Effective restaurant operations are the backbone of a successful food business. In our Operations blog category, we cover everything from streamlining day-to-day processes to implementing best practices that improve efficiency and profitability. Our posts provide valuable insights into optimizing everything from staff management and inventory control to the technologies that can automate your operations and reduce costs.
At Table Needs, we understand that running a restaurant or food truck involves juggling multiple tasks, often under tight margins. Our content helps restaurant owners and food truck operators refine their operations, reduce waste, and improve the overall guest experience. Whether you run a food truck or a fast-casual restaurant, our resources guide you in building a sustainable and scalable operation that supports your business goals.
Restaurant owners have a lot to do to manage a restaurant and stay profitable. Marketing, ordering, inventory, menu management, staffing, and back office functions all put pressure on restaurant owners every day. One way to streamline your financial management is by automating sales tax, a task that requires a lot of detail and discipline. Sales…
Restaurant gift card programs are super popular, and for good reason: both customers and restaurant owners benefit from gift cards. For customers, it’s an excellent gift to give and to receive. For restaurant owners, gift cards are a great way to promote your restaurant while increasing cash flow. In this guide, learn how gift cards…
When you’re in the food truck business, you know how exciting it is to roll up to a festival and find hungry customers ready to try your tasty dishes. However, these kinds of gigs aren’t exactly a walk in the park…. You need a plan. Boost your food truck revenue with a comprehensive event strategy…
Your kitchen staff is working hard, preparing orders for dozens of guests in the middle of your lunch rush. Despite best efforts, they miss an order and now tickets are piling up and your guests are hangry and checking their watches. Your front of house tries to keep everyone calm while your cooks are working…
Restaurant sustainability is a pressing topic, especially as more and more people learn how food waste impacts our environment. According to Forbes, 34% of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions are generated by food systems, and in the US alone, 119 billion pounds of food is wasted every year. In the face of these challenges, many…
Running a successful food truck business is challenging, and grappling with an unreliable internet connection just piles on the stressors. How is your food truck supposed to take credit card payments when your signal keeps disappearing? What options do you have? In this article, you’ll learn the most popular ways that food trucks get internet…
You did it! You finally opened your new restaurant. Congratulations! Now what?! The first year as a new restaurant owner is both awesome and overwhelming. There’s a lot to learn on the fly as you serve more customers, hire more staff and work out all the kinks. But it’s also the perfect time to try…
You decided on a restaurant name, the menu is set, and the concept is fully baked. What else do you need to open your restaurant? For starters, a lot of paperwork. Sure, no one loves filing paperwork with the state or tracking down licenses but they’re a necessary evil of opening and operating a restaurant….
Restaurants are notoriously slow to adapt to new technology. It’s an industry full of “we’ve always done it this way” and “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” I get it. Generally speaking, the latest technological innovations haven’t really affected how a restaurant makes great food or how they provide great customer service. Then came…
Do you know how your current customers originally heard about your restaurant? Do you know what inspired them to try out your restaurant – and then keep coming back? One of the biggest misconceptions I hear restaurant owners talk about is where and how they attract new guests and create loyal customers. Have you seen the…
Starting a food truck business is exciting! You’re about to take your love of food and community out on the open road, setting up at a variety of locations, chatting with the locals and sharing those incredible recipes your friends and family can’t stop raving about. But first things first: how are you going to…
Designed to give small food businesses a competitive advantage when entering or continuing in a local marketplace, a kitchen incubator — a.k.a. a culinary incubator —is an affordable, certified kitchen space that’s used for food preparation. Typically, renters or members — ranging from food entrepreneurs to chefs, food truck owners, bakers and caters — use…
Food trucks have long captured the attention of hungry lunch breakers — they first appeared in the States in 1961, when street vendors sold food from carts to workers in New York City. Nowadays, these vibrantly hued vehicles roam streets far and wide, serving everything from tacos to cupcakes, jambalaya and gussied up grilled cheese….
When you’re running a quick-service restaurant, everything needs to run quickly and efficiently. Your customers expect speedy service along with delicious food – and that means that the business-side of your restaurant needs to be speedy, too! The tech you choose to help run your restaurant is a big decision. It’s the power behind every…
Bulky, ugly and oh-so-old-school, cash registers manage to be vestiges in our all-but-cashless society. It’s 2022, though, and the switch is not just wise — it’s almost essential. That’s even the case for your corner snow cone shack where kids pay in quarters. “There is nothing wrong with a good old cash register, but it…
Maintaining a clean, hygienic restaurant is a top priority for any restaurant owner. It’s essential for food safety, healthy staff, happy guests, and getting a good report from the health code folks. Even after implementing 2 years of COVID-related super sanitation practices, a basic daily routine will keep your restaurant clean and help ensure a…
These days, serving customers is hard. Heck, being a server — make that most things involving customers — is challenging of late. Customers, it seems, are more demanding than ever. Conducted by Untold Insights in September 2021, the Oracle Food and Beverage study supports that fact, noting consumers expect lightning-fast service and personalization, fueled by…
It’s no secret that restaurants had to ramp up their online ordering capabilities during the pandemic. Most did — for good reason. According to Fundera by NerdWallet, more than 112 million Americans have used an online food delivery service. That’s substantial, and even more noteworthy when you consider it’s growing 300% faster than in-house dining…
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