales channel) adds another level of complexity to an operation that is already rich […]
Hospitality Industry — Dialing-In On Inventory & Purchasing Practices to Slash Food Costs in Your Hotel F&B Operations
Keeping tabs on food costs is essential for hotel profitability. Obviously, you say? Sure, the maths are easy: revenue – CoGS = bottom line. But if you’ve ever been in the trenches of hotel F&B, you know this simple calculation, in reality, equals bloody guerrilla warfare against rising food cost percentages. In this post, I’ll […]
Digital Transformation in the Hospitality Industry: Use these Change Management Solutions to Create a Digital Corporate Culture Geared Towards Growth
Contrary to what you’ve been led to believe, upending your processes and investing in AI-driven FoH and BoH tech ARE NOT the home stretch of your digital transformation journey. For a lot of F&B operators, these upgrades are the enablers of digital transformation. What’s missing is your driver — a digital company culture. This cultural […]
6 Stages of Digital Transformation in F&B— the Roadmap to Digital Maturity (and Not Being Stuck in Stage 2 like Everyone Else)
Soon every hospitality business will be 100% data-driven. What stage of the digital transformation is your company in, and what do you need to do to unlock the benefits of the next stage? Let’s find out. From online orders to loyalty programs and purchasing software—restaurants are rapidly implementing new tech to improve the guest experience […]
A Simple 3-Step Blueprint That Will Help You Activate Digital Transformation in Your F&B Operations
The #1 reason why businesses decide to pursue digital transformation (DT) is how much of an impact it has on the operational excellence of (hotel)restaurants, catering businesses and food and beverage management. Steered correctly, successfully digitising your food operation results in: streamlined & automated processes accurate business-building insights a 360-degree view of the entire operation […]
From Digitisation to Digital Transformation in the Restaurant and Foodservice Industry — How To Prepare For AI-Powered F&B Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies are transforming the way F&B operators in chains, hotels, and catering businesses work. Advanced analytics and forecasting… automated procurement… streamlined FoH operations… you name it, tech companies (like Apicbase) are already working on it. The digital transformation of restaurants and foodservice businesses represents major advances for the industry, especially […]
Benefits of the omnichannel strategy for restaurants
Just a few years ago, omnichannel was a concept that was applied mainly by e-commerce and retail brands in an effort to align their channels and offer customers a better experience. Today, it is a successful operational model that is used in more and more industries, including the restaurant industry. The omnichannel approach goes further […]
How Hotels are Benefiting from a Single Source of Truth for F&B Management
The digitalisation of food and beverage management in hotels has increased menu margins, product quality and employee happiness. Specifically, the introduction of a single source of truth has helped hotel chains to streamline the clunky processes and communications that deal with food cost, inventory management and purchasing. The restaurant inventory statistics below highlight that progress […]
5 Essential Restaurant Technologies to Future-Proof Your Business
Never before has technology played such an important role in the running of a restaurant business. Whether you operate a single site or several locations, from EPoS to kitchen management platforms, there is restaurant tech out there to enhance every aspect of your hospitality business. In this article, we zero in on five essential restaurant […]
What we’ve learnt in Tel Aviv: 3 key takeaways
Belgian delegation takes on Tel Aviv. APICBASE joined the food & agri tech track. It is always to be seen if a trade mission generates the expected output. This time, we went to Tel Aviv, Israel, in the wake of a large Belgian delegation led by the vice-mayor of the city of Antwerp and organised […]
