Accounting & Finance

Alternative Revenue

An introduction to corporate catering for restaurant operators looking to diversify. 

A guide to catering and events for restaurants

Catering & Events

It stands for 'customer relationship management,' but that's just the beginning. 

Restaurant CRM 101: What Is a CRM? Benefits and Best Software Solutions

Customer Loyalty (CRM)

Food Safety

Technologies focused on tracking and cutting food waste can save your restaurant time, money, and the shame of tossing out food.

A guide to food waste management solutions for restaurants

Food Waste Management

The world of ghost kitchens is fast-growing but still largely hidden. Here's what you need to know to get started.

A guide to shared and ghost kitchens for restaurant operators

Ghost Kitchens

Human Resources

Innovation & Emerging Technologies

CloudKitchens

Commercial kitchens optimized for food delivery

Benbria

Omni-channel customer messaging, engagement platform

An introduction to how your restaurant can use technology to streamline the way you buy and track inventory

A guide to solutions for restaurant inventory and menu development

Inventory & Menu Development

Online Ordering & Delivery

An easy-to-understand beginner's guide to restaurant POS systems.

Restaurant POS Systems: Things Every New Restaurateur Should Know

POS & Payments

Purchasing

The basics of restaurant reservation systems and event management software for restaurants

A Reservation Software Guide for Restaurants

Reservations

The robot revolution has arrived in restaurants, and you're going to want to get up to speed on what it means

A guide to solutions for restaurant robotics and automation

Robotics and Automation

Everyone you know uses social and search apps to spread the word about restaurants. Here's how you can get in the game.

A guide to restaurant solutions for search and discovery

Search and Discovery

The basics on the tools for managing, hiring, and retaining personnel at your restaurant.

A guide to HR and staffing solutions for restaurant operators

Staffing

Support & Maintenance

The automated programs that can dialogue with a person are voice bots, and they might have something to say for your restaurant.

A guide to voice bot technologies for restaurants

Voice Bot Technology

Websites & Marketing

Looking for robotics or automation solutions to help your restaurant? Back of House has a variety of options, with reviews from other operators and fast, simple demo requests.

Robotics & Automation Solutions for Restaurants | BOH

Looking for ways that customers can find your restaurant more easily online? These search and discovery  solutions can help.

Search & Discovery Tools for Restaurants | BoH

Looking for food waste management solutions for your restaurant? Browse our options to help reduce your operating costs, with reviews from other operators.

Food Waste Management Solutions for Restaurants | BOH

Looking for the best purchasing software for your restaurant? Back of House can help connect you with the right solution from your business, with reviews from other operators.

Best Purchasing Software for Restaurants | BOH

Looking for voice bot or chat bot solutions for your restaurant? Back of House has an array of options, with reviews from other operators.

Voice Bot Technology Solutions for Restaurants | BoH

Choose delivery platforms, POS systems, and more of the best restaurant technology out there with advice from our community of independent restaurateurs.



Back of House - Compare The Latest Restaurant Technology

TouchBistro

iPad POS and integrated payment system for restaurants

Square

Square for Restaurants is a point-of-sale platform built from the ground up with software, hardware, and payments to streamline your entire restaurant operation.

Toast

Toast gives your restaurant the technology you need to succeed in today's fast-paced environment.

Upserve

All-in-one restaurant management and point-of-sale system

XtraCHEF

A cloud-based restaurant management platform that digitizes invoices

Waitlist Me

Waitlist and reservations management app for restaurants and more

Yelp

Crowd-sourced reviews with integrated reservation and delivery

Snackpass

Mobile online ordering platform with digital menus, loyalty system, more

Wisely

Restaurant CRM plus reservation system, table management

Zenput

Operations execution software for multi-unit restaurants, c-stores, grocers

Tavolo

Tavolo is an app that introduces contactless dining and pickup by allowing users to reserve a table, order menu items, and pay for meals at restaurants they love.

Wyze

Affordable wireless camera, smart home product manufacturer

Zenreach

Digital marketing platform helping businesses improve customer reach

SevenRooms

Integrated guest experience platform for hospitality operators

Xero

Accounting and financial management software for businesses

Wisetail

Configurable training system that helps restaurants engage employees

WISK

Bar & restaurant management and inventory software

Stream

Integrate your delivery orders from Postmates, UberEats etc. and inject them directly into your POS.

Revention

Flexible Point of Sale, mobile & online ordering, loyalty & rewards and reporting & management for every restaurant type.

Revel

The POS built to simplify restaurant operations and delight your customers.

The perfect payment system for your restaurant will depend on a mix of software, hardware, features, and cost. We have the low-down.

5 of the Best POS Systems for Restaurants, by Category

An explainer on the difference between restaurant front and back of house

Back of House vs. Front of House in a Restaurant: What’s the Difference?

From software to training staff accordingly, here is everything you need to know to make your restaurant a well-oiled reservation-taking machine.

Everything You Need to Know About Restaurant Reservation Management

An independent guide to finding national and regional food suppliers. We define the kinds of restaurant suppliers, pros and cons of each, and how to choose which national and regional food suppliers to work with.

How to find national and regional restaurant food suppliers

While the idea of delivery drones and robotic kitchens may feel like something out of The Jetsons, it’s becoming the new normal for many restaurant operators.

10 Restaurants Leading the Way on Automation and Robotics

The holidays are upon your restaurant. Here are ways to get the most juice from them before the end of the year. 

5 Ways to Boost Holiday Revenue with E-Commerce

This type of UV light may help sanitize your restaurant's air and surfaces.

Can UV Light Make Restaurants Safer During COVID?

Even the best-run restaurants throw out something like 20% of the food they buy. Here's how to bring that number down (and your profits up).

How Can Restaurants Reduce Food Waste? With Waste Management Planning 

Tracking inventory is essential to running a restaurant. Here’s everything you need to know about how to do restaurant food inventory management the right way. 

How To Do Restaurant Food Inventory Management Right

The top websites in the restaurant world, plus the key features that set them apart from the rest.

 The Best Restaurant Websites (And What Makes Them Great)

A complete guide on how to calculate restaurant food costs and why it’s so important for independent restaurant owners and operators to track. 

How to Calculate Food Cost for Your Restaurant

Here's how to turn tables, diplomatically.

10 Tips to Improve Table Turnover Rate During Covid-19 (or Any Time)

A quiet robot revolution has quietly been gathering steam in restaurants. Here's what you need to know as automation becomes increasingly the norm.

Robots and Automation in the Restaurant Industry: What to Know

An interview with 86 Repairs' head of marketing and co-founder

86 Repairs' Joe Gallagher & Ariel Upton on Always Showing Up For Operators

7 food-service companies on the forefront of virtual, cloud, and ghost kitchen technology.

7 Cloud Kitchen & Virtual Restaurant Companies You Should Know

Restaurant delivery apps went from gimmick to staple in almost no time. Here's how to get oriented on these business-to-customer platforms.

A guide to restaurant ordering and delivery marketplaces

An interview with the company's co-founder and CEO about how he helps restaurants wrangle and use their data to make money.

As Wisely's Mike Vichich Sees It, It's All About "Recency, Frequency, and Spend" for Restaurants

You know the third-party delivery services aren't working for free. But how much does their business model affect menu prices — even for people who never use the apps?

Do Grubhub or DoorDash Increase Menu Prices?

An interview with the company's founder about the future of digital marketing in the restaurant industry.

Bikky's Abhinav Kapur on How Data Can Help Restaurants Succeed (Especially During COVID)

Get more people in the door, get people out the door faster, and get them to spend more money. It's not rocket science, but you have to start somewhere. Here's how.

6 Ways to Increase Restaurant Sales: Tips and Advice

A complete guide to the ins and outs of this new restaurant business model.

Cloud Kitchens: Here's Everything You Need to Know

Everyone is a restaurant critic these days. Here's how to handle a bad online review with grace and savvy.

How to Respond to Bad Restaurant Reviews (and Turn Them to Your Advantage) 

Learn how to staff your restaurant the right way with our complete guide to hiring, training, scheduling and more.

How To Staff A Restaurant Right: Positions, Training, Scheduling & More

Social media tools have become essential for restaurants. Here are the ones you should be using.

6 Social Media Tools Every Restaurant Operator Should Use

The pandemic has made clean air a paramount concern in restaurants. Here's how to price, maintain, and support this critical system, now and into the future.

Everything You Need to Know About Restaurant Air Conditioning and Ventilation During Covid

Restaurant owners are facing an exceedingly competitive labor market right now. Our experts explain how to thrive when you're hiring. 

5 Essential Keys to Restaurant Hiring Now, from Our Expert-Led Webinar 

Some concrete steps you can take to get new people in the front door of your restaurant (cheaply!)

How to Grow Your Restaurant's Customer Base: 6 Affordable Ways to Expand

Strike an auditory balance between deafening and dead. 

7 Ways to Control or Reduce Restaurant Noise

Virtual and augmented reality may still sound like science fiction, but for restaurants, they offer an immediate chance to connect with customers in new, exciting ways.

3 Ways Restaurants Are Using Virtual and Augmented Reality

The bubble tent was a welcome savior for many restaurants in late 2020. Should you invest in them long-term?

Bubble Dining: Should Your Restaurant Use Bubble Tents for Outdoor Dining?

Stay up-to-date on the constantly changing world of restaurant technology.

A Guide to the Latest Restaurant Technology Changing the Industry

From super-simple to bells-and-whistles, these are the platforms to consider when building your restaurant's website 

The Best Platforms to Use to Build Your Restaurant's Website

More restaurants are using mobile payments for transactions. Here's what you need to know.

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